Delhi Public School, Srinagar

Syllabus Class XI (Final Term)

ENGLISH

1. Unseen Comprehension passage

2. Note Making
3. Grammar- Editing /gap filling, jumbled sentences, etc.
4. Short writing skills: - Advertisements a. For Sale b. To Let c. Situation Vacant d. Educational and Hobby
Courses
Posters
5. Long writing skills: - a. Speech Writing b. Debate Writing
6. Literature: - HORNBILL a. A Photograph b. The Laburnum Top c. Father to Son d. Discovering Tut e.
The Adventure f. Silk Road
SNAPSHOTS: - a. Mother’s Day b. Birth c. The Address d. Tale of Melon City
PHYSICS

• Units and Measurements: - SI units, fundamental and derived units. Dimensions of physical quantities,
dimensional analysis, and its applications. Significant figures. (5 marks)
• Motion in a Straight Line: - The frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Elementary concepts of
differentiation and integration for describing motion, uniform and non-uniform motion, instantaneous
velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs. Relations for uniformly
accelerated motion. (5 marks)
• Motion in a Plane: - Scalar and vector quantities; position and displacement vectors, general vectors and
their notations; equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of
vectors, Unit vector; resolution of a vector in a plane, rectangular components, Scalar and Vector product
of vectors. Motion in a plane, cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration, projectile motion. (7
marks)
• 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, lubrication. (6 marks)
• Work, Energy and Power: - Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy
theorem, power. Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces:
neoconservative forces, motion in a vertical circle; elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension. (5
marks)
• 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 a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod.
Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum and its
applications. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison
of linear and rotational motions. Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for
simple geometrical objects (no derivation). (9 marks)
• Gravitation: - Kepler's laws of planetary motion, universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity
and its variation with altitude and depth, escape speed. (3 marks)
• Mechanical Properties of Fluids:- Pressure due to a fluid column, Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity,
streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its simple applications. (8 marks)
• Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory: - Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature, zeroth law of
thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics, specific heat capacity; Cp,
Cv, gaseous state of matter, change of condition of gaseous state -isothermal, adiabatic and cyclic processes.
• 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; degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of
energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases. (12 marks)
• Oscillations and Waves: - Periodic motion - time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time,
periodic functions and their applications. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M) and its equations of motion;
phase; energy in S.H.M. Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum derivation of expression for its
time period. Wave motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling wave, displacement
relation for a progressive wave. (10 marks)
Chemistry
Some basic concepts of chemistry. (08 marks)
Structure of atom. (10 marks)
Periodic classification of elements (07 marks)
Chemical Bonding (10 marks)
Chemical Equilibrium (10 marks)
Redox Reactions (05 marks)
Some Basic concepts in Organic chemistry (10 marks)
Note: - Excluding Isomerism, methodes of purification, and qualitative and quantitative analysis
Hydrocarbons {Note Excluding Alkynes} (10 marks)
BIOLOGY

• structural organisation in animals [life cycle of frog] (5 marks)

• Cell structure and function [5 marks]
• Cell cycle and cell division [5 marks]
• Biomolecules [ 7 marks]
• Enzymology [5 marks]
• Respiration in higher plants [ 5 marks]
• Photosynthesis in higher plants [excluding light and dark reaction] ( 5 marks )
• Chemical control and coordination [ 7 marks]
• Neural control and coordination [7 marks]
• Body fluids and circulation [ 6 marks]
• Movement and locomotion [ 6 marks]
• Excretory products and their elimination [only urine formation] [ 3 marks]
• Breathing and exchange of gases {only human respiratory system } [ 2 marks ]
• Animal kingdom {general characters of porifera, arthopoda only} ( 2 marks)
MATHEMATICS
• Relations and Functions
• Trigonometric Functions
• Complex Numbers and Quadratic equations
• Permutations and Combinations
• Binomial Theorem
• Sequence and Series
• Straight Lines
• Conic Sections
• Introduction to Three-dimensional Geometry
• Limits and Derivatives
• Statistics
• Probability
COMPUTER SCIENCES

