joint entrance exam

Optics

Submitted by pradipta pramanik on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 20:16

Optics : Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces, total internal reflection, thin lenses, power of a lens, combination of lenses and mirrors, deviation and dispersion by prisms.

Thermodynamics

Submitted by pradipta pramanik on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 20:15

Thermodynamics : First law of thermodynamics, equivalence of heat and work, intensive and extensive thermodynamic variables, reversible and irreversible processes, specific heats of gases, relation between Cp and Cv.

Thermal Physics

Submitted by pradipta pramanik on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 15:05

Thermal Physics : Scales of temperature, thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, calorimetry, change of state of matter, latent heat, transition temperature, Transmission of heat: conduction, convection, radiation, Black body radiation, absorptive and emissive powers : Ki

Wave motion

Submitted by pradipta pramanik on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 14:32

Wave motion : Elastic waves, longitudinal and transverse waves. progressive waves, superposition of waves: interference, stationary waves, beats, vibration of strings, air columns, velocity of elastic waves in different media, Doppler effect.

Vibrations

Submitted by pradipta pramanik on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 14:28

Vibrations : Simple Harmonic Motion, equation of motion, damped and forced vibrations, resonance, superposition of SHM.

Gravitation

Submitted by pradipta pramanik on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 14:21

Gravitation :

Laws of gravitation, gravitational field and potential, acceleration due to gravity and its variation, escape velocity, Kepler’s laws and planetary motion, motion of satellites, Geostationary orbit.