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The CBSE Physics syllabus for the academic year 2021-2022 is based on the Board's guidelines. Students should read the Physics Syllabus to learn about the subject's subjects and subtopics.
Students will discover the unit names, chapters under each unit, and subtopics under each chapter in the CBSE Physics Syllabus pdf 2021-2022. They will also receive a complete practical syllabus for Physics in addition to this.
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CBSE Physics Course Structure 2021-2022 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| C | Physical World and Measurement | |
| 101 | Physical World | |
| 102 | Units and Measurements | |
| CC | Kinematics | |
| 201 | Motion in a Plane | |
| 202 | Motion in a Straight Line | |
| CCC | Laws of Motion | |
| CD | Work, Energy and Power | |
| D | Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body | |
| 501 | System of Particles and Rotational Motion | |
| DC | Gravitation | |
| DCC | Properties of Bulk Matter | |
| 701 | Mechanical Properties of Fluids | |
| 702 | Thermal Properties of Matter | |
| 703 | Mechanical Properties of Solids | |
| DCCC | Thermodynamics | |
| CM | Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases | |
| 901 | Kinetic Theory | |
| M | Oscillations and Waves | |
| 1001 | Oscillations | |
| 1002 | Waves | |
| Total | - |
Syllabus
C Physical World and Measurement
101 Physical World
- Concept of Physics
- WHAT IS PHYSICS
- Scope and Excitement of Physics
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Physics - Scope and Excitement
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- Nature of Physical Laws
- Physics, Technology and Society
- Fundamental Forces in Nature
- Fundamental Forces of Physics
- Gravitational Force
- Electromagnetic Force
- Strong Nuclear Force
- Weak Nuclear Force
- Towards Unification of Forces
- Physics-scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society.
102 Units and Measurements
- International System of Units
- SI Base Quantities and Units
- Systems of Units and SI Units
- Measurement of Length
- Measurement of Large Distances - parallax angle or parallactic angle
- Estimation of Very Small Distances : Size of a Molecule
- Range of Lengths
- Measurement of Mass
- Range of Masses
- Measurement of Time
- Accuracy Precision of Instruments and Errors in Measurement
Accuracy and Precision of Measuring Instruments
- Systematic errors - Instrumental errors, Imperfection in experimental technique or procedure, Personal errors
- Random errors, Least count error
- Absolute Error, Relative Error and Percentage Error
- Combination of Errors - Error of a sum or a difference, Error of a product or a quotient, Error in case of a measured quantity
- Significant Figures
- Measurements - Significant Figures
- Rules for Arithmetic Operations with Significant Figures
- Rounding off the Uncertain Digits
- Rules for Determining the Uncertainty in the Results of Arithmatic Calculations
- Dimensions of Physical Quantities
- Dimensions of Physical Quantities and Constants
- Dimensional Formulae and Dimensional Equations
- Dimensional Analysis and Its Applications
- Checking the Dimensional Consistency of Equations
- Deducing Relation among the Physical Quantities
- Need for Measurement
- Units of Measurement
- Fundamental and Derived Units
- Length, Mass and Time Measurements
- Introduction of 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.
CC Kinematics
201 Motion in a Plane
- Scalars and Vectors
- Scalar and Vector Quantities and Position and Displacement Vectors
- Equality of Vectors
- Multiplication of Vectors by a Real Number
- Addition and Subtraction of Vectors — Graphical Method
- Addition and Subtraction of Vectors
- Resolution of Vectors
- Resolution of a Vector in a Plane
- Unit Vector
- Vector Addition – Analytical Method
- Motion in a Plane
- Position Vector and Displacement
- Motion in a Plane with Constant Acceleration
- Projectile Motion
- Equation of path of a projectile
- Time of maximum height
- Maximum height of a projectile
- Horizontal range of a projectile
- Uniform Circular Motion
- Period, Radius Vector and Angular Speed
- Expression for Centripetal Acceleration
- General Vectors and Their Notations
- Motion in a Plane - Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity
- Rectangular Components
- Scalar and Vector Product of Vectors
- Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions
- Motion in a Plane - Relative Velocity
- Cases of Uniform Velocity
- Cases of Uniform Acceleration Projectile Motion
- Motion in a Plane - Average Acceleration and Instantaneous Acceleration
- Angular Velocity
- Introduction
- 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; 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.
