2. Chapter Name Deleted Topics Added Topics
Physics and
Measurement
• Physics, technology and
society
• Accuracy and precision
of measuring instrument
• Unit and measurement
• System of units
• Significant figures
Kinematics • Zero vector
Laws of Motion • Vehicle on a level
circular road
• Vehicle on banked road
Work, Energy and
Power
• Motion in vertical circle
3. Chapter Name Deleted Topics Added Topics
Rotational Motion • Equilibrium of rigid
bodies
• Comparison of linear
and rotational bodies
Gravitation • Geostationary satellite • Motion of satellites
• Orbital velocity
• Time period and Energy
of satellite
Properties of Solid
and Liquid
• Reynold number
• Newton’s law of
cooling
• Effect of gravity on
fluid pressure
• Excess of pressure
across a curved surface
4. Chapter Name Reduced Topic Added Topic
Thermodynamics • Carnot engine and efficiency • Isothermal process
• Adiabatic process
Kinetic Theory of
gases
• Kinetic energy • Kinetic interpretation
Waves • Free, forced and damped
oscillation
• Doppler effect in sound
• Oscillation
Electrostatics • Potential energy of
electric dipole
• Potential difference of
electric dipole
5. Chapter
Name
Reduced Topic Added Topic
Current
Electricity
• Colour coding of resistors
• Resistances of different material
• Electric cell
• Potentiometer- principle and its
applications
• Mobility and their
relation with electric
current
• Conductivity
Magnetic effect
of current
• Cyclotron
• Earth magnetic field and magnetic
elements
• Magnetic susceptibility and
permeability
• Hysteresis
• Electromagnets and permanent
magnets
• Magnetic field due to a
magnetic dipole (bar
magnet) along its axis and
perpendicular to axis
• Torque on a magnetic
dipole in uniform
magnetic field
• The effect of temperature
and magnetic properties
6. Chapter
Name
Reduced Topic Added Topic
Electromagnetic
Induction and
Alternating
Current
• Quality factor
Electromagnetic
waves
• Displacement
Current
Optics • Deviation and dispersion of light by a
prism
• Resolving power of microscope and
telescope
• Refraction of
light through
prism
Dual nature of
radiation
• Davisson-Germer experiment
7. Chapter Name Reduced Topic Added Topic
Atoms and Nuclei • Isotopes, Isobars and Isotones
• Radioactivity-alpha, beta and gamma
particles and their properties
• Radioactivity decay law
Electronic devices • Junction transistor
• Transistor action
• Characteristic of transistor
• Transistor as amplifier (Common transistor
configuration)
• Oscillatior
• Transistor as a switch
Communication
Systems
• Chapter deleted
8. Experiment Skills (Deleted)
1. Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time.
2. Potentiometer-
(i) Comparison of emf of two primary cells
(ii) Determination of internal resistance of a cell
3. Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain.
4. Using a multimeter to:
(i) Identify the base of a transistor
(ii) Distinguish between NPN and PNP type transistor
(iii) See the unidirectional current in case of a diode and an LED.
(iv) Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component (diode, transistor, IC)
