NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 English 2025-26 - Download Latest Syllabus PDF here

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The new Class 11 English curriculum for the year 2025-26 is posted on the official website. Students can download the entire syllabus, along with simple-to-understand solutions and useful notes. The course is designed to enhance reading, writing, grammar, and comprehension of stories and poems. It has a blend of fascinating texts to construct imaginative thinking. The exercises and assignments have been included to enhance the learning process. The NCERT syllabus for class 11 builds students understanding to learn basics and advanced learning of the subject which helps them in their board exams and competitive exams.

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The NCERT Class 11 English syllabus 2025-26
Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Woven Words (Short Stories)
Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Woven Words (Poetry)
Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Woven Words (Essays)
NCERT Books for Class 11 English
NCERT Solution for Class 11 English

NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 English 2025-26 - Download Latest Syllabus PDF here

The syllabus for class 11 English pdf has core Course. In the Core Course there are Hornbill and Snapshots and in the Elective Course are Woven Words which contains three sections of short stories, poetry, and essays.

The NCERT Class 11 English syllabus 2025-26

The Class 11 English syllabus makes it easy for students to learn grammar, poems, and stories easily and simply. In the following table, students can view the complete course information, such as book names, chapter numbers, and chapter titles. This syllabus is designed to suit students' learning levels. It builds strong language skills gradually. With clear chapters and entertaining content, students can have fun learning English.

Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 - Hornbill (Main Book) (Core Course)

Prose	Author	Poetry	Poet
The Portrait of a Lady	Khushwant Singh	A Photograph	Shirley Toulson
We’re Not Afraid to Die... If We Can All Be Together	Gordon Cook & Alan East		Ted Hughes
Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues	A.R. Williams	The Laburnum Top The Voice of the Rain	Ted Hughes Walt Whitman
The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement's Role	Nani Palkhivala	Childhood	Markus Natten
The Adventure	Jayant Narlikar
Silk Road	Nick Middleton	Father to Son	Elizabeth Jennings

Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Snapshots (Supplementary Reader) (Core Course)

Chapter Name	Author
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse	William Saroyan
The Address	Marga Minco
Mother’s Day	J.B. Priestley
Birth	A.J. Cronin
The Tale of Melon City	Vikram Seth

Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Woven Words (Short Stories)

Title	Author
The Lament	Anton Chekhov
A Pair of Mustachios	Mulk Raj Anand
The Rocking-horse Winner	D.H. Lawrence
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs	Arthur Conan Doyle
Pappachi’s Moth	Arundhati Roy
The Third and Final Continent	Jhumpa Lahiri
Glory at Twilight	Bhabani Bhattacharya
The Luncheon	W. Somerset Maugham

Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Woven Words (Poetry)

Title	Poet
The Peacock	Sujata Bhatt
Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds	William Shakespeare
Coming	Philip Larkin
Telephone Conversation	Wole Soyinka
The World Is Too Much With Us	William Wordsworth
Mother Tongue	Padma Sachdev
Hawk Roosting	Ted Hughes
For Elkana	Nissim Ezekiel
Refugee Blues	W.H. Auden
Felling of the Banyan Tree	Dilip Chitre
Ode to a Nightingale	John Keats
Ajamil and the Tigers	Arun Kolatkar

Class 11 English Syllabus 2025-26 Woven Words (Essays)

Title	Author
My Watch	Mark Twain
My Three Passions	Bertrand Russell
Patterns of Creativity	S. Chandrasekhar
Tribal Verse	G.N. Devy
What is a Good Book?	John Ruskin
The Story	E.M.Forster
Bridges	Kumudini Lakhia

NCERT Books for Class 11 English

The NCERT book for class 11 English enhances students' understanding of English literature and improves their writing and grammar skills. The class 11 English contains two courses- a Core Course and an Elective Course. In the Core Course, there are two books, 1 (Hornbill) which includes prose and poetry part, and 2 is (Snapshots) which is a reader book that contains short stories. The Elective Course has one book that is (Woven Words) that has short stories, poetry, and essays. NCERT books for class 11 will make students learn in-depth and also prepare them for their board exams.

NCERT Solution for Class 11 English

With the help of NCERT Solution for class 11 students can understand and learn the concept easily. The English solution offers students to learn in-depth English literature. The solution book has exercises in it that help students practice more questions and improve their writing and grammar understanding. With the solution for class 11 English students can simply get good marks in exams and get prepared for boards and competitive exams.

