APIIT NAT 2021 Physics Syllabus

National Admission Test ( NAT ) Entrance Examination Physics Syllabus-2015:

For B.Tech:

Admission will be based on JEE Main-2015 Merit Score / NAT Entrance Examination:

Unit 1: Units and Measurement

Units for measurement, system of units S.I., fundamental and derived units. Dimensions and their applications.

Unit 2: Description of Motion in One Dimension

Motion in a straight Line, uniform and non-uniform motion, their graphical representation uniformly accelerated motion, and its applications

Unit 3: Description of Motion in Two Dimensions

Scalars and vectors, Uniform circular motion and its applications, Projectile motion.

Unit 4: Laws of Motion

Force and inertia- Newton's Laws of Motion. Conservation of linear momentum and its applications, rocket propulsion, friction laws of friction

Unit 5: Work, Energy and Power

Concept of work, energy and power. Energy Kinetic and potential. Conservation of energy and its applications, Elastic collisions in one and two dimensions. Different forms of energy.

Unit 6: Rotational Motion and Moment Of Inertia

Centre of mass of a two-particle system. Centre of mass of a rigid body, general motion of a rigid body, nature of rotational motion, torque, angular momentum, its conservation and applications. Moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorem, expression of moment of inertia for ring, disc and sphere.

Unit 7: Gravitation

Acceleration due to gravity, one and two-dimensional motion under gravity. Universal law of gravitation, variation in the acceleration due to gravity of the earth. Planetary motion, Keller’s laws, artificial satellite geostationary satellite, gravitational potential energy near the surface of earth, gravitational potential and escape velocity.

Unit 8: Oscillations & Waves

Periodic motion, simple harmonic motion and its equation of motion, energy in S.H.M. Oscillations of a spring and simple pendulum. Wave motion, speed of a wave, longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves, progressive and Standing waves, free and forced Oscillations, resonance, vibration of strings and air-columns, beats, Doppler effect.

Unit 9: Heat and Thermodynamics

Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases and their specific heats, Relationship between Cp and Co for gases, first Law of thermodynamics, thermodynamic processes. Second law of thermodynamics, Carnot cycle, efficiency of heat engines. Modes of transference of heat. Thermal conductivity. Black body radiations, Kirchhoff s Law, Wien's Law, Stefan's law of radiation and Newton's law of cooling.

Unit 10: Electrostatics

Electric charge its unit and conservation. Coulomb's law, dielectric constant, electric field, lines of force, field due to dipole and its behavior in a uniform electric field, electric flux, Gauss's theorem and its applications. Electric Potential, potential due to a point charge. Conductors and insulators, distribution of charge on conductors. Capacitance, parallel plate capacitor, combination of capacitors, energy of capacitor.

Unit 11: Current Electricity

Electric current and its unit, sources of energy, cells- primary and secondary, grouping of cells resistance of different materials, temperature dependence, specific resistivity Ohm's law, Kirchhoff s law, series and parallel circuits. Wheatstone bridge with their applications and potentiometer with their applications.

Unit 12: Magnetic Effects of Currents

Worsted’s experiment, Bio-Saver’s law, magnetic field due to straight wire, circular loop and solenoid, force on a moving charge in a uniform magnetic field (Lorentz force), forces and torques on currents in a magnetic field, force between two current carrying wires, moving coil galvanometer and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.

Unit 13: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

Induced e.g., Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law, Self and Mutual inductance, alternating currents, impedance and reactance, power in arc. Circuits with L.c. And R series Combination, resonant circuits. Transformer and A.C generator.

Unit 14: Ray Optics

Reflection and refraction of light at plane and curved surfaces, total internal reflection, optical fiber; deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Lens formula, magnification and resolving power; microscope and telescope.

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