PHYSICS

CONTENTS CLASS XI SYLLABUS

UNIT I: Physical World and Measurement

 Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society.
 Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and
derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring
instruments; errors in measurement; significant figures.
 Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.

UNIT II: Kinematics

 Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line; Position-time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform
and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity. Uniformly accelerated
motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs, for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical
treatment).
 Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector
quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation,
equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of
vectors. Relative velocity.
 Unit vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane-rectangular components.
 Scalar and Vector products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity and uniform
acceleration- projectile motion. Uniform circular motion.

UNIT III: 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
level circular road, vehicle on banked road).

UNIT IV: Work, Energy and Power

 Work done by a constant force and variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power.
 Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces; conservation of
mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); non-conservative forces; motion in a vertical
circle, elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

UNIT V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

 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 uniform rod.
 Moment of a force,-torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some
examples.
 Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparison of
linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of M.I. for simple
geometrical objects (no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and
their applications.

UNIT VI: Gravitation

 Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity
and its variation with altitude and depth.
 Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a
satellite. Geostationary satellites.

UNIT VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

 Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, shear,
modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.
 Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical
velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
 Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of surface
tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
 Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids, and gases.
Anomalous expansion. Specific heat capacity: Cp, Cv- calorimetry; change of state – latent heat.
 Heat transfer- conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation. Qualitative ideas of
Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect.
 Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

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UNIT VIII: Thermodynamics
 Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat, work
and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes.
 Second law of the thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes. Heat engines and
refrigerators.

UNIT IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory

 Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas.
 Kinetic theory of gases: Assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature;
degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy (statement only) and application to specific
heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path.

UNIT X: Oscillations and Waves

 Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple
harmonic motion(SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring-restoring force and force
constant; energy in SHM –Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum-derivation of
expression for its time period; free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only),
resonance.
 Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion. 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. Doppler effect.

CONTENTS OF CLASS XII SYLLABUS

UNIT I: Electrostatics
 Electric charges and their conservation. 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 a uniform electric field.
 Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely
long straight wire, uniforml y charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical
shell (field inside and outside)
 Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a
dipole and system of charges: equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system
of two point charges and of electric diploes in an electrostatic field.
 Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor. Dielectrics
and electric polarization,
 Capacitors and capacitance, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a
parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates, energy stored in
a capacitor, Van de Graaff generator.

UNIT II: Current Electricity

 Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity and mobility, and
their relation with electric current; Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, V-I characteristics (liner and
non-linear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity.
 Carbon resistors, colour code for carbon resistors; series and parallel combinations of resistors;
temperature dependence of resistance.
 Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series
and in parallel.
 Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge.
 Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf
of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell.

UNIT III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

 Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment. Biot-Savart law and its application to current
carrying circular loop.
 Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight and toroidal solenoids.
Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron.
 Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Force between two parallel
current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a current loop in a
magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer-its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and
voltmeter.
 Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Magnetic dipole moment
of a revolving electron.

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  Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and
perpendicular to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic
field; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and
magnetic elements.
 Para-, dia-and ferro-magnetic substances, with examples.
 Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets.

UNIT IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

 Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced emf and current; Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents.
Self and mutual inductance.
 Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/ voltage; reactance and
impedance; LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance; power in
AC circuits, wattles current.
 AC generator and transformer.

UNIT V: Electromagnetic Waves

 Need for displacement current.
 Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only). Transverse nature of
electromagnetic waves.
 Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays,
gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.

UNIT VI: Optics

 Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total internal reflection
and its applications optical fibres, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula,
lens-maker’s formula. Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact
combination of a lens and a mirror. Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism.
 Scattering of light- blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and
sunset.
 Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of
eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses.
 Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.
 Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane
surface using wavefronts.
 Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ principle.
 Interference, Young’s double hole experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources
and sustained interference of light.
 Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum.
 Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes. Polarisation, plane polarized
light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and Polaroids.

UNIT VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

 Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation- particle
nature of light.
 Matter waves- wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation. Davisson-Germer experiment
(experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained).

