Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer

Deleted Part of Syllabus Examination 2021

Subject : Physics
Subject Code : 040 Class :
XII

Theory Paper
Unit Chapter
Title Deleted Subtitle/ Portion
No. No.
I
2
Applications
I Electrostatic Potential and Potential Difference, Electric
3 Electric Potential
Potential due to a charged spherical shell
I Capacitance of a Parallel Plate Capacitor filled with
4 Electrical Capacitance
Different Materials of Different Thickness

Resistivity and effect of temperature on Resistance and

II 5 Current Electricity Resistivity, Carbon Resistance and Colour Code,
Combination of resistances in series and Parallel, Electric
Power
Uses of Potentiometer for measurement of Small
6 Electric Circuit
Resistance
III 7 Magnetic Effects of Directions of Magnetic Field, Cyclotron
Electric Current
IV 8 Magnetism and Natural Magnet, Artificial Magnet, Magnetic Field Lines,
Properties of Magnetic Magnetic Dipole and Magnetic Dipole Moment, Intensity
Materials of Magnetic Field, Torque on a bar magnet in Uniform
Magnetic Field, Classification of Magnetic Materials
saleetion of magnetie for different uses comparative study
of diffrent magnetie matrials.
V 10 Alternating Current Power Factor, Wattless Current
Reflection of Light, Spherical Mirrors, Mirror Formula,
Refraction of light, Total Internal Reflection And Its
VI 11 Ray Optics
Applications, Refraction at Spherical Surface, Scattering Of
Light , Rainbow, Human Eye

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 Polarised and Unpolarised Light, Plane of Polarisation and
Vibrations, polarisation, Methods for Production of Plane
VI 12 Nature of Light
Polarised Light- Polarisation of Light by Reflection and

Unit Chapter
Title Deleted Subtitle/ Portion
No. No.
by double Refraction, Nicol Prism, Polarisation by Dichroism,
Polaroids and their uses, Detection of Plane Polarised and
Unpolarised Light, Malus Law.
Wavelength of matter Waves, Wavelength of Matter waves
Photoelectric Effect and Associated with Different Types of Particles,
VII 13
Matter Waves Davisson-Germer experiment and its conclusion,
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
14
VIII Atomic Physics
Second Postulate using de Broglie Principle
15 Nuclear Forces, Radioactivity, Alpha, Beta and Gamma
particles/rays and their Properties, Radioactive Decay
VIII Nuclear Physics
Law, Half-Life and Mean Life, Binding Energy per
Nucleon and its variation with Mass Number
16 Special Purpose Diodes: Zener Diode, Photo Diode, Light
IX Electronics
Emitting Diode
17 Electromagnetic Waves,
X Communication and Displacement Current, Nanotechnology
Contemporary Physics

Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer

Revised Syllabus for Examination 2021

Subject : Physics
Subject Code : 040
Class : XII
Internal Total Marks
Examination Time (Hours) Marks
Marks
Theory 3:15 56 14
100
Practical 4:00 30 -
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 Books - Physics
Unit No. and Chapter No. and
Title and Subject Matter Marks
Title Title
Electric Charges; Type and Properties of Charge,
Coulomb's law, forces between multiple charges;
Chapter 1: Electric Superposition Principle, Electric field, electric field due to
Field a point charge, electric field due to the system of charges,
electric field lines and their properties, electric dipole,
electric dipole moment, electric field due to an electric
dipole, torque on a dipole in uniform electric field.

Electric flux, Continuous Charge Distribution, statement

of
find field due to (i) infinitely long straight wire (ii)
uniformly charged infinite non conducting sheet (iii)
Chapter 2: Gauss's uniformly charged infinite conducting plate (v)
Law and its Uniformly charged Conducting Sphere (vi) Uniformly
Unit I: applications charged Non-Conducting Sphere, Force on the surface of
07
Electrostatics charged Conductor, Energy Per Unit Volume in an
Electric Field, Equilibrium of Charged Soap Bubble.
Electric Field Intensity due to Uniformly Charged
Spherical Shell
Electric Potential due to- a point charge, a dipole and
system of charges; equipotential surfaces, Relation
between Electric Field and Electric Potential,
Calculation of Electric Potential (ii) due to charged
Chapter 3: Electric
conducting sphere (iii) due to charged non-conducting
Potential sphere, electrical potential energy of a system of
charges, Work done and Kinetic Energy of Electric
Dipole in and electric field. Electrostatic Potential and
Potential Difference, Electric Potential due to a
charged spherical shell

