Assam CEE Physics Syllabus 2025: PDF Download, Important Topics, Weightage

Unit I: Physical World and Measurement

Unit I: Electrostatics

Unit II: Kinematics

Unit II: Current Electricity

Unit III: Laws of Motion

Unit III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power

Unit IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

Unit V: Electromagnetic Waves

Unit VI: Gravitation

Unit VI: Optics

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

Unit VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

Unit VIII: Atoms and Nuclei

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory

Unit IX: Electronic Devices

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

Unit X: Communication Systems

Unit I: Physical World and Measurement.

Chapter–1: Physical World

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Chapter–2: Units and Measurements

• Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications

Unit II: Kinematics

Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line

• Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform motion, Frame of reference and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs. 
• Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment).

Chapter–4: Motion in a Plane

• Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number, addition and subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane,rectangular components, Scalar and Vector product of vectors. 
• Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration- projectile motion, uniform circular motion.

Unit III: Laws of Motion

Chapter–5: Laws of Motion

• Intuitive concept of force, Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion. 
• Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. 
• Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. 
• Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road). Solving problem in mechanics.

Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power

Chapter–6: Work, Energy and Power

• Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work- energy theorem, power. Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); nonconservative forces: motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions

Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body. 18 Periods C

Chapter–7: System of Particles and Rotational Motion

• Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and motion of centre of Mass, Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its applications. 
• Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions. 
• Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects (no derivation).

Unit VI: Gravitation

Chapter–8: Gravitation

• Kepler’s Laws of Planetary motion, Universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
• Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential,escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite,.

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter.

Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids

• Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio and elastic energy 

Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids

• Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes), effect of gravity on fluid pressure. 
• Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its applications. 
• Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension-ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise

Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter

• Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water; specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv, calorimetry; change of state - latent heat capacity. Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, Qualitative idea of blackbody radiation, Wien’s Displacement law and Stefan’s law.

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

Chapter–12: Thermodynamics

• Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes. Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes, Cyclic Processes.

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases.

Chapter–13: Kinetic Theory

• Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure. 
• Kinetic interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro's number.

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves 

Chapter–14: Oscillations

• Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a loaded spring- restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum, derivation of expression for itstime period.

Chapter–15: Waves

• Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, Standing waves in strings and organ pipes: fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats. 

Kinematics

• Motion in a Straight Line
• Motion in a Plane

Mathematical tools in Physics

• Applications of Differential Calculus in Physics
• Vectors

Experiments in Physics

• Experiments in Physics-I
• Experiments in Physics-II

Physical World and Measurement

• Measurements of Physical Quantities
• Significant Figures and Rounding off Numbers

Laws of Motion

• Force
• Newton’s Laws of Motion