BHU UET Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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• Mechanics

  ~10 marks
  • Units, Dimensions, Dimensional Analysis, Errors, Significant Figures, Vernier, Screw Gauge
  • Kinematics — Motion in 1D, 2D (Projectile, Circular, Relative), Vector Addition, Velocity, Acceleration
  • Newton's Laws, Friction, Banking, Constraint Motion, Free Body Diagrams, Pseudo Forces
  • Work, Energy, Power, PE/KE, Conservation, Work-Energy Theorem, Spring, Vertical Circular Motion
  • Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Collision (1D, 2D), Impulse, Variable Mass, Rocket
  • Rotational Motion — Torque, Angular Momentum, MI (Ring, Disc, Sphere, Rod), Rolling, Top, Gyroscope
  • Gravitation — Kepler's, Universal Law, Field, PE, Escape Velocity, Satellite, Geostationary, Variation of g
  • Elasticity — Stress, Strain, Hooke's, Young's, Bulk, Shear, Poisson's Ratio
  • Fluids — Pressure, Pascal, Archimedes, Bernoulli, Continuity, Viscosity, Stokes, Surface Tension, Capillarity, Excess Pressure
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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, Newton's Law of Cooling, Blackbody, Wein's, Stefan's, Greenhouse Effect
  • Thermodynamics — Laws, Heat, Internal Energy, Work, Isothermal, Adiabatic, Engines, Refrigerator, Carnot, Entropy
  • SHM — Period, Frequency, Amplitude, Energy, Spring, Pendulum, Phase, Superposition, Lissajous
  • Wave Motion — Longitudinal, Transverse, Speed, Standing Waves, Resonance, Beats, Doppler Effect, Organ Pipes, Sound, Echo, SONAR
  • Shock Waves, Sonic Boom, Applications
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• Electricity, Magnetism & EMI

  ~12 marks
  • Electrostatics — Coulomb's, Superposition, Field, Dipole, Continuous, Gauss, Applications (Sphere, Cylinder, Plane)
  • Potential, Equipotential, PE, Work, Relation with E, Conductors, Shielding, Action of Points
  • Capacitance, Series-Parallel, Spherical, Cylindrical, Energy, Dielectrics, Polarization, Susceptibility, Van de Graaff
  • Current — Ohm's Law, Resistance, Combination, Cells (EMF, Internal), Kirchhoff, Wheatstone, Potentiometer, Meter Bridge
  • Heating Effects, Joule's Law, Seebeck, Peltier, Thomson, Thermoelectricity
  • Magnetic Effects — Biot-Savart, Ampere's, Solenoid, Toroid, Force, Cyclotron, Galvanometer to Ammeter/Voltmeter, Tangent Law
  • Magnets, Bar Magnet, Earth's Magnetism, Dia/Para/Ferro, Hysteresis, Permanent, Electromagnets, Curie Temperature
  • 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, Choke Coil, Transformer
  • 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, Rainbow, Eye, Defects, Microscope, Telescope, Binocular, Spectrometer, Sextant
  • Wave Optics — Huygens, Interference (YDSE, Thin Film, Newton's Rings), Diffraction (Single Slit, Polarization, Brewster's, Malus, Polaroids, Malu's Law, Resolving Power)
  • Photometry — Luminous Flux, Intensity, Illuminance, Inverse Square Law, Lambert's Cosine Law, Photometers
  • Vision, Optical Phenomena, Atmospheric Optics, Mirage, Halo, Rainbow
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• Modern Physics & Electronics

  ~6 marks
  • Dual Nature — Photoelectric Effect, Einstein's Equation, de Broglie, Davisson-Germer, Heisenberg Uncertainty, Wave-Particle Duality
  • Atoms — Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr Model, Hydrogen Spectrum, Energy Levels, Franck-Hertz, X-Rays, Production, Properties, Moseley, Bragg's Law, Compton Effect, Lasers, Stimulated Emission, Population Inversion, Applications (Holography, Optical Fibre, Barcode, Surgery)
  • Nuclei — Composition, Mass Defect, Binding Energy, Radioactivity (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Decay Law, Half-Life, Activity, Successive Disintegration, Carbon Dating, Geological Dating), Nuclear Fission & Fusion, Reactors (Indian Context), Waste Management, AERB
  • Solid State Electronics — Energy Bands, Conductors, Semiconductors, Insulators, Doping (n, p), p-n Junction, Diode (Forward/Reverse), Zener, LED, Photodiode, Solar Cell, BJT (CB, CE, CC), Transistor Amplifier, Oscillator (Hartley, Colpitt, Crystal), Hybrid Parameters
  • Digital Electronics — Logic Gates, Boolean Algebra, Number Systems (Binary, Octal, Hex), Flip-Flops (SR, JK, D, T), Counters (Asynchronous, Synchronous, Ripple, Mod-N, Johnson, Ring), Registers, Multiplexers, Demultiplexers, ADC, DAC, Memory (ROM, RAM, PROM, EPROM)
  • Communication Systems — Modulation (AM, FM, PM), Demodulation, Transmitter, Receiver, Bandwidth, Modem, Internet, Mobile, FAX, Satellite, Optical Fibre, RADAR, SONAR, Cellular (GSM, CDMA), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, TV (PAL, NTSC, SECAM, HDTV), Antenna Basics, Waveguides, Sky Wave, Space Wave Propagation
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• Experimental Skills, Errors & Practical Physics

  ~2 marks
  • Measurements — Vernier, 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, Tangent Galvanometer, Verification of Laws (Ohm, Kirchhoff, Lenz, Faraday)
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