Since 1987, the National Standard Examination in Physics (NSEP) has been held throughout India. It is a voluntary test administered by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) that assists in the selection of candidates for the International Olympiad of Science. Around two lakh students are expected to take the test, which will be held at approximately 1500 venues throughout the country.
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The specifics of the NSEP 2021-22 syllabus have been released by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). To prepare for the National Standard Examination in Physics, students should study the CBSE Physics Class XI and Class XII syllabus. The main subjects that students should cover for the test are listed in the NSEP 2022 curriculum. Current Electricity, Electro-Magnetic Field, Geometrical Optics, and other CBSE Class 11 and 12 physics topics are included in the IAPT NSEP syllabus.
NSEP Syllabus
A table has been provided below that lists the chapters and the most essential subjects according to the chapters. This will allow students to filter out the topics that aren’t vital, allowing them to concentrate on the ones that are.
| NCERT Chapters | Important topics |
| Geometrical Optics | Refraction in general, Refraction at the plane surface, TIR, Lens, Refraction by spherical surface, Refraction by Prisms and Spherical mirror |
| Alternating Current | AC circuit and Resonance |
| Capacitor
Centre of Mass, Momentum & collision |
Combination of Capacitors and a capacitor with a dielectric
Head-on collision and Motion of com |
| Circular Motion | Circular motion in a vertical plane and Kinematics of circular motion. |
| Current Electricity | Power, energy, battery, EMF, terminal voltage, instruments, and Kirchhoff’s law |
| Electromagnetic Field | Magnetic field due to ring, Magnetic Force and torque on a current-carrying loop, dipole moment, Magnetic force on a charge, magnetic field due to a magnet and earth, magnetic field due to a straight wire, |
| Electro-Magnetic Induction | Self-inductance EMF & magnetic energy density. |
| Electrostatics | Coulomb’s law, Electric potential and potential difference, Flux calculation and gauss’s law, Electric pressure and Conductor and its properties. |
| Semiconductor | Diode, Logic Gates, and Transistors |
| Work, Power, Energy | Work-energy theorem and work are done by a variable force |
| Simple Harmonic Motion | Spring mass system and the equation of SHM. |
| Thermodynamics | Root mean square velocity, kinetic energy, and the first law of thermodynamics |
| Heat Transfer | Thermal conduction in linear conductors |
| Modern Physics-1 | Photoelectric effect, X-ray, and electronic transition in the h/h-like atom/species. |
| Newton’s Law of Motion | Calculation of force and the acceleration |
| Fluid | Force of buoyancy and Archimedes principle |
| Rectilinear Motion | The motion under gravity and Equation of motion |
| Sound Wave | Doppler effect, resonance, and Organ pipes |
| Gravitation | The universal law of gravitation |
| Rotation | Moment of inertia |
| Wave Optics | YDSE with monochromatic light |
| Surface Tension | Excess pressure in drops and bubble |
Frequently Asked Questions on NSEP Syllabus 2021-22
Does NSEP 2021-22 have any negative marking?
Is NSEP more difficult than JEE Advanced?
JEE, or the joint entrance test, is held every year and assists applicants in gaining entry to the country’s top universities. When it comes to NSEP, it is the first step in the long process of selecting applicants for the national olympiad program in physics, and it is widely regarded as extremely difficult.
