AMU ENTRANCE Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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• Mechanics

  ~10 marks
  • Units & Dimensions, Dimensional Analysis, Errors, Significant Figures
  • Kinematics — Motion in 1D & 2D, Projectile, Relative Motion, Vector Addition, Circular Motion
  • Newton's Laws, Free Body Diagrams, Friction, Banking, Pseudo Forces, Constraint Motion
  • Work, Energy, Power, PE/KE, Conservation, Work-Energy Theorem, Spring, Vertical Circular Motion
  • Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Collision, Impulse, Variable Mass, Rocket Propulsion
  • Rotational Motion — Torque, Angular Momentum, MI, Rolling, Angular Momentum Conservation, Top, Gyroscope
  • Gravitation — Kepler's Laws, Universal Law, Field, PE, Escape Velocity, Satellite, Geostationary
  • Elasticity — Stress, Strain, Hooke's Law, Young's, Bulk, Shear Modulus, Poisson's Ratio
  • Fluids — Pressure, Pascal, Archimedes, Bernoulli, Continuity, Viscosity, Stokes, Surface Tension, Capillarity
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• Thermal Physics, Waves & Oscillations

  ~6 marks
  • Kinetic Theory — Ideal Gas, Pressure, KE, RMS Speed, Degrees of Freedom, Mean Free Path, Specific Heats
  • Calorimetry, Heat Transfer (Conduction, Convection, Radiation), Newton's Law of Cooling, Blackbody, Wein's Law, Stefan's Law
  • Thermodynamics — Laws, Heat, Internal Energy, Work, Isothermal, Adiabatic, Heat Engines, Refrigerator, Carnot
  • SHM — Period, Frequency, Amplitude, Energy, Spring, Pendulum, Phase, Superposition, Lissajous
  • Wave Motion — Longitudinal, Transverse, Speed, Standing Waves, Resonance, Beats, Doppler Effect, Organ Pipes, Sound
  • Shock Waves, Sonic Boom, Applications
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• Electricity, Magnetism & EMI

  ~12 marks
  • Electrostatics — Coulomb's, Superposition, Field, Dipole, Continuous Distribution, Gauss, Applications
  • Electric Potential, Equipotential, PE, Work, Relation with E, Conductors, Electrostatic Shielding
  • Capacitance, Series-Parallel, Spherical, Cylindrical, Energy, Dielectrics, Polarization, Susceptibility, Van de Graaff
  • Current Electricity — Ohm's Law, Resistance, Combination, Cells (EMF, Internal), Kirchhoff, Wheatstone, Potentiometer, Meter Bridge
  • Heating Effects, Joule's Law, Seebeck, Peltier, Thomson Effects, Thermoelectricity
  • Magnetic Effects — Biot-Savart, Ampere's, Solenoid, Toroid, Force, Cyclotron, Moving Coil Galvanometer, Conversion
  • Magnets, Bar Magnet, Earth's Magnetism, Dia/Para/Ferro, Hysteresis, Permanent & Electromagnets
  • EMI — Faraday's, Lenz's, Motional EMF, Eddy Currents, Self/Mutual Inductance, Transformers, Generator
  • AC — Peak/RMS, Reactance, Impedance, LCR, Resonance, Q-Factor, Power, LC Oscillations
  • EM Waves — Properties, Spectrum, Applications, Maxwell's Equations (Qualitative)
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• Optics

  ~6 marks
  • Ray Optics — Reflection, Refraction, TIR, Optical Fibre, Mirrors, Lenses, Prisms, Dispersion, Scattering, Eye, Defects, Microscope, Telescope
  • Wave Optics — Huygens, Interference (YDSE, Thin Film), Diffraction (Single Slit, Polarization, Brewster's, Malus, Polaroids)
  • Photometry — Luminous Flux, Intensity, Illuminance, Inverse Square Law, Lamberts Cosine Law, Photometers
  • Vision — Eye, Resolving Power, Magnification, Spectrometer, Sextant, Optical Instruments
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• Modern Physics & Electronics

  ~6 marks
  • Dual Nature — Photoelectric Effect, Einstein's Equation, de Broglie, Davisson-Germer, Heisenberg Uncertainty
  • Atoms — Bohr Model, Hydrogen Spectrum, X-Rays (Production, Properties, Moseley, Bragg), Energy Levels, Lasers
  • Nuclei — Composition, Mass Defect, Binding Energy, Radioactivity (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Decay Law, Half-Life, Activity), Fission & Fusion, Reactors
  • Solid State Electronics — Energy Bands, Conductors, Semiconductors, Insulators, Diodes (Zener, LED, Photodiode, Solar), BJT, Transistor Amplifier, Oscillator
  • Digital Electronics — Logic Gates, Boolean, Number Systems, Flip-Flops, Counters, Registers, Multiplexers, ADC, DAC
  • Communication Systems — Modulation (AM, FM, PM), Demodulation, Transmitter, Receiver, Bandwidth, Modem, Internet, Mobile, FAX, Satellite, Optical Fibre, RADAR, SONAR
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• Experimental Skills, Errors & Practical Physics

  ~2 marks
  • Measurements — Vernier Callipers, Screw Gauge, Spherometer, Beam Balance, Stop Watch, Graph Plotting, Errors, Significant Figures
  • Experiments — Pendulum, Spring, Specific Heat, Resistance, Focal Length, Refractive Index, Sonometer, Meter Bridge, Potentiometer
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