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No.U-14023I19/2023-UGMEB 
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SYLLABUS FOR NEET (UG) - 2024
PHYSICS
UNIT I: PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT
Units of measurements. 
System of Units, 
, S I Units, fundamental and derived units, least count.
significant figures, Errors in measurements 
, 
Dimensions of Physics quantities. 
dimensional
analysis, and its applications.
UNIT 2: KI\EMATICS
lhe franre of reference, motion in a straight line. Position- time graph. 
speed and velocitl:
Unifonn and non-uniform motion. average speed and instantaneous velocity. 
unilbrmlv
accelerated motion. velocity-time, position-time graph, relations lor uniformly accelerated
motioir- Scalars and Vectors. 
Vector. Addition and subtraction, 
, 
scalar and vector products. 
Unit
Vector. Resolution of a Vcctor. Relative Velocity. Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion. Unifbrm
Circular Motion.
UNIT3: LAWS OF MOTION
Force and inertia, Ne*'ton's First law of motion: Momentum, Newton,s Second Law of motion,
Impulses: Ne*ton's Third Lar,v of motion. I-aw of conservation of linear momentum and its
applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
Static and Kinetic flriction, larvs of friction. rolling friction.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications: vehicle on a level
circular road. vehicle on a banked road.
UNIT 4: WORK, BNERGY, AND POWER
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential 
energies. work-energy
theorem, power.
The potential 
energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy. conservative 
and non-
conservative 
forces; motion in a vertical circle: Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and trvo
dimensions.
UNITS: ROTATIONAL 
MOTION
Centue of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body: Basic concepts
of rotational motion; moment of a force; torque, angular momentum, conservation 
of angular
momentum 
and its applications;
The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia forsimple geometrical
objects, parallel 
and perpendicular 
axes theorems. and their applications. Equitibrium 
of rigid
bodies. rigid body rotation and equations ofrotational motion 
, 
comparison 
oflinear and rotational
motions.
I
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SYLLABUS FOR NEET (UG) - 2024
PHYSICS
UNIT I: PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT
Units of measurements. 
System of Units, 
, S I Units, fundamental and derived units, least count.
significant figures, Errors in measurements 
, 
Dimensions of Physics quantities. 
dimensional
analysis, and its applications.
UNIT 2: KI\EMATICS
lhe franre of reference, motion in a straight line. Position- time graph. 
speed and velocitl:
Unifonn and non-uniform motion. average speed and instantaneous velocity. 
unilbrmlv
accelerated motion. velocity-time, position-time graph, relations lor uniformly accelerated
motioir- Scalars and Vectors. 
Vector. Addition and subtraction, 
, 
scalar and vector products. 
Unit
Vector. Resolution of a Vcctor. Relative Velocity. Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion. Unifbrm
Circular Motion.
UNIT3: LAWS OF MOTION
Force and inertia, Ne*'ton's First law of motion: Momentum, Newton,s Second Law of motion,
Impulses: Ne*ton's Third Lar,v of motion. I-aw of conservation of linear momentum and its
applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
Static and Kinetic flriction, larvs of friction. rolling friction.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications: vehicle on a level
circular road. vehicle on a banked road.
UNIT 4: WORK, BNERGY, AND POWER
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential 
energies. work-energy
theorem, power.
The potential 
energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy. conservative 
and non-
conservative 
forces; motion in a vertical circle: Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and trvo
dimensions.
UNITS: ROTATIONAL 
MOTION
Centue of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body: Basic concepts
of rotational motion; moment of a force; torque, angular momentum, conservation 
of angular
momentum 
and its applications;
The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia forsimple geometrical
objects, parallel 
and perpendicular 
axes theorems. and their applications. Equitibrium 
of rigid
bodies. rigid body rotation and equations ofrotational motion 
, 
comparison 
oflinear and rotational
motions.
I
UNIT 6: GRAVITATION
The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and
depth. Kepler's law oi planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential.
