NEB Class 11 Physics Curriculum

Physics (Phy. 101)
Syllabus

Full marks: 75 (Pass marks: 24)

Course Contents:

Mechanics 

Unit 1: Physical quantities

1. Precision and significant figures. Dimensions and uses of dimensional analysis.

Unit 2: Vectors

1. Triangle, parallelogram and polygon laws of vectors
2. Resolution of vectors; Unit vectors
3. Scalar and vector products.

Unit 3: Kinematics

1. Instantaneous velocity and acceleration
2. Relative velocity
3. Equation of motion(graphical treatment)
4. Motion of a freely falling body
5. Projectile motion and its applications.

Unit 4: Dynamics

1. Linear momentum, Impulse
2. Conservation of linear momentum
3. Application of Newton’s laws
4. Moment, torque and equilibrium
5. Solid friction: Laws of solid friction and their verifications.

Unit 5: Work, energy and power

1. Work done by a constant force and a variable force
2. Power
3. Work-energy theorem; Kinetic and potential energy
4. Conservation of Energy
5. Conservative and non-conservative forces
6. Elastic and inelastic collisions

Unit 6: Circular motion

1. Angular displacement, velocity and acceleration
2. Relation between angular and linear velocity and acceleration
3. Centripetal acceleration
4. Centripetal force
5. Conical pendulum
6. Motion in a vertical circle
7. Applications of banking.

Unit 7: Gravitation

1. Newton’s law of gravitation
2. Gravitational field strength
3. Gravitational potential; Gravitational potential energy
4. Variation in value of ‘g’ due to altitude and depth
5. Centre of mass and center of gravity
6. Motion of a satellite: Orbital velocity and time period of the satellite
7. Escape velocity
8. Potential and kinetic energy of the satellite
9. Geostationary satellite
10. GPS

Unit 8: Elasticity

1. Hooke’s law: Force constant
2. Stress; Strain; Elasticity and plasticity
3. Elastic modulus: Young modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus
4. Poisson’s ratio
5. Elastic potential energy

Heat and Thermodynamics

Unit 9: Heat and temperature

1. Molecular concept of thermal energy, heat and temperature, and cause and direction of heat flow
2. Meaning of thermal equilibrium and Zeroth law of thermodynamics
3. Thermal equilibrium as a working principle of mercury thermometer

Unit 10: Thermal expansion

1. Linear expansion and its measurement
2. Cubical expansion, superficial expansion and its relation with linear expansion
3. Liquid Expansion: Absolute and apparent
4. Dulong and Petit method of determining expansivity of liquid

Unit 11: Quantity of heat

1. Newton’s law of cooling
2. Measurement of specific heat capacity of solids and liquids
3. Change of phases: Latent heat
4. Specific latent heat of fusion and vaporization
5. Measurement of specific latent heat of fusion and vaporization
6. Triple point

Unit 12: Rate of heat flow

1. Conduction: Thermal conductivity and measurement
2. Convection
3. Radiation: Ideal radiator
4. Black- body radiation
5. Stefan – Boltzmann law

Unit 13: Ideal gas

1. Ideal gas equation
2. Molecular properties of matter
3. Kinetic-molecular model of an ideal gas
4. Derivation of pressure exerted by gas
5. Average translational kinetic energy of gas molecule
6. Boltzmann constant, root mean square speed
7. Heat capacities: gases and solids

Wave and optics

Unit 14: Reflection at curved mirror

1. Real and Virtual images
2. Mirror formula

Unit 15: Refraction at plane surfaces

1. Laws of refraction: Refractive index
2. Relation between refractive indices
3. Lateral shift
4. Total internal reflection

Unit 16: Refraction through prisms

1. Minimum deviation condition
2. Relation between Angle of prism, minimum deviation and refractive index
3. Deviation in small angle prism.

Unit 17: Lenses

1. Spherical lenses, angular magnification
2. Lens maker’s formula
3. Power of a lens

Unit 18: Dispersion

1. Pure spectrum and dispersive power
2. Chromatic and spherical aberration
3. Achromatism and its applications

Electricity and Magnetism

Unit 19: Electric charges

1. Electric charges
2. Charging by induction
3. Coulomb’s law- Force between two point charges
4. Force between multiple electric charges

Unit 20: Electric field

1. Electric field due to point charges; Field lines
2. Gauss Law: Electric Flux
3. Application of Gauss law: Field of a charge sphere, line charge, charged plane conductor

Unit 21: Potential, potential difference & potential energy

1. Potential difference, Potential due to a point, Charge, potential energy, electron volt
2. Equipotential lines and surfaces
3. Potential gradient

Unit 22: Capacitor

1. Capacitance and capacitor
2. Parallel plate capacitor
3. Combination of capacitors
4. Energy of charged capacitor
5. Effect of a dielectric Polarization and displacement

Unit 23: DC circuits

1. Electric Currents; Drift velocity and its relation with current
2. Ohm’s law; Electrical Resistance; Resistivity; Conductivity
3. Current-voltage relations; Ohmic and Non-Ohmic resistance
4. Resistances in series and parallel
5. Potential divider
6. Electromotive force of a source, internal resistance
7. Work and power in electrical circuits

Modern physics

Unit 24: Nuclear physics

1. Nucleus: Discovery of nucleus
2. Nuclear density; Mass number; Atomic number
3. Atomic mass; Isotopes
4. Einstein’s mass-energy relation
5. Mass Defect, packing fraction, BE per nucleon
6. Creation and annihilation
7. Nuclear fission and fusion, energy released

Unit 25: Solids

1. Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas)
2. Difference between metals, insulators and semi-conductors using band theory
3. Intrinsic and extrinsic semi-conductors

Unit 26: Recent Trends in physics

1. Particle physics: Particles and antiparticles, Quarks (baryons and meson) and leptons (neutrinos)
2. Universe: Big Bang and Hubble law: expansion of the Universe, Dark matter, Black Hole and gravitational wave