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Revised Scheme and Syllabus for CSS Competitive Examination
PAPER: PHYSICS {200 MARKS)
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PAPER—I (Marks-100)
Mechanics
= Vectors: Dots, Cross and triple products, Gradient, divergence, curl and
applications.
* Newtonian laws of motion: calculus based approach to kinematics, forces and
dynamics, conservation law of energy: conservation of linear and angular
momentum; Dynamics of rigid body; spin and precession; gyroscope;
Gravitation; planetary motion and satellites; Kepler's laws; centripetal forces
* Special theory of relativity: Michelson-Morley experiment and Einstein's
postulates; Lorentz transformation; time dilation and length contraction;
equivalence of mass and energy.
Fluid Mechanics
* Surface tension; Viscosity; Elasticity; fluid motion and Bernoulli's theorem.
Waves and Oscillations, Optics
* Free oscillation with one and two degrees of freedom; forced and damped
oscillations and phenomenon of resonance; Simple harmonic motion; Traveling
waves and transmission of energy; Phase and Group velocity; standing waves;
Basics of sound waves.
* Reflection, Refraction, interference, Diffraction and Polarization of waves: interfero
meter and Newton's rings; Diffraction Gratings and their resolving power; spectro
meters. Electromagnetic wave equation; normal and anamolous dispersion;
coherence, lasers and applications.
Heat and Thermodynamics
* Perfect gas, real gas and Van der Waals equation; Three Laws of
Thermodynamics; internal energy; temperature; entropy; Thermal properties of
simple systems; kinetic theory of gases; Maxwellian distribution of molecular
velocities; Brownian motion; Transport phenomena. Classical Maxwell-Boltzmann
Statistics and its application; Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics.
PAPER—I (Marks-100)
Electricity and Magnetism
* Electric field due to point charges; Gauss’ law; Electric potential; Poisson and
Laplace's equations; Dielectric. medium ‘and Polarization; Capacitance;
Moving charges and resulting magnetic field; Ampere's law; Magnetic
properties of matter; Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction; Alternating
current and RLC circuit; Poynting theorem and Poynting Vector. Maxwell's
equations in integral and differential form; scalar and vector potential.
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Revised Scheme and Syllabus for CSS Competitive Examination
I. Modern and Quantum Physics
"= Waves and particles and De Broglie's Hypothesis; Operators and quantum states;
observables; time dependent and independent Schrodinger equation; angular
momentum; spin-1/2 particle in a magnetic field; wave mechanics; particle in a
box; tunneling: one-dimensional harmonic oscillator; Heisenber’s uncertainty
relationship and indeterminacy based on commutation properties of operators;
Bohr's theory and quantum numbers including electron spin; Pauli’s exclusion
principle; Spectra of simple systems with one or two valence electrons;
photo electric effect; Compton scattering; pair production; Lande's g factor
and Zeeman effect. Raman effect;
Ill. Solid State Physics
* Crystal lattice and structure, Bravais lattice, free electron model, Band theory and
electron in a periodic potential, Fermi energy and density of states, n and p type
semiconductors, physics of the transistor and MOSFET, dielectric properties,
magnetic properties and origin of magnetism.
IV. Nuclear Physics
+ Structure of Nuclei; Radioactivity, B and y decay; Methods of detection of
nuclear radiation, Mass Sepectrometer; Accelerators; Phenomenon of
fission; reactor and nuclear power; nuclear fusion and its applications; Elementary
particles and their properties.
SUGGESTED READINGS
S.No. Title Author
1 _ [Perspectives of Modem Physics. lA. Belser.
2 |Fundamentals of Physics. Halliday & Resnick
3 [introduction to Electromagnetic Fields and __|D. Corson & P. Lorrain.
Waves.
4 _|Heat and Thermodynamics. D. Zemansky
5 _|introduction to Quantum Mechanics D. Grits
6 _ [Modem Physics [Serway, Moses, Moyer
7._ [Solid State Physics Ic. Kittet
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