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Introduction, Need for measurement, Units for measurement, System of Units, S.I. Units, Fundamental and derived units, Dimensional analysis, Order of magnitude and significant figures, Accuracy and errors in measurement.

Uniformly accelerated motion along a straight line, Non-uniform motion, Position-time graph and velocity-time graph, Equation of a projectile path, Time of flight, Horizontal range, Maximum height of a projectile, Relative velocity.

Types of forces, General idea of gravitation, electromagnetic and nuclear forces, Law of conservation of momentum, Work done by a variable force, Work-energy theorem, Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions, Inertial and non-inertial frames, Moment of force, Couple and properties of couple, Centre of mass, Centre of gravity, Conditions of equilibrium of a rigid body.

Origin and nature of frictional forces, Laws of static friction, Laws of kinetic friction, Pressure due to fluid column, Pascal’s Law and its applications, Effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Viscosity, Streamline flow, Turbulent flow, Viscous force, Newton’s formula, Stokes’ law, Equation for terminal velocity, Raynold’s number, Bernoulli’s principle and its applications.

Waves and oscillations, Progressive waves, Characteristics of transverse waves, Characteristics of longitudinal waves, Sound as longitudinal wave motion, Relation between v, f, and λ, Newton’s formula for velocity of sound, Laplace’s correction.

Temperature and heat, Measurement of temperature, Ideal-gas equation and absolute temperature, Thermal expansion, Specific heat capacity, Calorimetry, Change of state, Latent heat, Heat transfer.

Refraction of monochromatic light, Snell’s law, Total internal reflection, Critical angle, Optical fibre, Dispersion of light, Prism formula, Angular dispersion and dispersive power, Rainbow, Scattering of light, Blue colour of sky, Colour of sun at sunrise and sunset, Elementary idea of Raman effect.

Reflection of light by spherical mirrors, Refraction at single curved surface, Lens maker’s equation, Combination of thin lenses in contact, Concept of conjugate focii, Correction of eye defects, Magnifying power of simple microscope, Magnifying power of compound microscope, Magnifying power of telescope, Reflecting telescope - schematic diagram with explanation.

Frictional electricity, Charges and their conservation, Coulomb’s law and dielectric constant, Forces between multiple electric charges, Superposition principle of forces, Continuous distribution of charges, Concept of charge density, Electric field intensity, Potential energy, Electric potential due to point charge, Relation between electric field intensity and potential, Potential difference, Volt and electron volt, Electric dipole and dipole moment, Electric lines of force, Equipotential surfaces, P.E. of single charge and system of charges.

Ohm’s law, Resistance, Specific resistance, Temperature dependence of resistance, Colour code of carbon resistor, Series and parallel combination of resistors, E.M.F. and internal resistance of cell, Work done by electric current, Power in electric circuit, Cells in series and in parallel, Elementary idea of secondary cells.

Oersted’s experiment, Biot Savart’s law, Right hand rule, Magnetic induction at the centre of circular coil carrying current, Magnetic induction at a point along the axis of a coil carrying current, Fleming’s left hand rule, Force between two infinitely long current carrying parallel conductors, Definition of Ampere, Force acting on a conductor carrying current in magnetic field, Torque on a current loop in magnetic field.

Origin of magnetism due to moving charges, Equivalence between magnetic dipole and circular coil carrying current, Definition of magnetic dipole moment and its unit, Torque acting on a magnet in uniform magnetic induction, Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, Magnetic field lines, Magnetic induction due to bar magnet at a point along the axis and at a point along equator, Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements, Electromagnets and factors affecting their strength.

Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics, Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, Electromagnetic spectrum, Space communication, Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere.

To determine the radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a spherometer.

To find the weight of a given body using the parallelogram law of vectors.

To study the relationship between the force of limiting friction and normal reaction, and to find the coefficient of friction between a block and a horizontal surface.

To determine resistance per cm of a given wire by plotting a graph of potential difference versus current.

To find the value of ‘v’ for different values of ‘u’ in the case of a concave mirror, and to find the focal length.

To find the focal length of a convex lens by plotting graphs between ‘u’ and ‘v’ or between ‘1/u’ and ‘1/v’.

To find the focal length of a convex mirror using a convex lens.

To find the focal length of a concave lens using a convex lens.

To determine the angle of minimum deviation for a given prism by plotting a graph between the angle of incidence and the angle of deviation.

To determine the refractive index of a glass using a travelling microscope.

To find the refractive index of a liquid by using (i) a concave mirror, (ii) a convex lens, and a plane mirror.

To determine the specific heat capacity of a given (i) liquid (ii) solid, by the method of mixtures.

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