IITJEE 2008 Physics syllabus

General: Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis;
least count, significant figures; Methods of measurement
and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the
following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier
calipers and screw gauge (micrometer), Determination of
g using simple pendulum, Young's modulus by Searle's
method, Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter,
focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens
using u-v method, 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.

Mechanics: Kinematics in one and two dimensions
(Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles; Uniform Circular motion;
Relative velocity.

Newton'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 particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse;
Elastic and inelastic collisions.

Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration
due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits;
Escape velocity.

Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes
theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple
geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; Torque;
Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies
with fixed axis of rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings,
cylinders and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies;
Collision of point masses with rigid bodies.

Linear and angular simple harmonic motions.

Hooke's law, Young's modulus.

Pressure in a fluid; Pascal's law; Buoyancy; Surface energy
and surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity
(Poiseuille's equation excluded), Stoke's law; Terminal velocity,
Streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli's theorem
and its applications.

Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves,
superposition of waves; Progressive and stationary waves;
Vibration of strings and air columns;Resonance; Beats;
Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).

Thermal physics: Thermal 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 monoatomic and diatomic gases);
Isothermal and adiabatic processes, 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.

Electricity and magnetism: Coulomb's law; Electric field and potential;
Electrical potential energy of a system of point charges
and of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field;
Electric field lines; Flux of electric field;
Gauss's law and its application in simple cases,
such as, to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly
charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.

Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics;
Capacitors in series and parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor.

Electric current; Ohm's law; Series and parallel arrangements of
resistances and cells; Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications;
Heating effect of current.

Biot–Savart's law and Ampere's law; Magnetic field near a
current-carrying straight wire, along 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.
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 induction: Faraday's law, Lenz's law;
Self and mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC circuits with d.c.
and a.c. sources.

Optics: Rectilinear 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 light: Huygen's principle, interference limited
to Young's double-slit experiment.

Modern physics: Atomic 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.