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   You need to work really hard to succeed-there is no argument on this score. But the hard work must be based on a proper strategy which is to be executed cleverly. The analysis of the importance of different units/chapters/topics of the syllabus with respect to the questions being asked in the exams is vital here. It is important to give a proper weightage to a unit or chapter or topic and prioritize the tasks to be done in order to achieve a high rank in the end.

    In this book, we have provided a chapterwise analysis of all the questions which have been asked in the last 11 years (2001-2011). This will facilitate the students in earmarking the time and the emphasis to be given to a particular topic. It will surely lead to efficient and productive time management.

1. Measurements
Need for measurements, Unit for measurements, System of unit, S.I units, Fundamental and derived units, Dimensional Analysis, Order of magnitude and significant figures, Accuracy and errors in measurements,

2. Scalars and Vectors
Addition and subtraction of vectors, Product of vectors (scalar product and vector product)

3. Projectile Motion
Uniformly accelerated motion along a straight line, Velocity-time graph and position-time graph. Equation of the path of a projectile. Time of flight, Horizontal range, Maximum height of a projectile.

4. Force
Types of force. General idea of gravitational. electromagnetic and nuclear forces from dally life experiences. Law of conservation of momentum. Elastic and inelastic collisions, Inertial and non-inertial frames. Moment of force, Couple and properties of couple. Centre of mass, Centre of gravity, Conditions of equilibrium of a rigid body.

5. Friction in Solids and Liquids
Origin and nature of frictional forces, Laws of static friction, Laws of kinetics friction (sliding & rolling). Viscosity. Pressure due to fluid column. Pascal's law and its applications, Effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Stream-line flow , Turbulent flow, Viscous force. Newton's formula, Stake's law, Equation for terminal velocity, Reynold's number, Bernaulli's   principle and Its applications.

6. Sound Waves
Waves and oscillations. Progressive waves(longitudinal and transverse). Characteristics of transverse waves, Characteristics of longitudinal waves. Sound as longitudinal wave motion. Relation between velocity, wavelength and frequency, Newton's formula (without derivation) tor velocity of sound, Laplace's correction, Musical sound and noise, Musical scale.

7. Thermal Expansion
Expansion of solids, linear expansion and derivation for coefficient of linear expansion, Ideas of area! and volume expansion, Expansion of liquids - real and apparent (concept only),Thermal conduction, Temperature gradient, Coefficient of thermal conductivity.

8. Refraction of Light
Refraction of monochromatic light, Snell's law. Total internal reflection. Critical angle. Optical fibre, Dispersion of light. Prism formula. Angular-dispersion and dispersive power, Rainbow, Scattering of light, Blue colour of sky. Colour of sun at sunrise and sunset.

9. Lens
Refraction at a single curved surface, Lens equation. Concept of conjugate focil, Magnifying power of a simple microscope, Magnifying power of a compound microscope, Magnifying power of a telescope, Lens defects - chromatic and achromatic Electricity and Magnetism.

10. Electrostatics
Frictional electricity, Charges and their conservation. Coulomb's law and dielectric constant, Forces between multiple electric charges. Superposition principle of forces. Continuous distribution of charges, Concept of charge density. Electric field intensity due to a point charge. Electric potential due to a point charge. Relation between electric field intensity and potential, Potential difference, Volt, electron volt, Electric dipole and electric dipole moment (unit and definition), Electric lines of force-

11. Current Electricity
Ohm's law, Resistance, Specific resistance (different materials). Temperature dependence of resistance. Thermistor, Colour code of carbon resistor, EMF and internal resistance of a cell. Work done by electric current (heating). Power in electric current.

12. Magnetic Effect of Electric Current
Blot Savart law, Right hand rule, Magnetic induction at the centre if a circular coil carrying current. Magnetic induction at a point along the axis of a coil carrying current, Fleming's left hand rule. Force acting on a conductor carrying current in a magnetic field, Definition of ampere, Force between two long current carrying parallel conductors.

13. Magnetism
General idea of origin of magnetism due to moving charges, Equivalence between magnetic dipole and a circular coil carrying electric current, Definition of magnetic dipole moment and its unit, Torque acting on magnet in uniform magnetic induction, Tangent law, Magnetic Induction at a point along the axis and equator of a bar magnet.

14. Electromagnetic Waves
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative idea only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, Electro - magnetic spectrum (radio, microwaves .infrared, visible rays ultraviolet rays. X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary fads about their uses. Propagation of electro-magnetic waves in atmosphere.

15. Circular Motion
Angular displacement, angular velocity. angular accelerations. Relation between linear velocity and angular velocity Uniform circular motion. Radial acceleration, Centripetal and centrifugal force. Banking of road, vertical circular motion. Equation for velocity and energy at different positions of vertical circular motion. Kinematical equations tor circular motion in analogy with linear motion.

16. Gravitation
Newton's law of gravitation. Projection of a satellite, Periodic time, Statement of Kepler's three laws of motion, Binding energy and escape velocity of a satellite resting on the surface of the earth and moving in the circular orbit, Weightlessness condition in a satellite, Variation of 'g' due to change in altitude, latitude and depth (below the surface of earth). Communication satellite and uses of satellites.

