Engineering (JEE) Syllabus: Physics

UNIT 20: EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS
Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments and activities:
  • $1.$ Vernier calipers-its use to measure the internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel.
  • $2.$ Screw gauge-its use to determine thicknes/ diameter of thin sheet/wire.
  • $3.$ Simple pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between the square of amplitude and time.
  • $4.$ Metre Scale - the mass of a given object by the principle of moments.
  • $5.$ Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire.
  • $6.$ Surf ace tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents.
  • $7.$ Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body.
  • $8.$ Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube.
  • $9.$ Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
  • $10.$ The resistivity of the material of a given wire using a metre bridge.
  • $11.$ The resistance of a given wire using Ohm’s law.
  • $12.$ Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.
  • $13.$ The focal length of: (i) Convex mirror (ii) Concave mirror, and (iii) Convex lens, using the parallax method.
  • $14.$ The plot of the angle ofdeviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism.
  • $15.$ Refractive index of a glass slab usinq a travelling microscope.
  • $16.$ characteristic curves of a p-njunction diode in forward and reverse bias.
  • $17.$ characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse break down voltage.
  • $18.$ Identificationn of Diode, LED. Resistor. A capacitor from a mixed collection of such items