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OFFICIAL SYLLABUS - 2022
Unit I : Physical World and Measurement
Chapter 1- Physical World
Physics-scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society.
Chapter-2: Units and Measurements
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement, significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Unit II : Kinematics
Chapter-3: Motion in a Straight Line
Frame of reference. Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity.
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion,uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniform accelerated motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs. Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment)
Chapter-4: Motion in a Plane
Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity.
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-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. 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 level circular road. vehicle on banked road).
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: conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); nonConservative forces, various forms of energy, 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 conversation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of 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). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.
Unit-VI: Gravitation
Chapter-8: Gravitation
Keplar's laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geo-stationary satellites.
Unit-VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
Chapter-IX Mechanical Properties of Solids
Elastic behaviour, of solids, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk moduluss, shear modulus of rigidity, Poisson s-ratio; elastic energy.
Chapter-X Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Pressure due to a fluid column, Pascal's law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes). Effect of gravity on fluid pressure. Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical velócity. Bernoulli's theorem and its applications. Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, across curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Chapter-XI Thermal Properties of Matter
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water, specific heat Capacity: Cp, Cvcolorimetry; change of state-latent heat capacity.
Heat transfer-conduction, convection radiation and thermal Conductivity, Qualitative idea of Blackbody radiation, Stefan’s law, Wein's displacement law, Green House effect.
Unit-VIII: Thermodynamics
Chapter-XII Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of thermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes.
Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes. Heat engines and refrigerators.
Unit-IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory of gases
Chapter-XIII Kinetic Theory
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases- assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature;
rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition 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-XIV Oscillations
Periodic motion – time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic
...OFFICIAL SYLLABUS - 2022
Unit I : Physical World and Measurement
Chapter 1- Physical World
Physics-scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society.
Chapter-2: Units and Measurements
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement, significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Unit II : Kinematics
Chapter-3: Motion in a Straight Line
Frame of reference. Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity.
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion,uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniform accelerated motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs. Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment)
Chapter-4: Motion in a Plane
Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity.
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-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. 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 level circular road. vehicle on banked road).
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: conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); nonConservative forces, various forms of energy, 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 conversation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of 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). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.
Unit-VI: Gravitation
Chapter-8: Gravitation
Keplar's laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geo-stationary satellites.
Unit-VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
Chapter-IX Mechanical Properties of Solids
Elastic behaviour, of solids, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk moduluss, shear modulus of rigidity, Poisson s-ratio; elastic energy.
Chapter-X Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Pressure due to a fluid column, Pascal's law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes). Effect of gravity on fluid pressure. Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical velócity. Bernoulli's theorem and its applications. Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, across curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Chapter-XI Thermal Properties of Matter
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water, specific heat Capacity: Cp, Cvcolorimetry; change of state-latent heat capacity.
Heat transfer-conduction, convection radiation and thermal Conductivity, Qualitative idea of Blackbody radiation, Stefan’s law, Wein's displacement law, Green House effect.
Unit-VIII: Thermodynamics
Chapter-XII Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of thermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes.
Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes. Heat engines and refrigerators.
Unit-IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory of gases
Chapter-XIII Kinetic Theory
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases- assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature;
rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition 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-XIV Oscillations
Periodic motion – time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions.
Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equation; þhase; oscillations of a loading spring-restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M.-kinetic and potential energies: simple pendulum-derivation of expression for its time period. Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.
Chapter-XV Wave
Wave motion: Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion. 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, Doppler effect.
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Conditions of eligibility for admission to class XI
1. Candidates who have been studying in a School recognised by or affiliated to this Board or any other recognised Board of Secondary Education in India.
2. Candidates can not take admission directly in class XI.
3. Candidates had completed a regular course of study for class X and passed class X examination from a school affilicated to this Board.
4. The candidates percentage for attendance should be 75% so that the Board to make him/her eligible for the Examinations.
5. Candidate can be admitted to a school only on the transfer of the parents(s) or shifting of their families from one place to another, after procuring from the student the marksheet and the Transfer Certificate duly countersigned by the Educational Authorities of the Board concerned.
6. There is no age limit for candidates taking the Examination.
7. Candidate should have doucments in support of his having passed the qualifying or equivalent qualifying examination.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - 2022
Date | Day | Subject |
9 March 2022 | Wednesday | Mathematics |
12 March 2022 | Saturday | Hindi |
14 March 2022 | Monday | English |
16 March 2022 | Wednesday | Physics, Economics, Public Admin. |
19 March 2022 | Saturday | Chemistry, Geography, Business study |
21 March 2022 | Monday | Biology, History, Accountancy |
23 March 2022 | Wednesday | Physical education |
24 March 2022 | Thursday | Computer |
25 March 2022 | Friday | Fine arts |
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