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UNIT-VI : Statistics and Probability

1. Statistics
Measures of dispersion; Range, mean deviation, variance and standard deviation of ungrouped/
grouped data. Analysis of frequency distributions with equal means but different variances.
2. Probability
Random experiments; outcomes, sample spaces (set representation). Events; occurrence of events,
‘not’, ‘and’and ‘or’ events, exhaustive events, mutually exclusive events, Axiomatic (set theoretic)
probability, connections with the theories of earlier classes. Probability of an event.Probability of
‘not’, ‘and’ ‘or’ events.
Books Recommended:
Bureau’s Higher Secondary (+2) Elements of Mathematics, Part-I, Published by Odisha State
Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production, Bhubaneswar.

PHYSICS
(Theory)
st
+2 1 Year Science
(Detailed Syllabus)
No. of Periods – 160
Unit-I Physical world and Measurement (10 Periods)
Physics and its scope, Physics, Technology and Society. Measurement, need for measurement,
units of measurement, fundamental and derived units, Sl Units, accuracy and precision of
measuring instruments, errors in measurement, absolute, relative error, percentage of error,
Combination of errors, significant figures.

Dimensions of Physical quantities. Dimensional analysis and its applications.

Unit – II Kinematics. (24 Periods)

1. Motion in a straight line :
Rest and motion, Frame of reference, motion in a Straight line, position – time graph, speed
and velocity. Concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion (elementary idea),
uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated
motion, velocity – time and position – time graph, Relation for uniformly accelerated motion
(graphical treatment)
2. Motion in a plane :
Scalars and vectors, general vectors and their notations, position and displacement vectors,
equality of vectors, unit vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number, addition and subtraction
of vectors, relative velocity, resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Dot and
Cross products of two vectors.
Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration – projectile motion (equation
of trajectory, range, time of flight, maximum height); uniform circular motion.
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Unit-III Laws of Motion (14 Periods)

nd
Concept of force, Newton’s first law, inertia, momentum and Newton’s 2 law, impulse, impulse-
momentum theorem, Newton’s 3rd law, Law of Conservation of linear momentum and its
application. Equilibrium of Concurrent forces, static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling
friction, lubrication.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion, Centripetal force, motion of a vehicle on a level circular
road and vehicle on a banked road.
Unit-IV Work, Energy and Power (12 Periods)
Work done by a Constant force and variable force, kinetic energy, work- energy theorem, power.
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative and non-conservative forces,
conservation of mechanical energy (Kinetic and Potential energies), motion in a vertical circle,
elastic and in-elastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Unit-V Motion of System of Particles and Rigid bodies : (18 Periods)
System of Particles and Rotational Motion :
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and centre of mass motion,
centre of mass of rigid bodies, Centre of Mass of a uniform rod.
Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with its
applications.
Equilibrium of rigid bodies, equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational
motions.
Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, moment of inertia of simple geometrical objects (no
derivation). Parallel and perpendicular axes theorem and their applications.
Unit-VI Gravitation (12 Periods)
Newton’s law of gravitation, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion (only statements), Gravitational
field and Potential, gravitational potential energy, acceleration due to gravity and its variation
with altitude and depth, Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite, Geostationary satellites,

Unit-VII Properties of Bulk Matter (24 Periods)

1. Mechanical properties of Solids:
Elastic Behaviours, Stress, Strain, Hookes’ Law, Stress-Strain diagram, Young’s modulus, Bulk
modulus, Shear modulus of rigidity, Poisson’s ratio, elastic energy.
2. Mechanical properties of fluids:
Pressure due to a fluid column, Pascal’s law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic
brakes) effect of gravity on fluid pressure.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess pressure across a curved surface,
application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
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Viscosity, Stoke’s law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli’s
theorem and its application.
3. Thermal properties of matter:
Concepts of heat and temperature, Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases, anomalous
expansion of water, specific heat capacity : Cp, Cv. Calorimetry, change of state, latent heat
capacity .
Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of
block body radiation, wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law, Greenhouse effect.
Unit-VIII Thermodynamics (12 Periods)
Thermal equilibrium, definition of temperature (Zeroth law of thermodynamics) heat, work and
internal energy. First law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes, second law
of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot’s engine and refrigerator,
Efficiency of Carnot’s engine (no derivation).
Unit-IX Kinetic theory of gases: (08 Periods)
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas.
Kinetic theory of gases- Postulates, concept of pressure, kinetic interpretation of temperature,
mean and RMS speed of gas molecules, degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy
(statement only) and its applications to specific heat of gases, concept of mean freepath and
Avogadro’s number.
Unit-X Oscillation and waves (26 Periods)
1. Periodic motion: Period, Frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic function.
Simple harmonic motion and its equation, phase, oscillation of a spring, Restoring force and
force constant, kinetic and potential energy in SHM, simple pendulum, derivation of expression
for its time period.
Free, damped and forced oscillation (qualitative idea only), resonance.
2. Waves:
Wave motion, transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of wave motion, displacement relation
for a progressive wave, speed of longitudinal wave in an elastic medium and speed of transverse
wave in a stretched string (qualitative idea only), principle of superposition of waves, reflection
of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats,
Doppler’s effect.
Books Recommended :
1. Bureau’s Higher Secondary (+2) Physics Vol.-I published by Odissa State Bureau of Text
Book Preparation and Production; Bhubaneswar.
UNIT WISE MARK DISTRIBUTION (Physics Theory)
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Time- 3 hours Max. Marks.-70

