Physics
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[edit] Syllabus of Physics for IIT JEE
This is the Rough outline. Detailed syllabus
[edit] Books to Read
Every single student wants to know "Which book should I study physics from?". The fact IIT JEE has become such a commercialized examination means that there are 100's of books if not 1000's. This has added to the trouble of all the students. There are coaching institute material, and every single person who teaches physics has written a book :D. Some of these are good. But I would say not to stack up hundreds of books. Most of these concepts are given extremely well in the books written below. For the few that you dont follow from them, refer to the Internet! Hopefully, this wiki will solve your woes :). But yeah the net is vast. A bit of google will do.
[edit] Theory
- H.C. Verma (Good for all the theory you will need. But it lacks the ability to give you a complete feeling for physics!)
- NCERT (Wonderfully well written. You will never find a mistake)
- Resnick Halliday is good for appreciation and in-depth understanding of physics. (Highly Recommended. But takes time to read.)
[edit] Problems
- Problems in physics by I.E. Irodov
- Resnick Halliday
- Books by arihant and TMH
- IIT JEE Previous Years Question Papers. (Some are just too good!)
[edit] How to study Physics
Physics is about concepts. There are a few of them. Once you know these concepts, then you know the whole chapter.
There are students who are able to learn chapters in Physics in less than 2 hours while others who spend months and still score far fewer marks. The only reason is that they dont understand the concepts.
If you cant solve a chapter's problems, there is some problem in the basics. Your effort should be to sort those problems.
[edit] Guidelines to Self Studies
Physics concepts take time to sink in! So Take Breaks. They are must!
Never try to understand concepts from too many books.
Solve Problems
[edit] To Solve the problems, Ask these questions
- What's the problem about? (It is not about the lift.. It is about acceleration!)
- What am I asked to find? (I am to find acceleration!)
- What information am I to use? What principles apply? (eg: Pulley is not the principle.. force is!)
- What do I know about similar situations? (Did that problem also have a perpendicular force?)
- How can I go about applying the information to solve the problem?
- Does my solution make sense? (I needed to find acceleration but my dimensional analysis gives something different :(. or. It does not work for theta=0!)
[edit] Important Topics
There is generally an equal weight in the exams across the topics.
The Work to Marks ratio is definitely highest for Mechanics. The time you need to spend for learning Mechanics is very high. Some people spend more than a third of their preparation time in Mechanics. I think that should be avoided!
There are some concepts in mechanics. Hardly too many. But you should not waste too many days on any(specially in Rotational).
Easy Chapters to be done..
General Physics | Kinematics | Linear Mechanics | Rotational | Gravitation | SHM | Fluids | Waves | Thermal Physics | Electricity | Magnetism | Optics | Modern Physics
