Class 12 – CBSE Board Science (Physics)
Class 12 Physics Syllabus (CBSE Board)
CBSE boards follow NCERT Physics Class 12 syllabus, with some exam pattern differences.
CBSE – Class 12 Physics (2025)
The syllabus is divided into 2 Parts (14 Units).
Part A: Electricity & Magnetism
Electrostatics
Electric charges, Coulomb’s law, electric field, Gauss’s law, potential & capacitance.
Current Electricity
Electric current, Ohm’s law, drift of electrons, resistivity, series & parallel combinations, Kirchhoff’s laws, Wheatstone bridge, potentiometer.
Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism
Biot–Savart law, Ampere’s law, moving coil galvanometer, Earth’s magnetism, magnetic properties of materials.
Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Currents
Faraday’s laws, Lenz’s law, self/mutual induction, transformers, AC circuits, resonance.
Electromagnetic Waves
Displacement current, properties of EM waves, spectrum.
Part B: Optics & Modern Physics
Ray Optics & Wave Optics
Reflection, refraction, lens formula, optical instruments, interference, diffraction, polarization.
Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation
Photoelectric effect, de Broglie wavelength, Davisson-Germer experiment.
Atoms & Nuclei
Rutherford & Bohr model, atomic spectra, radioactivity, nuclear fission & fusion.
Electronic Devices
Semiconductors, diode, transistor, logic gates, communication systems.
📚 Course Structure (Modules)
🔹 Module 1: Electrostatics & Current Electricity
Electric Charges, Field, Potential, Capacitance
Electric Current, Resistivity, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Circuits
🔹 Module 2: Magnetism & Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Field, Force, Earth’s Magnetism
Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, Transformers
🔹 Module 3: Electromagnetic Waves & Optics
EM Spectrum
Ray Optics (lenses, mirrors, optical instruments)
Wave Optics (interference, diffraction, polarization)
🔹 Module 4: Modern Physics
Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation
Atoms & Nuclei (spectra, radioactivity, nuclear energy)
Semiconductors, Logic Gates, Communication Systems