Unit 1 | Units and Measurement | - System of units (S.I., fundamental, derived units) - Errors in measurement - Significant figures - Dimensional analysis and applications |
| Laws of Motion | - Concept of force - Newton’s laws of motion - Projectile motion - Uniform circular motion - Friction and its laws - Centripetal force and applications |
| Work, Energy and Power | - Work and energy - Potential and kinetic energy - Power - Collisions: Elastic and inelastic |
Unit 2 | Gravitation | - Universal law of gravitation - Acceleration due to gravity - Variation of 'g' (altitude, latitude, depth) - Gravitational potential - Escape velocity - Orbital velocity - Geostationary satellites |
| Mechanics of Solids and Fluids | - Hooke’s law - Moduli of elasticity - Surface tension - Capillarity - Viscosity (Poiseuille’s formula, Stokes' law) - Streamline and turbulent flow - Reynolds number - Bernoulli’s theorem and applications |
Unit 3 | Electrostatics | - Electric charge and conservation laws - Coulomb’s law - Principle of superposition - Continuous charge distribution - Electric field and field lines - Electric dipole - Torque on a dipole - Electric flux and Gauss’s theorem - Electric field due to an infinite wire - Equipotential surfaces - Electrical potential energy |
| Capacitors | - Dielectrics and electric polarization - Capacitors in series and parallel - Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor (with/without dielectric) - Energy stored in a capacitor |
Unit 4 | Current Electricity | - Electric current, drift velocity, mobility - Ohm's law - V-I characteristics - Electrical energy and power - Electrical resistivity and conductivity - Temperature dependence - Internal resistance of a cell - Potential difference and EMF of a cell |
| Kirchhoff’s Laws and Applications | - Wheatstone bridge - Meter bridge - Potentiometer: Comparison of EMF, internal resistance measurement - Thermoelectric current |
Unit 5 | Magnetism and Magnetic Effects of Current | - Earth’s magnetic field and elements - Tangent law - Tangent galvanometer - Deflection magnetometer - Biot-Savart law - Moving coil galvanometer - Galvanometer to voltmeter/ammeter conversion - Ampere’s law |
Unit 6 | Electromagnetic Induction | - Faraday’s laws - Lenz’s law - Eddy currents - Self and mutual induction |
| Alternating Currents | - Peak and RMS values - Reactance and impedance - LC oscillations - LCR series circuit - Resonance - AC generator - Transformer |
| Electromagnetic Waves | - Characteristics and spectrum |
Unit 7 | Optics | - Reflection and refraction of light - Total internal reflection - Optical fibers - Spherical surfaces and lenses - Thin lens and lens maker’s formula - Magnification and power of a lens - Combination of lenses - Refraction through a prism - Huygen’s principle - Young's double slit experiment - Diffraction (single slit) - Polarization |
Unit 8 | Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter | - Photoelectric effect - Einstein’s photoelectric equation - Particle nature of light - de-Broglie relation |
| Atomic Physics | - Alpha particle scattering experiment - Rutherford’s model - Bohr model - Hydrogen spectrum |
Unit 9 | Nuclear Physics | - Nuclear radius, mass, binding energy - Isotopes, mass defect - Bainbridge mass spectrometer - Nuclear forces and neutron discovery - Artificial radioisotopes, radiocarbon dating - Radiation hazards - Nuclear fission and fusion - Nuclear reactors - Hydrogen bomb - Cosmic rays - Elementary particles |
Unit 10 | Electronic Devices | - Semiconductors (doping, intrinsic, extrinsic) - PN junction diode (biasing, rectifier) - Special diodes (LED, photodiode, solar cell) - Transistors and their characteristics - Logic gates (NOT, OR, AND, NOR, NAND) - De Morgan’s theorem |