202 Motion in a Straight Line
- Position, Path Length and Displacement
- Position - frame of reference,reference point
- Path length
- Displacement
- Average Velocity and Average Speed
- Instantaneous Velocity and Speed
- Speed and Velocity
- Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion
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FIRST METHOD v = vo + at
- SECOND METHOD y = y + v t + at^2
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- Acceleration
- Relative Velocity
- Elementary Concepts of Differentiation and Integration for Describing Motion
- Uniform and Non-Uniform Motion
- Uniformly Accelerated Motion
- Position-time, Velocity-time and Acceleration-time Graphs
- Motion in a Straight Line - Position-time Graph
- Relations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion (Graphical Treatment)
- Introduction
- 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 nonuniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs.
- Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment).
CCC Laws of Motion
- Aristotle’s Fallacy
- The Law of Inertia
- Newton'S First Law of Motion
- Newton’s Second Law of Motion
- Momentum and Newton's Second Law of Motion
- Momentum, Impulse
- Newton's Third Law of Motion
- Conservation of Momentum
- Law of Conservation of Momentum
- Equilibrium of a Particle
- Equilibrium of Concurrent Forces
- Common Forces in Mechanics
- Friction
- Circular Motion
- Solving Problems in Mechanics
- Static and Kinetic Friction
- Laws of Friction
- Inertia
- Intuitive Concept of Force
- Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion - Centripetal Force
- Examples of Circular Motion (Vehicle on a Level Circular Road, Vehicle on a Banked Road)
- Lubrication - (Laws of Motion)
- Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum and Its Applications
- Rolling Friction
- Introduction
- 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).
CD Work, Energy and Power
- Introduction of Work, Energy and Power
- The Scalar Product
- Notions of Work and Kinetic Energy: the Work-Energy Theorem
- Work-Energy Theorem
- Kinetic Energy
- Kinetic Energy and Its Expression
- Work Done by a Constant Force and a Variable Force
- Concept of Work
- The Concept of Potential Energy
- Notion of Potential Energy
- The Conservation of Mechanical Energy
- Conservative Forces : Conservation of Mechanical Energy (Kinetic and Potential Energies)
- Potential Energy of a Spring
- Various Forms of Energy : the Law of Conservation of Energy
- Heat
- Chemical Energy
- Electrical Energy
- The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
- Nuclear Energy
- The Principle of Conservation of Energy
- Power
- Concept of Collisions
- Elastic and Inelastic Collisions in One and Two Dimensions
- Collisions in One Dimension\
- Elastic and inelastic collisions
- Perfectly Inelastic Collision
- Coefficient of Restitution e
- Expressions for final velocities after a head-on, elastic collision
- Loss in the kinetic energy during a perfectly inelastic head-on collision
- Collision in two dimensions, i.e., a non-head-on collision
- Non - Conservative Forces - Motion in a Vertical Circle
- 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); non-conservative forces: motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
D Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
501 System of Particles and Rotational Motion
- Motion - Rigid Body
- What kind of motion can a rigid body have
- Centre of Mass
- Mathematical understanding of centre of mass
- Velocity of centre of mass
- Acceleration of the centre of mass
- Characteristics of centre of mass
- Motion of Centre of Mass
- Linear Momentum of a System of Particles
- Vector Product of Two Vectors
- Definition of Vector Product
- Angular Velocity and Its Relation with Linear Velocity
- Relation Between Linear Velocity and Angular Velocity
- Torque and Angular Momentum
- Moment of a Force (Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body)
- Angular Momentum and Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum and Its Applications
- Moment of force (Torque)
- Angular momentum of a particle
- Torque and angular momentum for a system of particles
- conservation of angular momentum
- Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Principle of moments
- Centre of gravity
- Moment of Inertia
- radius of gyration
- Theorems of Perpendicular and Parallel Axes
- Statement of Parallel and Perpendicular Axes Theorems and Their Applications
- Theorem of perpendicular axes
- Theorem of parallel axes
- Kinematics of Rotational Motion About a Fixed Axis
- Dynamics of Rotational Motion About a Fixed Axis
- Angular Momentum in Case of Rotation About a Fixed Axis
- Rolling Motion
- Kinetic Energy of Rolling Motion
- Momentum Conservation and Centre of Mass Motion
- Centre of Mass of a Rigid Body
- Centre of Mass of a Uniform Rod
- Rigid Body Rotation
- Equations of Rotational Motion
- Comparison of Linear and Rotational Motions
- Values of Moments of Inertia for Simple Geometrical Objects (No Derivation)
- Centre of mass of a two-particle system; momentum conservation and centre of mass motion.
- Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a 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.
DC Gravitation
- Kepler’S Laws
- Law of orbit
- Law of areas
- Law of periods
- Universal Law of Gravitation
- The Gravitational Constant
- Acceleration Due to Gravity of the Earth
- Acceleration Due to Gravity Below and Above the Surface of Earth
- Acceleration Due to Gravity and Its Variation with Altitude and Depth
- Gravitational Potential Energy
- Gravitational Potential Energy and Gravitational Potential
- Escape Speed
- Earth Satellites
- Projection of Satellite
- Weightlessness in a Satellite
- Time Period of a Satellite
- Binding Energy of an orbiting satellite
- Energy of an Orbiting Satellite
- Geostationary and Polar Satellites
- Geo-Stationary Satellites
- Weightlessness
- Weightlessness Condition in Orbit
- Escape Velocity
- Orbital Velocity of a Satellite
- 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 velocity; orbital velocity of a satellite; Geo-stationary satellites
DCC Properties of Bulk Matter
701 Mechanical Properties of Fluids
- Pressure
- Concept of Pressure
- Pressure Due to a Fluid Column
- Pascal's Law
- Pascal's Law and Its Applications (Hydraulic Lift and Hydraulic Brakes)
- Concept of Pressure
- STREAMLINE FLOW
- Streamline and Turbulent Flow
- Bernoulli’S Principle
- Bernoulli's Theorem and Its Applications
- Bernoulli’s equation
- Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law
- Venturi-meter
- Blood Flow and Heart Attack
- Dynamic Lift - Ball moving without spin, Ball moving with spin, Magnus effect, Aerofoil or lift on aircraft wing
- Viscosity
- Stokes’ Law
- Reynolds Number
- Surface Tension
- Surface Energy and Surface Tension
- Surface Energy
- Angle of Contact
- Drops and Bubbles
- Capillary Rise
- Detergents and Surface Tension
Application of Surface Tension Ideas to Drops
- Effect of Gravity on Fluid Pressure
- Terminal Velocity
- Critical Velocity
- Excess of Pressure Across a Curved Surface
- Introduction to Fluid Machanics
- Archimedes' Principle
- Stokes' Law
- Equation of Continuity
- Torricelli'S Law
- Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications(hydraulic lift and hydraulic brales); effect of gravity on fluid pressure.
- Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
- Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
702 Thermal Properties of Matter
- Temperature and Heat
- Measurement of Temperature
- Ideal-gas Equation and Absolute Temperature
- Thermal Expansion
- Linear Expansion
- Areal Expansion
- Volume expansion
- Relation between Coefficients of Expansion
- Specific Heat Capacity
- molar specific heat capacity, molar specific heat capacity at constant volume, molar
- Specific Heat Capacity of Solids and Liquids
- Specific Heat Capacity of Gas
- Heat Equation
- Heat Capacity (Thermal Capacity)
- Calorimetry
- Cp, Cv - Calorimetry
- Change of State - Latent Heat Capacity
- Change of State - Latent Heat Capacity
- latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporisation (Lv)
- Heat Transfer
- Conduction
- Thermal Conductivity
- Conduction
- Newton’s Law of Cooling
- Qualitative Ideas of Blackbody Radiation
- Wein'S Displacement Law
- Stefan's Law
- Anomalous Expansion of Water
- Liquids and Gases
- Thermal Expansion of Solids
- Green House Effect
- 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.
- Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation, Wein's displacement Law, Stefan's law, Green house effect.
