📘 Dev Classes | Class 11th Physics | CBSE Board | Session 2025-26

This syllabus focuses on building strong fundamentals in theoretical concepts, numerical problem-solving, and practical understanding — a perfect balance for scoring well in board exams and preparing for competitive exams like JEE & NEET.

📖 Detailed Syllabus

Unit I: Physical World and Measurement

1. Physical World

   • What is Physics?

   • Scope and excitement of Physics

   • Nature of physical laws

   • Physics, technology and society

2. Units and Measurements

   • Fundamental and derived units

   • Systems of units (CGS, MKS, SI)

   • Measurement of length, mass, time

   • Significant figures and errors

   • Dimensions and dimensional analysis

Unit II: Kinematics

3. Motion in a Straight Line

   • Position, path length, displacement

   • Average & instantaneous velocity and acceleration

   • Motion with uniform acceleration

   • Graphical analysis

4. Motion in a Plane

   • Scalars and vectors

   • Vector addition and resolution

   • Relative velocity

   • Projectile motion

   • Uniform circular motion

Unit III: Laws of Motion

5. Laws of Motion

   • Concept of force and inertia

   • Newton’s laws of motion and their applications

   • Friction, types of friction, laws of friction

   • Circular motion — banking of roads, centripetal force

Unit IV: Work, Energy, and Power

6. Work, Energy and Power

   • Work done by a constant and variable force

   • Kinetic and potential energy

   • Work-energy theorem

   • Power

   • Conservation of mechanical energy

Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

7. System of Particles and Rotational Motion

   • Centre of mass and motion of centre of mass

   • Linear momentum of a system of particles

   • Moment of inertia and radius of gyration

   • Torque, angular momentum

   • Equilibrium of rigid bodies

   • Rolling motion, conservation of angular momentum

Unit VI: Gravitation

8. Gravitation

   • Universal law of gravitation

   • Acceleration due to gravity (variation and measurement)

   • Gravitational potential energy

   • Escape velocity and orbital velocity

   • Satellites, geostationary and polar satellites

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

9. Mechanical Properties of Solids

   • Stress-strain relationship

   • Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus

   • Elastic behaviour of materials

10. Mechanical Properties of Fluids

• Pressure, Pascal’s law

• Buoyancy, Archimedes’ principle

• Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications

• Viscosity and surface tension

11. Thermal Properties of Matter

• Heat, temperature, thermal expansion

• Calorimetry, change of state

• Newton’s law of cooling

• Specific heat, latent heat

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

12. Thermodynamics

• Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics

• Internal energy, heat and work

• First law of thermodynamics

• Isothermal and adiabatic processes

• Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes, heat engines and refrigerators

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases

13. Kinetic Theory

• Kinetic theory of gases — assumptions, derivation of pressure

• Concept of temperature and rms speed

• Degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy

• Specific heat capacities

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

14. Oscillations

• Periodic motion — period and frequency

• Simple harmonic motion (SHM) and its equations

• Energy in SHM

• Free, forced and damped oscillations

• Resonance

15. Waves

• Types of waves: transverse and longitudinal

• Wave motion and its characteristics

• Speed of sound in different media

• Principle of superposition

• Standing waves in strings and air columns

• Beats and Doppler effect

🧪 Practical Work (Experiments & Activities)

The practical component includes:

• Measurements of length, time, mass, and volume

• Vernier caliper, screw gauge, spherometer

• Determining acceleration due to gravity

• Using a simple pendulum

• Experiments on heat, surface tension, viscosity

• Resonance tube, sonometer, spring balance

✅ Note:
At Dev Classes, each chapter is covered with:

• NCERT theory & solved examples

• Derivations and numericals

• Assignments, worksheets, and mock tests

• Regular doubt-clearing sessions

• Focus on conceptual understanding & real-life applications