PHILOSOPHY

CLASS-XI

SEMESTER-I

PART-A

                                                                                            Logic
Unit-I
a) Definition , Meaning and scope of Logic. The place of Logic as a Science. Relationship of Logic as compared to that of Psychology and Grammar. Uses of studying Logic.
b) Fundamental Laws of thought
c) Terms: Their meaning, Cannotation and Denotation.

Unit-II
Logical Definition: Its rules. Fallacies arising out of violation of rules. Limits of logical definition. Practical exercises in fallacies of logical definitions.

Unit-III
a) Induction, its meaning and definition Difference between Induction and Deduction.
b) Kinds of Induction: Proper and Improper Induction, Scientific Induction, Perfect Induction. Simple Enumeration and Analogy.
c) Formal Grounds of Induction: Law of Causation, Law of uniformity of naturevarious uniformities.

Unit-IV
Material Grounds of Induction: observation: Testimony Experiment: Advantages of Experiment over Observation and advantages of Observation over Experiment. Regulative Principles of Observation and Experiment.

SEMESTER-II

PART-B
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY

Unit-I Meaning, Definition and uses of Philosophy.

Unit-II Branches of Philosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, Aesthetics and Psychology.

Unit-III Relation of Philosophy to science and Religion.

Uhit-IV Dharma, Artha, Karma, Moksha, Varnashrama, Doctrine of Karma according to Indian Philosophy

 

 

PHYSICS

CLASS-XI

SEMESTER-I

Unit-I: Physical World and Measurement
Physics-scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; physics, technology and society. Need for measurement; Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements, accuracy
and precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement; significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.

Unit-II: Kinematics
Frame of references. Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity.Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity.
Uniform accelerated motion. Velocity-time, position-time graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment).
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and Vector quantities. Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number, addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity.
Unit vector, Resolution of a vector in a plane-rectangular components. Motion in a plane Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration-projectile motion. Uniform circular motion.

Unit-III: Laws of Motion
Intuitive 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. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction.
Uniform circular motion Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road.)

Unit-IV: Work, Energy and Power
Scalar product of vectors. Work done by a constant force and a variable force: kinetic energy, work-energy theorm, power.
Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces; conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies): Nonconservative forces: elastic and inelastic collissions in one and two dimensions.

PRACTICAL
Experiments
1. Use of vernier callipers
(a) to measure diameter of a small spherical/cylindrical body.
(b) to measure dimensions of a given regular body of known mass and hence find its density.
(c) to measure internal diameter and depth of a given beaker/calorimeter and hence find its volume.

2. Use of serew gauge
(a) to measure diameter of a given wire.
(b) to measure thickness of a given sheet.
(c) to measure volume of an irregular lamina.

3. To determine radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a spherometer.
4. To find the weight of a given body using parallelogram law of vectors.
5. To study relationship between force of limiting friction and normal reaction and to find co-efficient of friction between a block and a horizontal surface.
6. 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.

Activities
1. To make a paper scale of given least count, e.g. 0.2 cm., 0.5 cm..
2. To determine mass of a given body using a metre scale by principle of moments.
3. To plot a graph for a given set of data with proper choice of scales and error bars.
4. To measure the force fo limiting friction for rolling of a roller on a horizontal plane.
5. To study the variation in range of a Jet of water with angle of projection.
To study the conservation of energy of a/ball rolling down on inclined plane (using a double inclined plane)

SEMESTER-II

Unit-V: Motion of System of Particles and rigid Body
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 uniform rod. Vector product of vectors: moment of a force, torques, angular momentum,
conservation of angulur momentum with some examples.

Unit-VI: Gravitation
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational Potential. Escape velocity. Orbital
velocity of a satellite. Geo-stationary satellites.

Unit-VII: Properties of Bulk matter
Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke’s law. Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of rigidity.
Pressure due to a fluid column: Pascal’s law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes). Effects of gravity on fluid pressure. Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow. Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, specific heat-calorometry; change of statelatent heat.
Heat transfer-conduction convection and radiation, thermal conductivit, Newton’s law of cooling.

Unit-VIII: Thermodynamics
Themal equilibrium and definition of temperature (Zeroth law of thermodynamics). Head, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Seconds law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes. Carnot heat engine and Principle of refrigerator.

