Course Structure

Expected Number of Questions & Marks Weightage for CSIR NET Exam

Section	Expected No. of Questions	Expected Marks
Part-A	3-4	10.5-14
Part-B	3-4	15-20

• There will be approximately 25-35 marks out of 200 marks for CSIR-NET Exam.
• Expected Number of Questions & Marks Weightage for GATE Exam: 5 to 6 Questions and 9-12 marks out of 100 marks.
• Expected Number of Questions & Marks Weightage for JEST Exam: 9 to 10 Questions and 14-18 marks out of 100 marks.

Course Details:

We designed this integrated syllabus to provide a comprehensive and efficient preparation pathway for CSIR-NET, GATE, JEST, and SET exams by unifying overlapping topics, enabling aspirants to master core physics concepts and confidently appear for multiple competitive exams with a single course.

We separated the syllabus into focused modules to cover common topics across CSIR-NET, GATE, JEST, and SET, ensuring efficient and targeted preparation.

Module 1: Newtonian Mechanics

• Newton’s Laws, Conservation of Energy and Momentum, Collisions

Module 2: Dynamical Systems & Stability

• Dynamical Systems; Phase Space Dynamics; Stability Analysis

Module 3: Foundation of Classical Mechanics

• Generalized Coordinates; D'Alembert's Principle, Principle of Least Action/Variational Principle/Hamilton's Principle

Module 4: Lagrangian & Hamiltonian Mechanics

• Euler-Lagrange Equations; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formulation; Hamilton's Equations; Conservation Laws and Cyclic Coordinates 

Module 5: Central Force Motion

• Central Force Motion; Kepler Problem; Rutherford Scattering
• Two-Body Collisions (Lab and COM Frames)

Module 6: Rigid Body Dynamics

• Rigid Body Dynamics: Moment of Inertia Tensor, Orthogonal Transformations, Euler Angles, Torque-Free Motion of a Symmetric Top

Module 7: Small Oscillations & Normal Modes

• Periodic Motion: Small Oscillations; Normal Modes

Module 8: Canonical Structures

• Poisson Brackets; Canonical Transformations; Action-Angle Variables

Module 9: Symmetry & Advanced Formulism

• Symmetry, Invariance and Conservation Laws (Noether’s Theorem)
• Hamilton-Jacobi Theory
• Liouville’s Theorem

Module 10: Special Theory of Relativity

• Special Theory of Relativity: Lorentz Transformations, Relativistic Kinematics, Mass-Energy Equivalence

Reference Books:

• Classical Mechanics by J.C. Upadhyaya
• Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein