1. General

Dimensional analysis, units, and dimensions; least count, significant figures; Measurement and error analysis methods for the physical quantities in the following experiments: experiments on Verniercallipers and screw gauge (micrometre), using a basic pendulum, determine g, Searle’s method for calculating Young's modulus, using a calorimeter, determine the specific heat of a liquid, using the u-v method, calculate the focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens, sound speed is measured using a resonance column, ohm's law is verified using a voltmeter and an ammeter, using a meter bridge and a post office box, and determine the specific resistance of a wire's substance.

2. Mechanics

Newton's equations of motion; evenly accelerated and inertial frames of reference; static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy Power and work; Mechanical energy and linear motion are both conserved.

Particle systems; mass centre and motion; impulse; elastic and inelastic collisions. Gravitational potential and field; Gravitational law; Gravitational acceleration; Planetary and satellite motion in circular orbits; escape velocity.

Uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes, a moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axis theorems, a moment of inertia of rigid bodies Momentum in an angular direction; Torque; angular momentum conservation; The dynamics of stiff bodies with a fixed rotational axis; Rings, cylinders, and spheres rolling without slipping; Equilibrium of stiff bodies; Collision of point masses with rigid bodies

Simple harmonic motions, both linear and angular.

Young's modulus, Hooke's law

Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity (without Poiseuille's equation), Stoke's law; Pressure in a fluid; Pascal's law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity (except Poiseuille's equation), Stoke's law; Bernoulli's theorem and its applications, terminal velocity, Streamline flow, equation of continuity

Wave motion (planar waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, wave superposition; progressive and stationary waves; string and air column vibrations; Resonance, Beats, Sound Speed in Gases, and the Doppler Effect (in sound).

3. Thermal Physics

Solids, liquids, and gases all expand thermally. Calorimetry, latent heat; one-dimensional heat conduction; Convection, and radiation are basic concepts. The cooling law of Newton; Gas laws that are ideal; Cv and Cp for monatomic and diatomic gases, respectively; Processes that are isothermal and adiabatic, as well as the bulk modulus of gases; Heat and work equivalence; Thermodynamics' first law and its applications (just for ideal gases); Absorptive and emissive properties of blackbody radiation. Kirchhoff's law, Wien's displacement law, and Stefan's law are all examples of Kirchhoff's law.

4. Electricity and Magnetism

The law of Coulomb; Potential and electric field; In a homogeneous electrostatic field, the electrical potential energy of a system of point charges and electrical dipoles; Lines of an electric field; Electric field flux; Gauss's law and its application in simple examples like finding the field due to an infinitely long straight wire, a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet, or a uniformly charged thin spherical shell. Capacitance; There are two types of parallel plate capacitors: those with and without dielectrics. Series and parallel capacitors.A capacitor’s stored energy. The current of electricity; The law of Ohms; Resistances and cells are arranged in series and parallel. Kirchhoff's laws and their straightforward applications. Current’s heating effect. The laws of Biot–Savart and Ampere. Near a current-carrying straight wire, along with the axis of a circular coil, and inside a long straight solenoid; In a homogeneous magnetic field, the force on a moving charge and a current-carrying wire. Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, and ammeter and their conversions; Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop.Faraday's and Lenz's laws of electromagnetic induction. RC, LR, and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources; self and mutual inductance.

5. Optics

Light propagation along a rectilinear path; The effects of reflection and refraction on planar and spherical surfaces; A prism's deviation and dispersion of light; Total internal reflection; Lenses that are very thin; Mirrors and narrow lenses in combination; Magnification. Light's wave nature: Huygen's principle, with Young's double-slit experiment serving as an example of interference.

6. Modern Physics

The nucleus of an atom; and radiations of α, β, γ; The radioactive decay law; Constant decay; Half-life and average life are terms used to describe how long something lasts. Calculation of binding energy; Processes of fission and fusion; In these procedures, energy is calculated. Effect of photoelectricity; The theory of hydrogen-like atoms proposed by Niels Bohr; Moseley's law, characteristic and continuous X-rays; Matter waves have a de Broglie wavelength.