joint entrance exam

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

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

Hydrostatics and Fluid Mechanics : Pressure in a fluid, Pascal’s law, Archimedes’ principle, hydraulic press.

Elasticity : Hooke’s law, elastic modulii, Poisson’s ratio, elastic energy.

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.