Syllabus for TS EAMCET 2019-E Stream (Engineering Stream)

PHYSICS
1) PHYSICAL WORLD: What is physics?, Scope and excitement of Physics, Physics,
technology and society, Fundamental forces in nature, Gravitational Force, Electromagnetic
Force, Strong Nuclear Force, Weak Nuclear Force, Towards Unification of Forces, Nature of
physical laws.

2) UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS: Introduction , The international system of units,

Measurement of Length, Measurement of Large Distances, Estimation of Very Small Distances:
Size of a Molecule, Range of Lengths, Measurement of Mass, Range of Masses, Measurement
of time , Accuracy, precision of instruments and errors in measurement, Systematic errors,
random errors, least count error, Absolute Error, Relative Error and Percentage Error,
Combination of Errors, Significant figures, Rules for Arithmetic Operations with Significant
Figures, Rounding off the Uncertain Digits, Rules for Determining the Uncertainty in the Results
of Arithmetic Calculations, Dimensions of Physical Quantities, Dimensional Formulae and
dimensional equations, Dimensional Analysis and its Applications, Checking the Dimensional
Consistency of Equations, Deducing Relation among the Physical Quantities.

3) MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE: Introduction, Position, path length and displacement,

Average velocity and average speed, Instantaneous velocity and speed, Acceleration, Kinematic
equations for uniformly accelerated motion, Relative velocity.

4) MOTION IN A PLANE: Introduction, Scalars and vectors, Position and Displacement

Vectors, Equality of Vectors, Multiplication of vectors by real numbers, Addition and subtraction
of vectors - graphical method, Resolution of vectors, Vector addition - analytical method,
Motion in a plane, Position Vector and Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Motion in a plane
with constant acceleration, Relative velocity in two dimensions. Projectile motion, Equation of
path of a projectile, Time of Maximum height, Maximum height of a projectile, Horizontal range
of projectile, Uniform circular motion.

5) LAWS OF MOTION: Introduction, Aristotle’s fallacy, The law of inertia, Newton’s first law
of motion, Newton’s second law of motion, Newton’s third law of motion, Impulse,
Conservation of momentum, Equilibrium of a particle, Common forces in mechanics, friction,
Circular motion, Motion of a car on a level road, Motion of a car on a Banked road, Solving
problems in mechanics.

6) WORK, ENERGY AND POWER: Introduction, The Scalar Product, Notions of work and
kinetic energy : The work-energy theorem, Work, Kinetic energy, Work done by a variable force,
The work-energy theorem for a variable force, The concept of Potential Energy, The
conservation of Mechanical Energy, The Potential Energy of a spring, Various forms of energy:
the law of conservation of energy, Heat, Chemical Energy, Electrical Energy, The Equivalence of
Mass and Energy, Nuclear Energy, The Principle of Conservation of Energy, Power, Collisions,
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions, Collisions in one dimension, Coefficient of Restitution and its
determination, Collisions in Two Dimensions.
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7) SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION: Introduction, What kind of

motion can a rigid body have?, Centre of mass, Centre of Gravity, Motion of centre of mass,
Linear momentum of a system of particles, Vector product of two vectors, Angular velocity and
its relation with linear velocity, Angular acceleration, Kinematics of rotational motion about a
fixed axis, Torque and angular momentum, Moment of force (Torque), Angular momentum of
particle, Torque and angular momentum for a system of a particles, conservation of angular
momentum, Equilibrium of a rigid body, Principle of moments, Moment of inertia, Theorems of
perpendicular and parallel axes, Theorem of perpendicular axes, Theorem of parallel axes,
Dynamics of rotational motion about a fixed axis, Angular momentum in case of rotations about
a fixed axis, Conservation of Angular Momentum, Rolling motion, Kinetic Energy of Rolling
Motion.

