Grade xii
Grade XII Physics – Complete Interactive Syllabus
PHYSICS DECODED | NEB Curriculum | Notes • MCQs • Video Lectures
1. Rotational Dynamics
- Angular displacement, velocity and acceleration
- Equations of rotational motion
- Moment of inertia and radius of gyration
- Moment of inertia of uniform rod
- Torque and angular acceleration
- Work, energy and power in rotational motion
- Angular momentum and its conservation
2. Periodic Motion
- Simple harmonic motion (SHM)
- Equation and energy of SHM
- Vertical oscillation of spring-mass system
- Simple pendulum
- Damped oscillation
- Forced oscillation and resonance
3. Fluid Statics and Dynamics
- Pressure in fluid and buoyancy
- Surface tension and surface energy
- Angle of contact and capillarity
- Viscosity and Newton’s formula
- Poiseuille’s equation
- Stokes’ law and terminal velocity
- Equation of continuity
- Bernoulli’s theorem and applications
4. Wave Motion
- Progressive and stationary waves
- Mathematical description of wave motion
- Velocity of sound in different media
- Laplace correction
- Waves in pipes and stretched strings
- Harmonics and overtones
- Laws of vibration of string
5. Acoustic Phenomena
- Sound waves and pressure amplitude
- Characteristics of sound
- Doppler’s effect
6. Nature and Propagation of Light
- Huygens’ principle
- Reflection and refraction of light (wave theory)
7. Interference
- Coherent sources
- Young’s double slit experiment
8. Diffraction
- Diffraction at single slit
- Diffraction grating
- Resolving power
9. Polarization
- Polarization of light
- Brewster’s law
- Polaroids
10. First Law of Thermodynamics
- Thermodynamic systems
- Work done during volume change
- Heat, work and internal energy
- Thermodynamic processes
- Heat capacities and relations
11. Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Direction of thermodynamic processes
- Heat engines
- Otto, Diesel and Carnot engines
- Refrigerator
- Entropy (introductory)
12. Electrical Circuits
- Kirchhoff’s laws
- Wheatstone and meter bridge
- Potentiometer
- Joule heating effect
- Thermoelectric effects
- Superconductors
13. Magnetic Field and Properties of Materials
- Magnetic field and flux
- Oersted’s experiment
- Force on charge and conductor
- Moving coil galvanometer
- Hall effect
- Dia-, para- and ferromagnetism
- Hysteresis
14. Electromagnetic Induction
- Faraday’s laws
- Lenz’s law
- Self and mutual inductance
- AC generator
- Transformer
15. Alternating Currents
- Peak and RMS values
- AC through R, L and C
- Phasor diagrams
- Resonance
- Power factor
16. Electrons and Photons
- Millikan oil drop experiment
- Thomson’s experiment
- Motion of electron beam
- Photoelectric effect
- Planck’s constant
17. Semiconductor Devices
- P-N junction diode
- Rectifiers
- Logic gates
18. Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Bohr’s atomic model
- Spectral series
- De Broglie wavelength
- Uncertainty principle
- X-rays and Bragg’s law
- Radioactivity
- Half-life and decay constant
- Carbon dating
19. Recent Trends in Physics
- Seismology and earthquake waves
- Gorkha Earthquake 2015
- Gravitational waves
- Nanotechnology
- Higgs Boson
Total: 128 Hours (NEB)
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