Escape velocity, Motion ofa satellite, orbital velocity, time period and energy ofsatellite.
UNIT 7: PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS
Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's Law. Young's modulus, bulk modulus,
modulus of rigidity. Pressure due to a tluid column; Pascal's law and its applications. Effect of
gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity. Stokes' law. terminal velocity, streamline, and turbulent flow.critical velocity
Bemoulli's principle and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface,
application of surface tension - drops, bubbles, and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal
expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry; change of state, latent heat. Heat tansfer-
conduction, convection, and radiation.
UNIT 8: THERMODYNAMICS
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. Heat, work, and
intemal energy. The first law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes.
The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
UhITT 9: KIIIETIC THEORY OF GASES
Equation of state of a perfect gas, rvork done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases -
assumptions, the concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature: RMS speed of gas
molecules: Degrees of freedom. Law of equipartition ofenergy and applications to specific heat
capacities ofgases; Mean free path. Avogadro's number.
UNIT 10: OSCILLATIONS AI\D WAVES
Oscillations and periodic motion 
- 
time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time.
Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation; phase: oscillations of a
spring -restoring force and force constant: energy in S.H.M. - Kinetic and potential energies;
Simple pendulum - derivation of expression for its time period:
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of travelling wave. Displacement
relation for a progressive wave. Principle ofsuperposition ofwaves, reflection ofwaves. Standing
waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics- Beats.
UNIT 11: ELECTROSTATICS
Electric charges: Conservation ofcharge. Coulomb's law forces between two point charges, forces
between multiple charges: superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole, Electric field
due to a dipole. Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field'
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are advised to refer to the
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and for preparation 
of NEET (UG) 
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for academic
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No.U-14023I19/2023-UGMEB 
06.10.2023
SYLLABUS FOR NEET (UG) - 2024
PHYSICS
UNIT I: PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT
Units of measurements. 
System of Units, 
, S I Units, fundamental and derived units, least count.
significant figures, Errors in measurements 
, 
Dimensions of Physics quantities. 
dimensional
analysis, and its applications.
UNIT 2: KI\EMATICS
lhe franre of reference, motion in a straight line. Position- time graph. 
speed and velocitl:
Unifonn and non-uniform motion. average speed and instantaneous velocity. 
unilbrmlv
accelerated motion. velocity-time, position-time graph, relations lor uniformly accelerated
motioir- Scalars and Vectors. 
Vector. Addition and subtraction, 
, 
scalar and vector products. 
Unit
Vector. Resolution of a Vcctor. Relative Velocity. Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion. Unifbrm
Circular Motion.
UNIT3: LAWS OF MOTION
Force and inertia, Ne*'ton's First law of motion: Momentum, Newton,s Second Law of motion,
Impulses: Ne*ton's Third Lar,v of motion. I-aw of conservation of linear momentum and its
applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
Static and Kinetic flriction, larvs of friction. rolling friction.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications: vehicle on a level
circular road. vehicle on a banked road.
UNIT 4: WORK, BNERGY, AND POWER
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential 
energies. work-energy
theorem, power.
The potential 
energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy. conservative 
and non-
conservative 
forces; motion in a vertical circle: Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and trvo
dimensions.
UNITS: ROTATIONAL 
MOTION
Centue of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body: Basic concepts
of rotational motion; moment of a force; torque, angular momentum, conservation 
of angular
momentum 
and its applications;
The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia forsimple geometrical
objects, parallel 
and perpendicular 
axes theorems. and their applications. Equitibrium 
of rigid
bodies. rigid body rotation and equations ofrotational motion 
, 
comparison 
oflinear and rotational
motions.
I
UNIT 6: GRAVITATION
The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and
depth. Kepler's law oi planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential.
Escape velocity, Motion ofa satellite, orbital velocity, time period and energy ofsatellite.
