UG TRB Physics Syllabus
Graduate Teacher Physics Syllabus
Are you preparing for UG TRB Physics exam? The UG TRB / TRB BT Assistant / Graduate Teacher / BRTE Physics Syllabus provides a clear and complete unit-wise framework to help aspirants prepare strategically for the Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board exam. Covering essential concepts like Mechanics, Properties of Matter, Optics, Electricity & Magnetism, Atomic & Nuclear Physics, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics, Solid State Physics, Electronics, Communication Systems and more, this syllabus ensures focused preparation aligned with the latest TRB exam pattern.
Whether you’re targeting UG TRB Physics, BT Assistant Physics, Graduate Teacher, or BRTE, this syllabus serves as your precise roadmap for high-scoring preparation in the Upcoming examination.
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Unit – 1 Mechanics
Newton’s laws – Impulse and impact – laws of impact – direct impact and oblique impact between two smooth spheres – loss of K.E – motion of two interacting bodies – reduced mass – centre of gravity – centre of gravity of a solid hemisphere – hollow hemisphere – tetrahedron and solid cone – friction – types of friction – angle of friction – equilibrium of rigid bodies – moment of inertia – angular momentum and kinetic energy of a revolving body – moment of inertia of sphere, shell and cylinder – parallel and perpendicular axes theorem – rolling – Kepler’s laws of planetary motion – Newton’s law of gravitation – determination of G by Boy’s method – gravitational field and potential – variation of acceleration due to gravity on height, depth and altitude – orbital and escape velocities – earth and geostationary satellites – limitations of Newton’s laws.
Unit – 2 Thermal Physics
Kinetic theory of gases – postulates – mean free path – ideal gas equation – degrees of freedom – Boltzmann’s law of equipartition of energy – Maxwell’s law of distribution of molecular speed – atomicity of gases – specific heat capacity of gases ratio of cp and cv – calculation for monoatomic and diatomic gases – Mayer’s relation – experimental determination of cp and cv – Joule-Kelvin effect – theory and experiment – liquefaction of gases – hydrogen, oxygen, air, helium – thermal conductivity of solids – Forbes’s and Lee’s disc method – Stefan’s law – determination of Stefan’s constant – solar constant – temperature of the Sun – first law of thermodynamics – isothermal, adiabatic, isochoric, isobaric, cyclic processes– Carnot’s engine – Carnot’s cycle – second law of thermodynamics – Carnot’s theorem – entropy – reversible and irreversible process – Maxwell’s thermodynamic relations and their applications – third law of thermodynamics.
Unit – 3 Properties of Matter and Acoustics
Moduli of elasticity – relations among three moduli of elasticity – bending moment – uniform and non-uniform bending – couple per unit twist – torsional oscillation – elastic constants and their determination – viscosity – determination of highly viscous liquid by Stokes’ method – streamline and turbulent flow – Reynold’s number – Poiseuille’s flow – applications of viscosity – surface tension – capillary rise – method of drops – surface tension of mercury – Quincke’s method. Simple harmonic motion – combination of two SHMs in straight line and right angles – Lissajou’s figures – free, damped, forced oscillations – laws of transverse vibrations – sonometer, and Melde’s string – resonance – intensity and loudness of sound – beats– Doppler effect – velocity of sound in solids and gasses – ultrasonic – production, properties and applications – acoustics of auditoria.
Unit – 4 Electricity and Magnetism
Coulomb’s law – permittivity – relative permittivity – electric field intensity – due to point charge – Gauss’ theorem and its applications – electric potential – relation between potential and intensity – electric dipole moment – potential and intensity due to dipole – capacitance – capacity of parallel plates, spherical and cylindrical capacitors – energy stored in a capacitor – electrometers – measurement of potential and dielectric constant – Ohm’s law – resistivity and conductivity – Kirchhoff’s laws for a loop and a junction – internal resistance of a cell and emf– thermoelectricity – Peltier, Thomson coefficients. Biot-Savarts law – Ampere’ s law – magnetic field around current carrying conductors magnetic force on charge and current elements – force between two current carrying parallel conductors – Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction – self and mutual induction – induction coil and its uses – eddy currents – transformers – energy losses – skin effect – advantages of ac over dc – dynamos and motors – magnetic poles – magnetic moments – susceptibility and permeability – dia, par and ferro magnetism – hysteresis – B-H curve – energy loss due to hysteresis.
Unit – 5 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Bohr’s atom model –hydrogen atom –spectraof hydrogen and hydrogen like atoms – Rydberg’s constant –special quantisation – Sommerfeld model –quantum numbers – vector atom model – electronic structures –Pauli’s exclusion principle –electronic configuration – magnetic moment due to orbital motion and electron spin – Bohr magnetron – Stern and Gerlachexperimental – fine structure of sodium d line – Zeeman effect –anomalousZeeman effect – theoretical explanation.
General properties of nuclei and nuclear models – nuclear size, charge and mass determination – nuclear spin – magnetic dipole moment – mass defect, binding energy and packing fraction – nuclear forces – shell model – liquid drop model – fission, fusion and nuclear reactions – induced radioactivity – artificial transmutation – application of radio isotopes – discovery, production and detection of neutrons –cyclotron, synchrotron and betatron – radiation detectors – ionisation chamber –G.M. counter – elementary particles – classification –pions, muons, mesons, hyperons – conservation laws – cosmic rays.
Unit – 6 Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
Wave nature of particles – deBroglie waves – Davison and Germer experiment – waves and particle duality – photoelectric effect – photo electric multiplier – Einstein’s equation – Compton Effect – experimental verification of Compton effect – wave nature of electron – Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle – position and momentum, energy and time uncertainty – Schrodinger’s wave equation – probability amplitude –properties of wave function–normalization – potential barriers – tunnelling across barriers – particle in a box (one dimension only) Relativity –– postulate of Special theory of Relativity – Lorentz transformation of equations and its application – length contraction, time dilation – variation of mass with velocity – Mass energy equivalence – Physical Significance.
Unit – 7 Solid State Physics
Crystalline and amorphous solids – crystal lattice – structure of crystals – periodicity and plane in crystal – translational and rotational symmetry – crystallography – fundamental types of lattices in two and three dimensions – Bravais lattice – lattice systems, unit cell – primitive lattice vectors – packing fraction – Miller indices – crystal planes and directions – reciprocal lattice vectors – x rays – Bragg’s law – crystal diffraction by x rays -x ray spectroscopy – characteristic x ray spectra – x ray absorption and fluorescence –Mosley’s law – uses of x rays – Laue and Bragg equations – symmetry elements and symmetry groups – types of crystal – different types of chemical bonds – ionic, covalent, metallic – vanderWaals bond.
Unit – 8 Optics and Spectroscopy
Defect of images – spherical aberration – methods of minimizing spherical aberration – chromatic aberration –their rectification – deviation without dispersion and dispersion without deviation – eyepiece – interference – young’s double slit experiment – colours of thin film – Newton’s rings – air wedge – diffraction – Fresnel and Fraunhoffer types – zone plate and diffraction grating – prism – Huygens’s explanation – polarisation – double refraction – Nicol prism – quarter and half wave plates – production and detection of plane, circular and elliptically polarised light – optical activity – determination of specific rotatory power usingpolarimeter– optic fiber – fiber optic sensors – fibre optic communication systems and their advantages – laser – stimulated emission – population inversion – ruby and helium-neon laser and applications – UV and IR spectroscopy and applications – Raman effect – explanation on the basis of quantum theory – experimental arrangement – applications of Raman effect.
Unit – 9 Electrical circuits and Electronics
AC circuits with R, L and C –complex impedance and phase diagram – R-L and R-C circuits – series and parallel resonant-LCR circuits – sharpness of resonance Q factor –power in A.C. circuit –choke coil. Semiconductor – energy band theory of solids and insulators, conductors and semiconductors – intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors – electrons and holes as charge carriers – P type and N type semi-conductors – junction diodes –characteristics curve of diode – diode applications – Light Emitting Diodes, Photodiodes – junction transistors – characteristics of transistors –rectifier, amplifier and oscillator circuits – AM and FM transmission and reception with block diagrams – Logic circuits – NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR and Ex-OR gates – truth tables – Boolean algebra – deMorgan’s theorems – Karnaugh map simplification –opamp IC – summing, difference, integrator and differentiator circuits using opamp – astable and monostable multi vibrators – flip- flop circuits.
Unit – 10 Experimental Physics
Errors and approximations – types of errors – absolute, relative and percentage of errors – significant figures – advantages of average – least count of instruments – calibration techniques – curve plotting – least square refinement – dimensional analysis and uses – parallax method – Vernier calipers – screw gauge – travelling microscope – optic lever – Haier’s apparatus – calorimeter – Barton’s radiation correction – focal length of concave lens by contact – galvanometer – conversion of galvanometer into ammeter and voltmeter – calibration of low range ammeter and voltmeter – ballistic galvanometer –figure of merit – Ohm meter – multimeter– tangent galvanometer – magnetometer – meter bridge – potentiometer– LCR circuits – registers and counters
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