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ExtraTopicsinOlympiadSyllabus(AscomparedtoIITJEE 2014(1)
Syllabus) 2011(3)
ThesyllabusbelowiscopiedfromHBCSEwebsiteandadditionaltopicsarehighlightedred.IfthereareanycommentsI
haveusedagreenfontforthem. 2010(23)

September(1)
General: ExtraTopicsinOlympiad
A.The extensive use of the calculus (differentiation and integration) and the use of complex numbers or solving Syllabus(Ascomparedto
differentialequationsshouldnotberequiredtosolvethetheoreticalandpracticalproblems. ...

July(6)
B.QuestionsmaycontainconceptsandphenomenanotcontainedintheSyllabusbutsufficientinformationmustbegiven
inthequestionssothatcandidateswithoutpreviousknowledgeofthesetopicswouldnotbeatadisadvantage. June(15)

May(1)
C.Sophisticated practical equipment likely to be unfamiliar to the candidates should not dominate a problem. If such
devicesareusedthencarefulinstructionsmustbegiventothecandidates.

D.TheoriginaltextsoftheproblemshavetobesetintheSIunits.

A.THEORETICALPART

1.MECHANICS

a]Foundationofkinematicsofapointmass

*Note:vectordescriptionofthepositionofthepointmass,velocityandaccelerationasvectors

b]Newton'slaws,inertialsystems

*Note:problemsmaybesetonchangingmass

c]Closedandopensystems,momentumandenergy,work,power

d]Conservationofenergy,conservationoflinearmomentum,impulse

e]Elasticforces,frictionalforces,thelawofgravitation,potentialenergyandworkinagravitationalfield

* Note: Hooke's law, coefficient of friction (F/R=const), frictional forces static and kinetic, choice of zero of potential
energy

f]Centripetalacceleration,Kepler'slaws//ProofofEllipticalOrbitUsingPolarCoordinates??

2]MECHANICSOFRIGIDBODIES

a]Statics,centerofmass,torque

*Note:couples,conditionsofequilibriumofbodies

b]Motionofrigidbodies,translation,rotation,angularvelocity,angularacceleration,conservationofangularmomentum

*Note:conservationofangularmomentumaboutfixedaxisonly

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c] External and internal forces, equation of motion of a rigid body around the fixed axis, moment of inertia, kinetic
energyofarotatingbody

*Note:parallelaxestheorem(Steiner'stheorem),additivityofthemomentofinertia

d]Acceleratedreferencesystems,inertialforces

*Note:knowledgeoftheCoriolisforceformulaisnotrequired

3]HYDROMECHANICS

No specific questions will be set on this but students would be expected to know the elementary concepts of pressure,
buoyancyandthecontinuitylaw.

4]THERMODYNAMICSANDMOLECULARPHYSICS

a] Internal energy, work and heat, first and second laws of thermodynamics //Hemholtz Energy ?? Gibbs
Energy??

*Note:thermalequilibrium,quantitiesdependingonstateandquantitiesdependingonprocess//Enthalpy??

b]Modelofaperfectgas,pressureandmolecularkineticenergy,Avogadro'snumber,equationofstateofaperfectgas,
absolutetemperature,//Vanderwaal'sEquation/Claypeyron??

*Note:alsomolecularapproachtosuchsimplephenomenainliquidsandsolidsasboiling,meltingetc.

c]Workdonebyanexpandinggaslimitedtoisothermalandadiabaticprocesses//IrreversibleProcesses??

*Note:proofoftheequationoftheadiabaticprocessisnotrequired

d] The Carnot cycle, thermodynamic efficiency, reversible and irreversible processes, entropy (statistical
approach),Boltzmannfactor

*Note:entropyasapathindependentfunction,entropychangesandreversibility,quasistaticprocesses

5]OSCILLATIONSANDWAVES

a]Harmonicoscillations,equationofharmonicoscillation

*Note:solutionoftheequationforharmonicmotion,attenuationandresonancequalitatively

b]Harmonicwaves,propagationofwaves,transverseandlongitudinalwaves,linearpolarization, the classical Doppler

effect,soundwaves

*Note:displacementinaprogressivewaveandunderstandingofgraphicalrepresentationofthewave,measurements
ofvelocityofsoundandlight,Dopplereffectinonedimensiononly,propagationofwavesinhomogeneousand
isotropicmedia//Solids??/Liquids??,reflectionandrefraction,Fermat'sprinciple

c]Superpositionofharmonicwaves,coherentwaves,interference,beats,standingwaves

*Note:realizationthatintensityofwaveisproportionaltothesquareofitsamplitude.Fourieranalysisisnotrequiredbut
candidates should have some understanding that complex waves can be made from addition of simple
sinusoidal waves of different frequencies. Interference due to thin films and other simple systems //
Fresnel Biprism, Newton's Rings ??(final formulas are not required), superposition of waves from secondary
sources(diffraction)

6]ELECTRICCHARGEANDELECTRICFIELD

a]Conservationofcharge,Coulomb'slaw

b]Electricfield,potential,Gauss'law

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*Note:Gauss'lawconfinedtosimplesymmetricsystemslikesphere,cylinder,plateetc.,electricdipolemoment

c]Capacitors,capacitance,dielectricconstant,energydensityofelectricfield

7]CURRENTANDMAGNETICFIELD

a]Current,resistance,internalresistanceofsource,Ohm'slaw,Kirchhoff'slaws,workandpowerofdirectandalternating
currents,Joule'slaw

