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Juniors (Grade 5,6,7)
Preliminary Level (Online Examination)
  • Kepler’s laws. Artificial satellites. Different types of satellite orbits .Fundamentals of Rocketry.
  • History of Indian Space Research. Centers and Units of ISRO. Indian rockets and Launch Vehicles. Indian Satellites. ISRO’s future missions.
  • Basics of Night Sky. Rising and setting of Celestial objects. Constellations. Celestial Coordinate systems. Tilt of earth axis and Seasons.
  • Moon  Phases, Tidal forces and Tidal locking
Final Level (Offline Examination)
  • Telescopes. Major Observatories in India. Measurement of distance parallax method and Standard candle method. Atomic Spectra. Doppler effect
  • Basics of Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Fission and Fusion. Energy Generation in stars. Structure of Sun. Life Cycle of stars. Chandrasekhar limit. Red Giant, Brown Dwarf, White Dwarf, Neutron Stars, Black Holes etc.
  • Expanding Universe, Hubble’s Law, Bigbang and  Evolution of the Universe. CMB, Dark Energy

Seniors & Super Seniors (Grade 9 to 12)
Preliminary Level
  • Gravity, Newton’s law of gravitation. Kepler’s law and orbits. Artificial satellites. Different types of satellite orbits.Fundamentals of Rocketry.
  • History of Indian Space Research. Centers and Units of ISRO. Indian rockets and Launch Vehicles. Indian Satellites. ISRO’s future missions.
  • Basics of Night Sky. Rising and setting of Celestial objects. Constellations. Celestial Coordinate systems. Tilt of earth axis and Seasons.
  • Moon  Phases, Tidal forces and Tidal locking. Genesis of the Moon.
Final Level
  • Telescopes. Major Observatories in India. Measurement of distance parallax method and Standard candle method. Atomic Spectra. Doppler effect
  • Basics of Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Fission and Fusion. Energy Generation in stars. Structure of Sun. Life Cycle of stars.HR DIagram. Chandrasekhar limit. Red Giant, Brown Dwarf, White Dwarf, Neutron Stars, Black Holes etc.
  • Expanding Universe, Hubble’s Law, Bigbang and  Evolution of the universe. CMB, Dark Energy

LAST DATE OF PRELIMINARY LEVEL EXAM REGISTRATION : 2024 MARCH 15
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