UNIT 7: PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS
Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's Law. Young's modulus, bulk modulus,
modulus of rigidity. Pressure due to a tluid column; Pascal's law and its applications. Effect of
gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity. Stokes' law. terminal velocity, streamline, and turbulent flow.critical velocity
Bemoulli's principle and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface,
application of surface tension - drops, bubbles, and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal
expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry; change of state, latent heat. Heat tansfer-
conduction, convection, and radiation.
UNIT 8: THERMODYNAMICS
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. Heat, work, and
intemal energy. The first law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes.
The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
UhITT 9: KIIIETIC THEORY OF GASES
Equation of state of a perfect gas, rvork done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases -
assumptions, the concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature: RMS speed of gas
molecules: Degrees of freedom. Law of equipartition ofenergy and applications to specific heat
capacities ofgases; Mean free path. Avogadro's number.
UNIT 10: OSCILLATIONS AI\D WAVES
Oscillations and periodic motion 
- 
time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time.
Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation; phase: oscillations of a
spring -restoring force and force constant: energy in S.H.M. - Kinetic and potential energies;
Simple pendulum - derivation of expression for its time period:
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of travelling wave. Displacement
relation for a progressive wave. Principle ofsuperposition ofwaves, reflection ofwaves. Standing
waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics- Beats.
UNIT 11: ELECTROSTATICS
Electric charges: Conservation ofcharge. Coulomb's law forces between two point charges, forces
between multiple charges: superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole, Electric field
due to a dipole. Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field'
;: 
---7
2 za-
-.1
->
Electric flux' Gauss's law and its applications 
to find field due to infnitely 
long uniformly charged
straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane 
sheet, and uniformly 
charged thin spherical shell.
Electric potential 
and its calculation 
for a point 
charge, electric dipole and system of chargesl
potential 
diference, 
Equipotential 
surfaces, Electrical potential 
eneigy ofa system of two poinl
charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic 
field.
conductors 
and insulators. 
Dielectrics 
and electric polarization, 
capacitors 
and capacitances,, 
the
combination 
ofcapacitors in series and parallel, 
capacitance 
ofa parallel plate 
capacitor with and
without dielectric medium bet*'een the plates. 
Energy stored in a capacitor.
UNIT 12: CURRENT 
ELECTRICITY
Electric current. Drift velocity, 
mobility and their relation *ith electric current.. 
Ohm,s law.
Electrical resistance.. 
v-l characteristics 
of ohmic and non-ohmic conductors. 
Electrical energy
and power' 
Electrical resistiviry 
and conductivity. 
Series and parallel 
combinations 
of resistors;
Temp€rature 
dependence 
of resistance.
Internal 
resistance, potential 
difference 
and emf of a cell, a combination 
of cells in series and
parallel. 
Kirchhoffs raws and their applications. 
wheatstone 
bridge. Metre Bridge.
UNIT 13: MAGNETIC 
ETFECTS 
oF CURRENT 
AND MAGNETISM
Biot - Savart law and its application 
to current carrying 
circular loop. Ampere,s larv and its
applications 
to infinitely 
long current 
carrying straight wire and solenoid. Fo."e on a moving
charge in uniform magnetic and electric 
fields.
Force on a current-carrying 
conductor in a uniform magnetic 
field. The force between two parallel
currents 
carrying conductors-definition 
of ampere. Torque 
experienced 
by a current loop in a
uniform magnetic 
field: Moving 
coil galvanometer, 
its sensitivity, 
and conversion 
to ammeter 
and
voltmeter.
Current loop as a magnetic 
dipole and its magnetic 
dipole moment. Bar magnet as an equivalent
solenoid. 
magnetic 
field lines; 
Magnetic fierd due to a magneric dipole (bar 
magnet) arong its
axis and perpendicular 
to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole in a unifor- 
.ugn.,i" 
field. 
para-
' 
dia- and ferromagnetic 
substances 
with examples, 
effect of temperu,*. 
on.Jgn.,ic properties.
