11th and 12 - Physics - List of Topics for NCERT

 List of Topics for 11th and 12th Physics - NCERT Syllabus

#	Section #	Chapter Title	Unit Title	Pg #
1	11.1.1	Physical World	What is physics ?	1
2	11.1.2	Physical World	Scope and excitement of physics	2
3	11.1.3	Physical World	Physics, technology and society	5
4	11.1.4	Physical World	Fundamental forces in nature	6
5	11.1.5	Physical World	Nature of physical laws	10
6	11.2.1	Units And Measurements	Introduction	16
7	11.2.2	Units And Measurements	The international system of units	16
8	11.2.3	Units And Measurements	Measurement of length	18
9	11.2.4	Units And Measurements	Measurement of mass	21
10	11.2.5	Units And Measurements	Measurement of time	22
11	11.2.6	Units And Measurements	Accuracy, precision of instruments and errors in measurement	22
12	11.2.7	Units And Measurements	Significant figures	27
13	11.2.8	Units And Measurements	Dimensions of physical quantities	31
14	11.2.9	Units And Measurements	Dimensional formulae and dimensional equations	31
15	11.2.10	Units And Measurements	Dimensional analysis and its applications	32
16	11.3.1	Motion in straight line	Introduction	39
17	11.3.2	Motion in straight line	Position, path length and displacement	39
18	11.3.3	Motion in straight line	Average velocity and average speed	42
19	11.3.4	Motion in straight line	Instantaneous velocity and speed	43
20	11.3.5	Motion in straight line	Acceleration	45
21	11.3.6	Motion in straight line	Kinematic equations for uniformly accelerated motion	47
22	11.3.7	Motion in straight line	Relative velocity	51
23	11.4.1	Motion in a plane	Introduction	65
24	11.4.2	Motion in a plane	Scalars and vectors	65
25	11.4.3	Motion in a plane	Multiplication of vectors by real numbers	67
26	11.4.4	Motion in a plane	Addition and subtraction of vectors – graphical method	67
27	11.4.5	Motion in a plane	Resolution of vectors	69
28	11.4.6	Motion in a plane	Vector addition – analytical method	71
29	11.4.7	Motion in a plane	Motion in a plane	72
30	11.4.8	Motion in a plane	Motion in a plane with constant acceleration	75
31	11.4.9	Motion in a plane	Relative velocity in two dimensions	76
32	11.4.10	Motion in a plane	Projectile motion	77
33	11.4.11	Motion in a plane	Uniform circular motion	79
34	11.5.1	Laws of motion	Introduction	89
35	11.5.2	Laws of motion	Aristotle’s fallacy	90
36	11.5.3	Laws of motion	The law of inertia	90
37	11.5.4	Laws of motion	Newton’s first law of motion	91
38	11.5.5	Laws of motion	Newton’s second law of motion	93
39	11.5.6	Laws of motion	Newton’s third law of motion	96
40	11.5.7	Laws of motion	Conservation of momentum	98
41	11.5.8	Laws of motion	Equilibrium of a particle	99
42	11.5.9	Laws of motion	Common forces in mechanics	100
43	11.5.10	Laws of motion	Circular motion	104
44	11.5.11	Laws of motion	Solving problems in mechanics	105
45	11.6.1	Work,Energy,Power	Introduction	114
46	11.6.2	Work,Energy,Power	Notions of work and kinetic energy : The work-energy theorem	116
47	11.6.3	Work,Energy,Power	Work	116
48	11.6.4	Work,Energy,Power	Kinetic energy	117
49	11.6.5	Work,Energy,Power	Work done by a variable force	118
50	11.6.6	Work,Energy,Power	The work-energy theorem for a variable force	119
51	11.6.7	Work,Energy,Power	The concept of potential energy	120
52	11.6.8	Work,Energy,Power	The conservation of mechanical energy	121
53	11.6.9	Work,Energy,Power	The potential energy of a spring	123
54	11.6.10	Work,Energy,Power	Various forms of energy : the law of conservation of energy	126
55	11.6.11	Work,Energy,Power	Power	128
56	11.6.12	Work,Energy,Power	Collisions	129
57	11.7.1	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Introduction	141
58	11.7.2	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Centre of mass	144
59	11.7.3	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Motion of centre of mass	148
60	11.7.4	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Linear momentum of a system of particles	149
61	11.7.5	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Vector product of two vectors	150
62	11.7.6	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Angular velocity and its relation with linear velocity	152
63	11.7.7	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Torque and angular momentum	154
64	11.7.8	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Equilibrium of a rigid body	158
65	11.7.9	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Moment of inertia	163
66	11.7.10	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Theorems of perpendicular and parallel axes	164
67	11.7.11	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Kinematics of rotational motion about a fixed axis	167
68	11.7.12	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Dynamics of rotational motion about a fixed axis	169
69	11.7.13	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Angular momentum in case of rotations about a fixed axis	171
70	11.7.14	System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Rolling motion	173
71	11.8.1	Gravitation	Introduction	183
72	11.8.2	Gravitation	Kepler’s laws	184
73	11.8.3	Gravitation	Universal law of gravitation	185
74	11.8.4	Gravitation	The gravitational constant	189
75	11.8.5	Gravitation	Acceleration due to gravity of the earth	189
76	11.8.6	Gravitation	Acceleration due to gravity below and above the surface of earth	190
77	11.8.7	Gravitation	Gravitational potential energy	191
78	11.8.8	Gravitation	Escape speed	193
79	11.8.9	Gravitation	Earth satellite	194
80	11.8.10	Gravitation	Energy of an orbiting satellite	195
81	11.8.11	Gravitation	Geostationary and polar satellites	196
82	11.8.12	Gravitation	Weightlessness	197
83	11.9.1	Mechanical Properties of solids	Introduction	235
84	11.9.2	Mechanical Properties of solids	Elastic behaviour of solids	236
85	11.9.3	Mechanical Properties of solids	Stress and strain	236
86	11.9.4	Mechanical Properties of solids	Hooke’s law	238
87	11.9.5	Mechanical Properties of solids	Stress-strain curve	238
88	11.9.6	Mechanical Properties of solids	Elastic moduli	239
89	11.9.7	Mechanical Properties of solids	Applications of elastic behaviour of materials	244
90	11.10.1	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Introduction	250
91	11.10.2	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Pressure	250
92	11.10.3	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Streamline flow	257
93	11.10.4	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Bernoulli’s principle	258
94	11.10.5	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Viscosity	262
95	11.10.6	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Surface tension	264
96	11.11.1	Thermal properties of matter	Introduction	278
97	11.11.2	Thermal properties of matter	Temperature and heat	278
98	11.11.3	Thermal properties of matter	Measurement of temperature	279
99	11.11.4	Thermal properties of matter	Ideal-gas equation and absolute temperature	279
100	11.11.5	Thermal properties of matter	Thermal expansion	280
101	11.11.6	Thermal properties of matter	Specific heat capacity	284
102	11.11.7	Thermal properties of matter	Calorimetry	285
103	11.11.8	Thermal properties of matter	Change of state	286
104	11.11.9	Thermal properties of matter	Heat transfer	290
105	11.11.10	Thermal properties of matter	Newton’s law of cooling	296
106	11.12.1	Thermodynamics	Introduction	303
107	11.12.2	Thermodynamics	Thermal equilibrium	304
108	11.12.3	Thermodynamics	Zeroth law of thermodynamics	305
109	11.12.4	Thermodynamics	Heat, internal energy and work	306
110	11.12.5	Thermodynamics	First law of thermodynamics	307
111	11.12.6	Thermodynamics	Specific heat capacity	308
112	11.12.7	Thermodynamics	Thermodynamic state variables and equation of state	309
113	11.12.8	Thermodynamics	Thermodynamic processes	310
114	11.12.9	Thermodynamics	Heat engines	313
115	11.12.10	Thermodynamics	Refrigerators and heat pumps	313
116	11.12.11	Thermodynamics	Second law of thermodynamics	314
117	11.12.12	Thermodynamics	Reversible and irreversible processes	315
118	11.12.13	Thermodynamics	Carnot engine	316
119	11.13.1	Kinetic theory	Introduction	323
120	11.13.2	Kinetic theory	Molecular nature of matter	323
121	11.13.3	Kinetic theory	Behaviour of gases	325
122	11.13.4	Kinetic theory	Kinetic theory of an ideal gas	328
123	11.13.5	Kinetic theory	Law of equipartition of energy	332
124	11.13.6	Kinetic theory	Specific heat capacity	333
125	11.13.7	Kinetic theory	Mean free path	335
126	11.14.1	Oscillations	Introduction	341
127	11.14.2	Oscillations	Periodic and oscilatory motions	342
128	11.14.3	Oscillations	Simple harmonic motion	344
129	11.14.4	Oscillations	Simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion	346
130	11.14.5	Oscillations	Velocity and acceleration in simple harmonic motion	348
