PSEB SS Physics study plan

Draw energy-band diagrams for conductors, semiconductors and insulators, and state the forbidden-gap order of magnitude for silicon and germanium.

Explain doping and sketch how the number of electrons and holes varies with temperature in n-type and p-type silicon.

Interpret the forward and reverse I-V characteristic of a p-n junction diode, and define knee voltage and reverse breakdown voltage.

State Coulomb's law in vector form and use superposition to compute the net electric field of three point charges at a specified point.

Apply Gauss's law to derive the field of an infinite line charge and a uniformly charged thin spherical shell, inside and outside.

Relate current density to drift velocity using I = n e A v_d, and derive the resistivity expression in terms of relaxation time.

Solve multi-loop circuits using Kirchhoff's junction and loop rules, including cells with internal resistance in series and in parallel.

Derive the balance condition of a Wheatstone bridge and use a metre-bridge to find an unknown resistance.

Explain how a potentiometer compares the EMFs of two cells and measure internal resistance, and state why it is a null method.

List the limitations of Ohm's law and compute the temperature dependence of resistance from the temperature coefficient.

Apply the Biot-Savart law to obtain the magnetic field at the centre of a circular current loop and on the axis of a solenoid.

Derive the force per unit length between two parallel current-carrying conductors and use it to define the ampere.

Derive the torque on a current loop in a uniform field and express it in terms of magnetic moment.

Convert a moving-coil galvanometer into an ammeter and a voltmeter, and compute the required shunt and series resistances.

Compare dia-, para- and ferromagnetic materials using susceptibility and permeability, state Curie's law, and label retentivity and coercivity on a hysteresis loop.

State Faraday's and Lenz's laws, and derive motional EMF for a rod moving in a uniform magnetic field.

Derive the self-inductance of a long solenoid and explain mutual inductance between two coaxial coils.

Compute average and RMS values of a sinusoidal alternating current and voltage over a full cycle.

Analyse a series LCR circuit, find the resonance frequency, and calculate the quality factor and power factor.

Explain the principle, turns-ratio relation and main energy losses of a transformer, and the working of an AC generator.

Apply the Cartesian sign convention to solve mirror and thin-lens problems, including magnification and power of a combination of lenses.

Derive refraction at a spherical surface and hence the lens maker's formula.

Explain total internal reflection and compute the critical angle for given media, citing optical fibre and prism applications.

Draw ray diagrams for a compound microscope and an astronomical telescope, and write their magnifying-power expressions.

Derive the fringe width in Young's double-slit experiment and the condition for minima and maxima in single-slit diffraction.

State Huygens' principle, explain polarisation by reflection with Brewster's law, and apply Malus's law.

State the laws of the photoelectric effect and apply Einstein's photoelectric equation to compute stopping potential and threshold frequency.

Interpret graphs of photocurrent versus collector potential and maximum kinetic energy versus frequency.

Compute the de Broglie wavelength of an electron accelerated through a given potential difference and explain the Davisson-Germer result.

Describe the transverse nature of electromagnetic waves and outline the displacement-current argument for their generation.

Arrange the electromagnetic spectrum by wavelength and name one source and one detector or use for each band.

Evaluate the intensity and radiation pressure of an electromagnetic wave from the peak electric field.

Derive the radius and energy of the nth Bohr orbit in hydrogen and compute ionisation energy from it.

Identify the spectral series of hydrogen and state which series lie in the visible and ultraviolet regions.

Explain how de Broglie's matter waves account for the quantisation of angular momentum in Bohr's model.

Describe Rutherford's alpha-scattering experiment and the nuclear size and density conclusions drawn from it.

Compute mass defect and binding energy, and label the binding-energy-per-nucleon curve, indicating fission and fusion regions.

Apply the radioactive decay law to calculate half-life, mean life and activity after a given time.

Reproduce from memory the twelve highest-yield derivations across all nine domains without consulting notes.

Re-solve every question flagged as wrong in weeks 1 to 7 and confirm each is now correct.

Consolidate a single final formula sheet organised by domain, with units and typical numerical pitfalls beside each formula.

Complete one full-length mock paper under strict three-hour timed conditions and self-mark it against the marking scheme.