UNIT VIII: Atoms and Nuclei

 Alpha- particle scattering experiments; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy
levels, hydrogen spectrum.
 Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones.
 Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law. Mass-
energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number,
nuclear fission and fusion.

UNIT IX: Electronic Devices

 Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators and
semiconductors; semiconductor diode- I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode
as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as
a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor;
transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND,
NOT, NAND and NOR). Transistor as a switch.

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 CHEMISTRY
CONTENTS OF CLASS XI SYLLABUS

UNIT I: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

 General Introduction: Important and scope of chemistry.
 Laws of chemical combination, Dalton’s atomic theory: concept of elements, atoms and
molecules.
 Atomic and molecular masses. Mole concept and molar mass; percentage composition and
empirical and molecular formula; chemical reactions, stoichiometry and calculations based on
stoichiometry.

UNIT II: Structure of Atom

 Atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of matter and
light, de Broglie’s relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, concept of orbital, quantum
numbers, shapes of s,p and d orbitals, rules for filling electrons in orbitals- Aufbau principle, Pauli
exclusion principles and Hund’s rule, electronic configuration of atoms, stability of half filled and
completely filled orbitals.

UNIT III: Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

 Modern periodic law and long form of periodic table, periodic trends in properties of elements-
atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, electronegativity, valence.

UNIT IV: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

 Valence electrons, ionic bond, covalent bond, bond parameters, Lewis structure, polar character
of covalent bond, valence bond theory, resonance, geometry of molecules, VSEPR theory, concept
of hybridization involving s, p and d orbitals and shapes of some simple molecules, molecular
orbital theory of homonuclear diatomic molecules (qualitative idea only). Hydrogen bond.

UNIT V: States of Matter: Gases and Liquids

 Three states of matter, intermolecular interactions, types of bonding, melting and boiling points,
role of gas laws of elucidating the concept of the molecule, Boyle’s law, Charle’s law, Gay Lussac’s
law, Avogadro’s law, ideal behaviour of gases, empirical derivation of gas equation. Avogadro
number, ideal gas equation. Kinetic energy and molecular speeds (elementary idea), deviation
from ideal behaviour, liquefaction of gases, critical temperature.
 Liquid State- Vapour pressure, viscosity and surface tension (qualitative idea only, no
mathematical derivations).

UNIT VI : Thermodynamics
 First law of thermodynamics-internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity and specific heat,
measurement of U and H, Hess’s law of constant heat summation, enthalpy of : bond dissociation,
combustion, formation, atomization, sublimation, phase transition, ionization, solution and
dilution.
 Introduction of entropy as state function, Second law of thermodynamics, Gibbs energy change
for spontaneous and non-spontaneous process, criteria for equilibrium and spontaneity.
 Third law of thermodynamics- Brief introduction.

UNIT VII: Equilibrium

 Equilibrium in physical and chemical processes, dynamic nature of equilibrium, law of chemical
equilibrium, equilibrium constant, factors affecting equilibrium-Le Chatelier’s principle; ionic
equilibrium- ionization of acids and bases, strong and weak electrolytes, degree of ionization,
ionization of polybasic acids, acid strength, concept of PH., Hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea),
buffer solutions, Henderson equation, solubility product, common ion effect (with illustrative
examples).

UNIT VIII: Redox Reactions

 Concept of oxidation and oxidation and reduction, redox reactions oxidation number, balancing
redox reactions in terms of loss and gain of electron and change in oxidation numbers.

UNIT IX: Hydrogen

 Occurrence, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; hydrides-ionic, covalent and
interstitial; physical and chemical properties of water, heavy water; hydrogen peroxide-
preparation, reactions, uses and structure;

UNIT X: s-Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals)

 Group I and group 2 elements:
 General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, anomalous properties of the first
element of each group, diagonal relationship, trends in the variation of properties (such as

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 ionization enthalpy, atomic and ionic radii), trends in chemical reactivity with oxygen, water,
hydrogen and halogens; uses.
 Preparation and Properties of Some important Compounds:
 Sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydrogencarbonate, biological
importance of sodium and potassium.
 Industrial use of lime and limestone, biological importance of Mg and Ca.

