General Science Physics Notes PDF Alp and Group D Exams

General Science Physics Notes PDF
ALP AND GROUP D

EXAMS
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Basic Physics up to Class X level is asked in Competitive Exams such as Indian

Railways –ALP and Group D exams and SSC exams. Cracku brings to you the
capsule – One Liners covering exam specific topics in Physics.
IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS RELATED TO PHYSICS
A German Theoretical Physicist who Albert Einstein

developed the theory of relativity and often
referred to as one of the Fathers of Modern
Physics
English Theologian considered as one of the Isaac Newton

Fathers of Modern Physics for his
groundbreaking law of Motion and Gravitation
Italian Scientist considered as the Father of Galileo Galilei

Scientific Revolution
Danish Physicist who made tremendous Niels Bohr

contributions to the understanding of Atomic
Structure and Quantum Theory
Received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922
German Physicist and winner of Nobel Prize Max Planck

in Physics in 1918 for discovering “Energy
Quanta”
German Physicist considered as one of the Werner Heisenberg

Pioneers of the Quantum Mechanics
British Physicist referred to as the Father of Ernest Rutherford

Nuclear Physics
American Physicist – the creator of the Enrico Fermi

World’s first nuclear reactor – Chicago
Pile-1, known as “Architect of the Nuclear
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English Scientist whose contribution to Michael Faraday

Electromagnetism and Electrochemistry is
considered crucial discoveries
French Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Antoine Henry Becquerel

considered to be the first person to discover
evidence of radioactivity
English Physicist awarded the Nobel Prize in James Chadwick

Physics for the discovery of Neutron
English Physicist and Nobel Laureate credited J J Thomson

with the discovery of Electron
Dutch Physicist and Nobel Laureate in 1902 Hendrik Lorentz

for the discovery and explanation of Zeeman
Effect
American Physicist and the only Person to Jon Bardeen

win Nobel Prize in Physics twice in1956 and
1972
German Astronomer known for his laws of Johannes Kepler

Planetary Motion
Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate in 1930 C V Raman

for his research in the field of Light Scattering
American Physicist who won Nobel prize in Arthur Crompton

1927 for the discovery of Crompton effect
which demonstrated the particle nature of
Electromagnetic radiation
American Physicist known for the significant Charles H Townes

contribution to LASER and founder of MASER
Irish Physicist often credited as the first Ernest Walton

person to artificially split an atom
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Italian Inventor Pioneer in the field of radio Guglielmo Marconi

and transmission and development of Radio
Telegraph System
Austrian Physicist whose contribution to the Lise Meitner

field of Nuclear Physics is groundbreaking,
often credited with the first discovery of
Nuclear Fission of an Uranium
German chemist and pioneer in the field of Otto Hann

radioactivity, considered as the father of
Nuclear Chemistry
German Physicist credited with the founding Wilhelm Rontgen

of X-RAYS
Irish Physicist considered as the father of Robert Boyle

Modern Chemistry
German Physicist and Nobel Laureate for the Max Von Laue
discovery of Diffraction of X-RAYS
Greek Philosopher considered as the father of Aristotle

Western Philosophy
Italian Physicist credited with the Invention of Alessandro Volta

Electrical Battery and discovery of Methane
American Physicist who is credited as the J Robert Oppenheimer

“Father of the Atomic Bomb”
SCIENTISTS WHO DISCOVERED SOME IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
Phosphorous Hennig Brand
Hydrogen Henry Cavendish
Helium Pierre Janssen

Norman Lockyer

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Boron Joseph Louis Gay

Lussac
Humphry Davy
Louis Jacques Thénard
Nitrogen Daniel Rutherford
Oxygen Joseph Priestley

Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Fluorine Henri Moissan
IMPORTANT ONE-LINERS IN PHYSICS FOR RRB EXAMS – ALP AND

