BHU UET Physics (Class XI & XII Syllabus

BHU UET Physics (Class XI & XII: topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   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
2. 2

   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
3. 3

   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)
4. 4

   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
5. 5

   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
6. 6

   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)