131	11.14.6	Oscillations	Force law for simple harmonic motion	349
132	11.14.7	Oscillations	Energy in simple harmonic motion	350
133	11.14.8	Oscillations	Some systems executing Simple Harmonic Motion	352
134	11.14.9	Oscillations	Damped simple harmonic motion	355
135	11.14.10	Oscillations	Forced oscillations and resonance	357
136	11.15.1	Waves	Introduction	367
137	11.15.2	Waves	Transverse and longitudinal waves	369
138	11.15.3	Waves	Displacement relation in a progressive wave	370
139	11.15.4	Waves	The speed of a travelling wave	373
140	11.15.5	Waves	The principle of superposition of waves	376
141	11.15.6	Waves	Reflection of waves	378
142	11.15.7	Waves	Beats	382
143	11.15.8	Waves	Doppler effect	384
1	12.1.1	Electric Charges and fields	Introduction	1
2	12.1.2	Electric Charges and fields	Electric Charge	1
3	12.1.3	Electric Charges and fields	Conductors and Insulators	5
4	12.1.4	Electric Charges and fields	Charging by Induction	6
5	12.1.5	Electric Charges and fields	Basic Properties of Electric Charge	8
6	12.1.6	Electric Charges and fields	Coulomb’s Law	10
7	12.1.7	Electric Charges and fields	Forces between Multiple Charges	15
8	12.1.8	Electric Charges and fields	Electric Field	18
9	12.1.9	Electric Charges and fields	Electric Field Lines	23
10	12.1.10	Electric Charges and fields	Electric Flux	25
11	12.1.11	Electric Charges and fields	Electric Dipole	27
12	12.1.12	Electric Charges and fields	Dipole in a Uniform External Field	31
13	12.1.13	Electric Charges and fields	Continuous Charge Distribution	32
14	12.1.14	Electric Charges and fields	Gauss’s Law	33
15	12.1.15	Electric Charges and fields	Applications of Gauss’s Law	37
16	12.2.1	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Introduction	51
17	12.2.2	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Electrostatic Potential	53
18	12.2.3	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Potential due to a Point Charge	54
19	12.2.4	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Potential due to an Electric Dipole	55
20	12.2.5	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Potential due to a System of Charges	57
21	12.2.6	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Equipotential Surfaces	60
22	12.2.7	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Potential Energy of a System of Charges	61
23	12.2.8	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Potential Energy in an External Field	64
24	12.2.9	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Electrostatics of Conductors	67
25	12.2.10	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Dielectrics and Polarisation	71
26	12.2.11	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Capacitors and Capacitance	73
27	12.2.12	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	The Parallel Plate Capacitor	74
28	12.2.13	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance	75
29	12.2.14	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Combination of Capacitors	78
30	12.2.15	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	Energy Stored in a Capacitor	80
31	12.3.1	Current Electricity	Introduction	93
32	12.3.2	Current Electricity	Electric Current	93
33	12.3.3	Current Electricity	Electric Currents in Conductors	94
34	12.3.4	Current Electricity	Ohm’s law	95
35	12.3.5	Current Electricity	Drift of Electrons and the Origin of Resistivity	97
36	12.3.6	Current Electricity	Limitations of Ohm’s Law	101
37	12.3.7	Current Electricity	Resistivity of Various Materials	101
38	12.3.8	Current Electricity	Temperature Dependence of Resistivity	103
39	12.3.9	Current Electricity	Electrical Energy, Power	105
40	12.3.10	Current Electricity	Combination of Resistors — Series and Parallel	107
41	12.3.11	Current Electricity	Cells, emf, Internal Resistance	110
42	12.3.12	Current Electricity	Cells in Series and in Parallel	113
43	12.3.13	Current Electricity	Kirchhoff’s Rules	115
44	12.3.14	Current Electricity	Wheatstone Bridge	118
45	12.3.15	Current Electricity	Meter Bridge	120
46	12.3.16	Current Electricity	Potentiometer	122
47	12.4.1	Moving charges and Magnetism	Introduction	132
48	12.4.2	Moving charges and Magnetism	Magnetic Force	133
49	12.4.3	Moving charges and Magnetism	Motion in a Magnetic Field	137
50	12.4.4	Moving charges and Magnetism	Motion in Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields	140
