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Syllabus for the post of PGT  -Physics 
Units and Measurements 
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived 
units, significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. 
Motion in a Straight Line: Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform motion, and 
instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs, 
Relations for uniformly accelerated motion . 
Motion in a Plane: Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors
and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and 
subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar 
and Vector product of vectors.  Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration, 
projectile motion, uniform circular motion. 
Laws of Motion: Intuitive concept of force, Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and
Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion. Law of conservation of 
linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, 
laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, 
examples of circular motion- vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.  
Work, Energy and Power: 
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power, 
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: non- conservative forces, 
motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.  
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body & System of Particles and Rotational Motion 
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and Centre of mass motion, Centre 
of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod, Moment of a force, torque, angular 
momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its applications, Equilibrium of rigid 
bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational 
motions. Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical 
objects.  
Gravitation: 
Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation, Acceleration due to gravity and its 
variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape 
velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. 
Mechanical Properties of Solids 
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of 
rigidity, Poisson's ratio; elastic energy. 
Mechanical Properties of Fluids 
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications -hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes, 
effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent 
flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications, Surface energy and surface 
tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension 
ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.  
Subject specific syllabus includes the concepts of NCERT/CBSE syllabus and Text Books (Classes XI 
& XII), however, the questions will be testing the depth of understanding and application of these 
concepts at the level of Post- Graduation. 
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Syllabus for the post of PGT  -Physics 
Units and Measurements 
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived 
units, significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. 
Motion in a Straight Line: Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform motion, and 
instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs, 
Relations for uniformly accelerated motion . 
Motion in a Plane: Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors
and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and 
subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar 
and Vector product of vectors.  Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration, 
projectile motion, uniform circular motion. 
Laws of Motion: Intuitive concept of force, Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and
Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion. Law of conservation of 
linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, 
laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, 
examples of circular motion- vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.  
Work, Energy and Power: 
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power, 
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: non- conservative forces, 
motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.  
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body & System of Particles and Rotational Motion 
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and Centre of mass motion, Centre 
of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod, Moment of a force, torque, angular 
momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its applications, Equilibrium of rigid 
bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational 
motions. Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical 
objects.  
Gravitation: 
Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation, Acceleration due to gravity and its 
variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape 
velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. 
Mechanical Properties of Solids 
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of 
rigidity, Poisson's ratio; elastic energy. 
Mechanical Properties of Fluids 
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications -hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes, 
effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent 
flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications, Surface energy and surface 
tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension 
ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.  
Subject specific syllabus includes the concepts of NCERT/CBSE syllabus and Text Books (Classes XI 
& XII), however, the questions will be testing the depth of understanding and application of these 
concepts at the level of Post- Graduation. 
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Thermal Properties of Matter 
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous 
expansion of water; specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv - calorimetry; change of state - latent heat capacity. 
Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of 
Blackbody radiation, Wein's displacement Law, Stefan's law. 
Thermodynamics 
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of thermodynamics, heat, work and 
internal energy, First law of thermodynamics, Second law of thermodynamics: gaseous state of 
matter, change of condition of gaseous state -isothermal, adiabatic, reversible, irreversible, and cyclic 
processes. 
Behavior of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases : 
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases - 
assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; 
degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy and application to specific heat capacities of 
gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro's number.  
Oscillations and Waves: 
Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions and 
their application, Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equations of motion; phase; oscillations of 
a loaded spring- restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; 
simple pendulum -its time period. Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, 
displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of 
waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats. 
Electric Charges and Fields: 
Electric charges, Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law-force 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 uniform electric field. Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its 
applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet 
and uniformly charged thin spherical shell-field inside and outside.  
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance: 
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of 
charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two-point charges and of 
electric dipole in an electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges 
inside a conductor. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance, combination of 
capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without 
dielectric medium between the plates, energy stored in a capacitor   
Current Electricity: 
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their 
relation with electric current; Ohm's law, V-I characteristics (Linear & Non-Linear), electrical energy 
and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity, temperature dependence of resistance, Internal 
resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel, 
Kirchhoff's rules, Wheatstone bridge.  
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism: 
Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment, Biot - Savart law and its application to current 
carrying circular loop, Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire. Straight 
solenoid, force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Force on a current-
carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, force between two parallel current-carrying 
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Syllabus for the post of PGT  -Physics 
Units and Measurements 
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived 
units, significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. 
Motion in a Straight Line: Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform motion, and 
instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs, 
Relations for uniformly accelerated motion . 
Motion in a Plane: Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors
and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and 
subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar 
and Vector product of vectors.  Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration, 
projectile motion, uniform circular motion. 
Laws of Motion: Intuitive concept of force, Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and
Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion. Law of conservation of 
linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, 
laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, 
examples of circular motion- vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.  
Work, Energy and Power: 
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power, 
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: non- conservative forces, 
motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.  
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body & System of Particles and Rotational Motion 
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and Centre of mass motion, Centre 
of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod, Moment of a force, torque, angular 
momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its applications, Equilibrium of rigid 
bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational 
motions. Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical 
objects.  
Gravitation: 
Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation, Acceleration due to gravity and its 
variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape 
velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. 
Mechanical Properties of Solids 
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of 
rigidity, Poisson's ratio; elastic energy. 
Mechanical Properties of Fluids 
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications -hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes, 
effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent 
flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications, Surface energy and surface 
tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension 
ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.  
Subject specific syllabus includes the concepts of NCERT/CBSE syllabus and Text Books (Classes XI 
& XII), however, the questions will be testing the depth of understanding and application of these 
concepts at the level of Post- Graduation. 
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Thermal Properties of Matter 
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous 
expansion of water; specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv - calorimetry; change of state - latent heat capacity. 
Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of 
Blackbody radiation, Wein's displacement Law, Stefan's law. 
Thermodynamics 
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of thermodynamics, heat, work and 
internal energy, First law of thermodynamics, Second law of thermodynamics: gaseous state of 
matter, change of condition of gaseous state -isothermal, adiabatic, reversible, irreversible, and cyclic 
processes. 
Behavior of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases : 
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases - 
assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; 
degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy and application to specific heat capacities of 
gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro's number.  
Oscillations and Waves: 
Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions and 
their application, Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equations of motion; phase; oscillations of 
a loaded spring- restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; 
simple pendulum -its time period. Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, 
displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of 
waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats. 
Electric Charges and Fields: 
Electric charges, Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law-force 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 uniform electric field. Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its 
applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet 
and uniformly charged thin spherical shell-field inside and outside.  
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance: 
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of 
charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two-point charges and of 
electric dipole in an electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges 
inside a conductor. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance, combination of 
capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without 
dielectric medium between the plates, energy stored in a capacitor   
Current Electricity: 
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their 
relation with electric current; Ohm's law, V-I characteristics (Linear & Non-Linear), electrical energy 
and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity, temperature dependence of resistance, Internal 
resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel, 
Kirchhoff's rules, Wheatstone bridge.  
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism: 
Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment, Biot - Savart law and its application to current 
carrying circular loop, Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire. Straight 
solenoid, force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Force on a current-
carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, force between two parallel current-carrying 
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conductors-definition of ampere, torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; 
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment, moving coil galvanometer - its 
current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.  
Magnetism and Matter 
Bar magnet, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid (qualitative treatment only), magnetic field 
intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis 
(qualitative treatment only), torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field 
(qualitative treatment only), magnetic field lines. Magnetic properties of materials- Para-, dia- and 
ferro - magnetic substances with examples, Magnetization of materials, effect of temperature on 
magnetic properties. 
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents 
Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws, induced EMF and current; Lenz's Law, Self and mutual 
induction, Alternating Current Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating 
current/voltage; reactance and impedance; LCR series circuit, resonance, power in AC circuits, power 
factor, wattless current, AC generator, Transformer.  
Electromagnetic Waves 
Basic idea of displacement current, Electromagnetic waves, their characteristics, their transverse 
nature (qualitative idea only). Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, 
ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses. 
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments Ray Optics: 
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal reflection and 
optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula, 
magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact, refraction of light through a 
prism. Optical instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and 
their magnifying powers.  
Wave optics: 
Wave front and Huygen’s principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using 
wave fronts, Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s 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 maxima.  
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: 
Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein's photoelectric
equation-particle nature of light, Experimental study of photoelectric effect Matter waves-wave 
nature of particles, de-Broglie relation. 
Atoms & Nuclei: 
Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model of hydrogen atom, 
Expression for radius of nth possible orbit, velocity and energy of electron in its orbit, hydrogen line 
spectra, Composition and size of nucleus, nuclear force Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding 
energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission, nuclear fusion.  
Semiconductor Electronics: 
Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors- p 
and n type, p-n junction Semiconductor diode - I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, 
application of junction diode -diode as a rectifier.  
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