Content text CBSE-Physics Booklet-2024-25-Part-I.pdf
PHYSICS CBSE (PART-I) S.No. Content Page Syllabus I – IV 01. Chapter-1 : Electric Charges & Fields 01 – 28 02. Chapter-2 : Electrostatic Potential & Capacitance 29 – 64 03. Chapter-3 : Current Electricity 65 – 96 04. Chapter-4 : Moving Charges & Magnetism 97 – 130 05. Chapter-5 : Magnetism and Matter 131 – 140 06. Chapter-6 : Electromagnetic Induction 141 - 162 07. Chapter-7 : Alternating Current 163 – 194 08. Chapter- 8 : Electromagnetic Waves (EMW) 195 – 210
CBSE E I SYLLABUS 2024 - 25 CLASS-XII SUBJECT-PHYSICS Units Topics No. of Periods Marks Unit - 1 Electrostatics Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance 26 16 Unit - 2 Chapter–3: Current Electricity 18 Unit - 3 Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magnetism Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter 25 17 Unit - 4 Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction Chapter–7: Alternating Current 24 Unit - 5 Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves 04 18 Unit – 6 Optics Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments Chapter-10: Wave Optics 30 Unit – 7 Chapter–11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 8 12 Unit – 8 Atoms and Nuclei Chapter–12: Atoms Chapter–13: Nuclei 15 Unit – 9 Electronic Devices Chapter–14: Semiconductor Electronics 10 7 Total 160 70
Physics II E 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. Unit III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magnetism Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment. Biot - Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop. Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire. Straight solenoid (only qualitative treatment), force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere, torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment, moving coil galvanometer-its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.
CBSE E III Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter Bar magnet, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid (qualitative treatment only), magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis (qualitative treatment only), torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field (qualitative treatment only), magnetic field lines. Magnetic properties of materials- Para-, dia- and ferro - magnetic substances with examples, Magnetization of materials, effect of temperature on magnetic properties. Unit IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws, induced EMF and current; Lenz's Law, Self and mutual induction. Chapter–7: Alternating Current Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/voltage; reactance and impedance; LCR series circuit (phasors only), resonance, power in AC circuits, power factor, wattless current. AC generator, Transformer. Unit V : Electromagnetic Waves Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves Basic idea of displacement current, Electromagnetic waves, their characteristics, their transverse nature (qualitative idea only). Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses. Unit VI : Ray Optics Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments Ray Optics: Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal reflection and optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact, refraction of light through a prism. Optical instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers. Chapter–10: Wave Optics Wave Optics :- Wave front and Huygen’s principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts. Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s principle. Interference, Young's double slit experiment and expression for fringe width (No derivation final expression only), coherent sources and sustained interference of light, diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maxima (qualitative treatment only).