CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 Physics Academic Year 2020-2021

The Central Board of Secondary Education popularly known as CBSE is responsible for creating the CBSE syllabus for Class 12 Physics and conducting the exam.

Class 12 is the most crucial stage in every student’s life.

The CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 is designed to help students get a clear understanding of the course structure and its objectives. With CBSE syllabus, Class 12 students get to know the chapters and concepts to be covered in all subjects.

To download the CBSE Syllabus for class 12 Physics click on the pdf link provided below.

The PDF also contains the list of Physics experiments consisting complete detail of the practical syllabus.

Download CBSE Class 12 Revised Physics Syllabus PDF 2020-2021

CBSE Class 12 Physics Deleted Syllabus Portion PDF for 2020-21

Class 12 Physics syllabus along with marking scheme and number of periods required for completing each unit.

Unit No.	Name of Unit	No. of Periods	Marks
Unit–I	Electrostatics	23	16
	Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields
	Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Unit-II	Current Electricity	15
	Chapter–3: Current Electricity
Unit-III	Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism	16	17
	Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magnetism
	Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter
Unit-IV	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents	19
	Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction
	Chapter–7: Alternating Current
Unit–V	Electromagnetic Waves	02	18
	Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves
Unit–VI	Optics	18
	Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
	Chapter–10: Wave Optics
Unit–VII	Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter	07	12
	Chapter–11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Unit–VIII	Atoms and Nuclei	11
	Chapter–12: Atoms
	Chapter–13: Nuclei
Unit–IX	Electronic Devices	07	7
	Chapter–14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
Total	118	70

CBSE Class 12 Physics Practical Syllabus

SECTION–A

To determine resistance per cm of a given wire by plotting a graph for potential difference versus current.
To find resistance of a given wire using metre bridge and hence determine the resistivity (specific resistance) of its material.
To verify the laws of combination (series) of resistances using a metre bridge.
OR
To verify the laws of combination (parallel) of resistances using a metre bridge.
To compare the EMF of two given primary cells using potentiometer.
To determine the internal resistance of given primary cell using potentiometer.
To determine the resistance of a galvanometer by half-deflection method and to find its figure of merit.
To convert the given galvanometer (of known resistance and figure of merit) into a voltmeter of desired range and to verify the same.
OR
To convert the given galvanometer (of known resistance and figure of merit) into an ammeter of desired range and to verify the same.
To find the frequency of AC mains with a sonometer.

SECTION–B

To find the value of v for different values of u in case of a concave mirror and to find the focal length.
To find the focal length of a convex mirror, using a convex lens.
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 concave lens, using a convex lens.
To determine the angle of minimum deviation for a given prism by plotting a graph between angle of incidence and angle of deviation.
To determine the refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope.
To find the refractive index of a liquid by using a convex lens and plane mirror.
To draw the I-V characteristic curve for a p-n junction in forward bias and reverse bias.
To draw the characteristic curve of a zener diode and to determine its reverse break down voltage.

Other National and International Level Olympiads

AI Olympiad	International Artificial Intelligence Olympiad 2020-21
Coding Olympiad	International Coding Olympiad 2020-21
IMO	International Maths Olympiad 2020-21
ISO	International Science Olympiad 2020-21
KVPY	Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana
Artificial Intelligence Olympiad	International Artificial Intelligence Olympiad
Maths Olympiad	International Maths Olympiad
Science Olympiad	International Science Olympiad
Coding and Learning Olympiad	International Coding Olympiad