NTA CSIR UGC NET/SET (JRF & Lectureship) 2025 - Study Guide Life Sciences

UNIT I: Dimensional Analysis, Vectors and Matrices, Linear Differential Equations and Special Functions, Fourier Series and Laplace Transform, Complex Analysis and Probability, Green’s Function and Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Methods, Tensors and Group Theory, UNIT II: Newtonian Mechanics and Rigid Body Dynamics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Approach, Special Theory of Relativity, UNIT III: Basic Electrostatics and Magnetostatics, Time Varying Magnetic Field and Maxwell’s Equation, Propagation of EM Waves and Gauge Transformation, Electromagnetic Field and Dynamics of Charged Particles, Dispersion and Relativistic Electrodynamics, UNIT IV: Wave Mechanics, Matrix Mechanics, Perturbation Theory and Variational Principle, Identical Particles and Spin, Scattering Theory, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, UNIT V: Thermodynamics, Classical and Quantum Statistics, Phase Transitions and Magnetic Properties of Matter, Bose-Einstein Condensation and Process, UNIT VI: Semiconductor Devices, Operational Amplifier and Digital Electronics, Digital Converters and Microprocessors, Experimental Methods, Measurement Methods, Fourier Transformations and Frequency Devices, UNIT VII: General Atomic Spectroscopy, Coupling and Effects of Magnetic and Electric Fields, Vibrational, Rotational Spectroscopy and NMR, Lasers and Coherence, UNIT VIII: Crystal Structure and Specific Heat of Solids, Thermal Conductivity and Theory of Superconductors, Crystal Defects, UNIT IX: Basic Nuclear Properties, Nuclear Models and Radioactivity, Nuclear Force and Deuteron Problem, Particle Physics, Sample Questions Provided on CSIR Website, Solved Paper 2024