Class Xi Syllabus Physics: Unit I: Physical World and Measurement

CLASS XI SYLLABUS
PHYSICS
Unit I: Physical World and Measurement
Chapter–2: Units and Measurements
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units,

fundamental and derived units. significant figures. Dimensions of physical
quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Unit II: Kinematics
Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of

differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non- uniform
motion, 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 areal number;
addition and subtraction of vectors, 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.
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).
Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power
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:non-

conservative forces, motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in
one and two dimensions.
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 Centreof

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
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.
Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids
Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young’s modulus, bulk

modulus, shear modulus of rigidity (qualitative idea only), Poisson's ratio;
elastic energy.
Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications (hydraulic liftand
hydraulic brakes), effect of gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical
velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a
curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubblesand capillary
rise.
Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter
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 .
Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

Chapter–12: Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature zeroth law of thermodynamics,

heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics,
Second law of thermodynamics: gaseous state of matter, change of condition

of gaseous state -isothermal, adiabatic, reversible, irreversible, and cyclic processes.
Unit IX: Behavior 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
Chapter–14: Oscillations
Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time,periodic
functions and their application.
Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equations of motion; phase;oscillations of a loaded
spring- restoring force and force constant; energy in
S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum derivation ofexpression
for its time period.
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,fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats.

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CLASS XI SYLLABUS

Unit I: Physical World and Measurement

Chapter–2: Units and Measurements

Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units,

Unit II: Kinematics

Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line

Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of

Chapter–4: Motion in a Plane

Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration- projectile

Unit III: Laws of Motion

Chapter–5: Laws of Motion

Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications.

Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction,

Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular

Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power

Chapter–6: Work, Energy and Power

Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces:non-

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 Centreof

Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational

Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple

Unit VI: Gravitation

Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation. Acceleration

Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape velocity,

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids

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

Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids

Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter

Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids and

Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity,

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature zeroth law of thermodynamics,

Second law of thermodynamics: gaseous state of matter, change of condition

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

Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

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