Unit I: Physical World and Measurement. This unit introduces the need for measurement, the systems of units, the SI units, the fundamental and derived units, the accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, the errors in measurement, the significant figures, the dimensions of physical quantities, and the dimensional analysis and its applications.

Unit II: Kinematics. This unit deals with the motion of objects in one and two dimensions. It covers the concepts of frame of reference, displacement, velocity, acceleration, differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non-uniform motion, uniformly accelerated motion, projectile motion, relative velocity, vectors and their operations, scalar and vector products, and circular motion.

Unit III: Laws of Motion. This unit explains the intuitive concept of force, the inertia, the Newton’s laws of motion, the impulse, the conservation of linear momentum and its applications, the equilibrium of concurrent forces, the friction and its types, the laws of friction, the rolling friction, the lubrication, the dynamics of uniform circular motion, and the centripetal force.

Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power. This unit explores the concepts of work, energy and power, the work done by a constant and a variable force, the kinetic energy, the work-energy theorem, the potential energy, the conservation of mechanical energy, the non-conservative forces, the motion in a vertical circle, the elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body. This unit studies the system of particles and the rigid body, the centre of mass, the momentum conservation and the centre of mass motion, the moment of a force, the torque, the angular momentum, the conservation of angular momentum and its applications, the equilibrium of rigid bodies, the rigid body rotation and the equations of rotational motion, the comparison of linear and rotational motions, the moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, the parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.

Unit VI: Gravitation. This unit discusses the gravitation, the Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, the universal law of gravitation, the acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth, the gravitational potential energy and the gravitational potential, the escape velocity, the orbital velocity of a satellite, and the geo-stationary satellites.

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter. This unit describes the properties of bulk matter, such as the elasticity, the stress-strain relationship, the Hooke’s law, the Young’s modulus, the bulk modulus, the shear modulus of rigidity, the Poisson’s ratio, the elastic energy, the pressure, the Pascal’s law and its applications, the effect of gravity on fluid pressure, the viscosity, the Stokes’ law, the terminal velocity, the streamline and turbulent flow, the critical velocity, the Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications, the surface energy and the surface tension, the angle of contact, the excess of pressure across a curved surface, the application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics. This unit deals with the thermodynamics, the thermal equilibrium and the definition of temperature, the heat, the work and the internal energy, the first law of thermodynamics, the isothermal and adiabatic processes, the second law of thermodynamics, the reversible and irreversible processes, the heat engine and the refrigerator.

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases. This unit explains the behaviour of perfect gases and the kinetic theory of gases, the equation of state of a perfect gas, the work done in compressing a gas, the kinetic theory of gases, the assumptions, the concept of pressure, the kinetic interpretation of temperature, the rms speed of gas molecules, the degrees of freedom, the law of equipartition of energy and its applications, the concept of mean free path, and the Avogadro’s number.

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves. This unit covers the oscillations and waves, the periodic motion, the time period, the frequency, the displacement as a function of time, the periodic functions, the simple harmonic motion and its equation, the phase, the oscillations of a spring, the restoring force and the force constant, the energy in simple harmonic motion, the kinetic and potential energies, the simple pendulum, the derivation of expression for its time period, the free, forced and damped oscillations, the resonance, the wave motion, the transverse and longitudinal waves, the speed of wave motion, the displacement relation for a progressive wave, the principle of superposition of waves, the reflection of waves, the standing waves in strings and organ pipes, the fundamental mode and harmonics, the beats, and the Doppler effect.

Unit XI: Electrostatics. This unit deals with the electric charges and fields, Coulomb’s law, the electric field and electric field lines, the electric flux, Gauss’s law, and its applications, the electric potential and potential difference, the equipotential surfaces, the electric dipole, the capacitance and capacitors, the combination of capacitors, the energy stored in a capacitor, and the Van de Graaff generator.

Unit XII: Current Electricity. This unit covers the concepts of electric current, Ohm’s law, resistance and resistivity, the temperature dependence of resistance, electrical energy and power, the combination of resistors, Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications, the Wheatstone bridge, the meter bridge, the potentiometer, the emf and internal resistance of a cell, and the cells in series and parallel.

Unit XIII: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism. This unit explores the magnetic force on a current-carrying conductor, the motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field, the torque on a current loop, the magnetic dipole and dipole moment, the magnetic field due to a current element, the Biot-Savart law, the Ampere’s circuital law and its applications, the solenoid and toroid, the force between two parallel currents, the moving coil galvanometer, the conversion of galvanometer into voltmeter and ammeter, the cyclotron, the bar magnet, the magnetic field lines, the earth’s magnetic field, the magnetic declination and dip, the magnetization and magnetic intensity, the magnetic properties of materials, the hysteresis loop, and the electromagnets.

Unit XIV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents. This unit discusses electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, the eddy currents, self and mutual induction, alternating currents, the peak and rms value of alternating current or voltage, the reactance and impedance, the LC oscillations, the LCR series circuit, the resonance, the power in AC circuits, the wattless current, the AC generator, and the transformer.

Unit XV: Electromagnetic Waves. This unit describes the electromagnetic waves, their characteristics, their sources, their transverse nature, their spectrum, and their applications.

Unit XVI: Optics. This unit studies optics, the reflection and refraction of light, the total internal reflection, the optical fiber, the lens maker’s formula, the lens formula, the magnification, the power of a lens, the combination of thin lenses in contact, the refraction and dispersion of light through a prism, the scattering of light, the optical instruments, the human eye, the defects of vision and their correction, the microscope and telescope, the wave optics, the Huygens principle, the reflection and refraction of plane waves, Young’s double slit experiment, the interference, the coherent sources and sustained interference of light, the diffraction due to a single slit, the resolving power of microscope and telescope, the polarisation, the plane polarised light, the Brewster’s law, the uses of plane polarised light and polaroids.

Unit XVII: The Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter. This unit explains the dual nature of radiation and matter, the photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations, Einstein’s photoelectric equation, the particle nature of light, the photoelectric cells and their applications, the wave nature of matter, the de Broglie relation, and the Davisson-Germer experiment.

Unit XVIII: Atoms and Nuclei. This unit deals with the atoms and nuclei, the alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford’s model of the atom, the Bohr model, the energy levels, the hydrogen spectrum, the composition and size of the nucleus, the atomic masses, the isotopes, the isobars and isotones, the radioactivity, the alpha, beta, and gamma particles and their properties, the radioactive decay law, the half-life and mean life, the binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, and nuclear fission and fusion.

Unit XIX: Electronic Devices. This unit covers the electronic devices, such as the semiconductors, the energy bands in solids, the classification of metals, conductors, and insulators, the intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, the p-n junction, the p-n junction as a diode, the p-n junction diode, the I-V characteristics of the p-n junction diode, the diode as a rectifier, the special purpose p-n junction diodes, the LED, the photodiode, the solar cell, the Zener diode, the Zener diode as a voltage regulator, the logic gates, the NOT, OR, AND, NAND, NOR, EX-OR, and EX-NOR gates.