GROUP D, SSC EXAMS AND UPSC EXAMS
PROPERTIES OF MATTER
 The fundamental Principle in Physics: Matter can neither be destroyed not

created but it can be transformed from one state to another.
 The smallest Unit of an element is called Atom.
 The simplest form of matter which can retain complete physical and
chemical Properties
 The force of attraction between similar kind of molecules is called Force of
cohesion
 The force of attraction between different kind of molecules is called Force of
adhesion
 Solids have a definite shape and size because of high Intermolecular forces
as the Intermolecular space is very little.
 Liquids have only definite volume but no definite shape as the
Intermolecular forces are less as the Intermolecular space is large
 Gases have no definite shape and volume as the Intermolecular forces are
negligible as the Intermolecular spaces are very large
Elasticity The property of the body by virtue of
which it tends to regain its Original
Shape and Size when the applied

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force is removed
Plasticity The Property of the body that has no

tendency to regain its original shape
and size and remain in the deformed
state after removing the applied
pressure.
 Stress is defined as the restoring force per Unit Area

 The restoring force is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the
applied force also known as deforming force
 Surface Tension is defined as the tension of the surface film of a liquid
caused by the attraction of the particles in the surface layer by the bulk of
the liquid, which tends to minimize surface area.
Temperature Increases Surface Tension Decreases
 Viscosity is defined as the state of being thick, sticky, and semi-fluid in

consistency, due to internal friction
Temperature Increases Viscosity Decreases
UNITS AND MEASUREMENT
 Basically there are two types of Quantities in Physics

- Fundamental Quantities: Which form the basis for measurement in
Physics like length, mass, time etc…
- Derived Quantities: which are derived from the base/fundamental
quantities and that are expressed as the combination of
base/fundamental units.
The combined system of both Fundamental and Derived Quantities is
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 There are at present seven fundamental quantities internationally accepted

as the International System of Units
Fundamental Quantity Name of the SI Unit Symbol of the SI
Unit
Length Metre m
Mass Kilogram kg
Time Second s
Electric Current Ampere A
Thermodynamic Kelvin K
Temperature
Amount of Substance Mole Mole
Luminous Candela Cd
Other Important Units of Measurement
Wavelength of Light Angstrom Å
Electric Charge Faraday F
Magnetic Induction Gauss Gs
Electric Resistance Ohm Ω
Electric Potential Volt V
Power Watt W
Atmospheric Pressure Bar bar
Magnetic Flux Maxwell Mx
Electric Charge Coulomb C
Force Dyne Dyn ( 1 Dyn =

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Energy Joule J
Pressure Pascal Pa
Luminous Flux Lumen lm
 There are three types on nuclear radiation:
Alpha Particles Positively Charged Lowest Energy
Beta Particles Negatively Charged Medium Energy
Gamma Particles Neutral Charge Highest Energy
LIGHT
 The speed of light in vacuum is 299,792,458 meters per second

 The medium through which light can pass easily is transparent medium
 The medium through which light can pass partially is translucent medium
 The medium through which light cannot pass is opaque medium
Incident Ray The ray of light which strikes the
surface of a medium before reflecting
back
Reflected Ray The ray of light which strikes back

from the medium after reflection is
called reflected ray
Refracted Ray The ray of light which that is

transmitted into the second medium
and travels in a different direction
than the incident ray
Two Laws of Reflection Angle of Incidence is equal to the

angle of reflection
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Normal drawn to the point of

incidence all lie in the same plane
Diffused Reflection When all parallel incident rays

reflected from a plane surface are
not parallel, it is diffused reflection
 Images are of two types

Real Image Virtual Image
 An image which can be obtained on a screen is called a real image.