17. Rotational Motion
Definition of moment of inertia, KE of rotating body. Physical significance of Ml - Radius of gyration (concept and significance), Torque. Principal of perpendicular, parallel axes, Application of the principle to Ml of uniform rod, ring, disc, solid, cylindrical and solid sphere with proof I, Angular momentum and Its conservation.

18. Oscillations
Explanation of periodic motion, Simple harmonic motion. Differential equation for linear SHM. Projection of UCM along a diameter as SHM, Phase of SHM, KE and PE of a particle performing SHM, Composition of two SHM's having same period and along the same line (analytical treatment), Simple pendulum, Angular SHM and its differential equation. Magnet vibrating in the uniform magnetic Induction,

19. Deformation
General explanation of elastic property and elasticity. Plasticity, Definition of stress and strain, Hooke's law. Elastic constants Y. K, C and relation between them. Determination of Young's modulus by Searle's method, Observation on a wire under applied increasing load. Work done in stretching a thin uniform wire by calculus method.

20. Surf ace Tension
ST on the basis of molecular theory, surface energy, surface tension. Angle of contact. Capillary action. Effect of impurity and temperature on S T,

21. Wave Motion
Simple harmonic progressive waves, Reflection of transverse and longitudinal waves, Change of phase, Superposition of sound waves, Formation of beats. Doppler effect,

22. Stationary Waves
Study of vibrations on string. Formation of stationary waves on string, Study of vibrations of air columns. Forced vibrations. Resonance, Experiments - sonometer. resonance tube. Melde's experiment.

23. Kinetic Theory of Gases
Concept of an ideal gas. Assumptions of kinetic theory. Mean free path.. Derivation for pressure of a gas in the container by using Cartesian coordinates, Derivation of Boyle's law, Specific heat at constant volume and constant pressure, Internal and external latent heal.

24. Radiation
Absorption emission, Reflection of heat radiation. Perfectly black body. Spectrum of a black body. Radiation in terms of wavelength, Emissive power and absorptive power, Kirchhoff's law of radiation and its theoretical proof, Prevost's theory of heat exchange, Ritchie's experiment, Stefan’s law, Newton's law of cooling and radiation correction. Solar constant and surface temperature of sun .

25. Wave Theory of Light
Wave theory of light, Huygen's  principle, Construction of plane and spherical wave front. Wave front and wave normal, Refraction at plane surface, Polarisation. Plane polarised light, Brewster's taw, Nicol prism. Polaroids.

26. Interference and Diffraction
Interference of light, Conditions for producing steady interference pattern, Young's experiment. Analytical treatment of interference band. Measurement of wave-length by biprism experiment, Diffraction due to single slit, Rayleighs criteria, Resolving power of microscope and telescope, Difference between interference and diffraction.

27. Electricity and Magnetism
Gauss's theorem, proof and applications, Mechanical force on unit area of a charged conductor, Energy density of the medium, Concept of condenser. Capacity of a parallel plate condenser, Effect of dielectrics on capacity, Energy of a charged condenser, Condensers in series and parallel, Van-de- Graff generator.

28. Current Electricity
Kirchhoff's laws, Wheatstone’s bridge, Meter bridge, Potentiometer, Thermoelectricity, Seeback effect, Thomson effect and Peltier effect, Thermocouple, Neutral and inversion temperature.

29. Magnetic Effect of Electric Current
Amperes law and its applications, Moving coil Galvanometer, Ammeter, Voltmeter, Sensitivity and accuracy of MCG, Theory and construction of Tangent galvanometer, Sensitivity and accuracy of TG, Cyclotron.

30. Magnetism
Magnetic induction at any point due to a short magnetic dipole. Magnetic potential at any point due to short magnetic dipole, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism and ferromagnetism on the basis of domain theory, Curie temperature.

31. Electromagnetic
Laws of electromagnetic induction, Proof of e = -d/dt, Eddy currents, Self induction and mutual induction, Transformer, Coil rotating in a uniform magnetic induction. Alternating currents, Reactance and impedance, Power in AC circuit with resistance, inductance and capacitance, Resonant circuits.

32. Electrons and Photons
Discovery of electron, charge and mass of electron, Photoelectric effect, Einstein's equation, Photoelectric cell and its applications.

33. Atoms, Molecules and Nuclei
Bohr model, Hydrogen spectrum, Maser and laser as light sources, de-Broglie's hypothesis, Wavelength of an electron, Davisson and Germer experiment, Elementary idea of electron microscope.

34. Semiconductors
Energy bands in solids, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, p-type and n-type semiconductors, p-n junction diodes, Rectifiers, Zener diode as a voltage regulator, Solar cell, LED, Transistor as an amplifier, Oscillators, Logic gates.

35. Communication
Space communication, Ground, sky and space wave propagation: Satellite communication, Application of remote sensing, Line communication, Two-wire lines, Cables. Optical communication.

36. Non-Evaluative Information’s
Biographies of scientists., Historical prospective of astronomy, universe, Universe, Camera, binoculars, Dimensions of electrical fundamental quantities, Applications of SHM such as spring, liquid in U-tube, metallic block above a platform with vertical spring, Elementary idea of IC's, Simple pendulum in no inertial frame(horizontal, vertical and circular), Carnot engine, heat pump, efficiency and coefficient of performance of heat engines, A scattering and concept of nucleus.