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UPHESC Assistant Professor (Physics) Syllabus 2025
General Knowledge
Unit-1 : Current Affairs :
1. Major events & Current Affairs : National/International
2. Personalities in News
3. Sports News
4. Current Research in the field of Science.
Unit-2 : Teaching and Research Aptitude :
1. Teaching : Nature, Objectives, Need, Methods Evaluation and Factor Affecting Teaching
2. Research : Meaning and Methods
3. Data : Source, Collection and Analysis
4. Role of UGC in Qualitative Development in Higher Education.
Unit-3 : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) :
1. ICT : Meaning, Advantages and Disadvantages
2. Basics of Internet & E-mailing
3. General Abbreviation and Terminology.
Unit-4 : People and Environment :
1. People & Environment Interaction
2. Environmental Depredation : cause & Solution
3. National and International affairs for better Environment
4. Environmental Control.
Unit-5 : Indian History and Geography :
1. Salient Features of Indian Culture
2. Indian National Movement (1857-1950)
3. Origin of Universe and Solar System
4. Indian Geography (General).
Unit-6 : Indian Constitution and Economy :
1. Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
2. Indian political system : Legislative Executive and Judiciary
3. Election Commission and Public Service Commission
4. Population, Poverty, Unemployment; Planning and Development; Income Tax
5. Agriculture, Industry, Trade; Money, Currency, Banking and Capital Market. 

Optional Subject (Physics) :
I. Mathematical Methods of Physics :
Dimensional analysis. Vector algebra and vector calculus. Linear algebra, matrices, CayleyHamilton Theorem. eigenvalue problems; Linear differential equations; special functions (Hermite, Bessel, Laguerre and Legendre); Recurrence relations. Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms; Elements of complex analysis: Laurent series-poles, residues and evaluation of integrals; Elementary ideas about thesors; Introductory group theory, SU(2), O(3); Elements of computational
techniques: roots of functions, interpolation, extrapolation, integration by trapezoid and Simpson’s rule, solution of first order differential equations using Runge-Kutta method; Finite dimethods; Elementary probability theory, random variables, binomial, Poisson and normal distributions.
II. Classical Mechanics :
Newton’s laws; Phase space dynamics, stability analysis; Central-force motion; Two-body collisions, scattering in laboratory and center-of-mass frames; Rigid body dynamics, moment of inertia tensor, Non-inertial frames and pseudoforces; Variational principle, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism and equations of motion; Poisson brackets and canonical transformations; Symmetry, invariance and conservation laws, cyclic coordinates; Periodic motion, small oscillations and normal modes; Special theory of relativity, Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and mass–energy equivalence. Twin Paradox, Hamilton – Jacobi Theory.
III. Electromagnetic Theory :
Electrostatics: Gauss’s law and its applications; Laplace and Poisson equations, boundary value problems; Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s theorem, electromagnetic induction; Maxwell’s equations in free space and linear isotropic media; boundary conditions on fields at interfaces; Scalar and vector potentials; Gauge invariance; Electromagnetic waves in free space, dielectrics, and conductors; Reflection and refraction, polarization, Fresnel’s law, interference, coherence, and diffraction; Dispersion relations in plasma; Lorentz invariance of Maxwell’s equations; Transmission lines and wave guides; Cavity Resonator, Dynamics of charged particles in static and uniform electromagnetic fields; Radiation from moving charges, dipoles and retarded potentials Plasma.
IV. Quantum Mechanics :
Wave-particle duality; Wave function in coordinate and momentum representations; Commutators and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle; Matrix representation; Dirac’s bra and ket notation; Schroedinger equation (time-dependent and time-independent); Eigenvalue problems such as particle-in-a-box, harmonic oscillator, etc.; Tunneling through a barrier; Motion in a central potential; Orbital angular momentum, Angular momentum algebra, spin; Addition of angular momenta; Hydrogen atom, spin-orbit coupling, fine structure; Time-independent perturbation theory and Time dependent perturbation theory and Fermi’s Golden Rule; Selection rules; Semi-classical theory of radiation; Elementary theory of scattering, phase shifts, partial waves, Born approximation; Identical particles, Pauli’s exclusion principle, spin-statistics connection; Relativistic quantum mechanics: Klein Gordon and Dirac equations.
V. Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics :
Laws of thermodynamics and their consequences; Thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell relations; Chemical potential, phase equilibria; Phase space, micro- and macrostates; Microcanonical, canonical and grand-canonical ensembles and partition functions; Free Energy and connection with thermodynamic quantities; First- and second-order phase transition; Classical and quantum statistics, ideal Fermi and Bose gases; Principle of detailed balance; Blackbody radiation and Planck’s
distribution law; Bose-Einstein condensation; Random walk and Brownian motion; Introduction to non equilibrium processes; Diffusion equation.
VI. Electronics :
Semiconductor device physics, including diodes, junctions, transistors, field effect devices, homo and heterojunction devices, device structure, device characteristics, frequency dependence and applications; Optoelectronic devices, including solar cells, photodetectors and LEDs; Highfrequency devices, including generators and detectors; Operational amplifiers and their applications; Digital techniques and applications (registers, counters, comparators and similar circuits); A/D and D/A converters; Microprocessor and microcontroller basics. Oscillator, Amplifier, Modulation & demodulation, Switching time, High frequency devices.
VII. Experimental Techniques and data analysis :
Data interpretation and analysis; Precision and accuracy, error analysis, propagation of errors, least squares fitting, linear and nonlinear curve fitting, chi-square test; Transducers (temperature, pressure/vacuum, magnetic field, vibration, optical, and particle detectors), measurement and control; Signal conditioning and recovery, impedance matching, amplification (Op-amp based, instrumentation amp, feedback), filtering and noise reduction, shielding and grounding; Fourier transforms; lock-in detector, box-car integrator, modulation techniques. Application of experimental and analytical techniques.
VIII. Atomic & Molecular Physics :
Quantum states of an electron in an atom; Electron spin; Stern-Gerlach experiment; Spectrum of Hydrogen, helium and alkali atoms; Relativistic corrections for energy levels of hydrogen; Hyperfine structure and isotopic shift; width of spectral lines; LS & JJ couplings; Zeeman, Paschen Bach & Stark effect; X-ray spectroscopy; Electron spin resonance, Nuclear magnetic resonance, chemical shift; Rotational, vibrational, electronic, and Raman spectra of diatomic molecules; Frank – Condon principle and selection rules; Spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein A & B coefficients; Lasers, optical pumping, population inversion, rate equation; Modes of resonators and coherence length, U-V and infrared spectrometry.
IX. Condensed Matter Physics :
Bravais lattices; Reciprocal lattice, diffraction and the structure factor; Bonding of solids; Elastic properties, phonons, lattice specific heat; Free electron theory and electronic specific heat; Response and relaxation phenomena; Drude model of electrical and thermal conductivity; Hall effect and thermoelectric power; Diamagnetism, paramagnetism, and ferromagnetism; Electron motion in a periodic potential, band theory of solids, Superconductivity: type-I and type-II superconductors. Josephson junctions; Defects and dislocations; Ordered phases of matter, translational and orientational order, kinds of liquid crystalline order; Conducting polymers; Quasicrystals, Quantum Hall effect.
X. Nuclear and Particle Physics :
Basic nuclear properties: size, shape and charge distribution, spin and parity; Binding energy, semiempirical mass formula; Liquid drop model; Fission and fusion; Nature of the nuclear force, form of nucleon-nucleon potential; Charge-independence and charge-symmetry of nuclear forces; Isospin; Deuteron problem; Evidence of shell structure, single-particle shell model, its validity and limitations; Rotational spectra; Elementary ideas of alpha, beta and gamma decays and their selection rules; Nuclear reactions, reaction mechanisms, compound nuclei and direct reactions; Classification of fundamental forces; Elementary particles (quarks, baryons, mesons, leptons); Spin and parity assignments, isospin, strangeness; Gell-Mann- Nishijima formula; C,P, and T invariance and application of symmetry arguments to particle reactions, parity non-conservation in weak interaction; Relativistic kinematics. 

UPHESC Assistant Professor (Physics) Exam Pattern 2025
Duration : 120 Minutes