51	12.4.5	Moving charges and Magnetism	Magnetic Field due to a Current Element, Biot-Savart Law	143
52	12.4.6	Moving charges and Magnetism	Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop	145
53	12.4.7	Moving charges and Magnetism	Ampere’s Circuital Law	147
54	12.4.8	Moving charges and Magnetism	The Solenoid and the Toroid	150
55	12.4.9	Moving charges and Magnetism	Force between Two Parallel Currents, the Ampere	154
56	12.4.10	Moving charges and Magnetism	Torque on Current Loop, Magnetic Dipole	157
57	12.4.11	Moving charges and Magnetism	The Moving Coil Galvanometer	163
58	12.5.1	Magnetism and Matter	Introduction	173
59	12.5.2	Magnetism and Matter	The Bar Magnet	174
60	12.5.3	Magnetism and Matter	Magnetism and Gauss’s Law	181
61	12.5.4	Magnetism and Matter	The Earth’s Magnetism	185
62	12.5.5	Magnetism and Matter	Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity	189
63	12.5.6	Magnetism and Matter	Magnetic Properties of Materials	191
64	12.5.7	Magnetism and Matter	Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets	195
65	12.6.1	Electromagnetic Induction	Introduction	204
66	12.6.2	Electromagnetic Induction	The Experiments of Faraday and Henry	205
67	12.6.3	Electromagnetic Induction	Magnetic Flux	206
68	12.6.4	Electromagnetic Induction	Faraday’s Law of Induction	207
69	12.6.5	Electromagnetic Induction	Lenz’s Law and Conservation of Energy	210
70	12.6.6	Electromagnetic Induction	Motional Electromotive Force	212
71	12.6.7	Electromagnetic Induction	Energy Consideration: A Quantitative Study	215
72	12.6.8	Electromagnetic Induction	Eddy Currents	218
73	12.6.9	Electromagnetic Induction	Inductance	219
74	12.6.10	Electromagnetic Induction	AC Generator	224
75	12.7.1	Alternating Current	Introduction	233
76	12.7.2	Alternating Current	AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor	234
77	12.7.3	Alternating Current	Representation of AC Current and Voltage by rotating Vectors — Phasors
78	12.7.4	Alternating Current	AC Voltage Applied to an Inductor	237
79	12.7.5	Alternating Current	AC Voltage Applied to a Capacitor	241
80	12.7.6	Alternating Current	AC Voltage Applied to a Series LCR Circuit	244
81	12.7.7	Alternating Current	Power in AC Circuit: The Power Factor	252
82	12.7.8	Alternating Current	LC Oscillations	255
83	12.7.9	Alternating Current	Transformers	259
84	12.8.1	Electromagnetic Waves	Introduction	269
85	12.8.2	Electromagnetic Waves	Displacement Current	270
86	12.8.3	Electromagnetic Waves	Electromagnetic Waves	274
87	12.8.4	Electromagnetic Waves	Electromagnetic Spectrum	280
88	12.9.1	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Introduction	309
89	12.9.2	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Reflection of Light by Spherical Mirrors	310
90	12.9.3	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Refraction	316
91	12.9.4	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Total Internal Reflection	319
92	12.9.5	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Refraction at Spherical Surfaces and by Lenses	323
93	12.9.6	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Refraction through a Prism	330
94	12.9.7	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Some Natural Phenomena due to Sunlight	332
95	12.9.8	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Optical Instruments	335
96	12.10.1	Wave Optics	Introduction	351
97	12.10.2	Wave Optics	Huygens Principle	353
98	12.10.3	Wave Optics	Refraction and Reflection of Plane Waves using Huygens Principle	355
99	12.10.4	Wave Optics	Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves	360
100	12.10.5	Wave Optics	Interference of Light Waves and Young’s Experiment	362
101	12.10.6	Wave Optics	Diffraction	367
102	12.10.7	Wave Optics	Polarisation	376
103	12.11.1	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Introduction	386
104	12.11.2	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Electron Emission	387
105	12.11.3	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Photoelectric Effect	388
106	12.11.4	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Experimental Study of Photoelectric Effect	389
107	12.11.5	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Photoelectric Effect and Wave Theory of Light	393
108	12.11.6	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Einstein’s Photoelectric Equation: Energy Quantum of Radiation	393