UNIT I4: ELECTROMAGNETIC 
INDUCTI,N 
AND ALTERNATING 
.URRENTS
Electromagnetic 
induction: 
Faraday's 
law. Induced 
emf and cunent: Lenz,s 
Law, Eddy currents.
Self and mutuar inductance. 
Artemating 
cunents, peak 
and RMS varue of altemating 
current/
voltage: 
reactance 
and impedance: 
LCR series ci.cuit, ,esonance: power 
in AC circuits, wattless
current. 
AC generator 
and transformer.
UNIT 15: ELECTROMAGNETIC 
WAVES
Displacement 
current. Electromagnetic 
waves 
and their characteristics, 
Transverse 
nature of
electromagnetic 
waves, 
Electromagnetic 
spectrum (radio 
waves, 
microwaves, 
infrared, 
visibre,
ultraviolet. 
X-rays. 
Gamma rays), Applications 
of e.m. waves.
UNIT l6: OPTICS
Reflection 
of light, spherical 
minors, 
morror formura. 
Refraction 
of right at prane 
and sphericar
surfaces, thin lens formula and lens maker formura. 
Totar intemal reflection 
and its applications.
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PUBLIC N CE
It is notified 
to ail the stakehorders 
especiaily 
to the aspiring
candidates 
that the Under 
Graduate Medicai eduiation 
Board, 
an
autonomous 
body under National Medical 
commission 
has finalised the
NEET (UG)-2024 
sytlabus.
2. The same has been uproaded 
on NMC's website 
for the reference
of the public 
at large. The stakeholders 
are advised to refer to the
updated syllabus 
for NEET (uG)-2024 
for the preparation 
of the study
material 
and for preparation 
of NEET (UG) 
examinations 
for academic
session 2024-25.
3. This issues with the approval of competent 
authority.
(Shambhu 
Shara
{
K
Director, 
UGMEB
l*r.3
umar)
qUru/Phone 
: 25367 033, 25367035,
25367036
fi-*/Fax 
: 0091-1 1-25 367024
*-fa/E-mail 
: ug@nmc.orq.in.
qiil-d 
-14, 
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Eafr-zz
Pocket- 14, Sector- 8,
Dwarka, Phase 
- 
1, New
Delht-77
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National 
Medical Commission
(Undergraduate 
Medical Education 
Board)
No.U-14023I19/2023-UGMEB 
06.10.2023
SYLLABUS FOR NEET (UG) - 2024
PHYSICS
UNIT I: PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT
Units of measurements. 
System of Units, 
, S I Units, fundamental and derived units, least count.
significant figures, Errors in measurements 
, 
Dimensions of Physics quantities. 
dimensional
analysis, and its applications.
UNIT 2: KI\EMATICS
lhe franre of reference, motion in a straight line. Position- time graph. 
speed and velocitl:
Unifonn and non-uniform motion. average speed and instantaneous velocity. 
unilbrmlv
accelerated motion. velocity-time, position-time graph, relations lor uniformly accelerated
motioir- Scalars and Vectors. 
Vector. Addition and subtraction, 
, 
scalar and vector products. 
Unit
Vector. Resolution of a Vcctor. Relative Velocity. Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion. Unifbrm
Circular Motion.
UNIT3: LAWS OF MOTION
Force and inertia, Ne*'ton's First law of motion: Momentum, Newton,s Second Law of motion,
Impulses: Ne*ton's Third Lar,v of motion. I-aw of conservation of linear momentum and its
applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
Static and Kinetic flriction, larvs of friction. rolling friction.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications: vehicle on a level
circular road. vehicle on a banked road.
UNIT 4: WORK, BNERGY, AND POWER
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential 
energies. work-energy
theorem, power.
The potential 
energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy. conservative 
and non-
conservative 
forces; motion in a vertical circle: Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and trvo
dimensions.