Unit No. and Chapter No. and

Title and Subject Matter Marks
Title Title

Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound

charges inside a conductor. Dielectrics Substance and
Polarization, Capacitance of capacitor, Capacitance of an
Chapter 4: Electric isolated Spherical Conductor, Capacitor, capacitance of
Capacitance Parallel Plate Capacitor (i) Air or Vacuum (ii) partially
filled dielectric medium, Capacitance of Spherical
Capacitor, Combination of Capacitors in series and in
parallel, Energy Stored in a Capacitor, Redistribution of
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 Charges and Loss of Energy by Combination of Charged
Conductors. Capacitance of a Parallel Plate
Capacitor filled with Different Materials of
Different Thickness
Flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift
velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current;
Chapter
5: Electric Ohm's law derivation, ohmic and non-ohmic resistance,
Current
Internal resistance of a cell, emf and terminal voltage of
a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel,
Unit-II: Current Electrical Energy.
05
Electricity 6: Electric Kirchhoff's laws and Applications, Wheatstone Bridge,
Metre Bridge, Potentiometer Principle, Standardisation
Chapter
and Sensitivity, Applications to Potentiometer (i)
Circuit
Internal Resistance of a Primary Cell (ii) Comparision of
Electro-Motive Forces of Two Cells (iv) Calibration of
Voltmeter and Ammeter.
Oersted's experiment and Conclusion, Biot-
Magnetic Field due to a Long and Straight
CurrentCarrying Conductor, Magnetic Field Due to
current carrying circular loop, Comparison of small
Current Loop with a Magnetic Dipole, Helmholtz Coils,
Force on Moving Charge in Magnetic Field, Motion of
Charge in Magnetic Field, Force on a current-carrying
Unit-III: conductor in a uniform magnetic field, Force between two
Chapter 7: Magnetic
parallel current-carrying conductors, Definition of
Magnetic Effects of Electric Standard Ampere, Torque on a Current-Carrying 05
Effects of Current Rectangular Loop in Uniform Magnetic Field,
Electric Current Galvanometer- Suspended Coil Galvanometer, Pivoted
Coil Galvanometer and

Magnetic Field due to Infinitely Long and Straight

Current-Carrying Conductor, Solenoid, Field Inside an
Infinitely Long Solenoid, Behavioral Comparison of Bar
Magnet and Current Solenoid, Magnetic Field on the Axis
of Toroid.
Unit-IV:
Chapter 8: Magnetism, Magnetism and Gauss Law, Behaviour of
Magnetism and Magnetism and substances in Magnetic Field, Intensity of
Properties of Properties of Magnetisation, Magnetizing Field, Magnetic 03
Magnetic Magnetic Materials Susceptibility and magnetic Permeability, Relation
between Different magnetic Quantities, Magnetic
Materials
Hysteresis and B-H Curve (Hysteresis Curve), Curie Law

Unit No. and Chapter No. and

Title and Subject Matter Marks
Title Title
and Curie Temperature.

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 Magnetic Flux, Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's
laws of Electromagnetic induction; Lenz's Law, Induced
duced
Chapter 9:
EMF in- a conductor rod, moving in a Uniform magnetic
Electromagnetic
Field, a Rectangular Loop Moving in a Non-Uniform
Induction Magnetic Field and Energy Conservation, a Metal Disc
Rotating in a Uniform Magnetic Field, Rotation of a
Rectangular Coil in Magnetic Field, Eddy currents. Self
Unit-V: and Mutual induction.
Electromagnetic Direct Current, Alternating Currents, Instantaneous, Peak,
Induction and Average And RMS Value Of Alternating 07
Alternating Current/Voltage; Phase Relation Between Alternating
Voltage And Alternating Current In Different Types Of
Currents AC Circuits And Phasor Diagram (I) Pure Ohmic
Chapter 10:
Resistance (Ii) Pure Inductance (Iii) Pure Capacitance (Iv)
Alternating Current
Series Combination Of Resistance and Inductance (V)
Series Combination Of Resistance and Capacitance (Vi)
Series Combination Of Resistance, Inductance and
Capacitance, Series LCR Resonance Circuit, Bandwidth
and Quality Factor In A Series Resonance Circuit,
Average Power In AC Circuits, , Transformer.
11: Ray
Formula, Magnification, Power Of a Lens, Combination Of
Chapter Thin Lenses In Contact, Refraction Of Light Through A
Optics Prism. Dispersion of Light, Optical Instruments - Simple
Microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Astronomical
Telescopes (Reflecting And Refracting) And Their
Magnifying Powers.
12: Nature of ,
reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface,
Unit VI: Optics Interference of Light and Coherent Sources, Necessary 09
Conditions for Interference, Young's Double Slit
Chapter Experiment, Analytical treatment of Interference and
expression for fringe width, Interference Fringes Produced
Light
by White Light, Diffraction, Comparision of
Diffraction of Sound and Light, Type of Diffraction,
Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum,
Difference Between Interference and Diffraction,
resolving power of microscope and astronomical telescope

Photoelectric Effect, Experimental Results of

Chapter 13:
Photoelectric effect and their interpretation, Concept of
Unit VII: Photo- PhotoElectric Effect
Photon, Einstein's Photoelectric Equation and
Electric Effect Matter Explanation of Experimental Results of Photoelectric 04
Matter Wave Wave effect on the basis of this Equation, Dual Nature of
Light, de-Broglie Hypothesis

