CUET UG 2024 Science syllabus: The National Testing Agency has begun the online registration process for the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduate courses (CUET UG) 2024, on its official website cuetug.ntaonline.in.
Candidates who wish to appear in the entrance test aimed at a unified process of admission to various undergraduate programs offered by participating central and state universities in the country, can apply online by registering on the NTA CUET UG 2024 portal.The last date to apply is March 26, 2024, 11:50PM.
The CUET UG 2024 exams are scheduled to begin on May 15, and go on till May 31, 2024. Specific dates for exams has been detailed on the official website. One of the major subject clusters- science has a number of sub-domains which the NTA CUET UG 2024 exam will cover, such as Chemistry, Microbiology, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Plant biotechnology, and a host of others.
CUET UG official syllabus for science subjectsEvery year, the CUET UG conducting body – NTA, releases the official syllabus for the exam. It is an important document for participating students because it contains a list of topics that the students must cover in order to take the exam. However, the list is not exhaustive, and participating students should cover the entire syllabus for their domain subjects. Below is the official list of topics prescribed by the NTA for CUET UG 2023.
CUET UG list of topics for PHYSICSApart from the main domain of Physics, the CUET UG also covers the allied domain of Geophysics. Here is the complete list of topics for Physics as mentioned by the NTA:
Subject
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Topics |
| Mathematical Methods |
– Calculus of single and multiple variables – Partial derivatives – Jacobian – Imperfect and perfect differentials – Taylor expansion – Fourier series – Vector algebra – Vector calculus – Multiple integrals – Divergence theorem – Green’s theorem – Stokes’ theorem – First-order equations – Linear second-order differential equations with constant coefficients – Matrices and determinants – Algebra of complex numbers |
| Mechanics and General Properties of Matter |
– Newton’s laws of motion and applications – Velocity and acceleration in Cartesian, polar, and cylindrical coordinate systems – Uniformly rotating frame – Centrifugal and Coriolis forces – Motion under a central force – Kepler’s laws – Gravitational Law and field – Conservative and non-conservative forces – System of particles – Center of mass – Equation of motion of the CM – Conservation of linear and angular momentum – Conservation of energy – Variable mass systems – Elastic and inelastic collisions – Rigid body motion – Fixed axis rotations – Rotation and translation – Moments of Inertia and products of Inertia – Parallel and perpendicular axes theorem – Principal moments and axes – Kinematics of moving fluids – Equation of continuity – Euler’s equation – Bernoulli’s theorem |
| Oscillations, Waves and Optics |
– Differential equation for simple harmonic oscillator and its general solution – Superposition of two or more simple harmonic oscillators – Lissajous figures – Damped and forced oscillators – Resonance – Wave equation – Traveling and standing waves in one-dimension – Energy density and energy transmission in waves – Group velocity and phase velocity – Sound waves in media – Doppler Effect – Fermat’s Principle – General theory of image formation – Thick lens, thin lens, and lens combinations – Interference of light – Optical path retardation – Fraunhofer diffraction – Rayleigh criterion and resolving power – Diffraction gratings – Polarization: linear, circular, and elliptic polarization – Double refraction and optical rotation |
| Electricity and Magnetism |
– Coulomb’s law – Gauss’s law – Electric field and potential – Electrostatic boundary conditions – Solution of Laplace’s equation for simple cases – Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics, dielectric polarization, volume, and surface charges, electrostatic energy – Biot-Savart law – Ampere’s law – Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction – Self and mutual inductance – Alternating currents – Simple DC and AC circuits with R, L, and C components – Displacement current – Maxwell’s equations and plane electromagnetic waves – Poynting’s theorem – Reflection and refraction at a dielectric interface – Transmission and reflection coefficients (normal incidence only) – Lorentz Force and motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields |
| Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics |
– Elements of Kinetic theory of gases – Velocity distribution and equipartition of energy – Specific heat of Mono-, di-, and tri-atomic gases – Ideal gas, van-der-Waals gas, and equation of state – Mean free path – Laws of thermodynamics – Zeroth law and concept of thermal equilibrium – First law and its consequences – Isothermal and adiabatic processes – Reversible, irreversible, and quasi-static processes – Second law and entropy – Carnot cycle – Maxwell’s thermodynamic relations and simple applications – Thermodynamic potentials and their applications – Phase transitions and Clausius-Clapeyron equation – Ideas of ensembles – Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein distributions |
| Modern Physics |
– Inertial frames and Galilean invariance – Postulates of special relativity – Lorentz transformations – Length contraction, time dilation – Relativistic velocity addition theorem, mass-energy equivalence – Blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, Compton Effect, Bohr’s atomic model, X-rays – Wave-particle duality – Uncertainty principle – The superposition principle – Calculation of expectation values – Schrödinger equation and its solution for one-, two-, and three-dimensional boxes – Solution of Schrödinger equation for the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator – Reflection and transmission at a step potential – Pauli Exclusion Principle – Structure of atomic nucleus, mass, and binding energy – Radioactivity and its applications – Laws of radioactive decay |
| Solid State Physics, Devices, and Electronics |
– Crystal structure, Bravais lattices, and basis – Miller indices – X-ray diffraction and Bragg’s law – Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, variation of resistivity with temperature – Fermi level – p-n junction diode, I-V characteristics, Zener diode and its applications – BJT: characteristics in CB, CE, CC modes – Single-stage amplifier, two-stage R-C coupled amplifiers – Simple Oscillators: Barkhausen condition, sinusoidal oscillators – OPAMP and applications: Inverting and non-inverting amplifier – Boolean algebra: Binary number systems; conversion from one system to another system; binary addition and subtraction – Logic Gates AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR exclusive OR; Truth tables; combination of gates; de Morgan’s theorem |
This table contains a comprehensive list of topics in various fields of physics, such as mathematical methods, mechanics, oscillations, waves, optics, electricity, magnetism, kinetic theory, thermodynamics, modern physics, solid-state physics, devices and electronics.
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