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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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PHYSICS
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 511
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
(a) Mechanics:
i. Particle Dynamics: Newton‘s law of motion, Motion in one dimension, Motion in a plane,
Work, energy and power, Conservation laws, Conservative force, Mass-energy relation.
ii. Rotational Motion: Angular velocity, Angular acceleration, uniformly accelerated ang ular
motion, Torque, Kinetic energy of rotation, Angular momentum, Moment of inertia.
iii. Gravitation: Newton‘s law of gravitation, variation of acceleration due to gravity,
Gravitational field and gravitational potential, Calculation of potential and force in simple
cases.
(b) Properties of Matter:
i. Elasticity: Stress and strain, Hooke‘s law, Elastic modulii, bending of beams, Torsion.
ii. Surface Tension: Adhesive force, cohesive force, Molecular theory of surface tension,
Surface energy and surface tension, Angle of contact and capillarity.
iii. Viscosity: Newton‘s law of viscosity, Streamline and turbulent motion, Poiseulle‘s formula,
Bernouli‘s theorem, Applications.
(c) Waves and Oscillation:
i. Waves: Transverse and longitudinal wave, Traveling and stationary wave, Vibration in
strings, Resonance, Beats, Doppler effect.
ii. Sources and propagation of sound, Spiced of sound, Ultrasonic.
iii. Oscillation: Definition of simple harmonic motion ( SHM), combination of two SHM‘s,
damped oscillation, Forced oscillation, Resonance, Power and intensity of wave motion,
Simple and compound pendulum.
(d) Heat, Thermodynamics and kinetic Theory of Gases:
i. Heat and Temperature: Concept of temperature, Therm al equilibrium, Temperature scale,
Mechanical equivalent of heat, quantity of heat, Specific heat and heat capacity.
ii. Transmission of heat: Conduction, Convection and Radiation, Conduction of heat in solids,
Co-efficient of conductivity, Measurement of conductivity of a poor conductor.
iii. Thermodynamics : First law, difference between Cp and Cv for an ideal gas, Adiabatic
process for an ideal gas, Second law, Entropy and disorder, Absolute scale of temperature,
Thermodynamic functions, Maxwell relations, Clausi us-Clapeyron equation, Gibbs phase
rule.
iv. Kinetic theory of gases: Basic assumptions, Equation of state of an ideal gas, Kinetic
interpretation of temperature and pressure, Mean free path, Equipartition law, Van der Waal‘s
equation of state.
(e) Electricity and magnetism:
i. Charge and Matter, Electric field, point charge in an electric field, Dipole in an electric field.
Gauss‘s law and Coulomb‘s law: Application to a spherically symmetric charge
distribution and a charge sheet; Electric potential: potential and field strength; potential due
to a point charge; Due to a dipole; Calculation of E from V.