109	12.11.7	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Particle Nature of Light: The Photon	395
110	12.11.8	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Wave Nature of Matter	398
111	12.11.9	Dual nature of radiation and matter	Davisson and Germer Experiment	403
112	12.12.1	Atoms	Introduction	414
113	12.12.2	Atoms	Alpha-particle Scattering and Rutherford’s Nuclear Model of Atom	415
114	12.12.3	Atoms	Atomic Spectra	420
115	12.12.4	Atoms	Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom	422
116	12.12.5	Atoms	The Line Spectra of the Hydrogen Atom	428
117	12.12.6	Atoms	DE Broglie’s Explanation of Bohr’s Second Postulate of Quantisation	430
118	12.13.1	Nuclei	Introduction	438
119	12.13.2	Nuclei	Atomic Masses and Composition of Nucleus	438
120	12.13.3	Nuclei	Size of the Nucleus	441
121	12.13.4	Nuclei	Mass-Energy and Nuclear Binding Energy	442
122	12.13.5	Nuclei	Nuclear Force	445
123	12.13.6	Nuclei	Radioactivity	446
124	12.13.7	Nuclei	Nuclear Energy	451
125	12.14.1	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Introduction	467
126	12.14.2	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Classification of Metals, Conductors and Semiconductors	468
127	12.14.3	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Intrinsic Semiconductor	472
128	12.14.4	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Extrinsic Semiconductor	474
129	12.14.5	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	p-n Junction	478
130	12.14.6	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Semiconductor Diode	479
131	12.14.7	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Application of Junction Diode as a Rectifier	483
132	12.14.8	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Special Purpose p-n Junction Diodes	485
133	12.14.9	Semiconductor electronics - materials....	Digital Electronics and Logic Gates	490
Tentative areas for which scripts / Activities can be taken up as discussed
1	11.2.3	Units And Measurements	Measurement of length	18	vernier callipers
					screw gauge
					spherometer
					parallax method to measure distances
					Concept of radian
					Estimation of Very Small Distances
					Power of ten video -
					Range of lengths
2	11.2.6	Units And Measurements	Accuracy, precision of instruments and errors in measurement	22	Types of errors, combining errors
					Accuracy
					Precision
					Least count
3	11.10.2	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Pressure	250	Pascal law
					Gauge Pressure
4	11.10.6	Mechanical Properties of fluids	Surface tension	264	Angle of surface tension
					Measuring surface tension
					Capillary Rise
5	11.14.2	Oscillations	Periodic and oscilatory motions	342	Sine wave meaning
6	11.14.3	Oscillations	Simple harmonic motion	344	Mapping of simple harmonic motion
7	11.14.10	Oscillations	Forced oscillations and resonance	357	Resonance
8	11.15.2	Waves	Transverse and longitudinal waves	369	Model
9	11.15.6	Waves	Reflection of waves	378	Standing wave and Speed of Sound
10	12.1.4	Electric Charges and fields	Charging by Induction	6	Activity on this topic
11	12.2.12	Electrostatic potential and Capacitance	The Parallel Plate Capacitor	74	Activity on this topic
12	12.3.10	Current Electricity	Combination of Resistors — Series and Parallel	107	Activity on this topic
13	12.4.8	Moving charges and Magnetism	The Solenoid and the Toroid	150	Activity on this topic
14	12.4.11	Moving charges and Magnetism	The Moving Coil Galvanometer	163	Activity on this topic
15	12.6.8	Electromagnetic Induction	Eddy Currents	218	Activity on this topic
16	12.6.10	Electromagnetic Induction	AC Generator	224	Activity on this topic
17	12.9.2	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Reflection of Light by Spherical Mirrors	310	Activity on this topic
18	12.9.3	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Refraction	316	Activity on this topic
19	12.9.4	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Total Internal Reflection	319	Activity on this topic
20	12.9.5	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Refraction at Spherical Surfaces and by Lenses	323	Activity on this topic
21	12.9.6	Ray optics and Optical Instruments	Refraction through a Prism	330	Activity on this topic
			11 th	12 th
	Number of Chapters		15	14
	Total Units		143	133
	Concepts for scripting		9	12