KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN DELHI REGION

PHYSICS (Code No. 042) Class XI ( 2022-23)

SPLIT UP SYLLABUS AS PER CBSE CIRCULAR
Month No. of No. of Name of Units/ chapters Activity Remark, if any
working periods suggested to
days required attain TLO

July 12 Unit I: Physical World and Measurement SECTION A

Chapter–2: Units and Measurements Experiment No. Teachers

1 ,2,3,4 to refer CBSE syllabus for
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI
units, fundamental and derived units. significant figures. Dimensions of theory and Practicals.
5 Activity No. 1 , 2,
physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. 3
Experiment and Activity
Unit II: Kinematics no. as per CBSE syllabus.
Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
*Choice of experiments &
activities depends on
7 differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non-
individual Physics
uniform motion, and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated
Department of the
motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs. Relations for
Vidyalaya.
uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment).
August 22 Unit II: Kinematics Section A

Chapter–4: Motion in a Plane Experiment

No:6,9,10
Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement
vectors, general vectors and their notations; equality of
vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition Activities No.
and subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in 4,5
10 a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and Vector product
of vectors.
Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform
acceleration- projectile motion, uniform circular motion.

Unit III: Laws of Motion

Chapter–5: 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.
10 Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction,
laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication.

September 25 Unit III: Laws of Motion Section A

Chapter–5: Laws of Motion (Continued……) Experiment

No:5,7,8
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of
circular motion (vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked
road). Activities No.
3 6,7
Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power

Chapter–6: Work, Energy and

Power Work done by a constant force and a variable force;
 kinetic energy, work- energy theorem, power. Notion of
potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative
forces: 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

Chapter–7: System of Particles and Rotational Motion

Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum
6 conservation and Centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a
rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod.
Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, law of
conservation of angular momentum and its applications.
Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of
rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions.
Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of
inertia for simple geometrical objects (no derivation).

12

October 15 Unit VI: Gravitation

Chapter–8: Gravitation

7 Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation.

Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and
depth. Gravitational potential energy and gravitational
potential, escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite.
REVISION
November 15 Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter Section B
Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids
Experiment
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young’s modulus, No:1,2
4
bulk modulus, shear modulus of rigidity (qualitative idea only),
Poisson's ratio; elastic energy. Activities No.
4,7
Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its
5 applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes), effect of
gravity on fluid pressure. Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal
velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity,
Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications.

December 15 Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter Section B

Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids
3 Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of Experiment
No:4,5,7
pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension
ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of matter Activities No.
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of 3,5
solids, liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water;
specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv - calorimetry; change of state -
latent heat capacity. Heat transfer-conduction, convection and
7 radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of Blackbody
radiation, Wein's displacement Law, Stefan's law .
Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

Chapter–12 Thermodynamics

Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature zeroth law

of thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. First law
of thermodynamics, Second law of thermodynamics: gaseous
state of matter, change of condition of gaseous state -
isothermal, adiabatic, reversible, irreversible, and cyclic
processes.
5
January 14 Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Section B
Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases
Experiment
Chapter–13: Kinetic Theory No:6,7
6
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a
gas.
Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic Activities No. 1
interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees
of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy (statement only) and
application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean
free path, Avogadro's number.
Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

Chapter–14: Oscillations

Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a

function of time, periodic functions and their application.
Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equations of motion;
phase; oscillations of a loaded spring- restoring force and
6 force constant; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential
energies; simple pendulum derivation of expression for its time
period.
February 7 6 Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

Chapter–15: Waves

Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of

travelling wave, 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.

REVISION
* PRACTICALS
The record, to be submitted by the students, at the time of their annual examination, has to include:
⮚ Record of at least 8 Experiments [with 4 from each section], to be performed by the students.

⮚ Record of at least 6 Activities [with 3 each from section A and section B], to be performed by the students.

⮚ Report of the project carried out by the students.

EVALUATION SCHEME

Time 3 hours Max. Marks: 30 Topic Marks

Two experiments one from each section 7+7
Practical record (experiment and 5
activities)
One activity from any section 3
Investigatory Project 3
Viva on experiments, activities and 5
project
Total 30