UNIT I: Electric Charges and Fields
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Gauss’s theorem and its application to find field due to infinitely long straight wire
UNIT II: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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potential due to a point charge
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potential due to a dipole
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potential due to a system of charges
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electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic field
UNIT III: Current Electricity
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flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor
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V-I characteristics (linear and non-linear)
UNIT IV: Moving Charges and Magnetism
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motion in a magnetic field
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magnetic field due to current
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magnetic field due to a straight current carrying conductor
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force on a moving charge in a magnetic field
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magnetic field due to a solenoid
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experienced by a current loop in a magnetic field
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the principle and working of a cyclotron
UNIT V: Magnetism and Matter
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magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis
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on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field
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Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements
UNIT VII: Alternating Current
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AC voltage applied to a resistor
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representation of AC current and voltage by rotating vectors - phasors
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AC voltage applied to an inductor
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AC voltage applied to a capacitor
UNIT VIII: Electromagnetic Waves
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elementary facts about Hertz experiment
UNIT IX: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
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Ray optics and optical instruments
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refraction at spherical surfaces
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microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers