NCERT Syllabus for Class 12 for All Subjects - Download PDF

Prose

Poetry

The Last Lesson

My Mother at Sixty Six

Lost Spring

An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

Deep Water

Keeping Quiet

The Rattrap

A Thing of Beauty

Indigo

A Roadside Stand

Poets and Pancakes

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

The Interview (Part I & II)

Going Places

Unit No.

Unit/Chapter Name

Important Topics

Marks

I

Electrostatics

15

Electric Charges and Fields

• Electric Charges

• Conservation of charge

• Coulomb's law-force between two point charges

• Electric field

• electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines

• electric field due to a dipole, etc.

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

• Electric potential

• Potential difference

• Electric potential due to a point charge

• Free charges and bound charges inside a conductor

• Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic field, etc.

II

Current Electricity

Current Electricity

• Ohm's law

• Electrical resistance

• Electric current

• Flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor

• Drift velocity

• Electrical resistivity and conductivity, colour code for carbon resistors

• Series and parallel combinations of resistors

• Temperature dependence of resistance,etc

III

Magnetic Effect of Current & Magnetism

16

Moving Charges and Magnetism

• Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment

• Biot - Savart law and its application Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields

• Cyclotron, etc.

Magnetism and Matter

• Current loop as a magnetic dipole Magnetic field lines

• Earth's magnetic field and magnetic elements

• Magnetic field intensity

• Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field

• Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, etc

IV

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Current

Electromagnetic Induction

• Electromagnetic induction

• Lenz's Law

• Eddy currents

• Self and mutual induction

• Faraday's laws

• Induced EMF and current, etc.

Alternating Current

• Alternating currents

• Peak and RMS value

• Power factor

• Wattless current

• LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only)

• LCR series circuit, etc

V

Electromagnetic Waves

17

Electromagnetic Waves

• Basic idea of displacement current

• Electromagnetic waves, etc

VI

Optics

Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

• Power of a lens

• Refraction of light through a prism

• Reflection of light

• Spherical mirrors

• Mirror formula

• Refraction of light

• Total internal reflection and its applications, etc

Wave Optics

• Young's double slit experiment

• Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen's principle

• Coherent sources and sustained interference of light

• Interference, etc.

VII

Dual Nature of Matter

10

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

• Dual nature of radiation,

• Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations

• Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light, etc.

VIII

Atoms & Nuclei

Chapter-12: Atoms

• Alpha-particles scattering experiment

• Bohr model

• Energy levels

• Hydrogen spectrum

• Rutherford's model of atom.

Chapter-13: Nuclei

• Composition and size of nucleus

• Radioactivity

• Alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties

• Radioactive decay law, etc.

IX

Electronic Devices

12

Semiconductor Electronics

• Semiconductor diode - I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias

• diode as a rectifier

• Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators (qualitative ideas only), etc.

X

Communication Systems

Communication Systems

Total

70

Particulars

Marks

Two experiments one from each section

8+8

Practical record (experiments and activities)

6

Investigatory Project

3

Viva on experiments, activities and project

5

Total

30

Units

Important Topics

Marks

Relations and Functions

• Relations and Functions

• Inverse Trigonometric Functions

8

Algebra

• Matrices

• Determinants

10

Calculus

• Continuity and Differentiability

• Applications of Derivatives

• Integrals

• Applications of the Integrals

• Differential Equations

35

Vectors and three-dimensional Geometry

• Vectors

• Three-dimensional Geometry

14

Linear Programming

• Optimization

• Different types of linear programming

• Mathematical formulation of L.P. problems, etc.

5

Probability

• Multiplications theorem on probability

• Conditional probability

• Independent events

• Total probability

• Baye’s theorem

8

Total

80

Internal Assessment

20

Total

100

Chapters

Important Topics

Marks

Solid State

• General characteristics of solid states

• Amorphous and crystalline solids

• Classification of crystalline solids

• Molecular solids, etc.

23

Solutions

• Types of solutions

• Expressing concentration of solutions

• Solubility, solubility of a gas in liquid, etc.

Electrochemistry

• Electrochemical cells

• Galvanic cells

• Measurement of electrode potential

• Nernst equation, etc.

Chemical Kinetics

• Rate of a chemical reaction

• Dependence of rate on concentration

• Rate expression and rate constant, etc.