 An image which cannot be obtained on a screen is called a real image.
 Mirror whose spherical surface is curved inwards is called a concave mirror
 Mirror whose spherical surface is curved outwards is called a concave mirror
 The center of curvature of a concave mirror is not a part of the mirror but lies
in front of the mirror
 The center of curvature of a convex mirror is not a part of the mirror but lies
behind the mirror
 Convex Lens is called a converging lens
 Concave Lens is called a divergent lens
 Total internal reflection is complete reflection of a ray of light within a
medium such as water or glass from the surrounding surfaces back into the
medium. The phenomenon occurs if the angle of incidence is greater than a
certain limiting angle, called the critical angle.
 Phenomenon of splitting of a beam of white light into its constituent colors
on passing through prism is called Dispersion of Light
HEAT
 Heat is the form of energy transferred between two (or more) systems or a
system and its surroundings by virtue of temperature difference.
 SI unit of Heat is Joule and SI unit of Temperature is Kelvin/ Celsius/
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 Absolute zero, temperature at which a thermodynamic system has the

lowest energy. It corresponds to −273.15 °C on the Celsius temperature
scale and to −459.67 °F on the Fahrenheit temperature scale
 Heat flows from one object to another in three ways:
Conduction Convection Radiation
 The process by which  Convection is the  The emission of

heat is transferred from heat transfer due to energy as
the hotter end to the bulk movement of electromagnetic
colder end of an object molecules within waves or as moving
 Conduction happens fluids such as gases subatomic particles,
generally in Solids and liquids especially high-
 The materials which  Convection happens energy particles
allow heat to pass in Liquids and which cause
through them easily are Gases ionization
conductors of heat. Ex:
Aluminum
 The materials which do
not allow heat to pass
through them easily
are poor conductors of
heat and are called
Insulators Ex: Wood
Specific Heat Capacity of the substance The amount of heat energy required to
raise the temperature of 1gram of a
substance through 1° is called

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SOUND
 Sound is a longitudinal wave, in which the individual particles of the medium

move in a direction parallel to the direction of propagation of the
disturbance. The particles do not move from one place to another but they
simply oscillate back and forth about their position of rest.
 The two important properties of sound are:
Amplitude Frequency
The maximum displacement or Frequency is the number of

distance moved by a point on a occurrences of a repeating event per
vibrating body or wave measured unit of time
from its equilibrium position.
Determines the loudness of the Determines the pitch of the sound –
sound. Larger the amplitude – louder higher the frequency, higher the pitch
the sound
 One Important note to make, the speed of sound in a gaseous medium is
inversely proportional to the square root of the density of the gas.
 Speed of sound increases with the increase in temperature of the medium
 Minimum distance of the obstacle from source of sound for hearing distinct
echo is 17.2 m at 22 degrees Celsius with speed of sound in air at 344 m/s
 Reverberation is the phenomenon of prolongation of sound due to
successive reflection of sound from surrounding objects
 Audible Ranges of Sound:
< 20 Hz ( Less than 20 Infrasonic Sound Animals like
Hz) Elephants, Whales
20 Hz to 20000 Hz Audible Sound Audible range for

Huma Beings
> 20000 Hz ( Greater Ultrasonic Sound Animals like Bats,

than 20000 Hz) Dolphins
 SONAR which stands for Sound Navigation and Ranging is a device that
uses ultrasonic waves to measure the distance, direction and speed of
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 If the speed of the aircraft is more than the speed of sound, then the aircraft
is said to have achieved supersonic speed
WORK POWER AND ENERGY
FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY – ENERGY CAN

NEITHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED, CAN ONLY BE TRANSFORMED
FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER
 Work is done when a force that is applied to an object moves that object.
Technically, Work done on an object is defined as the magnitude of the
force multiplied by the distance moved by the object in the direction of the
applied force.
 Unit of Work is Joule – J
 Power is defined as the rate of doing work. SI unit of Power is Watt
 Energy is the capacity of a physical system to do work. There are two types
of Energy.
Potential Energy Kinetic Energy
The energy possessed by a body The energy which a body possesses

due to its change in position or by virtue of being in motion
shape is called the potential energy
 Pressure is defined as the force acting per unit area
 The mass per unit volume of a substance is called Density
 The relative density of a substance is the ratio of the density of the
substance to the density of the water
ELECTRICITY
 A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as

electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or
dynamically as a current
 Substances can be categorized into three types based on conductivity
Conductors Insulators Semiconductors
a conductor is an object An electrical insulator is A material that is neither

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allows the flow of an internal electric charges electricity nor a good

electrical current in one do not flow freely; very insulator, but has
or more directions little electric current will properties of electrical
flow through it under conductivity somewhere
the influence of an between the two
electric field
Silver, Copper, Iron Glass, Wood Germanium, Silicon
 The potential difference between two conductors is equal to the work done
in conducting a unit positive charges from one conductor to the other
conductor through a metallic wire
 Electric Current is the rate at which electric charges pass through a
conductor
 There are two main types of current in our world.
Direct Current Alternating Current
which is a constant stream of Which is a stream of charges that

charges in one direction reverses direction
 The obstruction offered to flow of current by the conducting wire is called its
resistance
MAGNETISM
 A magnet is a piece of metal with a strong attraction to another metal object

 Magnet produces Magnetic field around itself
 Every magnet has two poles, called the north and south poles. Magnetic
poles exert forces on each other in such a way that like poles repel and
unlike poles attract each other
 Important Properties of Magnet
A magnet attracts magnetic materials towards itself
Unlike poles attract each other and like poles repel each other
A freely suspended bar magnet always aligns in the north-south direction
If a magnet is cut into two pieces each piece will behave like an independent

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magnet, with a north pole and a south pole
A magnet with a single pole does not exist
 The phenomenon due to which an un-magnetized magnetic substance

behaves like a magnet, due to the presence of some other magnet, is called
magnetic induction.
 The branch of physics which deals with the relationship between electricity
and magnetism is called electromagnetism.
 Whenever current is passed through a straight conductor it behaves like a
magnet. The magnitude of magnetic effect increases with the increase in the
strength of current.
MECHANICS
 The action or process of moving or being moved is called motion.

 Important Terms in Mechanics:
Speed The rate at which someone or
something is able to move or operate
This is the scalar quantity of Velocity
Velocity The distance covered by an object in

a specified direction in unit time
interval is called velocity
Accelaration Acceleration, in physics, is the rate of

change of velocity of an object with
respect to time
Acceleration Due to Gravity The acceleration which is gained by

an object because of gravitational
force is called its acceleration due to
gravity. The acceleration due to
gravity at the surface of Earth is
represented as g.

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Force Something that causes a change in

the motion of an object
There are two types of Forces Centripetal Force: a force which acts
on a body moving in a circular path
and is directed towards the center
around which the body is moving.
Centrifugal Force: a force, arising

from the body's inertia, which
appears to act on a body moving in a
circular path and is directed away
from the center around which the
body is moving.
Mass: the quantity of matter in a Weight: the force exerted on a body

body regardless of its volume or of by gravity and is dependent quantity.
any forces acting on it and is an The value of weight changes on
independent Quantity. earth, moon, mars etc…however the
mass of the body remains constant
SI Units of Mass : Kg everywhere.
SI Unit of Weight : Newton
IMPORTANT INSTUMENTS AND DEVICES IN PHYSICS
Electricity Meter Device used to measure energy directly

in kilowatt hours
Gas Meter Device used to measure energy

indirectly by recording the volume of
gas used
Speedometer A gauge that measures and displays

the instantaneous speed of a vehicle

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Tachometer An instrument used to measure the

rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a
motor or other machine
Tachymeter Scale used to compute a speed based

on travel time or measure distance
based on speed
Variometer one of the flight instruments in an

aircraft used to inform the pilot of the
rate of descent or climb
Planimeter A device used to determine the area of

an arbitrary two-dimensional shape
Accelerometer Is a device that used to measure proper

acceleration
Anemometer a device used for measuring the speed

of wind
Barometer Is a scientific instrument used in

meteorology to measure atmospheric
pressure
Dynamometer is a device for measuring force, torque,