*Note:simplecasesofcircuitscontainingnonohmicdeviceswithknownVIcharacteristics //Diodes/ Zener

Diodes/ Transistors in Various Configurations/ Transistor Amplifier/ Transistor Oscillator/ Diode Valves/
Triodes??

b]Magneticfield(B)ofacurrent,currentinamagneticfield,Lorentzforce

*Note:particlesinamagneticfield,simpleapplicationslikecyclotron,magneticdipolemoment//ofabarmagnet
etc..

c]Ampere'slaw

d]Lawofelectromagneticinduction,magneticflux,Lenz'slaw,selfinduction,inductance,permeability,energydensity
ofmagneticfield

*Note:magneticfieldofsimplesymmetricsystemslikestraightwire,circularloopandlongsolenoid

e] Alternating current, resistors, inductors and capacitors in ACcircuits, voltage and current (parallel and series)
resonances

*Note:simpleACcircuits,timeconstants,finalformulaeforparametersofconcreteresonancecircuitsarenotrequired

8]ELECTROMAGNETICWAVES

a]Oscillatorycircuit,frequencyofoscillations,generationbyfeedbackandresonance

b] Wave optics, diffraction from one and two slits, diffraction grating, resolving power of a grating, Bragg
reflection

c]Dispersionanddiffractionspectra,linespectraofgases

d]Electromagneticwavesastransversewaves,polarizationbyreflection,polarizers

*Note:superpositionofpolarizedwaves

e]Resolvingpowerofimagingsystems

f]Blackbody,StefanBoltzmannslaw//RayleighJeansFormula??

*Note:Planck'sformulaisnotrequired

9]QUANTUMPHYSICS

a]Photoelectriceffect,energyandimpulseofthephoton

*Note:Einstein'sformulaisrequired

b]DeBrogliewavelength,Heisenberg'suncertaintyprinciple

10]RELATIVITY

a]Principleofrelativity,additionofvelocities,relativisticDopplereffect

b]Relativisticequationofmotion,momentum,energy,relationbetween energy and mass, conservation of

energyandmomentum//LorentzTransformations

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11]MATTER

a]SimpleapplicationsoftheBraggequation

b]Energylevelsofatomsandmolecules(qualitatively),emission,absorption,spectrumofhydrogenlikeatoms

c] Energy levels of nuclei (qualitatively), alpha, beta and gammadecays, absorption of radiation, halflife and
exponentialdecay,componentsofnuclei,massdefect,nuclearreactions.

B.PRACTICALPART
TheTheoreticalPartoftheSyllabusprovidesthebasisforalltheexperimentalproblems.Theexperimentalproblemsgiven
intheexperimentalcontestshouldcontainmeasurements.

Additionalrequirements:
1]Candidatesmustbeawarethatinstrumentsaffectmeasurements.

2] Knowledge of the most common experimental techniques for measuring physical quantities mentioned in
PartA.

3]Knowledgeofcommonlyusedsimplelaboratoryinstrumentsanddevicessuchascalipers,thermometers,simplevolt,
ohmandammeters,potentiometers,diodes,transistors,simpleopticaldevicesandsoon.

4]Abilitytouse,withthehelpofproperinstruction,somesophisticatedinstrumentsanddevicessuchasdoublebeam
oscilloscope,counter,ratemeter,signalandfunctiongenerators,analogtodigitalconverterconnectedto a
computer, amplifier, integrator, differentiator, power supply, universal (analog and digital) volt, ohm and
ammeters.

5]Properidentificationoferrorsourcesandestimationoftheirinfluenceonthefinalresult(s).

6]Absoluteandrelativeerrors,accuracyofmeasuringinstruments,error of a single measurement, error of a series

ofmeasurements,errorofaquantitygivenasafunctionofmeasuredquantities.

7] Transformation of a dependence to the linear form by appropriate choice of variables and fitting a
straightlinetoexperimentalpoints.

8]Properuseofthegraphpaperwithdifferentscales(forexamplepolarandlogarithmicpapers).

9]Correctroundingoffandexpressingthefinalresult(s)anderror(s)withcorrectnumberofsignificantdigits.

10]Standardknowledgeofsafetyinlaboratorywork.(Nevertheless,iftheexperimentalsetupcontainsanysafetyhazards
theappropriatewarningsshouldbeincludedintothetextoftheproblem.)

Pleasenote:

ThesyllabusforNationalStandardExaminationinPhysics(NSEP)isbroadlyequivalenttotheseniorsecondary
level(ClassXIandClassXII)ofCBSEPhysics.Thisisonlyaroughguideline,andthereisnodetailedsyllabus
givenforNSEP.

ThesyllabusforIndianNationalPhysicsOlympiad(INPhO)isbroadlysimilartoNSEPbutthedifficultylevelofthe
questionswillbehigher.QuestionsandproblemsinNationalOlympiadsareusuallynonconventionalandofhigh
difficultylevel,comparabletoInternationalOlympiads.

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PhinisiBoat nicepost,,,,:)
November22,2010at6:17AM

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