Detail Information about KVS has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of PGT Physics vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
KVS PGT Physics Syllabus 2026 - Overview
| Name of the Organization |
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) |
| Conducting Board |
KVS Careers 2026 |
| Name of the Posts |
PGT Physics |
| Total No. of Posts |
Notified Soon |
| Apply Mode |
Online |
| Job Location |
anywhere in India |
| Category |
Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Exam Mode |
Online |
| Official Website |
www.kvsangathan.nic.in |
KVS PGT Physics Syllabus 2026
Tier-1 Prelims Syllabus
Reasoning Ability
1. Verbal and non-verbal types
2. analogies
3. similarities
4. Syllogism
5. space visualization
6. problem-solving
7. Blood Relation
8. arithmetical reasoning
9. figure classification
10. Logical Reasoning
11. Mirror Image
12. Directions
13. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
14. Data Sufficiency
15. Coding-decoding
16. Order and Ranking
17. Alpha Numeric Symbol Series
Numeric Ability :
1. Ratio and Proportion
2. Simple Interest
3. Chain Rule
4. Permutation and Combination
5. Decimal Fraction
6. Time and Work
7. Stocks and Share
8. Probability
9. Logarithm
10. Average
11. Numbers
12. Problems on Ages
13. Area
14. Square Root and Cube Root
15. Height and Distance
16. Surds and Indices
17. Boats and Streams
18. Allegation or Mixture
19. Banker’s Discount
20. Races and Games
21. Time and Distance
22. Volume and Surface Area
23. Simplification
23. Pipes and Cistern
24. Partnership
25. Problems on HCF, LCM
26. Compound Interest
Computer Literacy
1. Abbreviations
2. Basic Computer Terminology & Shortcuts
3. Web Technology
4. Database Management Systems
5. Browsers and Search Engines
6. Internet
7. General Concept of Social Networking
8. Computer Memory or Storage Devices
9. Computer Software & Hardware
10. History and Evaluation of Computers
11. Generations and Types of Computers
12. Operating Systems
General Knowledge
1. Awards
2. Books & their authors
3. Sports
4. History- Ancient
5. Medieval & Modern
6. Geography
7. Current Affairs
8. Polity
9. Economics
10. Constitution
11. Indian Art & Culture
12. Everyday Science
13. Scientific Research
14. National/International Organizations /Institutions
General English :
1. Articles
2. Modal
3. Narration
4. Pronoun
5. Adverb
6. Adjective
7. Verb
8. Preposition
9. Tenses
10. Punctuation
11. Voice
12. Vocabulary
13. Idioms & phrases
14. Antonym & Synonyms
15. Reading Comprehension
16. Word Power
General Hindi :
1. भाषा
2. संज्ञा एवं संज्ञा के भेद
3. सर्वनाम एवं सर्वनाम के भेद
4. विशेषण एवं विशेषण के भेद
5. क्रिया एवं क्रिया के भेद
6. वचन
7. लिंग
8. उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय
9. वाक्य निर्माण (सरल, संयुक्त एवं मिश्रित वाक्य)
10. पर्यायवाची
11. विपरीपार्थक
12. अनेकार्थक
13. समानार्थी शब्द
14. मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ
15. अलंकार
16. सन्धि
17. तत्सम
18. तद्भव
19. देशज एवं विदेशी शब्द
20. समास
21. पद परिचय
22. पठन कौशल
23. शब्द सामर्थ्य
Tier 2
Subject Knowledge Test (Physics) :
Units and Measurements
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units, significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Motion in a Straight Line
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform motion, and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs, Relations for uniformly accelerated motion.
Motion in a Plane
Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and Vector product of vectors. Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration, projectile motion, uniform circular motion.
Laws of Motion:
Intuitive concept of force, Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion- vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.
Work, Energy and Power:
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power, Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: nonconservative forces, motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body & System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and Centre of mass motion, Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod, Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its applications, Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions. Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects.
Gravitation:
Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation, Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite.
Mechanical Properties of Solids
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of rigidity, Poisson's ratio; elastic energy.
Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications -hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes, effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications, Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Thermal Properties of Matter
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water; specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv - calorimetry; change of state - latent heat capacity. Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation, Wein's displacement Law, Stefan's law.
Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy, First law of thermodynamics, Second law of thermodynamics: gaseous state of matter, change of condition of gaseous state -isothermal, adiabatic, reversible, irreversible, and cyclic processes.
Behavior of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases :
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro's number.
Oscillations and Waves:
Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions and their application, Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equations of motion; phase; oscillations of a loaded spring- restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum -its time period. Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats.
Electric Charges and Fields:
Electric charges, Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law-force between two point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution, Electric field, electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in uniform electric field. Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell-field inside and outside.
Magnetism and Matter
Bar magnet, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid (qualitative treatment only), magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis (qualitative treatment only), torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field (qualitative treatment only), magnetic field lines. Magnetic properties of materials- Para-, dia- and ferro - magnetic substances with examples, Magnetization of materials, effect of temperature on magnetic properties.
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws, induced EMF and current; Lenz's Law, Self and mutual induction, Alternating Current Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/voltage; reactance and impedance; LCR series circuit, resonance, power in AC circuits, power factor, wattless current, AC generator, Transformer.
Electromagnetic Waves
Basic idea of displacement current, Electromagnetic waves, their characteristics, their transverse nature (qualitative idea only). Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments Ray Optics:
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal reflection and optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact, refraction of light through a prism. Optical instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.
Wave optics:
Wave front and Huygen’s principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts, Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s principle. Interference, Young's double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light, diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maxima.
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter:
Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light, Experimental study of photoelectric effect Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de-Broglie relation.
Atoms & Nuclei:
Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model of hydrogen atom, Expression for radius of nth possible orbit, velocity and energy of electron in its orbit, hydrogen line spectra, Composition and size of nucleus, nuclear force Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission,
nuclear fusion.
Semiconductor Electronics:
Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors- p and n type, p-n junction Semiconductor diode - I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, application of junction diode -diode as a rectifier.
KVS PGT Physics Exam Pattern 2026
Tier-1 Preliminary Exam
Duration : 120 Minutes
Negative Mark : 01
| S.No. |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
| Part-I |
General Reasoning |
20 |
60 |
| Part-II |
Numeric Ability |
20 |
60 |
| Part-III |
Basic Computer Literacy |
20 |
60 |
| Part-IV |
General Knowledge |
20 |
60 |
| Part-V |
Language Competency Test (English) |
10 |
30 |
| Part-VI |
Language Competency Test (One other Modern Indian Languages*) |
10 |
30 |
| |
Total
|
100 |
300 |
Tier-2 Subject Knowledge Test
Negative Marking : 0.25
| S.No. |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
Duration |
| 1. |
Subject Knowledge Test (Objective) |
60 |
60 |
150 Minutes |
| 2. |
Subject Knowledge Test (Descriptive) |
10 |
40 |
| |
Total |
70 |
100 |
150 Minutes |
Exam Date : Notified Soon
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Last Date of Application Form : Notified Soon