IUET MCA 2021 Physics Syllabus

Integral University Entrance Test ( IUET ) Entrance Examination syllabus for Physics -2015

UNIT-1

Motion In One & Two Dimensions : Average velocity, instantaneous velocity, one dimensional motion with constant acceleration, freely falling bodies.

Measurement : Dimensional analysis and error estimation, dimensional compatibility and significant figures. Laws Of Motion : Force and inertia, Newton's laws of motion and their significance. Tension in strings, system of pulleys. Motion In Two Dimensions : Projectile motion, uniform circular motion, tangential and radial acceleration in curvilinear motion, relative motion.

Work, Power And Energy : Work done byi constant and variable forces, kinetic and potential energy, power, conservative and non- conservative forces, conservation of energy, gravitational energy, work energy theorem, potential energy stored in a spring. Linear Momentum & Collisions : Linear momentum & impulse, conservation of linear momentum for two particle system, collisions,collision in one dimension, collision in two dimensions, rocket propulsion.

Rotation Of A Rigid Body About A Fixed Axis : Angular velocity and angular acceleration, rotational kinematics, rotational motion with constant angular acceleration, relationship between angular and linear quantities, rotational energy, moment of inertia for a ring, rod, spherical shell, sphere and plane lamina, torque and angular acceleration, work and energy in rotational motion, rolling motionof a solid sphere and cylinder, friction and energy dissipation.

UNIT-2

Gravitation : Gravitational field, Kepler's laws and motion of planets, planetary and satellite motion, geostationary satellite, escape velocity.

Oscillatory Motion : Harmonic motion, motion of mass attached toa spring, motion of mass attached to system of springs, kinetic & potential energy, Time Period of a simple pendulum, comparing simple harmonic motion with uniform circular motion, forced oscillations, damped oscillations and resonance. Mechanics Of Solids And Fluids : States of matter Young's modulus, Bulk modulus, Shear modulus of rigidity, variation of pressure with depth, Buoyant forces and Archimedes principle, Pascal's law, Bernouli's theorem and its applications, surface energy, surface tension, angle of contact, capillary rise, coefficient of viscosity, viscous force, terminal velocity, Stoke's law, stream line motion, Reynold's number.

Heat And Thermodynamics : First law of thermodynamics, specific heat of an ideal gas at constant volume and constant pressure, andrelation between them, Thermal processes. (reversible, irreversible, isothermal, adiabatic), second law of thermodynamics, concept of entropy and absolute scale, efficiency of a Carnot engine, thermal conductivity, Newton's law of cooling, black body radiation, Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law.

UNIT-3

Wave : Wave motion, phase, amplitude and velocity of a wave, Newton's formula for longitudinal waves, propagation of sound waves in air, effect of temperature and pressure on velocity of sound, Laplace's correction, Principle of superposition, formation of standing waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, beats, Doppler's effect in sound & light.

Wave Optics : Coherent and incoherent sources of light, interference, Young's double slit experiment, diffraction due to a single slit, linearly polarized light, Polaroid.

Electrostatic : Coulomb's law, electric field and potential due to point charge, dipole and its field along the axis and perpendicular to axis, electric flux, Gauss's theorem and its applications to find the field due to infinite sheet of charge and inside the hollow conducting sphere, capacitance, parallel plate Capacitor with air and dielectric medium between the plates, Series and parallel combination of capacitors, energy of a capacitor, displacement current. Current Electricity : Concept of free and bound electrons, drift velocity and mobility, electric current, Ohm's law, resistivity, conductivity, resistance in series and parallel combination, Kirchhoff's law and their application to network of resistances, principle of potentiometer, effect of temperature on resistance and its applications.

Magnetic Effect Of Current : Magnetic field due to current, Biot-Savart's law, magnetic field due to solenoid, motion of charge particle in a magnetic field, force on current carrying conductors and torque on current loop in a magnetic field, magnetic flux, forces between two parallel current carrying conductors, moving coil galvanometer and its conversion into ammeter and voltmeter. Magnetism In Matter : The magnetization of substance due to orbital and spin motions of electrons, magnetic moment of atoms, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, earth's magnetic field and its components and their measurement.

UNIT-4

Electromagnetic Induction : Induced E.M.F., Faraday's laws, Lenz's law, electromagnetic induction, self and mutual induction, B-H curve, hysteresis loss and its importance, eddy currents. Ray Optics And Optical Instruments : Sources of light, luminous intensity, luminous flux, illuminance, photometry, wave nature of light, Huygen's theory for propagation of light and rectilinear propagation of light, reflection of light, total internal reflection, reflection and refraction at spherical surfaces, focal length of a combination of lenses, spherical and chromatic aberration and their removal, refraction and dispersion of light due to a prism, simple and compound microscope, reflecting and refracting telescope, magnifying power and resolving power.

UNIT-5

Modern Physics : Photo-electric effect, matter waves, quantization, Planck's hypothesis, Bohr's model of hydrogen atom and its spectra, ionisation potential, Rydberg constant, solar spectrum and  Fraunhofer lines, fluorescence and phosphorescence, X-Rays and their productions, characteristic and continuous spectra. Moseley law, de Broglie wave length, Nuclear Instability, radioactive decay laws, Emission of a, b and g rays, Mass - defect, Mass Energy equivalence, Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Fusion,  Classification of conductors, Insulators and semiconductors on the basis of energy bands in solids, PN junction, PN Diode, junction Transistors, Transistor as an amplifier and Oscillator, Principles of Logic Gates (AND, OR and NOT), Analog Vs Digital communication, Difference between Radio and television, Signal propagation, Principle of LASER and MASER, Population Inversion, Spontaneous and stimulated Emissions.