grade-xi-physics - Maharshi Education

SYLLABUS OF GRADE XI - PHYSICS THEORY (PH1104)

INSTRUCTIONS:

This Syllabus is divided into two parts first is theoretical and second is practical. All the parts are compulsory.
Separate marks are given with each unit.

UNIT	AREA COVERED	MARKS
UNIT 1	PHYSICAL WORLD AND MEASUREMENT	10
UNIT 2	KINEMATICS	05
UNIT 3	LAWS OF MOTION	05
UNIT 4	WORK, ENERGY AND POWER	10
UNIT 5	MOTION OF SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND RIGID BODY	10
UNIT 6	GRAVITATION	05
UNIT 7	PROPERTIES OF BULK MATTER	05
UNIT 8	THERMODYNAMICS	05
UNIT 9	BEHAVIOUR OF PERFECT GAS AND KINETIC THEORY	10
UNIT 10	OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES	05
	TOTAL MARKS	70 TIME: 3 HOURS

SYLLABUS OF GRADE XI - PHYSICS PRACTICAL (PPH1104)

INSTRUCTIONS:

This Syllabus is divided into two sections. All the scetions are compulsory.
Separate marks are given with each section.

SECTION	AREA COVERED	MARKS
SECTION A	EXPERIMENTS AND ACTIVITIES	8+7=15
SECTION B	EXPERIMENTS AND ACTIVITIES	8+7=15
	TOTAL MARKS	30 TIME: 3 HOURS

PHYSICS THEORY

UNIT 1 : PHYSICAL WORLD AND MEASUREMENT(10 MARKS)

Units of measurement
Systems of units SI units
Fundamental and derived Units
Basic measurements Length, mass and time measurement, accuracy and precision in measurement, errors in measurement significant figures.
Dimensions of a Physical quantity
Applications of dimensional analysis

UNIT 2 : KINEMATICS(05 MARKS)

Frames of Reference
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration
Scalar and Vector
Quantities position and displacement vectors
general vectors and notation
equality of vectors
Vector operations:
- addition and subtraction of vectors
- unit vectors
- resolution of a vector in a plane
- rectangular components
- multiplication of a vector by a real number
- scalar product of vectors
- vector product of vectors
Motion in a straight Line
- Displacement, speed and velocity
- Uniform and non uniform Motion
- Average and instantaneous speed and velocity
- Position-time and velocity-time graphs for a uniform motion
- Concept of acceleration, uniform acceleration, average and instantaneous acceleration
- Average and instantaneous acceleration
- uniformly accelerated motion
- Velocity-time and position-time graphs for a (one-dimensional)
- uniformly accelerated Motion
- Mathematical relations for uniformly accelerated motion
- Graphical derivation of equations of motion for a uniformly accelerated motion
- Relative velocity
Motion in a Plane
- Motion in a plane
- Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration
Projectile Motion
- Meaning
- Mathematical relations
- Definition of the some basic terms
Uniform Circular

UNIT 3 : LAWS OF MOTION(05 MARKS)

Force and Inertia
- intuitive concept of force
- “definition‟ of force
- inertia
Newton’s laws of motion
- The first law of motion
- Concept of momentum
- Second law of motion
- Impulse
- Third law of motion
Law of conservation of linear momentum and its application
Equilibrium of concurrent forces
Friction
- static and kinetic friction
- Laws of friction
- Rolling friction
- Lubrication
state Newton‟s third law of motion.
understand that ,in nature, forces always occur in pairs.
appreciate that forces of action and reaction act on different bodies and hence do not cancel each other.
cite examples of Newton‟s third law of motion in everyday life situations.
understand that the internal forces in a body or a system of particles always add up to give a null force.
state the law of conservation of linear momentum.

UNIT 4 : WORK, ENERGY AND POWER(10 MARKS)

work done by a
- constant force
- variable force
Energy
- Kinetic energy
- Work-energy theorem
- Potential energy
- Potential energy of a spring
- Different forms of energy
- Law of conservation of energy.
Conservative and non-conservative forces
- conservative forces
- conservation of mechanical (kinetic and potential) energy
- non-conservative forces
Motion in a vertical circle
- motion in a vertical circle
- understand the concept of “mechanical energy‟
know about the different forms of energy available in nature.
state the law of conservation of energy and appreciate its significance.
state the “work-energy theorem‟ and prove if for a variable force.
appreciate the significance of the “work-energy theorem‟.
understand the concept of potential energy and write the general formula for its calculation.

UNIT 5 : MOTION OF SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND RIGID BODY(10 MARKS)

Centre of mass
- 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 uniform rod
Motion of a Rigid Body
- translational motion
- rotational motion
- processional motion
- combination of translational and rotational motion
angular velocity
angular acceleration
analogy between translational and rotational motion
kinematical equations of motion for rotational motion.
solve problems on calculation of centre of mass for a system of particles and for combination of regular shaped bodies.
analyse the details of the motion of the centre of mass of a system of particles
understand the reason for regarding the “centre of mass‟ of a system of particles, as the point where all the mass of the system may be regarded as concentrated
prove that the total momentum, of a system of particles, is equal to the product of the total mass of the system and Equilibrium of rigid bodies
meaning of equilibrium of a rigid body
conditions for equilibrium of a rigid body
principle of moments
Centre of gravity
- meaning
- significance

UNIT 6 : GRAVITATION(05 MARKS)