Surface Chemistry

• Adsorption

• Distinction between adsorption and absorption

• Types of adsorption etc

General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

• Occurence of metals

• Extraction of crude metal from concentrated ore,

• Thermodynamic principles of metallurgy, etc.

19

The p-Block elements

• Occurrence

• Electronic configuration

• Atomic and ionic radii

• IIonisation Enthalpy

• Electronegativity, etc.

The d- and f - Block Elements

• Electronic Configurations of the d-Block Elements

• Variation in Atomic and Ionic Sizes of Transition Metals, etc.

Coordination Compounds

• Werner’s theory of coordination compounds

• Definitions of Some Important Terms Pertaining to Coordination Compounds, etc.

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

• Nature of C-X Bond

• Methods of preparation of haloalkanes, hydrocarbons, halogen exchange, etc.

28

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

• Alcohols— Mono, Di, Tri or Polyhydric alcohols,

• Phenols— Mono, Di and trihydric phenols etc

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

• Nomenclature, structure of the carbonyl group

• Preparation of Aldehydes and Ketones etc.

Amines

• Structure of amines

• Hoffmann bromamide degradation reaction

• Gabriel phthalimide synthesis, etc

Biomolecules

• Carbohydrates, Monosaccharides,

• Preparation of Glucose, structure of glucose

• Cyclic Structure of Glucose, etc.

Polymers

• Classification of Polymers

• Types of polymerization reactions

• Mechanism of polymerisation reaction, etc.

Chemistry in Everyday Life

• Drugs and their classification

• Drug-target interaction

• Receptors as drug targets

Total

70

Practicals

Marks

Volumetric Analysis

8

Salt Analysis

8

Content-based Experiment

6

Project Work

4

Class record and viva

4

Total

30

Chapters

Important Topics

Marks

Reproduction in organisms

• Modes of reproduction

• Reproduction; asexual reproduction - binary fission, etc.

14

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

• Flower structure

• Pollination - types

• Gencies and examples

• Embryo, pollen-pistil interaction

• Double fertilization, etc

Human Reproduction

• Embryo development up to blastocyst formation

• Menstrual cycle

• Fertilisation, Male and Female reproductive systems

• Microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary

• Gametogenesis - spermatogenesis and oogenesis, etc.

Reproductive Health

• Need for reproductive health and prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Birth control - contraception and medical termination of pregnancy

• Need and methods, etc.

Principles of Inheritance And Variation

• Chromosome theory of inheritance

• Linkage and crossing over

• Sex-linked inheritance

• Mendelian disorders in humans

• Multiple alleles and inheritance, pleiotropy, etc.

18

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

• Central dogma

• Transcription

• Structure of DNA and RNA

• DNA packaging; DNA replication, etc.

Evolution

• Darwin's contribution

• Origin of life

• Biological evolution and evidence for biological evolution, etc.

Human Health and Disease

• Pathogens

• Parasites causing human diseases and their control

• Chickengunia, filariasis, ascariasis, typhoid, pneumonia, etc.

14

Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

• Improvement in food production: Plant breeding

• Biofortification

• Apiculture

• Tissue culture

• Single cell protein, etc.

Microbes in Human Welfare

• Energy generation and microbes as bio-control agents and bio-fertilizers,

• In household food processing,

• Industrial production

• Sewage treatment, etc.

Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

• Genetic Engineering (Recombinant DNA Technology).

10

Biotechnology and its Applications

• Stem cell technology

• Gene therapy

• genetically modified organisms

• Application of biotechnology,etc.

Organisms And Population

• Population and ecological adaptations

• Population interactions

• Habitat and niche, competition, predation, parasitism, etc.

14

Ecosystem

• Ecosystems

• Energy flow

• Nutrient cycles (carbon and phosphorous); ecological succession, etc.

Biodiversity and Conservation

• Biodiversity conservation

• Extinction

• Biodiversity-Concept

• Patterns, importance; loss of biodiversity, etc.

Environmental Issues

• Agrochemicals and their effectS

• Solid waste management

• Greenhouse effect and climate change impact and mitigation

• Ozone layer depletion, etc.

Total

70

Particulars

Marks

One Major Experiment

5

One Minor Experiment

4

Slide Preparation

5

Spotting

7

Practical Record/Project record + Viva Voce

Total

30