CBSE Class 11 Physics Syllabus 2026-27 PDF Download: Chapter-Wise Topics & Marks Distribution

Download CBSE 11th Physics Syllabus 2026-27 PDF

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CBSE Class 11 Physics Syllabus 2026-27 - Marks Distribution

The Physics syllabus for the CBSE 11th exam includes 10 units. The first three units, Physical World and Measurement, Kinematics, and Laws of Motion, have the highest marks. It consists of 23 marks out of 70 marks. The table given below includes the unit-wise marks distribution for the reference of the students.

CBSE 11th Physics 2026 Chapter-wise Syllabus

The chapter-wise details of the CBSE Class 11 Physics syllabus 2026-27 have been discussed here for the students. Students can prepare a strategy using the CBSE syllabus and exam pattern to appear in the examination and qualify with a good score.

Unit I - Physical World and Measurements

• Chapter 1: Units and Measurement

  • Need for measurement

  • Units of measurement

  • Systems of units

  • SI units

  • Fundamental and derived units

  • Significant figures

  • Determining the uncertainty in the result

  • Dimensions of physical quantities

  • Dimensional analysis and its applications.

Unit II - Kinematics

• Chapter 2: Motion in a Straight Line

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  • Frame of reference

  • Motion in a straight line

  • Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion

  • Uniform and non- uniform motion

  • Average speed and average velocity

  • Instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion

  • Velocity - time and position-time graphs

  • Relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical and calculus treatment).

• Chapter 3: Motion in a Plane

  • Scalar and vector quantities

  • Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and their notations

  • Equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number

  • Addition and subtraction of vectors and Unit vector

  • Resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and Vector product of vectors.

  • Motion in a plane

  • Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration

  • Projectile motion, uniform circular motion.

Unit III: Laws of Motion

• Chapter 4: 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, and lubrication.

  • Dynamics of uniform circular motion

  • Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road).

Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power

• Chapter 5: Work, Energy, and 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

  • Non-conservative forces

  • Motion in a vertical circle

  • Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

Unit V: Motion of Systems of Particles and Rigid Body

• Chapter 6: System of Particles and Rotational Motion

  • Centre of mass of a two-particle system

  • Conservation of momentum

  • Motion of the centre of mass

  • Centre of mass of a rigid body

  • Centre of mass of a uniform rod

  • Moment of a force

  • Torque

  • Angular momentum

  • Law of conservation of angular momentum

  • Applications of conservation of angular momentum

  • Equilibrium of rigid bodies

  • Rotation of a rigid body

  • Equations of rotational motion

  • Comparison between linear and rotational motion

  • Moment of inertia

  • Radius of gyration

  • Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects (no derivations)

Unit VI: Gravitation

• Chapter 7: Gravitation

  • Kepler's laws of planetary motion

  • Universal law of gravitation

  • Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.

  • Gravitational potential energy

  • Gravitational potential

  • Escape speed

  • Orbital velocity of a satellite

  • Energy of an orbiting satellite.

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter

• Chapter 8: Mechanical Properties of Solids

  • Elasticity

  • Stress-strain relationship

  • Hooke's law

  • Young’s modulus

  • Bulk modulus

  • Shear modulus of rigidity (qualitative idea only)

  • Poisson's ratio

  • Elastic energy

  • Application of the elastic behaviour of materials (qualitative idea only).

• Chapter 9: Mechanical Properties of Fluids

  • 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

  • Streamline and turbulent flow

  • Critical velocity

  • Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications (Torricelli's law and Dynamic lift).

  • Surface energy and surface tension

  • Angle of contact

  • Excess of pressure across a curved surface

  • Application of surface tension ideas to drops

  • Bubbles and capillary rise.

• Chapter 10: Thermal Properties of Matter

  • Heat, temperature, thermal expansion

  • Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases

  • Anomalous expansion of water

  • Specific heat capacity, Cp, Cv

  • calorimetry

  • Change of state

  • latent heat capacity

  • Heat transfer-conduction

  • convection and radiation

  • Thermal conductivity

  • Qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation

  • Wein's displacement Law

  • Stefan's law.

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

• Chapter 11: Thermodynamics

  • Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature

  • Zeroth law of thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy.

  • First law of thermodynamics

  • Second law of thermodynamics

  • Thermodynamic state variable and equation of state.

  • Change of condition of gaseous state isothermal, adiabatic, reversible, irreversible, and cyclic processes.

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

• Chapter 12: Kinetic Theory

  • Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas.

  • Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure.

  • Kinetic interpretation of temperature

  • RMS speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom

  • Law of equi-partition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases

  • Concept of mean free path

  • Avogadro's number.

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

• Chapter 13: Oscillations

  • Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions and their applications.

  • Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M), uniform circular motion and its equations of motion; phase

  • Oscillations of a loaded spring- restoring force and force constant

  • Energy in S.H.M.: Kinetic and potential energies

  • Simple pendulum derivation of the expression for its time period

• Chapter 14: Waves

  • Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of the travelling wave.

  • 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