UNITS: ROTATIONAL 
MOTION
Centue of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body: Basic concepts
of rotational motion; moment of a force; torque, angular momentum, conservation 
of angular
momentum 
and its applications;
The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia forsimple geometrical
objects, parallel 
and perpendicular 
axes theorems. and their applications. Equitibrium 
of rigid
bodies. rigid body rotation and equations ofrotational motion 
, 
comparison 
oflinear and rotational
motions.
I
UNIT 6: GRAVITATION
The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and
depth. Kepler's law oi planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential.
Escape velocity, Motion ofa satellite, orbital velocity, time period and energy ofsatellite.
UNIT 7: PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS
Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's Law. Young's modulus, bulk modulus,
modulus of rigidity. Pressure due to a tluid column; Pascal's law and its applications. Effect of
gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity. Stokes' law. terminal velocity, streamline, and turbulent flow.critical velocity
Bemoulli's principle and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface,
application of surface tension - drops, bubbles, and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal
expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry; change of state, latent heat. Heat tansfer-
conduction, convection, and radiation.
UNIT 8: THERMODYNAMICS
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. Heat, work, and
intemal energy. The first law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes.
The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
UhITT 9: KIIIETIC THEORY OF GASES
Equation of state of a perfect gas, rvork done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases -
assumptions, the concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature: RMS speed of gas
molecules: Degrees of freedom. Law of equipartition ofenergy and applications to specific heat
capacities ofgases; Mean free path. Avogadro's number.
UNIT 10: OSCILLATIONS AI\D WAVES
Oscillations and periodic motion 
- 
time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time.
Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation; phase: oscillations of a
spring -restoring force and force constant: energy in S.H.M. - Kinetic and potential energies;
Simple pendulum - derivation of expression for its time period:
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of travelling wave. Displacement
relation for a progressive wave. Principle ofsuperposition ofwaves, reflection ofwaves. Standing
waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics- Beats.
UNIT 11: ELECTROSTATICS
Electric charges: Conservation ofcharge. Coulomb's law forces between two point charges, forces
between multiple charges: superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole, Electric field
due to a dipole. Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field'
;: 
---7
2 za-
-.1
->
Electric flux' Gauss's law and its applications 
to find field due to infnitely 
long uniformly charged
straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane 
sheet, and uniformly 
charged thin spherical shell.
Electric potential 
and its calculation 
for a point 
charge, electric dipole and system of chargesl
potential 
diference, 
Equipotential 
surfaces, Electrical potential 
eneigy ofa system of two poinl
charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic 
field.
conductors 
and insulators. 
Dielectrics 
and electric polarization, 
capacitors 
and capacitances,, 
the
combination 
ofcapacitors in series and parallel, 
capacitance 
ofa parallel plate 
capacitor with and
without dielectric medium bet*'een the plates. 
Energy stored in a capacitor.
UNIT 12: CURRENT 
ELECTRICITY
Electric current. Drift velocity, 
mobility and their relation *ith electric current.. 
Ohm,s law.
Electrical resistance.. 
v-l characteristics 
of ohmic and non-ohmic conductors. 
Electrical energy
and power' 
Electrical resistiviry 
and conductivity. 
Series and parallel 
combinations 
of resistors;
Temp€rature 
dependence 
of resistance.
Internal 
resistance, potential 
difference 
and emf of a cell, a combination 
of cells in series and
parallel. 
Kirchhoffs raws and their applications. 
wheatstone 
bridge. Metre Bridge.
UNIT 13: MAGNETIC 
ETFECTS 
oF CURRENT 
AND MAGNETISM
Biot - Savart law and its application 
to current carrying 
circular loop. Ampere,s larv and its
applications 
to infinitely 
long current 
carrying straight wire and solenoid. Fo."e on a moving
charge in uniform magnetic and electric 
fields.
