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Jest Complete Physics Syllabus

The Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) exam is 3 hours long and contains 50 objective questions worth 100 marks. The exam is divided into 3 parts: Part A has 15 questions worth 3 marks each with a 1 mark penalty for wrong answers; Part B has 10 questions worth 3 marks each with no penalties; Part C has 25 questions worth 1 mark each with a 1/3 mark penalty for wrong answers. The exam is administered through an offline OMR answer sheet.

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Jest Complete Physics Syllabus

The Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) exam is 3 hours long and contains 50 objective questions worth 100 marks. The exam is divided into 3 parts: Part A has 15 questions worth 3 marks each with a 1 mark penalty for wrong answers; Part B has 10 questions worth 3 marks each with no penalties; Part C has 25 questions worth 1 mark each with a 1/3 mark penalty for wrong answers. The exam is administered through an offline OMR answer sheet.

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fiziks

Institute for NET/JRF, GATE, IIT‐JAM, M.Sc. Entrance, JEST, TIFR and GRE in Physics 
 
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST)
EXAM PATTERN
 The exam is conducted through offline mode in OMR answer sheet.
 There is a total of 50 objective questions of 100 marks. The exam duration is 3 hours.
 The exam will consist of 3 Parts: Part A, Part B and Part C.

Part A consists of 15 questions which will carry 3 marks each.

Part B consists of 10 questions which will carry 3 marks each.

Part C consists of 25 questions which will carry 1 mark each.


For Part A: 3 marks will be rewarded for every correct answer and 1 mark will be
deducted for every wrong answer.

For Part B: 3 marks will be awarded for every correct answer. There is no negative
marking in this Part.

Fort Part C: 1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer and 1/3 mark will be
deducted for every wrong answer.

H.No. 40-D, Ground Floor, Jia Sarai, Near IIT, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
Phone: 011-26865455/+91-9871145498
Website: www.physicsbyfiziks.com | Email: [email protected]
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fiziks
Institute for NET/JRF, GATE, IIT‐JAM, M.Sc. Entrance, JEST, TIFR and GRE in Physics 
 
SYLLABUS
Mathematical Methods
Vector algebra and vector calculus, tensors, curvilinear coordinate systems, linear algebra;
Linear differential equations, elements of Sturm–Liouville theory; Special functions;
Complex analysis; Fourier series and Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms; Elementary
properties of discrete groups; Elements of probability theory, error analysis.

Classical Mechanics
Newton’s laws, conservation of energy and momentum, collisions; generalized
coordinates, principle of least action, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of
mechanics; Symmetry and conservation laws; central force problem, Kepler problem;
Small oscillations and normal modes; special relativity in classical mechanics.

Electromagnetism & Optics


Electrostatics and magnetostatics, boundary value problems, multipole expansion; Fields
in conducting, dielectric, diamagnetic and paramagnetic media; Faraday’s law and time
varying fields; displacement current; Maxwell’s equations; energy and momentum of
electromagnetic fields; Propagation of plane electromagnetic waves, reflection, refraction;
Electromagnetic waves in dispersive and conducting media; diffraction, interference,
polarization.

Quantum Mechanics
Uncertainty principle; Schrodinger equation; central potentials, hydrogen atom; Orbital
and spin angular momenta, addition of angular momenta; Matrix formulation of quantum
theory, unitary transformations, Hermitian operators; Variational principle, time
independent perturbation theory, time dependent perturbation theory.

H.No. 40-D, Ground Floor, Jia Sarai, Near IIT, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
Phone: 011-26865455/+91-9871145498
Website: www.physicsbyfiziks.com | Email: [email protected]
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fiziks
Institute for NET/JRF, GATE, IIT‐JAM, M.Sc. Entrance, JEST, TIFR and GRE in Physics 
 
Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics
Laws of thermodynamics, work and heat, thermodynamic potentials; Elements of kinetic
theory; Maxwell’s relations; Statistical ensembles; partition function; classical ideal gas,
harmonic oscillators; Classical and quantum statistics; Fermi and Bose gases; black body
radiation; statistics of paramagnetism

Electronics
Basics of semiconductor; p-n junctions, diodes, transistors; LCR circuits, rectifiers,
amplifiers, active filters and oscillators; basics of OPAMPs and their applications; basics
of digital electronics.

H.No. 40-D, Ground Floor, Jia Sarai, Near IIT, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
Phone: 011-26865455/+91-9871145498
Website: www.physicsbyfiziks.com | Email: [email protected]
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