BITSAT Physics Syllabus 2024 - BITSAT Physics Important Topics, Weightage and Preparation Tips

BITSAT 2024 Physics Syllabus Important Topics

• Heat & Thermodynamics
• Magnetic Effect of Current & Magnetism
• Wave Motion
• Current Electricity
• Electrostatics
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Wave Optics
• Fluids
• Rotational Motion
• Work, Power & Energy
• Elasticity
• Ray Optics
• Units, Dimension, Errors
• Gravitation
• Alternating Current

BITSAT Physics Section Difficulty Level

Difficult

BITSAT Physics Section Expected Questions

40

BITSAT 2024 Physics Syllabus Recommended Books

• Concepts of Physics
• Problems in General Physics
• Arihant Physics
• Advanced Level Physics
• Fundamentals of Physics Resnick

Units & Measurement

• Units (Different systems of units, SI units, fundamental and derived units)
• Dimensional Analysis
• Precision and significant figures
• Fundamental measurements in Physics (Vernier calipers, screw gauge, Physical balance etc)

Kinematics

• Properties of vectors
• Position, velocity, and acceleration vectors
• Motion with constant acceleration
• Projectile motion
• Uniform circular motion
• Relative motion

Newton’s Laws of Motion

• Newton’s laws (free body diagram, resolution of forces)
• Motion on an inclined plane
• The motion of blocks with pulley systems
• Circular motion – centripetal force
• Inertial and non-inertial frames

Impulse and Momentum

• Definition of impulse and momentum
• Conservation of momentum
• Collisions
• The momentum of a system of particles
• Center of mass

Work and Energy

• Work is done by a force
• Kinetic energy and work-energy theorem
• Power
• Conservative forces and potential energy
• Conservation of mechanical energy

Rotational Motion

• Description of rotation (angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular acceleration)
• Rotational motion with constant angular acceleration
• Moment of inertia, Parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, rotational kinetic energy
• Torque and angular momentum
• Conservation of angular momentum
• Rolling motion

Gravitation

• Newton’s law of gravitation
• Gravitational potential energy, Escape velocity
• The motion of planets – Kepler’s laws, satellite motion

Mechanics of Solids and Fluids

• Elasticity
• Pressure, density, and Archimedes’ principle
• Viscosity and Surface Tension
• Bernoulli’s theorem

Oscillations

• Kinematics of simple harmonic motion
• Spring mass system, simple and compound pendulum
• Forced & damped oscillations, resonance

Waves

• Progressive sinusoidal waves
• Standing waves in strings and pipes
• Superposition of waves, beats
• Doppler Effect

Heat and Thermodynamics

• Kinetic theory of gases
• Thermal equilibrium and temperature
• Specific heat, Heat Transfer - Conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, Newton’s law of cooling Work, heat and the first law of thermodynamics
• The second law of thermodynamics, Carnot engine – Efficiency and Coefficient of performance

Electrostatics

• Coulomb’s law
• Electric field (discrete and continuous charge distributions)
• Electrostatic potential and Electrostatic potential energy
• Gauss’ law and its applications
• Electric dipole
• Capacitance and dielectrics (parallel plate capacitor, capacitors in series and parallel)

Current Electricity

• Ohm’s law, Joule heating
• DC circuits – Resistors and cells in series and parallel, Kirchoff’s laws, potentiometer, and Wheatstone bridge
• Electrical Resistance (Resistivity, origin and temperature dependence of resistivity)

Magnetic Effect of Current

• Biot-Savart’s law and its applications
• Ampere’s law and its applications
• Lorentz force, the force on current-carrying conductors in a magnetic field
• The magnetic moment of a current loop, torque on a current loop, Galvanometer and its conversion to voltmeter and ammeter

Electromagnetic Induction

• Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, eddy currents
• Self and mutual inductance
• Transformers and generators
• Alternating current (peak and RMS value)
• AC circuits, LCR circuits

Optics

• Laws of reflection and refraction
• Lenses and mirrors
• Optical instruments – telescope and microscope
• Interference – Huygen’s principle, Young’s double-slit experiment
• Interference in thin films
• Diffraction due to a single slit
• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (only qualitative ideas), Electromagnetic spectrum
• Polarisation – states of polarization, Malus’ law, Brewster’s law

Modern Physics

• Dual nature of light and matter – Photoelectric effect, De Broglie wavelength
• Atomic models – Rutherford’s experiment, Bohr’s atomic model
• Hydrogen atom spectrum
• Radioactivity
• Nuclear reactions: Fission and fusion, binding energy

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 (common emitter configuration) and oscillator
• Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR). Transistor as a switch

Heat & Thermodynamics

10%

Wave Motion

6%

Simple Harmonic Motion

5%

Rotational Motion

4%

Units, Dimension, Errors

3%

Alternating Current

3%

Gravitation

3%

Work, Power & Energy

4%

Ray Optics

4%

Fluids

5%

Current Electricity

6%

Magnetic Effect of Current & Magnetism

9%

Electrostatics

5%

Elasticity

4%

Wave Optics

5%

Vol 1 and Vol 2- Concepts of Physics

HC Verma

Problems in General Physics

IE Irodov

Arihant Physics

DC Pandey

Advanced Level Physics

Nelson and Parker

Fundamentals of Physics Resnick

Halliday, Walker