Rationalisation of Content in the Textbooks

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to

reduce content load on students. The National Education
Policy 2020, also emphasises upon reducing the content
load and providing opportunities for experiential learning
with creative mindset. In this background, NCERT has
undertaken the exercise to rationalise the textbooks across
all classes. Learning Outcomes already developed by the
NCERT across classes have been taken into consideration
in this exercise.
Contents of the textbooks have been rationalised in
view of the following:
• Overlapping with similar content included in other
subject areas in the same class
• Similar content included in the lower or higher class in
same subject
• High difficulty level
• Content, which is easily accessible to students without
much interventions from teachers and can be learned
through children through self-learning or peer-learning.
• Content, which is not relevant in the present context
or outdated.
This booklet contains information in tabular form
about subject-wise contents which have been dropped
and hence are not to be assessed.
 Table for Rationalised Content

11086 – Physics Part I

Chapter Page No. Topics/Chapters dropped

1: Physical World 1-15 1.1 What is physics?
1.2 Scope and excitement of
physics
1.3 Physics, technology and
society
1.4 Fundamental forces in
nature
1.5 Nature of physical laws

2: Units and 18-27; 2.3 Measurement of length

Measurements 2.4 Measurement of mass
2.5 Measurement of time
2.6 Accuracy, precision of
instruments and errors in
measurement
36-38 Exercises 2.13, 2.14, 2.19
-22, 2.24 – 2.33

3: Motion in a 39-43; 3.2 Position, path length and

Straight Line displacement

51-53; 3.3 Average velocity and

average speed
56,
3.7 Relative velocity
59 – 60;
Exercises 3.5, 3.7 - 3.9, and
3.23 – 3.28
61-64 Appendix 3.1

4: Motion in a Plane 76-77; 4.9 Relative velocity in two

dimensions
86-88 Exercises 4.12 – 4.14; 4.26 –
4.32
5: Laws of Motion 111-113 Exercises 5.24 – 5.40
6: Work, Energy and 126-128; 6.10 Various forms of energy:
Power the Law of conservation of
energy

137-139 Exercises 6.24 – 6.29

7: System of 164-167; 7.10 Theorems of

Particles and perpendicular and parallel
Rotational Motion axes;

173-175; 7.14 Rolling motion

178-182 Exercises 7.10, 7.18 – 7.19,

7.21 – 7.33

8: Gravitation 186; 8.11 Geostationary and polar

satellites

196-198; 8.12 Weightlessness

202 - 206 Exercises 8.3 – 8.5, 8.22 –

8.25
Appendix 8.1