NTRCA college written syllabus

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Assessment Targets 
The candidates will be 
able to … 
                           Contents Marks 
electromagnetism. 
 
 analyze real world 
phenomena with the 
concept of electricity 
and magnetism 
 
 formulate 
mathematical 
expression in relation 
to electromagnetism. 
 
 demonstrate the 
problem-solving 
ability related to the 
concept of 
Electromagnetism. 
 
Electric field and Potential due to Point charge & 
Dipole. Capacitors and Dielectric , Calculation of 
capacitance for parallel -plate capacitor, Dielectric 
and Gauss's law, Electrical Energy, Ohm's law and 
Kirchhoff’s law, Whetstone  bridge principle and its 
applications. Magnetic Force on a current, Torque 
on a current loop, Ampere's law & Biot -Savart law-
and their application, Faraday's law & Lenz’s Law of 
Induction and their Applications, Magnetic 
Properties of Matter , Maxwell’s Field Equations. 
 
 interpret concept and 
terms regarding waves, 
oscillation and optics. 
 
 relate the concept with 
the real -life 
phenomenon to the 
concept of   waves, 
oscillation and optics. 
 
 formulate 
mathematical 
expression in relation 
to waves, oscilla tion 
and optics.  
 
 demonstrate the 
problem-   solving 
ability regarding 
waves, oscillation and 
optics.  
 
Unit: Five 
 
Waves: Transverse and Longitudinal Wave, Wave 
Equation, Interference of Waves, Standing Waves 
and Resonance, Beats, The Doppler Effect, 
Applications of waves in real life.  
 
Oscillation: Simple Harmonic Motion, Energy in 
SHM, Lissajous Figures, Damped SHM, Forced 
Oscillations and Resonance.  
 
Optics: Light and the electromagnetic spectrum, 
Young's Interference experiment, Intensity in 
single & double slit experiment, Fresnel and 
Fraunhofer class diffraction, Diffraction - Single slit, 
double slit, Plane and circular polarization, Optical 
phenomena in real life, Dispersion, Optical Fiber in 
Communication. 
 
 
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 explain concept and 
terms regarding theory 
of relativity, atomic 
physics and Laser. 
 
 analyze real world 
phenomena with the 
concept of theory of 
Unit: Six 
 
Theory of Relativity:  The experimental background 
of the Theory of Special Relativity; The Michelson –
Morley experiment; The postulates of Spec ial Theory 
of Relativity; Time dilation; length contraction; 
Relativistic Mass and Momentum; Mass and energy 
equivalence; the General Theory of Relativity. 
 
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