Past Year Paper Solutions

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PC1141 Introduction to Classical Mechanics


AY05/06   Paper   Solution
AY06/07   Paper   Solution
AY07/08   Paper   Solution
AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution

PC1142 Introduction to Thermodynamics and Optics

AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC1143 Introduction to Electricity & Magnetism


AY05/06   Paper   Solution
AY06/07   Paper   Solution
AY07/08   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC1144 Introduction to Modern Physics

AY05/06   Paper   Solution
AY06/07   Paper   Solution
AY07/08   Paper   Solution
AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution

MA1101R
Linear Algebra I

AY16/17 S1   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S2   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S1   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S2   Paper   Solution
AY18/19 S1   Paper   Solution
AY18/19 S2   Paper   Solution

MA1102R Calculus


AY14/15 S2   Paper   Solution
AY15/16 S2   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S2   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S1   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S2   Paper   Solution
AY18/19 S1   Paper   Solution

PC2130 Quantum Mechanics I

AY08/09 S1   Paper   Solution
AY08/09 S2   Paper   Solution
AY09/10 S1   Paper   Solution
AY10/11 S1   Paper   Solution
AY12/13 S1   Paper   Solution
AY13/14 S1   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S2   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S2   Paper   Solution

PC2131 Electricity & Magnetism I

AY08/09 S1   Paper   Solution
AY08/09 S2   Paper   Solution
AY10/11 S2   Paper   Solution
AY12/13 S2   Paper   Solution
AY15/16 S2   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S1   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S2   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S1   Paper   Solution

PC2132 Classical Mechanics

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC2134 Mathematical
Methods in Physics I

AY14/15 ST   Paper   Solution
AY15/16 ST   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S1   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S1   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 ST   Paper   Solution
AY18/19 S1   Paper   Solution

PC2230 Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics

AY06/07 S2   Paper   Solution
AY07/08 S2   Paper   Solution
AY08/09 S2   Paper   Solution
AY09/10 S2   Paper   Solution
AY16/17 S2   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S1   Paper   Solution
AY17/18 S2   Paper   Solution
AY18/19 S2   Paper   Solution

PC3130 Quantum Mechanics II

AY06/07   Paper   Solution
AY07/08   Paper   Solution
AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution

PC3231 Electricity & Magnetism II

AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC3232 Nuclear & Particle Physics

AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution

PC3233 Atomic & Molecular Physics I

To be Updated

PC3235 Solid State Physics I

AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution
AY18/19   Paper   Solution

PC3236 Computational Methods in Physics

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC3238 Fluid Dynamics

AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution
AY18/19   Paper   Solution

PC3243 Photonics

AY12/13   Paper   Solution

PC3246 Astrophysics I

AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution

PC3247 Modern Optics

AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution

PC3274 Mathematical Methods in Physics II

AY06/07   Paper   Solution
AY07/08   Paper   Solution
AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC4130 Quantum Mechanics III

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution

PC4232 Cosmology


To be Updated

PC4240 Solid State Physics II

AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution

PC4241 Statistical Mechanics

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC4242 Electrodynamics

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC4243 Atomic & Molecular Physics II

AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY12/13   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution

PC4245 Particle Physics

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC4246 Quantum Optics

AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY18/19   Paper   Solution

PC4248 Relativity

AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY14/15   Paper   Solution
AY15/16   Paper   Solution
AY16/17   Paper   Solution
AY17/18   Paper   Solution

PC4274 Mathematical Methods in Physics III

AY08/09   Paper   Solution
AY09/10   Paper   Solution
AY10/11   Paper   Solution
AY11/12   Paper   Solution
AY13/14   Paper   Solution
AY18/19   Paper   Solution

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