NSEP 2023-24 Sample Papers Paperwise: Paper 2

Registration

Exam

Result

The registration for NSEP 2023-24 will take place between 1st August  2023 to 20th August  2023.

The National Standard Examination in Physics 2023-24 will be conducted on 26th November, 2023.

The NSEP Results 2023-24 are expected to be  declared on 23rd March, 2024.

Subjects

Exam Duration

Total Marks

• Physics

• Mathematics

2 hours 

216

S. No.

Topic

Details

1

Units and Measurements

• Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement; significant figures.

• Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.

2

Motion in a Straight Line

• Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity.

• Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs.

• Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment).

3

Motion in a Plane

• Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors, relative velocity, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and Vector, product of vectors.

• Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration projectile motion, uniform circular motion.

4

Laws of Motion

• Intuitive concept of force, Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion.

• Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications.

• Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, lubrication.

• Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road).

5

Work, Energy and Power

• Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power.

• Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); non-conservative forces: motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

6

System of Particles and Rotational Motion

• Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and centre of mass motion.

• Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod.

• Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its applications.

• Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions.

• Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.

7

Gravitation

• Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.

• Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite, Geo-stationary satellites.

8

Mechanical Properties of Solids

• Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of rigidity, Poisson's ratio; elastic energy.

9

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

• Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes), effect of gravity on fluid pressure.

• Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity,

• Bernoulli's theorem and its applications.

• Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.

10

Thermal Properties of Matter

• Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water; specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv - calorimetry; change of state - latent heat capacity.

• Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation, Wien's displacement Law, Stefan's law, Greenhouse effect.

11

Thermodynamics

• Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of thermodynamics), heat, work and internal energy. Thermodynamic state variables and equation of state, First law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes.

• Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes, Heat engine and refrigerator.

12

Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases

• Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas.

• Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure.

• Kinetic interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom; law of equi-partition of energy and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro's number.

13

Oscillations and Waves

Oscillations: 

• Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions.

• Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a loaded spring restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum derivation of expression for its time period. 

• Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), Resonance.

Waves:

• Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics

• Beats

• Doppler effect.

14

Electrostatics

• Electric Charges and Fields

• Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

• Current Electricity

15

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

• Moving Charges and Magnetism

• Magnetism and Matter

• Electromagnetic Induction

• Alternating Current

• Electromagnetic Waves

16

Optics

• Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

• Wave optics

17

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

• Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; 

• Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light. Experimental study of the photoelectric effect.

• Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de-Broglie relation, Davisson-Germer experiment.

18

Atoms and Nuclei

• Atoms: Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.

• Nuclei: Composition and size of nucleus, Radioactivity, alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties; radioactive decay law, half life and mean life. Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission, nuclear fusion.

19

Electronic Devices

• Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators (qualitative ideas only)

• Semiconductor diode - I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier;

• Special purpose p-n junction diodes: LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode and their characteristics, zener diode as a voltage regulator.

Set A

Set B

Type of Questions

Multiple Choice Questions 

Multiple Choice Questions 

No of Questions

48

12 

Marks for Correct Answer

+3

+6

Marks for Incorrect Answer

-1

0