Physics is considered a complex subject by many who often find it confusing and difficult to solve. But if the right efforts are put in and regular revision is done, students will realise it is not such a difficult subject after all. Physics is in fact a very fascinating subject and basically helps us understand how this world, universe and other universes would probably function. Testbook’s efforts, directed towards making Physics easier for our students, has brought this set of Physics articles that outline some of the most important concepts of physics useful for competitive examinations. Physics commonly features in the exam pattern and syllabus of many examinations and students can easily turn it into a high scoring subject. Even though it feels difficult to some students, Physics still remains one of the most scoring subjects because of its objectivity. It does away with any ambiguity or subjectivity in the answers and hence becomes scoring. The aim of these articles is to help students understand conceptual frameworks of physics better and be able to apply them in real-life situations rather than just theory. Testbook Learn will provide PDFs to the willing students that will cover important concepts and topics of Physics from the competitive exam point of view. At the end of this initiative, Physics will not seem difficult or scary to the candidates of Testbook Learn.

General Physics Syllabus For Competitive Exams

It is important to know the syllabus of any examination before preparation. Here is a general syllabus of Physics subject across most competitive and government examinations such as JEE Main, NEET, and more. Take a look at some of the topics most commonly featuring in the syllabus of the Physics Section competitive examinations:

📘 Physics Notes Free PDFs (Board Exams/JEE/CUET/NEET)

Physics Topic	PDF Link
Wheatstone Bridge Notes	Download PDF
Alternating Current Notes	Download PDF
Friction Notes	Download PDF
Drift Velocity Notes	Download PDF

List of Physics Topics

Here are a few topics most commonly featured in competitive examinations syllabuses. These articles and chapters are available to our candidates for download. They will help the candidates in understanding the concepts better and apply them to the practical reality around them. Find these articles in the table below:

Practice Questions:

Q.1 Which of the following is a condition for the interference of light waves?

1. The source must be monochromatic
2. Coherent source of light
3. Sources must have the same state of polarisation
4. All of the above

Q.2 Which of the following experiment is performed to prove the interference of light?

1. Young's double-slit experiment
2. Millikan's oil-drop experiment
3. Galileo's experiment
4. None of these

Q.3 Which one of the following is not a periodic motion?

1. Rotation of the earth about its axis.
2. A freely suspended bar magnet.
3. The motion of hands of a clock.
4. An arrow released from a bow.

Q.4 Which electromagnetic radiation has the lowest energy of all?

1. Microwaves
2. Radio waves
3. Infrared
4. None of the above

Q.5 Consider a collection of large number of particles, each moving with a speed v. The direction of velocity is randomly distributed in the collection. The magnitude of the relative velocity between a pair of particles averaged over all the pairs in the collection:

1. v
2. 2v/π
3. πv/4
4. 4v/π

Preparation Tips for Physics Section of Competitive Examinations:

For students wanting to do better at Physics and ace competitive examinations, here are a few tips and strategies that we suggest:

• Practice is the key to get a hold of Physics.
• Pay special attention to derivations, because that is where you get all your formulas.
• Keep a list of formulas in your direct eyesight and keep revising them as much as you can.
• Also, keep a copy of the syllabus near you and keep crossing them out as you move ahead with the syllabus.
• Solve sample problems, test series, and previous year papers.
• When you see a formula, try to derive it yourself. Remember that derivations are only mathematical problems with variables.
• Formulas look difficult, but in reality, they are the easiest approach you can take to get to the solution. But you should always know how those formulas were derived.
• Try to find Physics at play in daily life, in things around you.