Engineering Physics (BAS101) important topics for AKTU – unit-wise
Topics are ranked by how many times AKTU asked them across 9 papers. Finish the "very likely" topics first, then the top topics of each unit.
High-probability Engineering Physics topics
- Interference of Light (Unit 3: Wave Optics) – asked 26 times in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Plane Electromagnetic Waves (Unit 2: Electromagnetic Field Theory) – asked 19 times in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Optical Fiber Basics (Unit 4: Fiber Optics and Laser) – asked 18 times in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
What to cover inside these topics
- Thin Film Interference (part of Interference of Light)
- Newton Rings and Applications (part of Interference of Light)
- Wedge Shaped Film Interference (part of Interference of Light)
- EM Waves in Vacuum Transverse Nature (part of Plane Electromagnetic Waves)
- Skin Depth (part of Plane Electromagnetic Waves)
- EM Waves in Conducting Medium (part of Plane Electromagnetic Waves)
- Numerical Aperture Acceptance Angle (part of Optical Fiber Basics)
- Step Index and Graded Index Fiber (part of Optical Fiber Basics)
- Principle and Construction Fiber (part of Optical Fiber Basics)
Most asked Engineering Physics topics in each unit
- Unit 1 (Quantum Mechanics): Particle in a Box – 12 times; Blackbody Radiation Planck Theory – 11 times; de-Broglie Matter Waves – 10 times
- Unit 2 (Electromagnetic Field Theory): Plane Electromagnetic Waves – 19 times; Poynting Vector and Theorem – 12 times; Basic Laws Electricity Magnetism – 8 times
- Unit 3 (Wave Optics): Interference of Light – 26 times; Diffraction of Light – 10 times; Diffraction Grating – 8 times
- Unit 4 (Fiber Optics and Laser): Optical Fiber Basics – 18 times; Laser Fundamentals – 14 times; Types of Lasers – 9 times
- Unit 5 (Superconductors and Nano-Materials): Superconductivity Basics – 9 times; Nanomaterials Introduction Properties – 8 times; Types of Superconductors – 7 times