Planetary motion
Kepler‟s law of planetary motion
Universal law of gravitation
Acceleration due to gravity
Concept of g
Variation of g with altitude
Variation of g with depth inside earth
Gravitational Field
Gravitational potential energy
Gravitational potential
Escape velocity
Orbital velocity of a satellite
Geo-stationary satellite

UNIT 7 : PROPERTIES OF BULK MATTER(05 MARKS)

Elasticity
Elastic behavior
Stress-strain relationship
Hooke‟s law
Young‟s modulus
Bulk modulus
Shear
Modulus of rigidity
Poisson‟s ratio
Elastic energy
Pressure in a fluid
Pressure due to a fluid column
Pascal‟s law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes)
Effect of gravity on fluid pressure
Viscosity
Stoke‟s law
Terminal velocity
Reynold‟s number
Streamline and turbulent flow
Critical velocity
Bernoulli‟s theorem and its applications
Surface Tension
Surface energy and surface tension
Angle of contact
Excess of pressure
Application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles, and capillary rise
Thermal properties of matter
Heat and temperature
Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases
Specific heat capacity
Calorimetry
Change of state – latent heat capacity
Heat transfer
Conduction, convection and radiation
Qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation
Green house effect
Thermal conductivity
Newton‟s law of cooling
Wein‟s displacement law
Stefan‟s law

UNIT 8 : THERMODYNAMICS(05 MARKS)

Concept of Temperature
Thermal Equilibrium
Definition of temperature
Zeroth law of thermodynamics
First Law of Thermodyna mics
Heat, work and internal energy
1st law of thermodynamics
Isothermal and Adiabatic process
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Reversible and irreversible processes
Heat engines
Refrigerators

UNIT 9 : BEHAVIOUR OF PERFECT GAS AND KINETIC THEORY(10 MARKS)

Perfect gas
Equation of state
compressing a gas
Kinetic theory of gases
Assumptions
Concept of pressure
Kinetic energy and temperature
RMS speed of gas molecule
degrees of freedom
law of equipartition of theory (statement only) and its application to the specific heat capacities of gases
Concept of mean free path
Avogadro‟s number

UNIT 10 : OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES(05 MARKS)

Periodic motion period, frequency, displacement as a function of time
Periodic functions
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
Equation of SHM Phase
Oscillation of a spring–restoring force and force constant
Energy in SHM
Simple pendulum –derivation of expression for its time period
Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only)
resonance
Wave motion
Transverse and longitudinal wave
Speed of wave motion
Displacement relation for progressive wave
Superposition of waves
Principle of superposition of waves
Reflection of waves
Standing waves in strings and organ pipes
Fundamental mode and harmonics
Beats
Doppler effect

PHYSICS PRACTICAL

SECTION A (08+07=15 MARKS)

EXPERIMENTS(08 MARKS)

To measure diameter of a small spherical/cylindrical body using Vernier callipers.
To measure internal diameter and depth of a given beaker/calorimeter using Vernier callipers and hence find its volume.
To measure diameter of a given wire using screw gauge.
To measure thickness of a given sheet using screw gauge.
To measure volume of an irregular lamina using screw gauge.
To determine radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a spherometer.
To determine the mass of two different objects using a beam balance.
To find the weight of a given body using parallelogram law of vectors.
Using a simple pendulum, plot L-T and L-T2 graphs. Hence find the effective length of a second’s pendulum using appropriate graph.
To study the relationship between force of limiting friction and normal reaction and to find thcoefficient of friction between a block and a horizontal surface.
To find the downward force, along an inclined plane, acting on a roller due to gravitational pull of the earth and study its relationship with the angle of inclination (θ) by plotting graph between force and sin θ.

ACTIVITIES(07 MARKS)

To make a paper scale of given least count, e.g. 0.2 cm, 0.5 cm.
To determine mass of a given body using a metre scale by principle of moments.
To plot a graph for a given set of data, with proper choice of scales and error bars.
To measure the force of limiting friction for rolling of a roller on a horizontal plane.
To study the variation in the range of a jet of water with the angle of projection.
To study the conservation of energy of a ball rolling down on inclined plane (using a double inclined plane).
To study dissipation of energy of a simple pendulum by plotting a graph between square ofamplitude and time.

SECTION B(08+07=15 MARKS)

EXPERIMENTS(08 MARKS)

To determine Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a given wire.
To find the force constant of a helical spring by plotting a graph between load and extension.
To study the variation in volume with pressure for a sample of air at constant temperature by plotting graphs between P and V, and between P and 1/V.
To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method.
To determine the coefficient of viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring the terminal velocity of a given spherical body.
To study the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time by plotting a cooling curve.
To determine specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid (ii) liquid, by method of mixtures.
To study the relation :
- Between frequency and length of a given wire under constant tension using sonometer.
- Between the length of a given wire and tension for constant frequency using sonometer.
To find the speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube by two resonance positions.

ACTIVITIES(07 MARKS)

To observe change of state and plot a cooling curve for molten wax.
To observe and explain the effect of heating on a bi-metallic strip.
To note the change in level of liquid in a container on heating and interpret the observations.
To study the effect of detergent on surface tension of water by observing capillary rise.
To study the factors affecting the rate of loss of heat of a liquid.
To study the effect of load on depression of a suitably clamped meter scale loaded at
- At its end
- In the middle.