Unit No. and Title Chapter No. and Title and Subject Matter Marks
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 Title
Chapter 14: Atomic Bohr Model of Atom, Line
Physics Spectrum of Hydrogen and its Explanation, Limitation of
Unit VIII: Bohr Model
Atoms and Nuclear Structure, Size of the Nucleus, Atomic Mass 06
Chapter 15:
Nuclei Nuclear Physics
Unit, Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy, Nuclear
Energy, Nuclear Fission, Controlled and Uncontrolled
Chain Reactions, Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Fusion.
Energy bands in Solid, Classification of Conductors,
Semiconductors and Insulators, Intrinsic and Extrinsic
Semiconductor, Minority and Majority charge Carriers,
P-N Junction Diode, Forward and Reverse bias
Characteristic Curve, Avalanche and Zener Break Down,
Chapter 16: Use of P-N junction diode as a Half Wave and Full Wave
Unit IX: Rectifier, Junction Transistor, Operation of a Transistor,
Electronics 06
Electronics Transistor Circuit Configurations- Common Base,
Common Emitter and Common Collector, Transistor
Characteristic Curves - Common Base and Common
Emitter Configuration, Relation between and,
Transistor Amplifier (Common Emitter Configuration),
Logic Gates, OR, AND, NOT, NAND, NOR and XOR gate
Unit X: Chapter 17:
Electromagnetic Electromagnetic
Waves, Electromagnetic waves, their characteristics,
Waves, 04
Communication and Electromagnetic spectrum, Propagation of
Communication and
Contemporary Electromagnetic Waves, Communication
Contemporary Physics
Physics System, Modulation
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Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer

Subject : Physics Practical

Subject Code : 040
Class : XII

Revised Syllabus for Exam 2021 Practical

Examination
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 Time Allowed: 4:00 hrs. Max. Marks: 30

1 One experiments one from any section 10 Marks

2 Two Activities (one from each section)5x2 10 Marks

3 Practical record (experiment and activities) 5 Marks

4 Viva (on experiments, activities ) 5 Marks

Total 30 Marks

In this academic Session (2020-21), every student has to complete a minimum of 6

experiments (at least 3 experiments from each section) and a minimum of 4 activities (at least 2
activities from each section)

SECTION A

Experiments
1. Using Vernier Calipers
(i) To measure dimensions of a given regular object and find out its density body (ii)
To measure internal diameter and depth of a given container.
2. Using screw gauge-
(i) To measure diameter of a given wire
(ii) To measure thickness of a given sheet.
3. To determine radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a spherometer.
4. To find the weight of a given body using parallelogram law of vectors.
5. Using a simple pendulum, find gravitational acceleration (g) and use it to find the effective length of second's
pendulum.
6. To study the relationship between force of limiting friction and normal reaction and to find the co- efficient of
friction between a block and a horizontal surface.
7. To find moment of inertia of object of regular shape using oscillation method.
8. To find the downward force, along an inclined plane, acting on a roller due to gravitational pull of the earth and
study its relationship with the angle of inclination.
9. To find force constant of a loaded spring.

Activities
1. To make a paper scale of given least count.
2. To determine mass of a given body using a meter scale by principle of moments.
3. To plot a graph for a given set of data, with proper choice of scales and error bars.
4. To measure distance between two parallel lines using microscope.
5. To study the variation in range of water jet with angle of projection.

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 6. To determine deviation in average value and root mean square of the given data set using logarithm table.
7. To adjust physical balance and measure mass of a solid.

SECTION B
Experiments
1. To determine Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of a given wire.
2. To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method.
3. Verify Newtons cooling law.

4. Using Sonometer, verify transverse vibration law of string ii i

5. Using Sonometer, find frequency of given tuning fork.
6. To find the speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube (using three turning forks of
different frequency) and draw graph between frequency and resonance length.
7. To determine the coefficient of viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given
spherical body.
8. To study the variation in volume with pressure for a sample of air at constant temperature.
9. To determine specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid (ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
10. To study the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time by plotting a cooling curve.
11. To study the relation between frequency and length of a given wire under constant tension using sonometer.
12. To study the relation between the length of a given wire and tension for constant frequency using sonometer.

Activities
1. To observe change of state and plot a cooling curve for molten wax.
2. To study the effect of detergent on surface tension of water by observing capillary rise.
3. Compare accuracy and precision of two measuring instrument of different least count.
4. To observe and explain the effect of heating on a bi-metallic strip.
5. To study the effect of load on depression of a suitably clamped meter scale loaded at (i) its end (ii) in the middle.
6. To note the change in level of liquid in a container on heating and interpret the observations.
7. To study the factors affecting the rate of loss of heat of a liquid.

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