Units Subjects Marks
Unit-I Physical World and Measurement 23
Unit-II Kinematics
Unit-III Laws of Motion
Unit-IV Work, Energy and Power 17
Unit-V Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
Unit-VI Gravitation
Unit-VII Properties of Bulk Matter 20
Unit-VIII Thermodynamics
Unit-IX Kinetic theory of gases
Unit-X Oscillations and Waves 10
Total 70

QUESTION WISE BREAK UP

Type of Question Mark per Question Total No. of Question Total Marks
VSA 1 14 14
SA-I 2 7 14
SA-II 3 7 21
LA 7 3 21
TOTAL 70

[VSA-Very Short Answer, SA-Short Answer, LA-Long Answer.]

1. Internal Choice : There is no overall choice in the paper. However, there is an internal
choice in one question of 2 marks weightage, one question of 3 marks weightage and
all the three questions of 7 marks weightage.
2. The above template is only a sample. Suitable internal variations may be made for
generating similar templates keeping the overall weightage to different form of questions
and typology of questions same.
PRACTICALS
Total Periods 60
Section A
Experiments
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1. To measure diameter of a small spherical/cylindrical body using Vernier calipers and

to measure internal diameter and depth of a given beaker/calorimeter using Vernier
calipers and hence find its volume.
2. To measure diameter of a given wire and thickness of a given sheet using screw
gauge.
3. To measure volume of an irregular lamina using screw gauge.
4. To determine radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a spherometer.
5. To determine the mass of two different objects using a beam balance.
6. To find the weight of a given body using parallelogram law of vectors,
7. Using a simple pendulum, plot L-T2 graph and hence find the effective length of a
second’s pendulum.
8. To study variation of time period of a simple pendulum of a given length by taking bobs
of same size but different masses and interpret the result.
9. To study the relationship between force of limiting friction and normal reaction and to
find the coefficient of friction between a block and a horizontal surface.
10. To find the downward force, along an inclined plane, acting on a roller due to gravitational
pull of the earth and study its relationship with the angle of inclination  by plotting
graph between force and sin sin 
Section B
Experiments

1. To determine young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a given wire.

2. To find the force constant of helical spring by plotting a graph between load and extension.
3. To study the variation in volume with pressure for a sample of air at constant temperature
by plotting graphs between P and V, and between P and 1/V.
4. To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method.
5. To determine the coefficient of viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring the
terminal velocity of a given spherical body.
6. To study the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time by plotting a
cooling curve.
7. To determine specific heat capacity of a given solid by method of mixtures.
8. To study the relation between frequency and length of a given wire under constant tension
using sonometer.
9. To study the relation between the length of a given wire and tension for constant frequency
using sonometer.
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10. To find the speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube by two
resonance positions.
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The record to be submitted by the students, at the time of their annual examination, has to
include record of at least 15 Experiments (with a minimum of 6 each from Section – A
and Section- B) performed by them. Two experiments are to be performed one from
each section in the examination.

Time Allowed: -3 hours Max. Mark: 30

Two experiments one from each section 10+10
Practical record 4
Viva on experiments 6
PHYSICS
(Theory)
+2, 2nd Year Science
(Detailed Syllabus)
No. of Periods yearly – 160
Unit-I Electrostatics (22 Periods)