703 Mechanical Properties of Solids
- Elastic Behaviour of Solid
- Stress and Strain
- Stress-strain Relationship
- Hooke’s Law
Hooke's Law and Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio
- Stress-strain Curve
- Elastic Moduli
- Shear Modulus
- Shearmodulus of Rigidity
- Shear Modulus
- Applications of Elastic Behaviour of Materials
- Elastic Energy
- Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy
DCCC Thermodynamics
- Thermal Equilibrium
- Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- Definition of Temperature (Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics)
- Heat, Internal Energy and Work
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Formulation of first law of thermodynamics
- First law of thermodynamics for various processes
- Mathematical statement of the first law
- Specific Heat Capacity
- molar specific heat capacity, molar specific heat capacity at constant volume, molar
- Specific Heat Capacity of Solids and Liquids
- Specific Heat Capacity of Gas
- Heat Equation
- Heat Capacity (Thermal Capacity)
- Thermodynamic State Variables and Equation of State
- Thermodynamic Processes
- Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes
- Quasi-static process
- Isothermal process
- Adiabatic process
- Isochoric process
- Isobaric process
- Cyclic process
- working substance
- Heat Engines
- Second Law of Thermodynamics - Heat Engine and Refrigerator
- Carnot’s ideal heat engine
- Efficiency of a Carnot engine
- Entropy and second law of thermodynamics
- Refrigerators and Heat Pumps
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Kelvin-Planck statement,
- Clausius statement
- Need for the second law of thermodynamics
- Reversible and Irreversible Processes
- Second Law of Thermodynamics - Reversible and Irreversible Processes
- Carnot Engine
- Isothermal Processes
- Adiabatic Processes
- 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 the thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes, Heat engines and refrigerators.
CM Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases
901 Kinetic Theory
- Molecular Nature of Matter
- mean free path
- Behaviour of Gases
- ideal gas, Boyle’s law, Charles’ law
- Equation of State of a Perfect Gas
- Work Done in Compressing a Gas
- Kinetic Theory of Gases and Radiation
- Law of Equipartition of Energy
- Law of Equi-partition of Energy (Statement Only)
- Specific Heat Capacities - Gases
- Application to Specific Heat Capacities of Gases;
- Monatomic Gases
- Diatomic Gases
- Specific Heat Capacity of Solids
- Specific Heat Capacity of Water
- Mean Free Path
Concept of Mean Free Path
- Kinetic Theory of Gases - Concept of Pressure
- Kinetic Theory of Gases- Assumptions
- rms Speed of Gas Molecules
- Degrees of Freedom
- Definition
- Monoatomic molecule
- Diatomic molecule
- At Normal temperature
- At High Temperature
- Triatomic molecules
- Avogadro's Number
- 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 equi-partition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro's number
M Oscillations and Waves
1001 Oscillations
- Periodic and Oscillatory Motions
Period and frequency
Displacement
Time Period
- Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
- Simple Harmonic Motion (S.H.M) and Its Equation
- Simple harmonic motion) Phase
- amplitude, phase constant (or phase angle)
- The projection of uniform circular motion on a diameter of SHM
- Time period, frequency, phase, phase difference and epoch in SHM
- Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion
- reference particle, reference circle
- Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion
- Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion
- Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
- Energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and Potential Energies
- Some Systems Executing Simple Harmonic Motion
- Simple Pendulum Derivation of Expression for Its Time Period and Damped Simple Harmonic Motion
- Oscillations of a Loaded Spring - Restoring Force and Force Constant
- Oscillations due to a Spring
- The Simple Pendulum
- Damped Simple Harmonic Motion
- damping constant
- Forced Oscillations and Resonance
- Free, Forced and Damped Oscillations
- resonance
- Small Damping, Driving Frequency far from Natural Frequency
- Driving Frequency Close to Natural Frequency
- Displacement as a Function of Time
- Periodic Functions
- Oscillations - Frequency
- Periodic motion- time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions.
- Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equation; 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..
- Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.
1002 Waves
- Reflection of Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
- transverse wave
- capillary waves and gravity waves
- Displacement Relation for a Progressive Wave
- Amplitude and Phase
- Wavelength and Angular Wave Number
- Period, Angular Frequency and Frequency
- The Speed of a Travelling Wave
- Speed of a Transverse Wave on Stretched String
- Speed of a Longitudinal Wave Speed of Sound
- Principle of Superposition of Waves
- Reflection of Waves
- Standing Waves and Normal Modes
- Standing Waves in Strings and Organ Pipes
- Fundamental Mode and Harmonics
- fundamental mode or the first harmonic, second harmonic
- Standing Waves and Normal Modes
- Beats
- Doppler Effect
- Source Moving ; Observer Stationary
- Observer Moving; Source Stationary
- Both Source and Observer Moving
- Source Moving and Listener stationary
- Listener Approaching a Stationary Source with Velocity vL
- Both Source and Listener are Moving
- Common Properties between Doppler Effect of Sound and Light
- Common Properties between Doppler Effect of Sound and Light
- Major Differences between Doppler Effects of Sound and Light
- Wave Motion
- Speed of Wave Motion
- Wave motion:- Transverse and longitudinal 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 hanmonics, Beats, Doppler effect
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