Force on a current-carrying 
conductor in a uniform magnetic 
field. The force between two parallel
currents 
carrying conductors-definition 
of ampere. Torque 
experienced 
by a current loop in a
uniform magnetic 
field: Moving 
coil galvanometer, 
its sensitivity, 
and conversion 
to ammeter 
and
voltmeter.
Current loop as a magnetic 
dipole and its magnetic 
dipole moment. Bar magnet as an equivalent
solenoid. 
magnetic 
field lines; 
Magnetic fierd due to a magneric dipole (bar 
magnet) arong its
axis and perpendicular 
to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole in a unifor- 
.ugn.,i" 
field. 
para-
' 
dia- and ferromagnetic 
substances 
with examples, 
effect of temperu,*. 
on.Jgn.,ic properties.
UNIT I4: ELECTROMAGNETIC 
INDUCTI,N 
AND ALTERNATING 
.URRENTS
Electromagnetic 
induction: 
Faraday's 
law. Induced 
emf and cunent: Lenz,s 
Law, Eddy currents.
Self and mutuar inductance. 
Artemating 
cunents, peak 
and RMS varue of altemating 
current/
voltage: 
reactance 
and impedance: 
LCR series ci.cuit, ,esonance: power 
in AC circuits, wattless
current. 
AC generator 
and transformer.
UNIT 15: ELECTROMAGNETIC 
WAVES
Displacement 
current. Electromagnetic 
waves 
and their characteristics, 
Transverse 
nature of
electromagnetic 
waves, 
Electromagnetic 
spectrum (radio 
waves, 
microwaves, 
infrared, 
visibre,
ultraviolet. 
X-rays. 
Gamma rays), Applications 
of e.m. waves.
UNIT l6: OPTICS
Reflection 
of light, spherical 
minors, 
morror formura. 
Refraction 
of right at prane 
and sphericar
surfaces, thin lens formula and lens maker formura. 
Totar intemal reflection 
and its applications.
3
TIN!T
. Magnification. Power of a Lens. Combination of thin lenses in contact. Refraction of light
tkough a prism. Microscope and Astronomical Telescope 
(reflecting and refracting 
) 
and their
magnifying 
powers.
Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens' principle. Laws ofreflection and refraction using Huygens
principle. Interference, Young's double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent
sources, and sustained interFerence of light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central
maximum.. Polarization, 
plane-polarized light: Brewster's law, uses of plane-polarized light and
Polaroid.
I?: DUAL NATURE OF MATTER AND RADIATION
Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect. Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein's
photoelectric equation: particle nature oflight. Matter wbves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie
relation..
UNIT 18: ATOMS AND NUCLEI
Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels'
hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, Mass-energy relation, mass
defect; binding energy 
per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion.
UNIT 19: ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias; diode as a
rectifier; I-V characteristics ofLED. the photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as
a voltage regulator.. Logic gates (OR. AND. NOT. NAND and NOR).
UNIT 20: EXPERIMENTAL 
SKILLS
Familiarity with the basic approach and observations ofthe experiments and activities:
r. Vemier calipers-its use to measure the intemal and extemal diameter and depth of a vessel.
z. Screw gauge-its use to determine thicknesV diameter ofthin sheet/wire'
r. Simple 
pendulum-dissipation 
of energy by plotting a graph between the square of amplitude
and time.
l. Metre Scale - the mass of a given object by the principle of moments'
s. Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire'
o. Surf ace tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents,
z. Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal 
velocity of a given
spherical bodY'
a. Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube,
s. Specific heat capacity ofa given (i) solid and 
(ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
t0. The resistivity of the material of a given wire using a metre bridge'
t t. The resistance of a given wire using Ohm's law'
t2. Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by halfdeflection method.
tr. The focal len4h of;
(i) Convex mirror
(ii) Concave mirror, and
(i0 Convex lens, using the parallax method.
tl. The plot ofthe angle ofdeviation 
vs angle of incidence for a triangular 
prism'
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