1. Electric charges and fields:

Electric charge and its quantization, conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law, force between
two point charges, force between multiple charges, superposition principle, Continuous change
distribution.
Electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric field due to a dipole at any point ,
torque on a dipole in uniform electric field.
Electric flux, Gauss’s theorem (statement only) and its applications to find field due to uniformly
charged infinite plane sheet, infinitely long straight wire and uniformly charged thin spherical
shell (field inside and outside).
2. Electrostatic potential and capacitance:
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, potential due to a
dipole, potential due to a system of charges. Equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy
of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic field.
Conductors, insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor, Dielectrics and
electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with
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and without dielectric medium between the plates, combination of capacitors in series and in
parallel energy sorted in a capacitor.
Unit- II Current Electricity: (20 Periods)
Electric current, drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current, Ohm’s law, electrical
resistance, conductance, resistivity, conductivity, effect of temperature on resistance, v I
characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power, carbon resistors, colour
code of carbon resistors, combinations of resistors in series and parallel.
EMF and potential difference, internal resistance of a cell, combination of cells in series and
parallel, Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge and meter bridge.
Potentiometer-Principle and its applications to measure potential difference and for comparing
EMF of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell.
Unit-III Magnetic effect of Current and magnetism: (22 Periods)
1. Moving charges and magnetism:
Concept of magnetic field, Oensted’s experiment, Biot-Savart law and its application to find
magnetic field on the axis and at the centre of a current carrying circular loop, Ampere’s law and
its application to infinitely long straight wire. Straight and toroidal solenoid (qualitative treatment
only); Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields, Cyclotron.

Force on a current carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, force between two parallel
current carrying conductors- definition of ampere, torque experienced by a current loop in uniform
magnetic field, moving coil galvanometer- its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter
and voltmeter.
2. Magnetism and matter :
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment, magnetic dipole moment of
a revolving electron, magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its
axis and perpendicular to its axis, torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic
field, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines, earth’s magnetic field and
magnetic elements.
Para-, dia- and ferro- magnetic substances with examples, Electromagnets and factors affecting
their strengths, permanent magnets.
Unit-IV Electromagnetic induction and Alternating current: (20 Periods)
1. Electromagnetic induction :
Faraday’ laws of electromagnetic induction, induced EMF and current, Lenz’s law, Eddy currents,
self and mutual induction.
2. Alternating Current:
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Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current / voltage, reactance and
impedance, LC oscillation (qualitative idea only), LCR series circuit, resonance, power in AC
circuits, wattles current, A.C. generator and transformer.

Unit-V Electromagnetic waves: (04 Periods)

Basic idea of displacement current, qualitative idea about characteristics of electromagnetic
waves, their transverse nature.
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, Ultra violet, X-ray and
gamma rays), including elementary ideas about their uses.

Unit-VI Optics (25 Periods)

1. Ray optics and optical instruments:
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, lateral and longitudinal magnification,
refraction of light, refractive index, its relation with velocity of light (formula only) total internal
reflection and its applications, optical fibre, Refraction at spherical surfaces, thin lens formula,
lens makers formula, magnification, power of lenses, combination of two thin lenses in contact,
combination of a lens and a mirror, refraction and dispersion of light through prism;
Scattering of light: blue colour of sky and reddish appearance of sun at sunset and sunrise.
Optical instruments: microscopes and telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying
powers.
2. Waves Optics :
Wave front, Huygen’s principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using
wavefronts, proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s principle. Interference,
Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources, sustained
interference of light, diffraction due to a single slit, width of a central maximum, resolving power
of microscope and astronomical telescope (qualitative idea), polarization, plane polarized light,
Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and polaroids.
Unit-VII Dual nature of Radiation and matter: (08 Periods)

Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations, Einstein’s
photoelectric equation, particle nature of light.
Matter waves- wave nature of particles, de-Broglie relation, Davisson- Germer experiment,
(only conclusions should be explained).

Unit-VIII Atoms and Nuclei (14 Periods)

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1. Atoms:
Alpha- particle scattering experiment, Rutherford’s model of atom, its limitations, Bohr model,
energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.
2. Nuclei:
Atomic nucleus, its composition, size, nuclear mass, nature of nuclear force, mass defect,
binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission, fusion,
Radioactivity, alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties, radioactive decay
law, half life and decay constant.