UNIT XI: Some p-Block Elements

 General Introduction to p-Block Elements.
 Group 13 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, variation of
properties, oxidation states, trends in chemical reactivity, anomalous properties of first element of
the group; Boron, some important compounds: borax, boric acids, boron hydrides. Aluminium:
uses, reactions with acids and alkalies.
 General 14 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, variation of
properties, oxidation states, trends in chemical reactivity, anomalous behaviour of first element.
Carbon, allotropic forms, physical and chemical properties: uses of some important compounds:
oxides.
 Important compounds of silicon and a few uses: silicon tetrachloride, silicones, silicates and
zeolites, their uses.

UNIT XII: Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques

 General introduction, methods of purification qualitative and quantitative analysis, classification
and IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds.
 Electronic displacements in a covalent bond: inductive effect, electromeric effect, resonance and
hyper conjugation.
 Homolytic and heterolytic fission of a covalent bond: free radials, carbocations, carbanions;
electrophiles and nucleophiles, types of organic reactions.

UNIT XIII: Hydrocarbons

 Alkanes- Nomenclature, isomerism, conformations (ethane only), physical properties, chemical
reactions including free radical mechanism of halogenation, combustion and pyrolysis.
 Alkanes-Nomenclature, structure of double bond (ethene), geometrical isomerism, physical
properties, methods of preparation: chemical reactions: addition of hydrogen, halogen, water,
hydrogen halides (Markovnikov’s addition and peroxide effect), ozonolysis, oxidation, mechanism
of electrophilic addition.
 Alkynes-Nomenclature, structure of triple bond (ethyne), physical properties, methods of
preparation, chemical reactions: acidic character of alkynes, addition reaction of- hydrogen,
halogens, hydrogen halides and water.
 Aromatic hydrocarbons- Introduction, IUPAC nomenclature; Benzene; resonance, aromaticity;
chemical properties: mechanism of electrophilic substitution- Nitration sulphonation,
halogenation, Friedel Craft’s alkylation and acylation; directive influence of functional group in
mono-substituted benzene; carcinogenicity and toxicity.

UNIT XIV: Environmental Chemistry

 Environmental pollution: Air, water and soil pollution, chemical reactions in atmosphere, smogs,
major atmospheric pollutants; acid rain ozone and its reactions, effects of depletion of ozone
layer, greenhouse effect and global warmingpollution due to industrial wastes; green chemistry as
an alternative tool for reducing pollution, strategy for control of environmental pollution.

CONTENTS OF CLASS XII SYLLABUS

UNIT I: Solid State

 Classification of solids based on different binding forces; molecular, ionic covalent and
metallic solids, amorphous and crystalline solids (elementary idea), unit cell in two dimensional
and three dimensional lattices, calculation of density of unit cell, packing in solids, packing
efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit cell in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electr ical
and magnetic properties, Band theory of metals, conductors, semiconductors and insulators.

UNIT II: Solutions

 Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, solubility of
gases in liquids, solid solutions, colligative properties- relative lowering of vapour pressure,
Raoult’s law, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure,
determination of molecular masses using colligative properties abnormal molecular mass.
Van Hoff factor.

UNIT III: Electrochemistry

 Redox reactions, conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity
variation of conductivity with concentration, kohlrausch’s Law, electrolysis and Laws of
electrolysis (elementary idea), dry cell- electrolytic cells and Galvanic cells; lead accumulator,

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 EMF of a cell, standard electrode potential, Relation between Gibbs energy change and EMF of
a cell, fuel cells; corrosion.

UNIT IV: Chemical Kinetics

 Rate of a reaction (average and instantaneous), factors affecting rates of reaction;
concentration, temperature, catalyst; order and molecularity of a reaction; rate law and
specific rate constant, integrated rate equations and half life (only for zero and first order
reactions); concept of collision theory ( elementary idea, no mathematical treatment).
Activation energy, Arrhenious equation.

