Name of Test

Topic 

Weightage

Physics

Physical world and measurement 

60 Q

Kinematics

Laws of motion

Work, energy & power

Motion of system of particles and rigid body

Gravitation

Properties of bulk matter

Thermodynamics

Behaviour of perfect  gas and kinetic theory

Oscillations and waves

Electrostatics

Current electricity

Magnetic effects of  current and magnetism

Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents

Electromagnetic waves

Optics

Dual nature of matter and radiation

Atoms and Nuclei

Electronic devices

Communication systems

Chemistry

Some basic concepts of chemistry

60 Q

Structure of atom

Classification of elements and periodicity in properties

Chemical bonding and molecular structure

States of matter: Gases, Liquids and Solids

Thermodynamics

Equilibrium

Redox reactions and electrochemistry

Solutions

Chemical Kinetics

Surface Chemistry

Hydrogen and S-block elements (Alkali and alkaline earth metals)

P-block elements

D and F block elements

Coordination compounds

General principles and processes of isolation of elements

Organic chemistry – some basic principles and techniques

Hydrocarbons

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Organic compounds containing nitrogen

Biomolecules

Polymers

Chemistry in everyday life & Environmental chemistry

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Difficulty Level

Physical world and Measurement 

Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society. Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments;
Errors in measurement; significant figures.
Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.

10+2 Level

Kinematics

Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity.
Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment). Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors,
multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity
 Unit vectors-  Resolution of a vector in a plane – rectangular components. Scalar and Vectors products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration – projectile motion. Uniform circular motion.

10+2 Level

Laws of 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 applications.
Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road).

10+2 Level

Work, energy & power

Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power. Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces; conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); non-conservative forces; motion in a vertical circle, elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimension

10+2 Level

Motion of system of particles and rigid body

Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of uniform rod, circular ring, disc and sphere. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparison of linear and
rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of M.I. for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.

10+2 Level

Gravitation

Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites.

10+2 Level

Properties of bulk matter

Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of rigidity, Poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal’s law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes). Effect of gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids, and gases. Anomalous expansion. Specific heat capacity: C p, C v – calorimetry; change of state – latent heat. Heat transfer – conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation
Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect. Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

10+2 Level

Thermodynamics

Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes. Second law of thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes. Heat engines and refrigerators.

10+2 Level

Behaviour of perfect  gas and kinetic theory

Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases: Assumptions, concept of pressure.
Avogadro’s number. Kinetic energy and temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path.

10+2 Level

Oscillations and waves

Periodic motion – period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring – restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM – kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum – derivation of
expression for its time period; free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion. Displacement relation for a progressive wave. Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics. Beats. Doppler effect.

10+2 Level

Electrostatics

Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb’s law – force between two point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution. Electric field, electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines; electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole; torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside).
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipoles in an electrostatic field.
Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the
plates, energy stored in a capacitor, Van de Graaff generator.

10+2 Level

Current electricity

Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity and mobility, and their relation with electric current; Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, V-I characteristics (linear and nonlinear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity. Carbon resistors
colour code for carbon resistors; series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance.
Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel.
Kirchhoff ’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge. Potentiometer – principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell.

10+2 Level

Magnetic effects of  current and magnetism

Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment.
Biot – Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop. Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight and toroidal solenoids. Force
on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron.
Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Force between two parallel current- carrying conductors – definition of ampere.
Torque experienced by a current loop in a magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer – its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Magnetic dipole moment of a
revolving electron. Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid.
Magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-, dia- and ferro – magnetic substances, with examples. Electromagnets and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets

10+2 Level

Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents

Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced emf and current; Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/voltage; reactance and impedance; LC
oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance; power in AC circuits, wattless
current. AC generator and transformer.

10+2 Level

Electromagnetic waves

Need for displacement current. Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.

10+2 Level

Optics

Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications, optical fibres, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens- maker’s formula. Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin# lenses in contact combination of a lens and a mirror. Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism.
Scattering of light – blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset. Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses. Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.
Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts. Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ principle. Interference, Young’s double hole experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light.
Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum. Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes.
Polarisation, plane polarised light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarised light and Polaroids.

10+2 Level

Dual nature of matter and radiation

Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation – particle nature of light.
Matter waves – wave nature of particles, De Broglie relation. Davisson-Germer experiment.

10+2 Level

Atoms and Nuclei

Alpha – particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.
Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones. Radioactivity – alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties; radioactive decay law. Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission and fusion.

10+2 Level

Electronic devices

Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators and semiconductors; semiconductor diode – I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator.
Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier, Transistor as a switch (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR).

10+2 Level

Communication systems

Elements of a communication system (block diagram only); bandwidth of signals (speech, TV and digital data); bandwidth of transmission medium. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere, sky
and space wave propagation. Need for modulation. Production and detection of an amplitude-modulated wave.

10+2 Level

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Difficulty Level

Physical World and Measurement

Physics: Scope and excitement, nature of physical laws; Physics, technology and society.
Need for Measurement:
Dimensions of Physical Quantities
Dimensional Analysis and its Applications. etc.

10+2 Level

Kinematics

Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line; Position-time graph, Uniformly accelerated motion,
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, Scalar and vector quantities,
Unit vectors, Resolution of a vector in a plane-rectangular components.
Scalar and Vector products of Vectors, Uniform circular motion. etc.

10+2 Level

Laws of Motion

Intuitive concept of force. Inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; Newton’s second law of motion; Newton’s third law of motion.
Equilibrium of concurrent forces; Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion; Centripetal force, examples of circular motion etc.

10+2 Level

Work, Energy and Power

Work done by a constant force and variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power.
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces; conservation of mechanical energy; non-conservative forces; motion in a vertical circle, elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions etc.

10+2 Level

Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

Centre of mass of a two-particle system,
Moment of a force,-torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples.
Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, etc.

10+2 Level

Gravitation

Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth
Gravitational potential energy; Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites.

10+2 Level

Properties of Bulk Matter

Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship
Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number,
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure,
Heat, temperature, thermal expansion;
Heat transfer- conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation.
Newton’s law of cooling, Stefan’s law. etc

10+2 Level

Thermodynamics

Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
First law of thermodynamics; Isothermal and adiabatic processes
Second law of the thermodynamics; Reversible and irreversible processes

10+2 Level

Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory

Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas.
Kinetic theory of gases: Assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature etc.

10+2 Level

Oscillations and Waves

Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. oscillations of a spring-restoring force and force constant; free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion Principle of superposition of waves, Doppler effect. etc.

10+2 Level

Electrostatics

Electric charges and their conservation.Coulomb’s law-force between two point charges
Electric field, electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines
Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges
Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor.

10+2 Level

Current Electricity

Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity and mobility, and their relation with electric current

10+2 Level

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Concept of the magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment
Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight and toroidal solenoids.
Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment
Para-, dia-and ferro-magnetic substances, with examples
Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets. etc

10+2 Level

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced emf and current; Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual inductance.
Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/ voltage
AC generator and transformer. etc.

10+2 Level

Electromagnetic Waves

Need for displacement current.
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics
Electromagnetic spectrum etc.

10+2 Level

Optics

Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula.
Scattering of light- blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset.
Optical instruments
Microscopes and astronomical telescopes
Wave optics
Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ principle.
Interference, Young’s double hole experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light.
Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum.
Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes etc.

10+2 Level

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations
Matter waves- wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation Davisson-Germer experiment

10+2 Level

Structure of Atom

Alpha- particle scattering experiments; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model
Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law etc.

10+2 Level

Electronic Devices

Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators and semiconductors; semiconductor diode- I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR). Transistor as a switch

10+2 Level