Unit-IX Semiconductor electrocnics: (15 Periods)

Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators (qualitative idea only), p-type, n-
type semiconductors, semiconductor diode, V-I characteristics in forward and reverse bias,
diode as a half and full wave rectifier (centre tap), efficiency (no derivation).
Special purpose p-n junction diodes: LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode and their
characteristics, Zener diode as a voltage regulator.
Junction transistor, transistor action, Characteristics of transistor, transistor as an amplifier
(CE configuration), basic idea of analog and digital signals, Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND,
and NOR)

Unit-X Communication System: (10 Periods)

Elements of a communication system (block diagram only), bandwidth of signals (speech, TV
and digital data), bandwidth of transmission medium, propagation of electromagnetic waves in
the atmosphere, sky and space wave propagation, satellite communication, Need for-modulation,
qualitative idea about amplitude modulation and frequency modulation, advantages of frequency
modulation over amplitude modulation, basic idea about internet, mobile telephony and global
positioning system (GPS).
Books Recommended:

1. Physics; Class-XII, Part-I and Part-II published by NCERT.

2. Bureau’s Higher Secondary (+2) Physics Vol.-II, published by Odisha State
Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production; Bhubaneswar
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UNIT WISE MARK DISTRIBUTION (Physics Theory)

Time- 3 hours Max. Marks.-70

Units Subjects Marks

Unit-I Electrostatics 15
Unit-II Current Electricity
Unit-III Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism 16
Unit-IV Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Unit-V Electromagnetic Waves 17
Unit-VI Optics
Unit-VII Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 10
Unit-VIII Atoms and Nuclei
Unit-IX Semiconductor Electronics 12
Unit-X Communication Systems
Total 70
QUESTION WISE BREAK UP

Type of Question Mark per Question Total No. of Question Total Marks
VSA 1 14 14
SA-I 2 7 14
SA-II 3 7 21
LA 7 3 21
TOTAL 26 70

[VSA-Very Short Answer, Sa-Short Answer, A-Long Answer.]

1. Internal Choice : There is no overall choice in the paper. However, there is an internal
choice in one question of 2 marks weightage, one question of 3 marks weightage and
all the three questions of 7 marks weightage.

2. The above template is only a sample. Suitable internal variations may be made for
generating similar templates keeping the overall weightage to different form of questions
and typology of questions same.
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PRACTICALS
Total Periods 60
Section A
Experiments
1. To determine resistance per cm of a given wire by plotting a graph for potential difference
versus current.
2. To find resistance of a given wire using metre bridge and hence determine the resistivity
of its material.
3. To verify the laws of combination (series) of resistances using a metre bridge.
4. To verify the laws of combination (parallel) of resistances using a metre bridge.
5. To compare the EMF of two given primary cells using potentiometer.
6. To determine the internal resistance of given primary cell using potentiometer.
7. To determine resistance of a galvanometer by half-defliction method and to find its figure
of merit.
8. To convert the given galvanometer (of known resistance and figure of merit) into a
voltmeter of desired range and to verify the same.
9. To convert the given galvanometer (of known resistance and figure of merit) into an
ammeter of desired range and to verify the same.
10. To find the frequency of the ac mains with a sonometer.
Section B
Experiments
1. To find the value of V for different values of u in case of a concave mirror and to find the
focal length.
2. To find the focal length of a convex mirror, using a convex lens.
3. To find the focal length of a convex lens by plotting graphs between u and v or between
1/u and 1/v.
4. To find the focal length of a concave lens, using a convex lens.
5. To determine angle of minimum deviation for a given prism by plotting a graph between
the angle of incidence and the angle of deviation.
6. To determine refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope.
7. To find refractive index of a liquid by using convex lens and plane mirror.
8. To draw the I-V characteristic curve of a P-n junction in forward bias and reverse bias.
9. To draw the characteristic curve of a zener diode and to determine its reverse breakdown
voltage.
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10. To study the characteristics of a common-emitter npn or pnp transistor and to find out
the values of current and voltage gains.
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The record, to be submitted by the students, at the time of their annual examination, has to
include record of at least 15 Experiments (with a minimum of 6 each from Section- A and
Section- B) performed by them. Two experiments are to be performed one from each section in
the examination.
Time Allowed: -3 hours Max. Mark: 30
Two experiments one from each section 10+10
Practical record 4
Viva on experiments 6
STATISTICS
(FOR 2016-17 BATCH AND ONWARDS)
There shall be two Theory papers in Statistics, each of three hours duration, carrying 70 marks
in first year and 70 marks in second year and two practical papers carrying 30 marks in first
year and 30 marks in second year respectively, each of three hous duration.
The examination for paper- I and practical examinations will be held at the end of the first year
and examination for paper-II and practical examination will be held at the end of second year
respectively.
Pattern of Questions
Theory:
Group-A: Objective type questions
1. Multiple choice questions (Compulsory).
2. Very short type questions (Compulsory).
Group-B: Short answer type questions

1. 8 questions to be answered out of 12.

Group-C: Long answer type questions

1. 3 questions to be answered out of 5 questions.
2. 1 question will be set up from each unit.
Practical :

1. Solution of problems – 24 Marks

2. Record – 3 Marks
3. Viva-Voce – 3 Marks