Difference Between English Core and English Elective Course

English Core Course is for students who want to learn a basic understanding of the English language and literature. It focuses on improving students reading, writing, and grammar skills.
English Elective Course is for students who want to learn English in depth. It is an advanced-level course for students who want to build a career in English literature.

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NCERT Syllabus for class 11 Physics 2024-25	NCERT syllabus for Class 11 Biology 2024-25	NCERT Books for Class 11 English
NCERT Syllabus for Class 11 Maths 2024-25	NCERT syllabus for Class 11 Hindi 2024-25	NCERT Books for class 11 Physics
NCERT syllabus for Class 11 Chemistry 2024-25	NCERT Books for class 11 Chemistry	NCERT Books for Class 11 Maths
NCERT Book for class 11 Biology	NCERT Book for class 11 Hindi

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Where can I get the NCERT syllabus online?

The latest NCERT syllabus is available on the official website - ncert.nic.in.

2. Is the PDF of NCERT English books available online?

Yes, NCERT books pdf are also available at the official website of NCERT for all the subjects including English.

3. How can I prepare for the writing section for Class 11 English exam?

To prepare for the writing section, you need to practice article writing, letter writing and other important questions regularly. Read model answers from reference books, focus on grammar, expand vocabulary, and get feedback from teachers.

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Option 1) $0.34\; J$	Option 2) $0.16\; J$
Option 3) $1.00\; J$	Option 4) $0.67\; J$

A person trying to lose weight by burning fat lifts a mass of 10 kg upto a height of 1 m 1000 times. Assume that the potential energy lost each time he lowers the mass is dissipated. How much fat will he use up considering the work done only when the weight is lifted up ? Fat supplies 3.8×10⁷J of energy per kg which is converted to mechanical energy with a 20% efficiency rate. Take g = 9.8 ms⁻² :

Option 1)

2.45×10⁻³ kg

Option 2)

6.45×10⁻³ kg

Option 3)

9.89×10⁻³ kg

Option 4)

12.89×10⁻³ kg

An athlete in the olympic games covers a distance of 100 m in 10 s. His kinetic energy can be estimated to be in the range

Option 1) $2,000 \; J - 5,000\; J$	Option 2) $200 \, \, J - 500 \, \, J$
Option 3) $2\times 10^{5}J-3\times 10^{5}J$	Option 4) $20,000 \, \, J - 50,000 \, \, J$

A particle is projected at 60⁰ to the horizontal with a kinetic energy $K$ . The kinetic energy at the highest point

Option 1) $K/2\,$	Option 2) $\; K\;$
Option 3) $zero\;$	Option 4) $K/4$

In the reaction,

$2Al_{(s)}+6HCL_{(aq)}\rightarrow 2Al^{3+}\, _{(aq)}+6Cl^{-}\, _{(aq)}+3H_{2(g)}$

Option 1) $11.2\, L\, H_{2(g)}$ at STP is produced for every mole $HCL_{(aq)}$ consumed	Option 2) $6L\, HCl_{(aq)}$ is consumed for ever $3L\, H_{2(g)}$ produced
Option 3) $33.6 L\, H_{2(g)}$ is produced regardless of temperature and pressure for every mole Al that reacts	Option 4) $67.2\, L\, H_{2(g)}$ at STP is produced for every mole Al that reacts .

How many moles of magnesium phosphate, $Mg_{3}(PO_{4})_{2}$ will contain 0.25 mole of oxygen atoms?

Option 1) 0.02	Option 2) 3.125 × 10^-2
Option 3) 1.25 × 10^-2	Option 4) 2.5 × 10^-2

If we consider that 1/6, in place of 1/12, mass of carbon atom is taken to be the relative atomic mass unit, the mass of one mole of a substance will

Option 1) decrease twice	Option 2) increase two fold
Option 3) remain unchanged	Option 4) be a function of the molecular mass of the substance.

With increase of temperature, which of these changes?

Option 1) Molality	Option 2) Weight fraction of solute
Option 3) Fraction of solute present in water	Option 4) Mole fraction.

Number of atoms in 558.5 gram Fe (at. wt.of Fe = 55.85 g mol^-1) is

Option 1) twice that in 60 g carbon	Option 2) 6.023 × 10²²
Option 3) half that in 8 g He	Option 4) 558.5 × 6.023 × 10²³

A pulley of radius 2 m is rotated about its axis by a force F = (20t - 5t²) newton (where t is measured in seconds) applied tangentially. If the moment of inertia of the pulley about its axis of rotation is 10 kg m² , the number of rotations made by the pulley before its direction of motion if reversed, is