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Candidates should check the official portal of CEE Kerala - cee.kerala.gov.in to stay updated with the latest information about KEAM 2024. No changes in the Physics syllabus are expected by CEE Kerala for the KEAM Physics Syllabus.
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KEAM Physics Syllabus
KEAM Physics Syllabus 2024
The main topics of Physics are given below:
| Physical World and Measurement | Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology, and society. Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass, and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; measurement errors; significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis, and its applications. |
| Kinematics | Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed, and instantaneous velocity. Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, and position-time graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment). Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity. Unit vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane – rectangular components. Scalar and Vector products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration – projectile motion. Uniform circular motion. |
| Laws of Motion | Newton’s Second and Third laws of motion, Law of conservation, equilibrium of concurrent forces, static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication, and dynamics of uniform circular motion. |
| Work, Energy, and Power | Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power. The notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces; conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); non-conservative forces; motion in a vertical circle, and elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions. |
| Motion of System of particles and rigid body | Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation, and center of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; center of mass of uniform rod, circular ring, disc, and sphere. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of M.I. for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications. |
| Gravitation | Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, is the orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites. |
| Properties of Bulk Matter | Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal’s law and its applications, Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, critical velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem, and its applications, surface energy, and surface tension, Specific heat capacity, Anomalous expansion, heat transfer, Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect. Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law. |
| Thermodynamics | Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy. The first law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes. The second law of thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes. Heat engines and refrigerators. |
| Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory | Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases: assumptions, the concept of pressure. Avogadro’s number, Kinetic energy and temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, the law of equipartition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; the concept of mean free path. |
Oscillation and Waves | Periodic motion, period frequency, and periodic functions, Simple harmonic motion (SHM) and its equation, energy in SHM, Wave motion, Displacement relation for a progressive wave, Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, Doppler effect. |
| Electrostatics | Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb’s law; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution, electric field, Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire. Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole, and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipoles in an electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators and Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors, and capacitance, a combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates, energy stored in a capacitor, Van de Graaff generator. |
Current Electricity | Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity and mobility, and their relation with electric current; Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, V-I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity. Carbon resistors colour code for carbon resistors; series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance. Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel. Kirchhoff ’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge. Potentiometer – principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell. |
Magnetic effects of current and Magnetism | Concept of the magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment.Biot - Savart law and its application to the current carrying circular loop. Ampere’s law and its applications, force a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields, Cyclotron. Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. The force between two parallel current-carrying conductors – definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a current loop in a magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer – its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter. Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron. Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid. Magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-, dia- and ferromagnetic substances Electromagnets and factors affecting their strengths, permanent magnets. |
Electromagnetic Induction and Normal Current | Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents, and self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents, reactance, and impedance, LC oscillations, LCR series circuit, power in AC circuits, wattless current, AC generator, and transformer. |
Optics | Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, and mirror formula. Refraction of light and its application, optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, Lens-maker’s formula. Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact combination of a lens and a mirror. Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism. Scattering of light–blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset. Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses. Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers. Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of plane waves at a plane surface using wavefronts. Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ principle. Interference, Young’s double hole experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources, and sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum. Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes. Polarisation, plane polarised light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarised light and Polaroids. |
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation | Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation – particle nature of light. Matter waves – wave nature of particles, De Broglie relation, Davisson-Germer experiment. |
Atom and Nuclei | Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones. Radioactivity – alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties; radioactive decay law. Mass and energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission, and fusion. |
| Electronic devices | Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators, and semiconductors; semiconductor diode – I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier, Transistor as a switch (common emitter configuration), and oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND, and NOR). |
Communication system | Block Diagram, bandwidth of signals, and transmission medium. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere, sky, and space wave propagation. Requirement of modulation. Production and detection of an amplitude-modulated wave. |
KEAM Physics Marking Scheme
KEAM 2024 Physics Marking Scheme
120 objective-type questions will be there. Each question will carry 4 marks for the correct answer and 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. No mark will be given to the unanswered question.
KEAM Physics Book Suggestion
KEAM 2024 Physics Book Suggestion
| Name of the books | Author |
|---|---|
| NCERT Physics book for class 11&12 | NCERT |
| Concept of Physics Volume 1&2 | H.C Verma |
| Problems in Physics | A. A Pinsky |
| Objective Physics | Arihant Publication |
KEAM Physics Preparation Tips
KEAM 2024 Physics Preparation Tips
- Candidates need to accumulate the study material before starting the Physics preparation.
- Candidates should divide the topics between those they knew previously and the new topics. This will make it easier for them to understand which topics to start with.
- Candidates should always start with an easy topic so that they can gain confidence while preparing the tough topics.
- Though Physics is a tough subject, preparing it with appropriate books and material and revision can make it easy for the candidates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Ques. How many topics are there for KEAM Physics Syllabus 2024?
Ans. There are 19 topics in the KEAM Physics Syllabus 2024.
Ques. What is the marking scheme for each correct answer?
Ans. Candidate will be awarded 4 marks for each correct answer.
Ques. Is there any negative marking for incorrect answers?
Ans. For each incorrect answer 1 mark will be deducted.
Ques. What is the best book for Physics preparation?
Ans. The best book for Physics to understand the basic concept will be the NCERT Physics Solution book.
Ques. Does the KEAM Physics syllabus be based on Class 11 and 12?
Ans. Yes, the Physics syllabus is totally based on Class 11 and 12.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.
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