Grade – XI
Full Marks 100
Teaching hours 150
Unit – 1: Mechanics 45 Teaching hours
a) Measurement – Measurement of physical quantity
b) Scalars and Vector
c) Kinematics
d) Laws of motion
e) Work, energy, power
f) Circular Motion
g) Gravitation
h) Simple Harmonic Motion
i) Introduction to rotational Dynamics – Moment of Inention
j) Hydrostatics
Unit –2 : Heat 30 Teaching hours
a) Temperature – Temperature and heat
b) Expansion – linear expansion : cubical expansion and their rotation
c) Heat capacity
d) Latent heat
e) Gases
f) Kinetic theory of gas
g) Hygrometry
h) Transfer of heat
Unit – 3: Optics 22 Teaching hours
a) Propagation of light
b) Photometry
c) Reflection at plane surfaces
d) Reflection at curved mirror
e) Refraction at plane surfaces
f) Refraction through prisms
g) Lenses
h) Dispersion
Unit – 4: Magnetism 15 teaching hours
a) Basic concepts of magnetism
b) Magnetometers
c) Terrestrial magnetism
Unit – 5: Electrostatics 15 teaching hours
a) Fundamental electrostatics phenomena
b) Electrostatic Field
c) Capacitors
Unit – 6: Current Electricity 23 teaching hours
a) D.C. circuit
b) Heat and power
c) Electrical circuits
d) Thermoelectric effect
e) Chemical effect of current
Grade – XII
Full Marks 100
Teaching hours 150
Unit – 1: Properties of Matter 15 Teaching hours
– Elastic nature of matter
– Surface Tension
– Viscosity
Unit – 2: Thermodynamics 15 Teaching hours
– First law of Thermodynamics
– Second law of Thermodynamics
– Heat engines
Unit – 3: Waves and Sound 15 Teaching hours
– Types of oscillations
– Sound waves
– Characteristic of sound waves
– Waves in pipes and string
Unit – 4: Optics 15 Teaching hours
– Optical instruments
– Wave theory of light
– Interference
– Diffraction
– Polarisation
Unit – 5: Magnetic effect of current 15 Teaching hours
– Magnetic effect of current
– Electromagnetic induction
– A.L. circuits
Unit – 6: Modern physics
– Electron and motion in field
– Thermionic emission
– Crystal Structure
– Semi conductor
– Photo electricity
– X-rays
– Nucleus
– Radioactivity
– Nuclear energy
– Elementary particles
– Universe
Unit – 7: Physics and society 15 Teaching hours – Introduction
– Energy
– Pollution
– Radiation
– Physics and development
Prescribed Text Book XI & XII
1. Certificate level Physics – U.P. Shrestha – Ratna Pustak Bhandar, Kathmandu, Nepal
2. Robert L. Weber , Manning, Weggard- College Physics – Tata- Mc Graw Hill
3. Shrestha, UP,. Baral, Dr. K.N., Amatya, K.G., Shretha., Rakesh Fundamentals of Basic Physics for PCL +2 level, Part I & II
4. Advanced level Physics – Nelkan and Parker 5th edition
5.. Abott – ‘A’ level Physics
6. Fredrick J. Buche – College Physics – 8th edition
7. Keith Gibbs – Advanced Physics – CUP
Reference Book:
1. Reas, W.G., Physics by exampler, 200 problems and solution, CVP 1994.
2. Rowell, Gilbert and Sudney Hert, Physics, CUP, 1987.
