Physics Class 11 PUC Karnataka Science CBSE Topics and Syllabus

• WHAT IS PHYSICS

• Physics - Scope and Excitement

• Fundamental Forces of Physics
• Gravitational Force
• Electromagnetic Force
• Strong Nuclear Force
• Weak Nuclear Force
• Towards Unification of Forces

• SI Base Quantities and Units
• Systems of Units and SI Units

• Measurement of Large Distances - parallax angle or parallactic angle
• Estimation of Very Small Distances :  Size of a Molecule
• Range of Lengths

• Range of Masses

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
• Rules for determining significant figures

• Dimensions of Physical Quantities and Constants

• Checking the Dimensional Consistency of Equations
• Deducing Relation among the Physical Quantities

• Scalar and Vector Quantities and Position and Displacement Vectors
• Equality of Vectors

• Addition and Subtraction of Vectors

• Resolution of a Vector in a Plane
• Unit Vector

• Position Vector and Displacement

• Equation of path of a projectile
• Time of maximum height
• Maximum height of a projectile
• Horizontal range of a projectile

• Period, Radius Vector and Angular Speed
• Expression for Centripetal Acceleration

• Motion in a Plane - Relative Velocity

• Position - frame of reference,reference point
• Path length
• Displacement

• Speed and Velocity

• FIRST METHOD v = vo + at

• SECOND METHOD y = y + v t + at^2

• What kind of motion can a rigid body have

• Mathematical understanding of centre of mass
• Velocity of centre of mass
• Acceleration of the centre of mass
• Characteristics of centre of mass

• Definition of Vector Product

• Relation Between Linear Velocity and Angular Velocity

• 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

Principle of moments

• Centre of gravity

• radius of gyration

• Theorem of Parallel Axes
• Theorem of Perpendicular Axes

• Linear Acceleration and Speed While Pure Rolling Down an Inclined Plane

• Streamline and Turbulent Flow

1. Speed of efflux
2. Ventury tube
3. Lifting up of an aeroplane
4. Working of an atomizer
5. Blowing off of roofs by stormy wind

• Coefficient of viscosity

• Introduction
• Meaning of heat
• Meaning of work
• Meaning of temperature

• Celsius scale
• Fahrenheit scale

• Linear Expansion
• Areal Expansion
• Volume expansion
• Relation between Coefficients of Expansion

• Specific Heat Capacity
• Units of specific heat capacity
• Measurement of specific heat: (mixing method) and calorimeter
• Specific Heat Capacity of some common substance

• Change of State - Latent Heat Capacity
• latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporisation (Lv)

• Anomalous expansion of water
• Importance of Anomalous expansion of water

• Green House Effect
• Green House gases

• Stress

1. Tensile stress or compressive stress
2. Volume stress or hydraulic stress
3.  Shearing stress

• Strain

1. Tensile strain
2. Volume strain
3. Shearing strain

• mean free path

• Gases
• Behaviour and characteristic properties of gases

1. Composition of gases
2. Gases have neither a fixed volume nor a fixed shape
3. Gases exert pressure in all directions
4. Gases are highly compressible
5. Gases are highly expansible
6. Gases have low density
7. Gases have a natural tendency to mix with one another (diffusion)
8. Gases can be liquefied

• Degrees of Freedom
• Diatomic Molecules

• Application to Specific Heat Capacities of Gases;
• Monatomic Gases
• Diatomic Gases
• Specific Heat Capacity of Solids
• Specific Heat Capacity of Water

• Definition
• Monoatomic molecule
• Diatomic molecule

1. At Normal temperature
2. At High Temperature

• Triatomic molecules

Period and frequency

Displacement

Time Period

• 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

• reference particle, reference circle

• Energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and Potential Energies

• 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 

• damping constant

• Free, Forced and Damped Oscillations
• resonance
• Small Damping, Driving Frequency far from Natural Frequency
• Driving Frequency Close to Natural Frequency

• transverse wave
• capillary waves and gravity waves

• Amplitude and Phase
• Wavelength and Angular Wave Number
• Period, Angular Frequency and Frequency

• Speed of a Transverse Wave on Stretched String
• Speed of a Longitudinal Wave Speed of Sound

• Analytical method to determine beat frequency
• Applications of beats

• Source Moving and Listener Stationary
• Listener Approaching a Stationary Source with Velocity v_L
• Both Source and Listener are Moving
• Common Properties between Doppler Effect of Sound and Light
• Major Differences between Doppler Effects of Sound and Light