JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus – Topic Wise Detailed Syllabus

JEE Advanced syllabus for Physics has been designed in such a way that it offers very practical and application-based learning to further make it easier for students to understand every concept or topic by correlating it with the day-to-day experiences. JEE Advanced for physics is developed to test the deep understanding and application of concepts.

It’s syllabus is as difficult and vast, therefore, it is important to develop a clear understanding of concepts from the very beginning itself.

So,tet the basics right and then move on to mastering advanced concepts. Besides, securing better marks in JEE Advanced 2020 demands a solid conceptual base with broad knowledge on its applications. Candidates can start their preparations from NCERT textbooks.

Additionally, students can also check the comprehensive list of all the chapters in IIT JEE Maths and Chemistry syllabus from the below links.

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JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus PDF

A detailed list of all the topics covered in JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus is given here. It will help candidates know some of the important concepts from where the questions are asked frequently in the examination.

JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus

Unit 1: General Physics
Units and DimensionsUnits and dimensions, dimensional analysis. Least count and significant figures.
Experimental AnalysisMethods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier callipers and screw gauge (micrometre). Determination of g using the simple pendulum. Young’s modulus by Searle’s method. Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter, the focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using the u-v method. The speed of sound using resonance column. Verification of Ohm’s law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific resistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box.
Unit 2 Mechanics
KinematicsKinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles. Uniform Circular motion, relative velocity.
Newton’s laws of motionNewton’s laws of motion, Inertial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference. Static and dynamic friction, Kinetic and potential energy. Work and power. Conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy.
Systems of particlesCentre of mass and its motion; Impulse. Elastic and inelastic collisions.
GravitationLaws of gravitation. Gravitational potential and field, acceleration due to gravity. The motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits and escape velocity.
Inertia and MomentumRigid body, the moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, the moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes. Angular momentum, Torque, Conservation of angular momentum. Dynamics of rigid bodies with a fixed axis of rotation. Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders, and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies. The collision of point masses with rigid bodies.
Harmonic motionsLinear and angular simple harmonic motions. Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus.
The pressure in a fluidPascal’s law; Buoyancy. Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise, viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded). Stoke’s law, terminal velocity, Streamline flow, the equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
WavesWave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves. Progressive and stationary waves. The vibration of strings and air columns, Resonance, Beats. The speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).
Thermal PhysicsThermal expansion of solids, liquids, and gases, calorimetry, latent heat . Heat conduction in one dimension, elementary concepts of convection and radiation, Newton’s law of cooling; Ideal gas laws. Specific heats (Cv and Cp for monatomic and diatomic gases), Isothermal and adiabatic processes, the bulk modulus of gases. Equivalence of heat and work, First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases). Blackbody radiation, absorptive and emissive powers, Kirchhoff’s law. Wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law.
Unit 3 Electricity and magnetism
Electric FieldsCoulomb’s law; Electric field and potential. The electrical potential energy of a system of point charges and of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field. Electric field lines; Flux of the electric field. Gauss’s law and its application in simple cases, such as, to find field due to the infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
CapacitanceCapacitance, Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics. Capacitors in series and parallel, Energy stored in a capacitor.
Electric currentElectric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and cells. Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications. Heating effect of current.
Magnetic FieldsBiot Savart’s law and Ampere’s law. Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight wire, along with the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid. Force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field. The magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop. Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions.
Electromagnetic InductionElectromagnetic induction, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law. Self and mutual inductance. RC, LR and LC circuits with D.C. and A.C. sources.
Unit 4 Optics
Reflection and RefractionRectilinear propagation of light. Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces, total internal reflection. Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism. Thin lenses, Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses; Magnification.
Wave nature of lightHuygen’s principle. Interference limited to Young’s double-slit experiment.
Unit 5 Modern Physics
Atoms and NucleiAtomic nucleus; Alpha, beta and gamma radiations; Law of radioactive decay. Decay constant; Half-life and mean life; Binding energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion processes; Energy calculation in these processes. Photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays. Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves.

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