Syllabus (Physics)

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI.
Syllabus for Session : 2021 – 22

Class – XI Subject – Physics ( 042)
Unit I: Physical World and Measurement
Chapter–1: Physical World

Physics-scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society. (To be
discussed as a part of Introduction and integrated with other topics)
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

Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non-
uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly 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 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.
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. (Recapitulation only)
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).
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); non-conservative forces: motion in a vertical
circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Half yearly/ Mid term syllabus
Chapter 1:Physical world
Chapter 2: Units and measurements
Chapter 3: Motion in straight line
Chapter 4: Motion in plane
Chapter 5: Laws of motion
Chapter 6: Work,Energy, and Power
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 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).
Unit VI: Gravitation
Chapter–8: Gravitation
Universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity (recapitulation only) and its variation with
altitude and depth.
Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape velocity, orbital velocity of a
satellite, Geo-stationary satellites.
Class XI (Theory) Term 2
Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

December
Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids
Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus

Chapter–10: 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 velocity, Bernoulli's
theorem and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface,
application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Periodic Assessment:3 Syllabus
Chapter 9: Mechanical properties of solids
Chapter 10: Mechanical properties of Fluids
Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter
Heat, temperature, (recapitulation only) 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 (recapitulation only), thermal conductivity,
qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation, Wein's displacement Law, Stefan's law, Greenhouse effect.
Unit VIII: Thermodynamics 10 Periods
January
Chapter–12: 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
Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases
Chapter–13: Kinetic Theory
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in 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.
Unit X: Oscillations and Waves
February
Chapter–14: Oscillations
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.
Chapter–15: Waves
Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, displacement relation for
a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in
strings and organ pipes, Beats

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI.

Syllabus for Session : 2021 – 22

Unit I: Physical World and Measurement

Chapter–1: Physical World

Unit II: Kinematics

Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line

Chapter–4: Motion in a Plane

Chapter–5: Laws of Motion

Half yearly/ Mid term syllabus

Chapter 1:Physical world

Chapter 2: Units and measurements

Chapter 3: Motion in straight line

Chapter 4: Motion in plane

Chapter 5: Laws of motion

Chapter 6: Work,Energy, and Power

Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

Chapter–7: System of Particles and Rotational Motion

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus

Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases

Chapter–13: Kinetic Theory

Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas.

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