KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

REGIONAL OFFICE BHOPAL

SPLIT-UP SYLLABUS
SESSION: 2023 – 24
CLASS: XI
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
 Unit Name &
No. periods by
Unit CBSE Chapter Detailed Syllabus Practical Month
Physical World Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI
Chapter–2:
and units, fundamental and derived units. significant figures. Dimensions of June
I Units and
Measurement physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. 2023
Measurements
(8 Periods)
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
Chapter–3: differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and
Motion in a nonuniform motion, and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated
Straight Line motion, velocity - time and position-time graphs. Relations for
uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment). 1 Experiment
Kinematics July
II Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general +
(24 Periods) 2023
vectors and their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors 1 Activity
Chapter–4:
by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors, Unit vector;
Motion in a
resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and
Plane
Vector product of vectors.Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity
and uniform accelerationprojectile motion, uniform circular 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
Laws of Motion Chapter–5:
III applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces, Static and kinetic
(14 Periods) Laws of Motion
friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Dynamics of 2 Experiment
uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion +
August
(vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road). 1 Activity
2023
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy,
Work, Energy Chapter–6:
workenergytheorem, power. Notion of potential energy, potential energy
IV and Power Work, Energy
of a spring, conservative forces:non-conservative forces, motion in a
(14 Periods) and Power
vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and Centre
Motion of Chapter–7: of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; Centre of mass of a uniform
System of System of rod. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, law of conservation of 1 Experiment
V Particles and Particles and angular momentum and its applications.Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body + September 2023
Rigid Body Rotational rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational 1 Activity
(18 Periods) Motion motions. Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia
for simple geometrical objects (no derivation).
 Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation.
Gravitation Chapter–8: Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
VI
(12 Periods) Gravitation Gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential, escape speed,
orbital velocity of a satellite.
Chapter–9:
Mechanical Elasticity, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's law, Young’s modulus,
Properties of bulk modulus, shear modulus of rigidity (qualitative idea only), October
Solids Poisson's ratio; elastic energy. 2023
Syllabus for Half Yearly Examinations up Mechanical properties of Solids
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications 1 Experiment
(hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes), effect of gravity on fluid pressure. +
Chapter–10:
Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, 1 Activity
Mechanical
Properties of critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications. Surface November
Properties of
VII Bulk Matter energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a 2023
Fluids
(24 Periods) curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles
and capillary rise.
Revision for Half Yearly Examinations
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids,
Chapter–11: liquids and gases, anomalous expansion of water; specific heat capacity;
Thermal Cp, Cv - calorimetry; change of state - latent heat capacity. Heat
Properties of transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal
Matter conductivity,qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation, Wein's 2 Experiment December
displacement Law, Stefan's law . + 2023
Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of 1 Activity
Thermodynamic thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. First law of
Chapter–12:
VIII s thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics: gaseous state of
Thermodynamics
(12 Periods) matter, change of condition of gaseous state -isothermal, adiabatic,
reversible, irreversible, and cyclic processes.
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas.
Behaviour of
Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic
Perfect Gases 2 Experiment
Chapter–13: interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of January
IX and Kinetic +
Kinetic Theory freedom, law of equi-partition of energy (statement only) and 2024
Theory of Gases 1 Activity
application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free
(8 Periods)
path, Avogadro's number.
 Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of
time, periodic functions and their applications. Simple harmonic motion
Chapter–14: (S.H.M) and its equations of motion; phase; oscillations of a loaded
Oscillations spring- restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M.Kinetic and
Oscillations and
potential energies; simple pendulum derivation of expression for its time
X Waves
period.
(26 Periods)
Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling
1 Activity
Chapter–15: wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of
Investigatory 10-Feb-2024
Waves superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings
Project
and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats.
Revision for Session Ending Examination and SEE (Theory + Practical) February/Marc
h
2024