Physics Chapter Outline — Science Foundation Course for Class 11 & 12
1. Units & Measurements
1 SI Units and 2 Dimensional Analysis are fundamental.
2. Kinematics
Equations for uniformly accelerated motion:
v = u + at
s = ut + ½at²
v² = u² + 2as
3. Laws of Motion
3 Newton’s First Law (Law of Inertia)
4 Newton’s Second Law
5 Newton’s Third Law
4. Work, Energy & Power
6 Work-Energy Theorem and mechanical energy conservation.
5. Rotational Motion
Torque, angular momentum and conservation principles.
6. Gravitation
7 Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
7. Properties of Solids & Fluids
8 Pascal’s Law, 9 Bernoulli’s Theorem.
8. Thermodynamics & Kinetic Theory
10 First Law of Thermodynamics (ΔU = Q – W).
9. Oscillations & Waves
Simple Harmonic Motion, Doppler effect, standing waves and beats.
10. Electrostatics
11 Coulomb’s Law and 12 Gauss’s Theorem.
11. Current Electricity
13 Ohm’s Law.
12. Magnetism, EMI & AC
14 Faraday’s Law and 15 Lenz’s Law.
13. Ray & Wave Optics
Lens & mirror formula, interference, diffraction and polarisation.
14. Modern Physics
16 Photoelectric Effect and de Broglie matter waves.
15. Is This All? – How to Study
No. This outline is only a revision skeleton: a map of the subject, not the whole of it. Physics is a subject you build on for years, in the higher classes, at college and university, and in any career that uses it, so it pays to lay the foundations carefully.
- Read your NCERT Physics textbooks for Class 11 & 12 carefully; they state the foundations clearly and accurately.
- Understand the derivations and the ideas behind them, not only the final formulae.
- Practise numerical problems regularly: the 30 MCQ practice sets in this course are a good place to start.
- Give extra time to the chapters everything else rests on: Mechanics, Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Magnetism, Optics and Modern Physics.
- Go back over any chapter where your practice score is low before moving on.
Recommended Books
Recommended Flow: NCERT reading → this course's Complete Notes → MCQ practice sets → reference books.
Endnotes
- SI Units: International System of Units based on seven fundamental quantities. ↑ Return
- Dimensional Analysis: Method of checking correctness of physical equations. ↑ Return
- Newton’s First Law: Law of Inertia. ↑ Return
- Newton’s Second Law: F = ma. ↑ Return
- Newton’s Third Law: Action-reaction. ↑ Return
- Work-Energy Theorem: Net work = change in KE. ↑ Return
- Newton’s Law of Gravitation: F = G m₁m₂/r². ↑ Return
- Pascal’s Law: Pressure transmitted undiminished. ↑ Return
- Bernoulli’s Theorem: P + ρgh + ½ρv² = constant. ↑ Return
- First Law of Thermodynamics: ΔU = Q – W. ↑ Return
- Coulomb’s Law: Force between charges. ↑ Return
- Gauss’s Theorem: Flux = enclosed charge / ε₀. ↑ Return
- Ohm’s Law: V = IR. ↑ Return
- Faraday’s Law: Induced emf = –dφ/dt. ↑ Return
- Lenz’s Law: Opposes change. ↑ Return
- Photoelectric Effect: E = hν – φ. ↑ Return