MSc physics syllabus for pgcet 2021

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Syllabus can very a bit but mostly these topics you have to study for msc physics entance:

Main topics in  M.Sc Physics Entrance Exam Syllabus

• Electricity and Magnetism
  
  
  
• Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics
  
  
  
• Oscillations, Waves and Optics
  
  
  
• Mechanics and General Properties of Matter
  
  
  
• Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics
  
  
  
• Mathematical Methods
  
  
  
• Modern Physics
  
  
  
• Detailed Syllabus
  
  
  

Electricity and Magnetism

• Alternating currents
  
  
  
• Amperes law
  
  
  
• Biot-Savart law
  
  
  
• Capacitors
  
  
  
• Conductors
  
  
  
• Coulombs law
  
  
  
• Dielectric polarization
  
  
  
• Dielectrics
  
  
  
• Displacement current
  
  
  
• Electric field and potential
  
  
  
• Electrostatic boundary conditions
  
  
  
• Electrostatic energy
  
  
  
• Faradays law of electromagnetic induction
  
  
  
• Gausss law
  
  
  
• Lorentz Force and motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields
  
  
  
• Maxwells equations and plane electromagnetic waves
  
  
  
• Poyntings theorem
  
  
  
• Reflection and refraction at a dielectric interface
  
  
  
• Self and mutual inductance
  
  
  
• Simple DC and AC circuits with R, L and C components
  
  
  
• Solution of Laplaces equation for simple cases
  
  
  
• Transmission and reflection coefficients
  
  
  
• Volume and surface charges
  
  
  

Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics

• Reversible, irreversible and quasi-static processes
  
  
  
• Carnot cycle
  
  
  
• Elements of Kinetic theory of gases
  
  
  
• First law and its consequences
  
  
  
• Ideal gas
  
  
  
• Isothermal and adiabatic processes
  
  
  
• Laws of thermodynamics
  
  
  
• Maxwells thermodynamic relations and simple applications
  
  
  
• Mean free path
  
  
  
• Phase transitions and Clausius-Clapeyron equation
  
  
  
• Second law and entropy
  
  
  
• Specific heat of Mono-, di- and tri-atomic gases
  
  
  
• Thermodynamic potentials and their applications
  
  
  
• Van-der-Waals gas and equation of state
  
  
  
• Velocity distribution and Equipartition of energy
  
  
  
• Zeroeth law and concept of thermal equilibrium
  
  
  

Oscillations, Waves and Optics

• Damped and forced oscillators
  
  
  
• Differential equation for simple harmonic oscillator and its general solution
  
  
  
• Diffraction gratings
  
  
  
• Doppler Effect
  
  
  
• Double refraction and optical rotation
  
  
  
• Energy density and energy transmission in waves
  
  
  
• Fermats Principle
  
  
  
• Fraunhofer diffraction
  
  
  
• General theory of image formation
  
  
  
• Group velocity and phase velocity
  
  
  
• Interference of light, optical path retardation
  
  
  
• Linear, circular and elliptic polarization
  
  
  
• Rayleigh criterion and resolving power
  
  
  
• Resonance
  
  
  
• Sound waves in media
  
  
  
• Superposition of two or more simple harmonic oscillators
  
  
  
• Thick lens, thin lens and lens combinations
  
  
  
• Traveling and standing waves in one-dimension
  
  
  
• Wave equation
  
  
  

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter

• Bernoullis theorem
  
  
  
• Capillarity
  
  
  
• Centre of mass
  
  
  
• Centrifugal and Coriolis forces
  
  
  
• Conservation of energy
  
  
  
• Conservation of linear and angular momentum
  
  
  
• Conservative and non-conservative forces
  
  
  
• Elastic and inelastic collisions
  
  
  
• Elasticity
  
  
  
• Equation of continuity
  
  
  
• Equation of motion of the CM
  
  
  
• Eulers equation
  
  
  
• Gravitational Law and field
  
  
  
• Hookes law and elastic constants of isotropic solid
  
  
  
• Keplers laws
  
  
  
• Kinematics of moving fluids
  
  
  
• Moments of Inertia and products of Inertia
  
  
  
• Motion under a central force
  
  
  
• Newtons laws of motion and applications
  
  
  
• Principal moments and axes
  
  
  
• Rigid body motion, fixed axis rotations
  
  
  
• Rotation and translation
  
  
  
• Stress energy
  
  
  
• Surface tension and surface energy
  
  
  
• System of particles
  
  
  
• Uniformly rotating frame
  
  
  
• Variable mass systems
  
  
  
• Velocity and acceleration in Cartesian, polar and cylindrical coordinate systems
  
  
  
• Viscous fluids
  
  
  

Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics

• Crystal structure
  
  
  
• Bravais lattices and basis
  
  
  
• Miller indices
  
  
  
• X-ray diffraction and Braggs law
  
  
  
• Einstein and Debye theory of specific heat
  
  
  
• Free electron theory of metals
  
  
  
• Fermi energy and density of states
  
  
  
• Origin of energy bands
  
  
  
• Concept of holes and effective mass
  
  
  
• Elementary ideas about dia-, para- and ferromagnetism
  
  
  
• Langevins theory of paramagnetism
  
  
  
• Curies law
  
  
  
• Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors
  
  
  
• Fermi level
  
  
  
• OR, AND, NOR and NAND gates
  
  
  
• Transistors
  
  
  
• P-N junctions
  
  
  
• Amplifier circuits with transistors
  
  
  
• Transistor circuits in CB, CE, CC modes
  
  
  
• Operational amplifiers
  
  
  

Mathematical Methods

• Algebra of complex numbers
  
  
  
• Calculus of single and multiple variables
  
  
  
• Divergence theorem
  
  
  
• First and linear second order differential equations
  
  
  
• Fourier series
  
  
  
• Greens theorem
  
  
  
• Jacobian, imperfect and perfect differentials
  
  
  
• Matrices and determinants
  
  
  
• Multiple integrals
  
  
  
• Partial derivatives
  
  
  
• Stokes theorem
  
  
  
• Taylor expansion
  
  
  
• Vector algebra
  
  
  
• Vector Calculus
  
  
  

Modern Physics

• Blackbody radiation
  
  
  
• Bohrs atomic model and X-rays
  
  
  
• Compton Effect
  
  
  
• Inertial frames and Galilean invariance
  
  
  
• Length contraction and time dilation
  
  
  
• Lorentz transformations
  
  
  
• Mass energy equivalence
  
  
  
• Photoelectric effect
  
  
  
• Postulates of special relativity
  
  
  
• Relativistic velocity addition theorem
  
  
  
• Uncertainty principle
  
  
  
• Wave-particle duality
  
  
  
• Schrdinger equation and its solution for one, two and three dimensional boxes
  
  
  
• Reflection and transmission at a step potential, tunnelling through a barrier
  
  
  
• Pauli Exclusion Principle
  
  
  
• Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics
  
  
  
• Structure of atomic nucleus, mass and binding energy
  
  
  
• Radioactivity and its applications
  
  
  
• Laws of radioactive decay
  
  
  
• Fission and fusion
  
  
  

Hope it helps ,thank you.