Class XI Physics Syllabus

Foundational chapter introducing the International System of Units, dimensional homogeneity, dimensional analysis, and error propagation.

Mathematical modeling of particle motion using calculus: position vectors, velocity, acceleration, projectile motion, and relative velocity.

Newton's laws of motion, free body diagrams, connected body systems, conservation of momentum, and static and kinetic friction.

Work done by variable forces, kinetic and potential energy functions, work-energy theorem, conservative forces, and 1D/2D collisions.

Center of mass calculus, torque, angular momentum conservation, moment of inertia theorems, and pure rolling without slipping.

Kepler's laws of planetary motion, Newton's law of universal gravitation, gravitational field and potential, escape velocity, and satellite orbital mechanics.

Hooke's law, elastic moduli, hydrostatics, Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, streamline and turbulent flow, Bernoulli's equation, and surface tension.

Thermal expansion, calorimetry, heat transfer mechanisms, zeroth, first, and second laws of thermodynamics, PV diagrams, and Carnot engine cycles.

Periodic motion, simple harmonic motion (SHM) differential equation, simple pendulum, spring-mass systems, energy in SHM, and resonance.

Transverse and longitudinal waves, progressive wave equation, sound speed in mediums, principle of superposition, standing waves in strings and pipes, beats, and Doppler effect.