PHYSICS (Code No.
042) COURSE
STRUCTURE
Class XI – 2023-24
Class XI - 2025-26
(Theory) (Theory)
Unit I: Physical World and Measurements
Chapter–1: Units and Measurements
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units,
fundamental and derived units. significant figures, Determining the uncertainty
in result. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its
applications.
Unit II: Kinematics
Chapter–2: Motion in a Straight Line
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform
motion, average speed and average velocity and instantaneous velocity,
uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs.
Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical and calculus treatment).
Chapter–3: Motion in a Plane
Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors
and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real
number; addition and subtraction of vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in
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–4: 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 a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road).
Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power
Chapter– 5: 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–6: System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple
geometrical objects (no derivation).
Unit VI: Gravitation
Chapter – 7: Gravitation
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 speed, orbital
velocity of a satellite, energy of an orbiting satellite.
Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
Chapter–8: Mechanical Properties of Solids
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young’s modulus, bulk
modulus, shear modulus of rigidity (qualitative idea only), Poisson's ratio; elastic
energy. Application of elastic behavior of materials (qualitative idea only).
Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law, effect of gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical
velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications (Torricelli's law and
Dynamic lift).
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a
curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary
rise.
Chapter–10: Thermal Properties of Matter
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and
gases, anomalous expansion of water; specific heat capacity; Cp, Cv - calorimetry;
change of state
- latent heat capacity.
Unit VIII: Thermodynamics
Chapter–11: Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of
thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics,
Second law of thermodynamics: Thermodynamic state variable and equation of
state. Change of condition of gaseous state - isothermal, adiabatic.
Unit X: Oscillations and Waves
Chapter–13: Oscillations
Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time,
periodic functions and their applications.
Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M), uniform circular motion and its equations of
motion; phase; oscillations of a loaded spring- restoring force and force constant;
energy in S.H.M.
Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum derivation of expression for its
time period.
Chapter–14: 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.
Unit I: Electrostatics
Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields
Electric charges, Conservation of charge, 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 uniform electric field.
Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its applications to find field due
to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and
uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside).
Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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 dipole 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
(no derivation, formulae only).
Unit II: Current Electricity
Chapter–3: Current Electricity
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity,
mobility and their relation with electric current; Ohm's law, V-I characteristics
(linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and
conductivity, 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 rules, Wheatstone bridge.