8) OSCILLATIONS: Introduction, Periodic and oscillatory motions, Period and frequency,

Displacement, Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.), Simple harmonic motion and uniform circular
motion, Velocity and acceleration in simple harmonic motion, Force law for Simple harmonic
Motion, Energy in simple harmonic motion, Some systems executing Simple Harmonic Motion,
Oscillations due to a spring, The Simple Pendulum, Damped simple harmonic motion, Forced
oscillations and resonance.
9) GRAVITATION: Introduction, Kepler’s laws, Universal law of gravitation, The gravitational
constant, Acceleration due to gravity of the earth, Acceleration due to gravity below and above
the surface of earth, Gravitational potential energy, Escape speed, Earth satellite, Energy of an
orbiting satellite, Geostationary and polar satellites, Weightlessness.
10) MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS: Introduction, Elastic behaviour of solids,
Stress and strain, Hooke’s law, Stress-strain curve, Elastic moduli, Young’s Modulus,
Determination of Young’s Modulus of the Material of a Wire, Shear Modulus, Bulk Modulus,
Poisson’s Ratio, Applications of elastic behaviour of materials.
11) MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS: Introduction, Pressure, Pascal’s Law,
Variation of Pressure with Depth, Atmosphere Pressure and Gauge Pressure, Hydraulic
Machines, Streamline flow, Bernoulli’s principle, Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law, Venturi-
meter, Blood Flow and Heart Attack, Dynamic Lift, Viscosity, Variation of Viscosity of fluids
with temperature, Stokes’ Law, Reynolds number, Surface tension, Surface Energy, Surface
Energy and Surface Tension, Angle of Contact, Drops and Bubbles, Capillary Rise, Detergents
and Surface Tension.
12) THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER: Introduction, Temperature and heat,
Measurement of temperature, Ideal-gas equation and absolute temperature, Thermal expansion,
Specific heat capacity, Calorimetry, Change of state, Regelation, Latent Heat, Heat transfer,
Conduction, thermal conductivity, Convection, Radiation, Black body Radiation, Greenhouse
Effect, Newton’s law of cooling.
13) THERMODYNAMICS: Introduction, Thermal equilibrium, Zeroth law of
thermodynamics, Heat, Internal Energy and work, First law of thermodynamics, Specific heat
capacity, Thermodynamic state variables and equation of State, Thermodynamic process, Quasi-
static process, Isothermal Process, Adiabatic Process, Isochoric Process, Isobaric process, Cyclic
process, Heat engines, Refrigerators and heat pumps, Second law of thermodynamics,
Reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot engine, Carnot’s theorem.
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14) KINETIC THEORY: Introduction, Molecular nature of matter, Behaviour of gases,

Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Kinetic theory of an ideal gas, Pressure of an Ideal Gas, Law of
equipartition of energy, Specific heat capacity, Monatomic Gases, Diatomic Gases, Polyatomic
Gases, Specific Heat Capacity of Solids, Specific Heat Capacity of Water, Mean free path.

15) WAVES: Introduction, Transverse and longitudinal waves, Displacement relation in a

progressive wave, The speed of a travelling wave, The principle of superposition of waves,
Reflection of waves, Beats, Doppler effect.

16) RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS: Introduction, Reflection of Light by

Spherical Mirrors, Refraction, Total Internal Reflection, Refraction at Spherical Surfaces and by
Lenses, Refraction through a Prism, Dispersion by a Prism, Some Natural Phenomena due to
Sunlight , Optical Instruments.

17) WAVE OPTICS: Introduction, Huygens Principle, Refraction and reflection of plane waves
using Huygens Principle, Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves, Interference of Light
Waves and Young’s Experiment, Diffraction, Polarisation.

18) ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS: Introduction, Electric Charges, Conductors and
Insulators, Charging by Induction, Basic Properties of Electric Charge, Coulomb’s Law, Forces
between Multiple Charges, Electric Field, Electric Field Lines, Electric Flux, Electric Dipole,
Dipole in a Uniform External Field, Continuous Charge Distribution, Gauss’s Law, Application
of Gauss’s Law.

19) ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE: Introduction, Electrostatic

Potential, Potential due to a Point Charge, Potential due to an Electric Dipole, Potential due to a
System of Charges, Equipotential Surfaces, Potential Energy of a System of Charges, Potential
Energy in an External Field, Electrostatics of Conductors, Dielectrics and Polarisation,
Capacitors and Capacitance, The Parallel Plate Capacitor, Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance,
Combination of Capacitors, Energy Stored in a Capacitor, Van de Graaff Generator.

20) CURRENT ELECTRICITY: Introduction, Electric Current, Electric Currents in

Conductors, Ohm’s law, Drift of Electrons and the Origin of Resistivity, Limitations of Ohm’s
Law, Resistivity of various Materials, Temperature Dependence of Resistivity, Electrical Energy,
Power, Combination of Resistors — Series and Parallel, Cells, emf, Internal Resistance, Cells in
Series and in Parallel, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Wheatstone Bridge, Meter Bridge, Potentiometer.

21) MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM: Introduction, Magnetic Force, Motion in a

Magnetic Field, Motion in Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field due to a
Current Element, Biot-Savart Law, Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop,
Ampere’s Circuital Law, The Solenoid and the Toroid, Force between Two Parallel Currents, the
Ampere, Torque on Current Loop, Magnetic Dipole, The Moving Coil Galvanometer.

22) MAGNETISM AND MATTER: Introduction, The Bar Magnet, Magnetism and Gauss’s
Law, The Earth’s Magnetism, Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity, Magnetic Properties of
Materials, Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets.
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23) ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION: Introduction, The Experiments of Faraday and

Henry, Magnetic Flux, Faraday’s Law of Induction, Lenz’s Law and Conservation of Energy,
Motional Electromotive Force, Energy Consideration: A Quantitative Study, Eddy Currents,
Inductance, AC Generator.

24) ALTERNATING CURRENT: Introduction, AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor,

Representation of AC Current and Voltage by Rotating Vectors — Phasors, AC Voltage Applied
to an Inductor, AC Voltage Applied to a Capacitor, AC Voltage Applied to a Series LCR Circuit,
Power in AC Circuit: The Power Factor, LC Oscillations, Transformers.

25) ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: Introduction, Displacement Current, Electromagnetic

Waves, Electromagnetic Spectrum.

26) DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER: Introduction, Electron Emission,

Photoelectric Effect, Experimental Study of Photoelectric Effect, Photoelectric Effect and Wave
Theory of Light, Einstein’s Photoelectric Equation: Energy Quantum of Radiation, Particle
Nature of Light: The Photon, Wave Nature of Matter, Davisson and Germer Experiment.

27) ATOMS: Introduction, Alpha-particle Scattering and Rutherford’s Nuclear Model of Atom,
Atomic Spectra, Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom, The Line Spectra of the Hydrogen Atom,
De Broglie’s Explanation of Bohr’s Second Postulate of Quantisation.

28) NUCLEI: Introduction, Atomic Masses and Composition of Nucleus, Size of the Nucleus,
Mass-Energy and Nuclear Binding Energy, Nuclear Force, Radioactivity, Nuclear Energy.

29) SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS: MATERIALS, DEVICES AND SIMPLE

CIRCUITS: Introduction, Classification of Materials: Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators,
Intrinsic Semiconductor, Extrinsic Semiconductor, p-n Junction, Semiconductor diode,
Application of Junction Diode as a Rectifier, Special Purpose p-n Junction Diodes, Junction
Transistor, Digital Electronics and Logic Gates, Integrated Circuits.

30) COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Introduction, Elements of a Communication System,

Basic Terminology Used in Electronic Communication Systems, Bandwidth of Signals,
Bandwidth of Transmission Medium, Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves, Modulation and its
Necessity, Amplitude Modulation, Production of Amplitude Modulated Wave, Detection of
Amplitude Modulated Wave.

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