Here we have described in detail the various topics that you should cover in the NEET 2012 Physics syllabus:                                                      

                           Physics Class XI Syllabus for NEET 2012

UNIT I: Physical World and Measurement
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Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology andsociety.
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units,fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracyand precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement; significantfigures.
Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.

UNIT II: Kinematics
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Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line; Position-time graph, speed andvelocity. Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneousvelocity. Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs,for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment).
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion.Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors,general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by areal number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity.
Unit vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane-rectangular components.
Scalar and Vector products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniformvelocity and uniform acceleration- projectile motion. Uniform circular motion.

UNIT III: Laws of Motion
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Intuitive concept of force. Inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; momentum andNewton’s second law of motion; impulse; Newton’s third law of motion. Law ofconservation of linear momentum and its applications.
Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction,rolling friction, lubrication.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion. Centripetal force, examples of circularmotion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road).

UNIT IV: Work, Energy and Power
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Work done by a constant force and variable force; kinetic energy, work-energytheorem, power.
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces;conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); nonconservativeforces; motion in a vertical circle, elastic and inelastic collisions inone and two dimensions.

UNIT V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
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Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and centre ofmass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of uniform rod.
Moment of a force,-torque, angular momentum, conservation of angularmomentum with some examples.
Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion,comparison of linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius ofgyration. Values of M.I. for simple geometrical objects (no derivation).
Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.

UNIT VI: Gravitation
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Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation.
Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, orbitalvelocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites.

UNIT VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
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Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulkmodulus, shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.
Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, streamline andturbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure,application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids, andgases. Anomalous expansion. Specific heat capacity: Cp, Cv- calorimetry;change of state – latent heat.
Heat transfer- conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation.Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and GreenHouse effect.
Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

UNIT VIII: Thermodynamics
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Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law ofThermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy.
First law ofthermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes.
Second law of the thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes. Heatengines and refrigerators.

UNIT IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory
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Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas.
Kinetic theory of gases: Assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic energy andtemperature; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy (statement only)and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path.

UNIT X: Oscillations and Waves
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Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodicfunctions. Simple harmonic motion(SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations ofa spring-restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM –Kinetic and potentialenergies; simple pendulum-derivation of expression for its time period; free,forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion.
Displacement relation for a progressive wave. Principle of superposition ofwaves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes,fundamental mode and harmonics. Beats. Doppler effect.


                           Physics Class XII Syllabus for NEET 2012


UNIT I: Electrostatics
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• Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb’s law-force between two pointcharges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuouscharge distribution.
• Electric field, electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines; electricdipole, electric field due to a dipole; torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
• Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due toinfinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformlycharged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside)
• Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, adipole and system of charges: equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy ofa system of two point charges and of electric diploes in an electrostatic field.
• Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor.
• Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance, combination ofcapacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor withand without dielectric medium between the plates, energy stored in a capacitor,Van de Graaff generator.

UNIT II: Current Electricity
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• Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity andmobility, and their relation with electric current; Ohm’s law, electrical resistance,V-I characteristics (liner and non-linear), electrical energy and power, electricalresistivity and conductivity.
• Carbon resistors, colour code for carbon resistors; series and parallelcombinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance.Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination ofcells in series and in parallel.
• Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge.
• Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference, and forcomparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell.

UNIT III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
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• Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment. Biot-Savart law and itsapplication to current carrying circular loop.
• Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight andtoroidal solenoids. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electricfields. Cyclotron.
• Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Forcebetween two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere. Torqueexperienced by a current loop in a magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer-itscurrent sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.
• Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Magneticdipole moment of a revolving electron. Magnetic field intensity due to a magneticdipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis. Torque on amagnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field; bar magnet as anequivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magneticelements.
• Para-, dia-and ferro-magnetic substances, with examples.
• Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets.

UNIT IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
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• Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced emf and current; Lenz’s Law,Eddy currents. Self and mutual inductance.
• Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/ voltage; reactanceand impedance; LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit,resonance; power in AC circuits, wattles current.
• AC generator and transformer.

UNIT V: Electromagnetic Waves
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• Need for displacement current.
• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only).Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
• Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet,x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.

UNIT VI: Optics
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• Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, totalinternal reflection and its applications optical fibres, refraction at sphericalsurfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens-maker’s formula. Magnification, powerof a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact combination of a lens and a mirror.Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism.
• Scattering of light- blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun atsunrise and sunset.
• Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation,correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses.
• Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and theirmagnifying powers.
• Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction ofplane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts.
• Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ principle.Interference, Young’s double hole experiment and expression for fringe width,coherent sources and sustained interference of light.
• Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum.
• Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes. Polarisation, planepolarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and Polaroids.

UNIT VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
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• Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectricequation- particle nature of light.
• Matter waves- wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation. Davisson-Germerexperiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained).

UNIT VIII: Atoms and Nuclei
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• Alpha- particle scattering experiments; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model,energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomicmasses, isotopes, isobars; isotones.
• Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decaylaw. Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and itsvariation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion.

UNIT IX: Electronic Devices
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Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators andsemiconductors; semiconductor diode- I-V characteristics in forward and reversebias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell, andZener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, transistoraction, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier (common emitterconfiguration) and oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR).Transistor as a switch .

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