MP Board Class 12 Physics Syllabus 2027 Out - Check Topics, Chapter List & Exam Pattern

Unit 1

• Electric Charges and Fields
• Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Unit 2

Current Electricity

Unit 3

• Moving Charges and Magnetism
• Magnetism and Matter

Unit 4

• Electromagnetic induction
• Alternating current

Unit 5

Electromagnetic Waves

Unit 6

• Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
• Wave Optics

Unit 7

Dual nature of matter and radiation

Unit 8

• Atoms
• Nuclei

Unit 9

Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

Units

Chapters & Topics

Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields

Introduction, Electric Charge, Conductors and Insulators, Basic Properties of Electric Charge, Coulomb's Law, Force Between Multiple Charges, Electric Field, Electric Field Lines, Electric Flux, Electric Dipole, Dipole in a Uniform External Field, Continuous Charge Distribution, Gauss's Law, Applications of Gauss's Law.

Chapter 2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Introduction, Electrostatic Potential, Potential due to a Point Charge, Potential due to an Electric Dipole, Potential due to a System of Charges, Equipotential Surfaces, Potential Energy of a System of Charges, Potential Energy in an External Field, Electrostatics of Conductors, Dielectrics and Polarization, Capacitors and Capacitance, Parallel Plate Capacitor, Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance, Combination of Capacitors, Energy Stored in a Capacitor.

Chapter 3: Current Electricity

Introduction, Electric Current, Electric Currents in Conductors, Ohm's Law, Drift of Electrons and the Origin of Resistivity, Limitations of Ohm's Law, Resistivity of Various Materials, Temperature Dependence of Resistivity, Electrical Energy, Power, Cells, Electromotive Force (emf), Internal Resistance, Cells in Series and Parallel, Kirchhoff's Rules, Wheatstone Bridge.

Unit 3

Chapter 4: Moving Charges and Magnetism

Introduction, Magnetic Force, Motion in a Magnetic Field, Magnetic Field due to a Current Element, Biot-Savart Law, Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop, Ampere's Circuital Law, Solenoid, Force Between Two Parallel Currents – The Ampere, Torque on Current Loop, Magnetic Dipole, Moving Coil Galvanometer.

Chapter 5: Magnetism and Matter
Introduction, The Bar Magnet, Magnetism and Gauss's Law, Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity, Magnetic Properties of Materials.

Chapter 6: Electromagnetic Induction
Introduction, Experiments of Faraday and Henry, Magnetic Flux, Faraday's Law of Induction, Lenz's Law and Conservation of Energy, Motional Electromotive Force, Inductance, AC Generator.

Chapter 7: Alternating Current
Introduction, AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor, Representation of AC Current and Voltage by Rotating Vectors (Phasors), AC Voltage Applied to an Inductor, AC Voltage Applied to a Capacitor, AC Voltage Applied to a Series LCR Circuit, Power in an AC Circuit: Power Factor, Transformer.

Unit 5

Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves
Introduction, Displacement Current, Electromagnetic Waves, Electromagnetic Spectrum.

Chapter 9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
Introduction, Reflection of Light by Spherical Mirrors, Refraction, Total Internal Reflection, Refraction at Spherical Surfaces and through Lenses, Refraction through a Prism, Optical Instruments.

Chapter 10: Wave Optics
Introduction, Huygens Principle, Refraction and Reflection of Plane Waves using Huygens Principle, Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves, Interference of Light Waves and Young's Experiment, Diffraction, Polarisation.

Unit 7

Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Introduction, Electron Emission, Photoelectric Effect, Experimental Study of Photoelectric Effect, Photoelectric Effect and Wave Theory of Light, Einstein's Photoelectric Equation: Energy Quantum of Radiation, Particle Nature of Light: The Photon, Wave Nature of Matter.

Chapter 12: Atoms
Introduction, Alpha-particle Scattering and Rutherford's Nuclear Model of Atom, Atomic Spectra, Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom, Line Spectra of the Hydrogen Atom, De Broglie's Explanation of Bohr's Second Postulate of Quantisation.

Chapter 13: Nuclei
Introduction, Atomic Masses and Composition of Nucleus, Size of the Nucleus, Mass-Energy and Nuclear Binding Energy, Nuclear Force, Radioactivity, Nuclear Energy.

Unit 9

Chapter 14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
Introduction, Classification of Metals, Conductors and Semiconductors, Intrinsic Semiconductor, Extrinsic Semiconductor, p-n Junction, Semiconductor Diode, Application of Junction Diode as a Rectifier.