Edudel Syllabus 2025 Class 11 Physics

ANNUAL SYLLABUS (2024-25)
CLASS: 11, SUBJECT: PHYSICS (CODE-42)

UNIT I: Physical World and Measurement

Chapter–1: 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–2: 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–3: 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,
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–4: 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–5: 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–6: 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–7: 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 speed, orbital velocity of a
satellite.

Note:- The above mentioned syllabus should be completed by September 13, 2024.

Revision

Mid Term Examination

UNIT VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

Chapter–8: 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–9: 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 simple 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.
Chapter–10: 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–11: 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: Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases

Chapter–12: 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–13: Oscillations

Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions and their
applications. 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 of
expression for its time period.

Chapter–14: 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.

Note: -
 All the syllabus should be completed by January 31, 2025.
 In Annual Examination, questions will be asked from the entire syllabus except the reduced lessons or
portions of the lessons.
Revision of entire syllabus
Annual Examination

For more information regarding the syllabus, see CBSE Syllabus Specifications 2024-25.
(https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain24/SrSec/English_Elective_SrSec_2024-25.pdf) – only
for demo