UNIT V: Surface Chemistry

 Adsorption-physisorption and chemisorption; factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids,
catalysis homogeneous and heterogeneous, activity and selectivity: enzyme catalysis; colloidal
state: distinction between true solutions, colloids and suspensions; lyophillic, lyophobic
multimolecular and macromolecular colloids; properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian
movement, electrophoresis, coagulation; emulsions- types of emulsions.

UNIT VI: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

 Principles and methods of extraction- concentration, oxidation, reduction electrolytic method
and refining; occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminium, copper, zinc and iron.

UNIT VII: p- Block Elements

 Group 15 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, oxidation states,
trends in physical and chemical properties; preparation and properties of ammonia and nitric
acid, oxides of nitrogen (structure only); Phosphorous- allotropic forms; compounds of
phosphorous: preparation and properties of phosphine, halides (PCI3, PCI 5) and oxoacids
(elementary idea only).
 Group 16 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence,
trends in physical and chemical properties; dioxygen: preparation, properties and uses;
classification of oxides; ozone. Sulphur - allotropic forms; compounds of sulphur: preparation,
preparation, properties and uses of sulphur dioxide; sulphuric acid: industrial process of
manufacture, properties and uses, oxoacids of sulphur (structures only).
 Group 17 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence,
trends in physical and chemical properties; compounds of halogens: preparation, properties and
uses of chlorine and hydrochloric acid, interhalogen compounds oxoacids of halogens (structures
only).
 Group 18 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, trends in physical
and chemical properties, uses.

UNIT VIII: d and f Block Elements

 General introduction, electronic configuration, characteristics of transition metals, general trends
in properties of the first row transition metals- metallic character, ionization enthalpy, oxidation
states, ionic radii, colour, catalytic property, magnetic properties, interstitial compounds, alloy
formation. Preparation and properties of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4.
 Lanthanoids- electronic configuration, oxidation states, chemical reactivity, and lanthanoid
contraction and its consequences.
 Actinoids: Electronic configuration, oxidation states and comparison with lanthanoids.
UNIT IX: Coordination Compounds
 Coordination compounds: Introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic
properties and shapes, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, isomerism
(structural and stereo) bonding, Werner's theory VBT,CFT; importance of coordination
compounds (in qualitative analysis, biological systems).

UNIT X: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

 Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C -X bond, physical and chemical properties, mechanism
of substitution reactions. Optical rotation.
 Haloarenes: Nature of C-X bond, substitution reactions (directive influence of halogen for
monosubstituted compounds only).
 Uses and environment effects of - dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane,
iodoform, freons, DDT.

UNIT XI: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

 Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary
alcohols only); identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of
dehydration, uses with special reference to methanol and ethanol.
 Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature

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 of phenol, electrophillic substitution reactions, uses of phenols.
 Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties uses.

UNIT XII: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

 Aldehydes and Ketones: Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation,
physical and chemical properties; and mechanism of nucleophilic addition, reactivity of alpha
hydrogen in aldehydes; uses.
 Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature, acidic nature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical
properties; uses.
 Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, methods of preparation, physical and chemical
properties, uses, identification of primary secondary and tertiary amines.
 Cyanides and Isocyanides- will be mentioned at relevant places.
 Diazonium salts: Preparation, chemical reactions and importance in synthetic organic chemistry.

UNIT XIV: Biomolecules

 Carbohydrates- Classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccharide (glucose and fructose),
D.L. configuration, oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose), polysaccharides (starch,
cellulose, glycogen): importance.
 Proteins- Elementary idea of - amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, proteins, primary
structure, secondary structure, tertiary structure and quaternary structure (qualitative idea
only), denaturation of proteins; enzymes.
 Hormones- Elementary idea (excluding structure).
 Vitamins- Classification and function.
 Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA

UNIT XV: Polymers

 Classification- Natural and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation),
copolymerization. Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polyesters, bakelite;
rubber, Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers.

UNIT XVI: Chemistry in Everyday Life

 Chemicals in medicines- analgesics, tranquilizers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials,
antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines.
 Chemicals in food- preservatives, artificial sweetening agents, elementary idea of
antioxidants.
 Cleansing agents- soaps and detergents, cleansing action.

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