CSS Physics 2025 Group 2

CSS Physics Syllabus 2025

This article covers the CSS Physics complete Syllabus. The syllabus of CSS Physics consists of 2 parts of a collective 200 marks i.e., 100 marks each. The examination for CSS Physics is the Group 2 exam for CSS candidates.

CSS Physics Syllabus 2025

Paper-I

(100 Marks)

Mechanics

• • Vectors—Dots, Cross and triple products, 
  • Gradient, divergence and applications.
  • Newtonian laws of motion; 
  • Calculus based approach to kinematics, forces and dynamics, 
  • Conservation law of energy; 
  • Conservation of linear  and  angular momentum;  
  • Dynamics  of  rigid  body;  
  • Spin  and precession; 
  • Gyroscope; 
  • Gravitation; 
  • Planetary motion and satellites; 
  • Kepler’s laws; 
  • centripetal forces
  • Special theory of relativity. 
  • Mischelson—Morley  experiment  and Einstein’s postulates;  
  • Lorentz  transformation;  
  • Time  dilation  and  length contraction; 
  • Equivalence of mass and energy.

Fluid Mechanics

• • Surface tension; 
  • Viscosity; 
  • Elasticity; 
  • Fluid motion 
  • Bernoulli’s theorem

Waves and Oscillation

• • Free oscillation  with  one  and  two  degrees  of  freedom;  forced  and damped oscillations and phenomenon of resonance. 
  • Simple harmonic motion. 
  • Traveling waves and transmission of energy; 
  • Phase and Group velocity; 
  • Standing waves. 
  • Basics of sound waves.
  • Reflection, Refraction, Interference, Diffraction and Polarization of waves; 
  • Interfero-meter 
  • Newton’s rings; 
  • Diffraction Gratings and their resolving power; 
  • Spectro-meters.
  • Electromagnetic wave equation; 
  • Normal and anomalous dispersion; 
  • Coherence, 
  • Lasers and applications.

Heat and Thermodynamics

• • Perfect gas & Real gas 
  • Van der Waals   equation;
  • Three Laws of Thermodynamics, 
  • Internal energy, Temperature & Entropy. 
  • Thermal  properties  of Simple system 
  • Production  and  measurement of low temperatures; 
  • Kinetic theory of gases; 
  • Maxwellian distribution of molecular velocities; 
  • Brownian motion; 
  • Transport phenomena.
  • Classical Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics and its application; Quantum Bose—Einstein and Fermi—Dirac Statistics.

Paper-II

(100 Marks)

Electricity and Magnetism

• • Electric field due to point charges, 
  • Gauss’ law 
  • Electric potential 
  • Poisson and Laplace’s equation   
  • Dielectric medium and Polarization; 
  • Capacitance; 
  • Moving  charges and resulting magnetic field;  
  • Ampere’s law;  
  • Vector potential; 
  • Magnetic properties of matter; 
  • Transient current; 
  • Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction;  
  • Alternating current and LRO circuit. 
  • Poynting theorem and Poynting Vector. 
  • Maxwell’s equations in integral and differential form.
  • Scalar and Vector potential

Modern and Quantum Physics

• • Waves and Particles and De Broglie’s Hypothesis
  • Operators and quantum states, observables, 
  • Time dependent and independent Schrodinger equation, 
  • Angular momentum & spin-1/2 particle in a magnetic field, 
  • Wave mechanics, particle in a box, tunneling, 
  • One-dimensional harmonic oscillator, 
  • Heisenber’s uncertainty relationship and indeterminacy based on commutation properties of operators, 
  • Bohr theory and quantum numbers including electron spin;  
  • Pauli’s exclusion  principle;
  • Spectra of simple systems with one or two valence electrons.
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Compton scattering; pair production;
  • Lande’s g-factor and Zeeman effect. 
  • Raman effect; Waves and particles and De Broglie’s Hypothesis.

Solid State Physics

• • Crystal lattice and structure, 
  • Bravais lattice, 
  • Free electron model, 
  • Band theory and electron in a periodic potential, 
  • Fermi energy and density of states, 
  • N and P type semiconductors, 
  • Physics of the transistor and MOSFET, 
  • Dielectric properties,
  • Magnetic properties and origin of magnetism.

Nuclear Physics

• • Structure of Nuclei; 
  • Radioactivity, α, β and gamma decay. 
  • Methods of detection of nuclear radiation, 
  • Mass Spectrometer. 
  • Accelerators 
  • Phenomenon of fission; 
  • Reactor and Nuclear power, 
  • Nuclear fusion and its applications, 
  • Elementary particles and their properties.

This is the complete syllabus for preparation of CSS Physics. The Candidates should prepare thoroughly to succeed in the examination. Therefore, here are a few suggested books you can buy for better learning about CSS Physics from your favorite Multan Kitab Ghar online bookstore.

Suggested Reading Books for CSS Physics 2025 Group 2

• Perspectives of Modern Physics by A. Beiser
• Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday & Resnick
• Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields and Waves by D. Corson & P. Lorrain
• Engineering Electronics by J.D. Ryder
• Semiconductor Electronics by J.F. Gibbons
• Physics Course by Barkeley
• Heat and Thermodynamics by W. Zemanasky
• Nuclear Physics by W.E. Burcham
• Nuclear Physics by Kaplan