or power
Ammeter a measuring instrument used to

measure the current in a circuit
Galvanometer an electromechanical instrument used

for detecting and indicating electric
current
Voltmeter an instrument used for measuring

electrical potential difference between
two points in an electric circuit

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Ohmmeter an electrical instrument that measures

electrical resistance, the opposition to
an electric current
Actinometer instrument used to measure the heating

power of radiation
Pyranometer Similar to Actinometer designed to

measure the solar radiation flux density
Pyrometer remote-sensing thermometer used to

measure the temperature of a surface
Viscometer an instrument used to measure the

viscosity of a fluid
Tensiometer an instrument used to measure the

surface tension of liquids or surfaces
Seismometer an instrument that measures motion of

the ground caused by activities like an
earthquake, a volcanic eruption etc…
Densitometer a device for measuring the density of a

material.
Spectrometer a scientific instrument originally used to

split light into an array of separate
colors.
Hygrometer an instrument used for measuring the

water vapor in the atmosphere, in soil,
or in confined spaces
Spirometer an apparatus for measuring the volume

of air inspired and expired by the lungs
Calorimeter an apparatus for measuring the amount

of heat involved in a chemical reaction

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or other process.
Fathometer depth finder for determining depth of

water or a submerged object by means
of ultrasound waves
Hydrometer an instrument for measuring the density

of liquids.
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ALP AND GROUP D

Basic Physics up to Class X level is asked in Competitive Exams such as Indian

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS RELATED TO PHYSICS

A German Theoretical Physicist who Albert Einstein

English Theologian considered as one of the Isaac Newton

Italian Scientist considered as the Father of Galileo Galilei

Danish Physicist who made tremendous Niels Bohr

Received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922

German Physicist and winner of Nobel Prize Max Planck

German Physicist considered as one of the Werner Heisenberg

British Physicist referred to as the Father of Ernest Rutherford

American Physicist – the creator of the Enrico Fermi

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English Scientist whose contribution to Michael Faraday

French Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Antoine Henry Becquerel

English Physicist awarded the Nobel Prize in James Chadwick

English Physicist and Nobel Laureate credited J J Thomson

Dutch Physicist and Nobel Laureate in 1902 Hendrik Lorentz

American Physicist and the only Person to Jon Bardeen

German Astronomer known for his laws of Johannes Kepler

Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate in 1930 C V Raman

American Physicist who won Nobel prize in Arthur Crompton

American Physicist known for the significant Charles H Townes

Irish Physicist often credited as the first Ernest Walton

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Italian Inventor Pioneer in the field of radio Guglielmo Marconi

Austrian Physicist whose contribution to the Lise Meitner

German chemist and pioneer in the field of Otto Hann

German Physicist credited with the founding Wilhelm Rontgen

Irish Physicist considered as the father of Robert Boyle

Greek Philosopher considered as the father of Aristotle

Italian Physicist credited with the Invention of Alessandro Volta

American Physicist who is credited as the J Robert Oppenheimer

SCIENTISTS WHO DISCOVERED SOME IMPORTANT ELEMENTS

Phosphorous Hennig Brand

Hydrogen Henry Cavendish

Helium Pierre Janssen

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Boron Joseph Louis Gay

Nitrogen Daniel Rutherford

Oxygen Joseph Priestley

Fluorine Henri Moissan

IMPORTANT ONE-LINERS IN PHYSICS FOR RRB EXAMS – ALP AND

 The fundamental Principle in Physics: Matter can neither be destroyed not

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Plasticity The Property of the body that has no

 Stress is defined as the restoring force per Unit Area

 Viscosity is defined as the state of being thick, sticky, and semi-fluid in

UNITS AND MEASUREMENT

 Basically there are two types of Quantities in Physics

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 There are at present seven fundamental quantities internationally accepted

Electric Current Ampere A

Other Important Units of Measurement

Wavelength of Light Angstrom Å

Electric Charge Faraday F

Magnetic Induction Gauss Gs

Electric Resistance Ohm Ω