
ICSE 11th Physics Tuition
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- To enable candidates to acquire knowledge and to develop an understanding of the terms, facts, concepts, definitions, and fundamental laws, principles and processes in the field of physics.
- To develop the ability to apply the knowledge and understanding of physics to unfamiliar situations.
- To develop a scientific attitude through the study of physical sciences.
- To develop skills in –
(a) the practical aspects of handling apparatus, recording observations and
(b) Drawing diagrams, graphs, etc. - To develop an appreciation of the contribution of physics towards scientific and technological developments and towards human happiness.
- To develop an interest in the world of physical sciences.
- Assignments every week
- 200+ MCQs
- Courseware prepared by experts
- Assessments to give you the level of improvement
There will be 2 papers in Physics subject. One will be theory paper, and other will be practical as mentioned below:
Paper I (Theory) – This will be a theory paper comprising of 70 marks and 3 hours of time duration.
Paper II – This will consist of 30 marks. The subdivision is mentioned below:
Practical – 3 hours – 15 marks
Project Work – 10 marks
Practical File – 5 marks
Course Features
Course Structure
S.No | Unit | Marks |
1 | Physical World and Measurement | 23 |
2 | Kinematics | |
3 | Laws of Motion | |
4 | Work, Energy and Power | 17 |
5 | Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body | |
6 | Gravitation | |
7 | Properties of Bulk Matter | 20 |
8 | Heat and Thermodynamics | |
9 | Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases | |
10 | Oscillations and Waves | 10 |
Practicals | 30 | |
Total | 100 |
Course Lessons
Units and Measurements
Measurement: need for measurement; units of measurement; systems of units: fundamental and derived units in SI; measurement of length, mass and time; significant figures. Dimensional formulae of physical quantities and constants, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Motion in a Plane
Scalar and Vector quantities with examples. Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and their notations; equality of vectors, addition and subtraction of vectors, relative velocity, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and Vector product of two vectors. Projectile motion and uniform circular motion.
General concept of force, inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; momentum and Newton’s second law of motion; impulse; Newton’s third law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Friction: tatic and kineticfriction,lawsoffriction,rollingfriction,lubrication.Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road).
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power.Potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces: conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); Conservative and non-conservative forces. Concept of collision: elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Idea of centre of mass: centre of mass of a two particle system, momentum conservation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod.
Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, laws of conservation of angular momentum and its applications.
Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparative study of linear and rotational motions.
Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity (g) and its variation with altitude, latitude and depth. Gravitational potential and gravitational potential energy, escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite, Geo-stationary satellites.
(i) Mechanical Properties of Solids:
Elastic behaviour of solids, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of rigidity, Poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.
(ii) Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications. Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
(i) Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation, thermal conductivity, qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation, Wein’s displacement Law, Stefan’s law, and Greenhouse effect
(ii) Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and 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, Heat engine and refrigerator.
(i) Kinetic Theory
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases – assumptions,concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro’s number.
(i) Oscillations
Periodic motion, time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions.Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring, restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M., Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum and derivation of expression for its time period.
(ii) Waves
Wave motion, Transverse and longitudinal waves, displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats.