DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOLBULANDSHAHR

FIRST TERM SYLLABUS (2024-2025)

SUBJECT: PHYSICS (042)
CLASS: XII

S. No. Chapter Syllabus Weightage

Electric charges, Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law-force between
two- point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition
principle and continuous charge distribution. Electric field, electric field

Electric Charges and due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field
1. 07
Fields due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in uniform electric field. Electric flux,
statement of Gauss's theorem and its applications to find field due to
infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and
uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside).
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point
charge, a dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical
potential energy of a system of two-point charges and of electric dipole
in an electrostatic field.

Electrostatic Potential and Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a
2. 08
Capacitance conductor.
Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance,
combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a
parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the
plates, energy stored in a capacitor (no derivation, formulae only).
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift
velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current; Ohm's law, V-
I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power,
3. Current Electricity electrical resistivity and conductivity, temperature dependence of 09
resistance, Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a
cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel, Kirchhoff's rules,
Wheatstone bridge.
Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment. Biot - Savart law and
its application to current carrying circular loop.
Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire.
Straight solenoid (only qualitative treatment), force on a moving charge
in uniform magnetic and electric fields.
Moving Charges and Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, force
4. 12
Magnetism
between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere,
torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field;
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment,
moving coil galvanometer- its current sensitivity and conversion to
ammeter and voltmeter.

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Bar magnet, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid (qualitative treatment
only), magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet)
along its axis and perpendicular to its axis (qualitative treatment only),
torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field
5. Magnetism and Matter 05
(qualitative treatment only), magnetic field lines. Magnetic properties of
materials- Para-, dia- and ferro - magnetic substances with examples,
Magnetization of materials, effect of temperature on magnetic
properties.

Electromagnetic Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws, induced EMF and current;

6. 08
Induction Lenz's Law, Self and mutual induction.
Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/voltage;
reactance and impedance; LCR series circuit (phasors only), resonance,
7. Alternating Current 12
power in AC circuits, power factor, wattless current. AC generator,
Transformer.
Basic idea of displacement current, Electromagnetic waves, their
characteristics, their transverse nature (qualitative idea only).
8. Electromagnetic Waves Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, 04
ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their
uses.
Ray Optics and Optical Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula,
9. 05
Instruments
Total Marks 70
Total No. of Questions 33

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