Section : A (80% weightage)

UNIT 1

Physics, technology, and society, SI units, Fundamental and derived

units.
Physics
Least count, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, Errors in
&
measurement, Significant figures.
Measurement
Dimensions of Physical quantities, dimensional analysis, and its
applications.

UNIT 2

The 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, position-time graphs,
Kinematics relations for uniformly accelerated motion.

Scalars and Vectors, Vector addition and Subtraction, Zero Vector, Scalar
and Vector products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a Vector.

Relative Velocity, Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion, Uniform Circular

Motion.

UNIT 3

Force and Inertia, Newtons First Law of motion; Momentum, Newtons

Second Law of motion; Impulse; Newtons Third Law of motion.

Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, Equilibrium

of concurrent forces.
Laws of Motion
Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction.

Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force and its

applications.

UNIT 4
 Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential
energies, work-energy theorem, power.
Work, Energy
&
The potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy,
Power
conservative and nonconservative forces; Elastic and inelastic collisions
in one and two dimensions.

UNIT 5

Centre of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid

body; Basic concepts of rotational motion; the moment of a force, torque,
angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its
applications; the moment of inertia, the radius of gyration.
Rotational Motion
Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and
perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.

Rigid body rotation, equations of rotational motion.

UNIT 6

The universal law of gravitation.

Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.

Gravitation Keplers laws of planetary motion.

Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential & Escape velocity.

Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites.

UNIT 7
 Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship, Hookes Law, Youngs
modulus, bulk modulus, modulus of rigidity. Pressure due to a fluid
column; Pascals law and its applications.

Viscosity, Stokes law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow,

Reynolds number.
Properties of
Solids
Bernoullis principle and its applications.
&
Liquids
Surface energy and surface tension, the angle of contact, application of
surface tension drops, bubbles and capillary rise.

Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry;

change of state, latent heat. Heat transfer-conduction, convection and
radiation, Newtons law of cooling.

UNIT 8

Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of

temperature.

Heat, work and internal energy.

Thermodynamics
First law of thermodynamics.

The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible

processes. Carnot engine and its efficiency.

UNIT 9

The equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas.

Kinetic theory of gases: assumptions, the concept of pressure.

Kinetic Theory of
Gases
Kinetic energy and temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules;
Degrees of freedom, Law of equipartition of energy, applications to
specific heat capacities of gases; Mean free path, Avogadros number.

UNIT 10
 Periodic motion: period, frequency, displacement as a function of time.
Periodic functions.

Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation; phase; oscillations of

a spring -restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. kinetic
and potential energies; Simple pendulum derivation of expression for its
Oscillations
time period; Free, forced and damped oscillations, resonance.
&
Waves
Wave motion: Longitudinal and transverse waves, the speed of a wave.
Displacement relation for a progressive wave.

The principle of superposition of waves, the reflection of waves, Standing

waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics,
Beats, Doppler effect in sound.

UNIT 11

Electric charges: Conservation of charge, Coulombs law-forces

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, Gausss law, and its applications to find field due to infinitely
long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane
Electrostatics
sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.

Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and
system of charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a
system of two point charges in an electrostatic field.

Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor,

the combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, the capacitance of
a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the
plates, Energy stored in a capacitor.

UNIT 12
 Electric current, Drift velocity, Ohms law, Electrical resistance,
Resistances of different materials, V-I characteristics of Ohmic and
nonohmic conductors, Electrical energy and power, Electrical resistivity,
Colour code for resistors; Series and parallel combinations of resistors;
Temperature dependence of resistance.
Current Electricity
Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a
cell, the combination of cells in series and in parallel.

Kirchhoffs laws and their applications, Wheatstone bridge, Metre bridge.

Potentiometer: principle and its applications.

UNIT 13

Biot Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop.

Amperes law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying

straight wire and solenoid.

Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields.

Cyclotron.

Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field.

The force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of

Magnetic Effects of
the ampere.
Current
&
Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; Moving
Magnetism
coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity, and conversion to ammeter and
voltmeter.

Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment.

Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earths

magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-, dia- and ferro- magnetic
substances.

Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, Hysteresis, Electromagnets and

permanent magnets.

UNIT 14
 Electromagnetic induction: Faradays law, induced emf and current;
Lenzs Law, Eddy currents.
Electromagnetic
Self and mutual inductance.
Induction
&
Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/ voltage;
Alternating
reactance and impedance; LCR series circuit, resonance; Quality factor,
Currents
power in AC circuits, wattless current.

AC generator and transformer.

UNIT 15

Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics. Transverse nature of

electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible,
Waves
ultraviolet, Xrays, gamma rays).

Applications of E.M. waves.

UNIT 16

Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror

formula, Total internal reflection and its applications, Deviation and
Dispersion of light by a prism, Lens Formula, Magnification, Power of a
Lens, Combination of thin lenses in contact, Microscope and
Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying
powers.

Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens principle, Laws of reflection and

refraction using Huygens principle.
Optics
Interference, Youngs double slit 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; Brewsters law, uses of plane polarized
light and Polaroids.

UNIT 17
 Dual nature of radiation.
Dual Nature of
Photoelectric effect, Hertz, and Lenards observations; Einsteins
Matter
photoelectric equation; particle nature of light.
&
Radiation
Matter waves-wave nature of the particle, de Broglie relation & Davisson-
Germer experiment.

UNIT 18

Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherfords model of atom; Bohr

model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.

Composition and size of the nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars;

isotones.
Atoms
&
Radioactivity-alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties;
Nuclei
radioactive decay law.

Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its
variation with mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion.

UNIT 19

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;

Electronic Devices
transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator.

Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR).

The transistor as a switch.

UNIT 20

Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere; Sky and space

wave propagation, Need for modulation, Amplitude, and Frequency
Communication Modulation.
Systems
Bandwidth of signals, Bandwidth of Transmission medium, Basic
Elements of a Communication System (Block Diagram only)
 Section B : (20% weightage)

Experimental Skills

Vernier calipers: its use to measure the internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel.

Screw gauge: its use to determine thickness/diameter of thin sheet/wire.

Simple Pendulum: dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between square of amplitude and
time.

Metre Scale: the mass of a given object by the principle of moments.

Youngs modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire.

The surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents.

Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given

spherical body.

Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time.

The speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube.

Specific heat capacity of a given: Solid & liquid by method of mixtures.

The resistivity of the material of a given wire using meter bridge.

The resistance of a given wire using Ohms law.

Potentiometer: Comparison of emf of two primary cells & Determination of the internal resistance
of a cell.

Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.

The focal length of Convex mirror, Concave mirror & Convex lens using parallax method.

The plot of the angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism.

Refractive index of a glass slab using a traveling microscope.

Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias.

Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse breakdown voltage.

Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain.

Identification of Diode, LED, Transistor, IC, Resistor, Capacitor from mixed collection of such
items.
 Using the multimeter to: Identify base of a transistor, Distinguish between NPN and PNP type
transistor, See the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode and an LED & Check the
correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component (diode, transistor or IC).