Unit-IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas.
Kinetic theory of gases-assumptions, concept of pressure, Kinetic energy and temperature; rms speed of gas molecules, degrees of Freedom, law of equi- Partition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heats of gases;
concept of mean free path. Avogadro’s number.

Unit-X: Oscillations and Waves
Periodic motion-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-derivation of expression for its time period; free forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance. Wave motion, Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion, 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, Doppler effect.

PRACTICAL
Experiments
1. Using simple pendulum, plot L-T and L-T² graphs. Hence find the effective length of second’s pendulum using appropriate graph.
2. To determine Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a given wire.
3. To find the force constant of a helical spring by plotting graph between load and extension.
4. 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.
5. To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method.
6. To determine the coefficient of viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given sperical body.
7. To study relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time by plotting a cooling curve.
8. (i) To study the relation between frequency and length of a given wire under constant tension using sonometer.
(ii) To study the relation between the length of a given wire and tension for constant frequency using sonometer.
9. To find the speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube by two-reasonance positions.
10. To determine specific heat of a given (i) solid (ii) liquid, by method of mixtures.

Activities
1. To study dissipation of energy of a simple pendulum by plotting a graph between square of amplitude and time.
2. To observe change of state and plot a cooling curve for molten wax.
3. To observe and explain the effect of heating on a bi-metallic strip.
4. To note the change in level of liquid in a container on heating and interpret the observations.
5. To study the effect of detergent on surface tension by observing capillary rise.
6. To study the factors affecting the rate of loss of heat of a liquid.
7. To study the effect of load on depression of a suitably clamped metre scale loaded
(i) at its end (ii) in the middle.

 

PSYCHOLOGY

CLASS-XI

SEMESTER-I

PART-A

Unit-I: Psychology as a Science of Behaviour:
Nature of psychology, Importance of psychology in life. Its concept and Definition- Fields of Psychology-Relationship of Psychology with Physiology, Sociology and Education.

Unit:II: Methods of Psychology:
Introduction, observation, Experimental and Case History Methods.

Unit-III: Psychiological Basis of Behaviour:
Response Mechanism: Meaning, Definition and Parts, i.e. Receptors, Effectors and Connections- Basic Unit of Nervous System: The Neurons and its kinds- Nerve Impulse and Reflex Action-Classification of Receptors according to Position and Function. Major Parts of Brain and their functions-The structure and function of Spinal Cord-The structure and function of Autonomic Nervous System. Endocrine glands and the effect of their Harmones on Behaviour.

Unit-IV: Sensory Processes
Definition, Meaning, Threshold and characteristics of Sensations-kinds of sensations with special reference to visual sensation. -Eye as a Sense Organ-Colour Blindness and After Images.

EXPERIMENTS:
1. Negative After image
2. Mapping of Sensory Spots in the skin
3. Mapping of blind spot

 

SEMESTER-II
PART-B

Unit-V:

Perception: Nature and Meaning. Difference between Illusions and Hallucinations.

Unit-VI:

Attention: Meaning, Definition and characteristics of Attention-Factors affecting attention-span, Division and Distraction of Attention.

Unit-VII:

Learning: Meaning, Definition and views regarding Nature of Learning- Characteristics of Learning-Methods and theories of Learning: Learning through trial and error, Insight theory of Learning. Laws of learning.

Unit-VIII:

Memory: Meaning, Definition and characteristics of Memory-Kinds of Memory-Processes of Memory: Recognition, Retention, Recall, Memorization-Forgetting and its Causes.

EXPERIMENTS:
4. Span of Attention
5. Mirror Drawing Experiment
6. Retention by Recall
7. Immediate Memory Span
8. Division of Attention

 

SOCIOLOGY

CLASS-XI

SEMESTER-I

Unit-I. SOCIOLOGY
(a) Definition, scope and nature.
(b) Relationship with other social sciences-History, Economics, Political Science.

Unit-2. SOCIETY
Characteristics Human and Animal society, Man as social animal

 

SEMESTER-II

Unit-3 BASIC CONCEPTS:
Association, Community, Institution, Social groups- (Primary and Secondary)

Unit-4. SOCIALISATION
As a process, Agencies-(family and school)

Unit-5 SOCIAL PROCESSES
Meaning and types; Co-operation, Accommodation, Assimilation, competition, Conflict.