Bihar STET — Paper II Physics (Subject Code 214)
Official Bihar STET Paper II (Uchcha Madhyamik) Physics syllabus — Unit I, Subject: Physics, 100 Marks. Graduation (Honours) level.
Unit 1 — Mechanics
• Error Theory.
• Units and dimensions, SI Units, Kinematics of Particle (projectiles and circular motion).
• Dynamics of Particles: forces in nature, Friction, Gravitation, Contact forces.
• Work and energy, Momentum and Energy conservation laws, collision in one and two dimensions, Gravitational potential, Satellite, escape speed, variation of g on Earth.
• Centre of mass, moment of force, angular momentum, moment of inertia.
• Analytical Mechanics: Generalised co-ordinates and velocities, Hamilton's Principle, Lagrangian and the Euler-Lagrange equation, Hamilton's equations of motion.
• High speed mechanics: Postulates of Special Theory of Relativity, Lorentz Transformations, Variation of mass with velocity, Mass-energy Equivalence.
Unit 2 — General Properties of Bulk Matter
• Elasticity: Stress, strain, Hooke's law, Moduli of elasticity, Poisson's ratio, stress in anisotropic bodies.
• Viscosity: Types of fluid flow, Ideal flow and Bernoulli's Theorem, viscosity, Stokes law, Poiseuille Equation.
• Surface Tension: Surface Energy, Contact angle, capillarity, Effect of temperature and contaminations.
Unit 3 — Heat & Thermodynamics
• Kinetic Theory of Gases, Distribution of Velocities, Maxwell-Boltzmann Law of Distribution of Velocities in an Ideal Gas and Experimental Verification, Mean free Path, Van der Waal's Equation of State for Real Gases.
• Zeroth and First Law of Thermodynamics: Zeroth Law and Concept of Temperature, First Law of Thermodynamics and its differential form, Internal Energy, Application of First Law: General Relation between Cp and Cv, Work Done during Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes.
• Second Law of Thermodynamics: Reversible and Irreversible process with examples, Carnot's Cycle, Carnot engine & efficiency, Refrigerator & coefficient of performance, Kelvin-Planck and Clausius Statements and their Equivalence, Carnot's Theorem.
• Entropy: Concept of Entropy, Clausius Theorem, Clausius Inequality, Second Law of Thermodynamics in terms of Entropy.
Unit 4 — Oscillations and Waves
• Periodic motion, oscillation, SHM, Damped oscillation, forced oscillation, Resonance.
• Wave Motion: Plane and Spherical Waves, Longitudinal and Transverse Waves, Plane Progressive (Travelling) Waves, Wave Equation, Phase and Group Velocities, Changes with respect to Position and Time.
• Wave Speed in air, Laplace's correction to Newton's formula, Oscillation of air column and resonance tube, Beats, Acoustic Doppler Effect, Acoustics of Buildings.
Unit 5 — Electrostatics and Magnetostatics
• Electric Field and Electric Potential: Electric field, electric field lines, electric flux, Gauss' Law with applications, Conservative nature of Electrostatic Field, Electrostatic Potential, Laplace's and Poisson equations.
• Dielectric Properties of Matter: Polarization, Displacement Vector D, Relations between E, P and D.
• Magnetic Field: Magnetic force between current elements and definition of Magnetic Field B, Biot-Savart's Law and its simple applications.
• Magnetic Properties of Matter: Magnetization vector (M), Magnetic Intensity (H), Magnetic Susceptibility and permeability, Relation between B, H, M, B-H curve and hysteresis, Ferromagnetism.
Unit 6 — Electromagnetic Theory
• Electromagnetic Induction: Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law, Self Inductance and Mutual Inductance, Introduction to Maxwell's Equations: Displacement Current, Boundary Conditions at Interface between Different Media, Wave Equation, Electromagnetic Energy Density and its Physical concept.
• EM Wave in Bounded Media: Brewster's law, Total internal reflection.
• Optical Fibres: Numerical Aperture, Step and Graded Indices (Definitions Only), Single and Multiple Mode Fibres.
Unit 7 — Electric Circuit
• Charging and discharging of capacitor in RC circuit, Growth and decay of current in inductor in LR circuit.
• AC circuit: Kirchhoff's Law for AC circuits, impedance, Reactance, Capacitance, circuits with AC source and L, C and R, LCR-series circuit, resonance, band width, Q-factor, Parallel LCR circuit as rejecter circuit.
Unit 8 — Optics
• Fermat Principle, reflection law and mirrors, refraction laws, refractive index, critical angle, Total Internal Reflection, Slab, Prism, refraction at spherical interface, lens, lens maker's formula, magnification, power of lens doublet.
• Dispersion, scattering, Light waves: Huygens Principle.
• Interference: Young's double slit experiment, interference in Thin Film, parallel and wedge-shaped films, Fringes of equal inclination (Haidinger Fringes), Fringes of equal thickness (Fizeau Fringes), Newton's Ring, Measurement of wavelength and refractive index.
• Difference between interference and diffraction.
• Polarization and its laws.
Unit 9 — Modern Physics
• Planck's Quantum hypothesis, Blackbody radiation, Photoelectric effect, Compton's scattering, De-Broglie's wavelength, Davisson-Germer experiment, Wave description of particles by wave packets, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
• Many electron atom: Bohr's Atomic model, Bohr-Sommerfeld atomic model, Fine structure of hydrogen lines, Total Angular Momentum, Vector Atom Model, Quantum numbers associated with the atom, Spin Quantization, Spin orbit coupling in atom: L-S and J-J couplings.
• Particle Accelerators: Cyclotron, Measurement of Charge and the ratio (e/m).
• Size and structure of atomic nucleus, Nature of Nuclear force, N-Z curve, Binding energy, Stability of the nucleus, Radioactivity, Mean life and half-life, Alpha decay, Beta decay, Gamma ray emission, Origin and types of X-ray spectra, Fission and fusion, Nuclear reactor.
• Lasers: Spontaneous and Stimulated emission, Optical Pumping and Population Inversion.
• Basic Quantum mechanics: Wave function of a free particle, Time dependent Schrodinger equation, Properties of wave function, Interpretation of Wave Function, Normalization, Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions, Particle in a box, Simple harmonic oscillator — energy levels and energy eigenfunctions.
• Quantum Numbers of Hydrogen like atoms, Zeeman Effect.
Unit 10 — Electronics and Communication
• P and N type semiconductors, Energy band gap, conductivity and mobility, PN junction Diode, Forward and Reverse Biased Diode, Zener diode and Voltage Regulation.
• Transistor, I-V characteristics, Current gains in transistor, transistor as amplifier, Barkhausen's Criterion, Oscillator (basic).
• Digital circuit: analog and digital circuit, Decimal and Binary Numbers, Logic Gates, Universal Logic Gates, De Morgan's Theorems, Boolean Laws.
• Block diagram of communication system, Bandwidth of signal, Propagation of EM waves in the atmosphere, Sky and space wave propagation, Need for modulation, Amplitude Modulation.