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Chapter wise important topics for Board Examination
Electric charges and fields
1. Electric field on the axial line of an electric dipole.
2. Electric field at an equatorial point of an electric dipole.
3. Torque and force on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
4. Electric field due to an infinitely long charged wire.
5. Electric field due to a uniformly charged plane sheet.
6. Electric filed due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Electrostatics Potential and Capacitance
7. Electric potential due to a point charge.
8. Electrostatic potential energy of a system of two point charges.
9. Potential energy of a dipole placed in a uniform electric filed.
10. Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor without dielectric.
11. Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor with dielectric.
12. Combination of capacitors in series.
13. Combination of capacitors in parallel.
Current Electricity
14. Drift velocity and its derivation.
15. Relation between electric current and drift velocity.
16. Relation between electric current and mobility.
17. Temperature dependence of resistivity and resistance.
18. Relation between internal resistance, emf E and terminal potential V.
19. Combination of cells in series (Equivalent emf and internal resistance).
20. Combination of cells in parallel (Equivalent emf and internal resistance).
21. Derivation of balance condition of Wheatstone bridge from Kirchhoff's law.
Moving charges and magnetism
22. Magnetic field at the centre of circular current loop.
23. Magnetic field on the axis of a circular loop.
24. Application of Ampere's law to a straight conductor.
25. Force on a moving charge in a magnetic field.
26. Derivation of radius, time period, frequency and pitch of a charge particle in a uniform electric field.
27. Expression for the force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field.
28. Expression for the force between two parallel current carrying wires, definition of one ampere.
29. Torque on a current loop in a uniform magnetic field.
30. Moving coil galvanometer.
31. Conversion of galvanometer into ammeter and voltmeter.
Magnetism and matter
32. Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid .
33. Magnetic lines of force and its properties.
34. Classification of magnetic materials, properties of diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic substances.
Electromagnetic Induction
35. Faraday's laws of electromagnetic induction.
36. Lenz's law and law conservation of energy.
37. Self-inductance of a long solenoid.
38. Mutual inductance of two long solenoids.
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Alternating current
39. Relation between the rms value and peak value of AC.
40. Relation between the RMS value and the peak value of alternating EMF.
41. Series LCR circuit (Phasors only).
42. Resonance frequency and angular frequency of series LCR circuit.
43. Power in a AC circuit.
44. Transformer.
45. AC generator.
Electromagnetic Waves
46. Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics.
47. Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
48. Electromagnetic spectrum.
49. Displacement current and its important properties
Ray optics and optical instruments
50. Derivation of mirror formula.
51. Total internal reflection and condition for total internal reflection.
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52. Refraction at a spherical surface, derivation of
v u R
53. Derivation of thin lens formula.
54. Derivation of lens maker formula.
55. Equivalent focal length and power of two thin lenses in contact.
56. Expression of deviation produced by a prism.
57. Compound Microscope and its magnifying power.
58. Astronomical telescope and its magnifying power.
59. Advantages of reflecting type telescope over a refracting type telescope.
Wave Optics
60. Huygens’ principle.
61. Reflection on the basis of wave theory.
62. Refraction on the basis of wave theory.
63. Young’s double slit experiment.
64. Condition for constructive and destructive interference.
65. Diffraction by single slit, position of minima and secondary maxima.
Dual nature of Matter and Radiation
66. Experimental study of Photoelectric effect : (i) Effect of intensity of light on photoelectric current, (ii) Effect of potential and
(iii) Effect of frequency of incident radiation on stopping potential.
67. Einstein’s photoelectric equation.
68. Determination of Planck’s constant and work function.
69. de-Broglie wave equation.
Atoms
70. Rutherford alpha particle scattering experiment and Experimental arrangement.
71. Rutherford’s model of an atom.
72. Bohr’s quantisation condition of angular momentum.
73. Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom: Expression of (i) radius of nth orbit, (ii) velocity in nth orbit and (iii) energy in nth orbit.
74. Hydrogen line spectrum.
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Nuclei
75. Nuclear size and Nuclear Force.
76. Mass-energy relation, Binding energy and mass defect.
77. Binding energy per nucleon and Binding energy curve.
78. Fusion as a source of energy in sun and stars.
79. Controlled thermonuclear fusion.
Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
80. Difference between Metals, Insulators and Semiconductor on the basis of Energy bands.
81. Intrinsic semiconductor and Extrinsic semiconductor (n-type semiconductor and p-type semiconductor).
82. V-I characteristics of p-n junction diode (Forward bias and Reverse bias)
83. Junction diode as a Half-Wave Rectifier.
84. Junction diode as a Full-Wave Rectifier