Computer Systems and Organization 10 Marks

• Basic Computer Organisation: Introduction to computer system, hardware, software, input device, output
device, CPU, memory (primary, cache and secondary), units of memory (Bit, Byte, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB)
• Types of software: system software (operating systems, system utilities, device drivers), programming
tools and language translators (assembler, compiler & interpreter), application software
• Operating system (OS): functions of operating system, OS user interface
• Boolean logic: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, truth table, De Morgan’s laws and logic circuits
• Number system: Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal number system; conversion between number
systems.
• Encoding schemes: ASCII, ISCII and UNICODE (UTF8, UTF32)
Computational Thinking and Programming – 1 45 Marks
● Introduction to problem solving: Steps for problem solving (analysing the problem, developing an
algorithm, coding, testing and debugging). representation of algorithms using flow chart and pseudo
code, decomposition
● Familiarization with the basics of Python programming: Introduction to Python, features of Python,
executing a simple "hello world" program, execution modes: interactive mode and script mode, Python
character set, Python tokens (keyword, identifier, literal, operator, punctuator), variables, concept of l-
value and r-value, use of comments
● Knowledge of data types: number (integer, floating point, complex), boolean, sequence (string, list,
tuple), none, mapping (dictionary), mutable and immutable data types
● Operators: arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, assignment operator, augmented
assignment operators, identity operators (is, is not), membership operators (in, not in)
● Expressions, statement, type conversion & input/output: precedence of operators, expression, evaluation
of expression, python statement, type conversion (explicit & implicit conversion), accepting data as input
from the console and displaying output
● Errors: syntax errors, logical errors, runtime errors
● Flow of control: introduction, use of indentation, sequential flow, conditional and iterative flow control
● Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif-else, flowcharts, simple programs: e.g.: absolute value, sort 3
numbers and divisibility of a number
● Iterative statements: for loop, range function, while loop, flowcharts, break and continue statements,
nested loops, suggested programs: generating pattern, summation of series, finding the factorial of a
positive number etc
● Strings: introduction, indexing, string operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing),
traversing a string using loops, built-in functions: len(), capitalize(), title(), lower(), upper(), count(), find(),
index(), endswith(), startswith(), isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), islower(), isupper(), isspace(), lstrip(),
rstrip(), strip(), replace(), join(), partition(), split()
● Lists: introduction, indexing, list operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing), traversing
a list using loops, built-in functions: len(), list(), append(), extend(), insert(), count(), index(), remove(),
pop(), reverse(), sort(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); nested lists, suggested programs: finding the
maximum, minimum, mean of numeric values stored in a list; linear search on list of numbers and
counting the frequency of elements in a list
● Tuples: introduction, indexing, tuple operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing),built-in
functions: len(), tuple(), count(), index(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); tuple assignment, nested tuple,
suggested programs: finding the minimum, maximum, mean of values stored in a tuple; linear search on
a tuple of numbers, counting the frequency of elements in a tuple
● Dictionary: introduction, accessing items in a dictionary using keys, mutability of dictionary (addinga new
item, modifying an existing item), traversing a dictionary, built-in functions: len(), dict(), keys(), values(),
items(), get(), update(), del, clear(), from keys(), copy(), pop(), pop item(), set default(), max(), min(),
count(), sorted(), copy(); suggested programs : count the number of times a character appears in a given
string using a dictionary, create a dictionary with names of employees, their salary and access them
● Introduction to Python modules: Importing module using 'import <module>' and using from statement,
Importing math module (pi, e, sqrt, ceil, floor, pow, fabs, sin, cos, tan); random module (random, randint,
rand range), statistics module (mean, median, mode)
Society, Law and Ethics 15 Marks
• Digital Footprints
• Digital society and Netizen: net etiquettes, communication etiquettes, social media etiquettes
• Data protection: Intellectual Property Right (copyright, patent, trademark), violation of IPR (plagiarism,
copyright infringement, trademark infringement), open source softwares and licensing (Creative Commons,
GPL and Apache)
• Cyber-crime: definition, hacking, eavesdropping, phishing and fraud emails, ransomware, preventing cyber
crime
• Cyber safety: safely browsing the web, identity protection, confidentiality, cyber trolls and bullying.
• Safely accessing web sites: malware, viruses, trojans, adware
• E-waste management: proper disposal of used electronic gadgets
• Indian Information Technology Act (IT Act)
• Technology & Society: Gender and disability issues while teaching and using computers
ECONOMICS

• Introduction: - What is Economics? Meaning, scope, functions and importance of statistics in Economics.
• Collection of data: -Sources of data - primary and secondary; how basic data is collected with concepts of
Sampling; methods of collecting data; some important Sources of secondary data: Census of India and
National Sample Survey Organization.
• Organization of data: - Meaning and types of variables; Frequency Distribution.
• Presentation of data:-Tabular Presentation and Diagrammatic Presentation of Data: (i) Geometric forms
(bar diagrams and pie diagrams), (ii) Frequency diagrams (histogram, polygon and Ogive) and (iii)
Arithmetic line graphs (time series graph).
• Statistical Tools and Interpretation: Measures of Central Tendency- Arithmetic mean: Meaning,
Calculation by Direct, Indirect and Step Deviation Methods: From Individual, Discrete and Continuous
series. Merits and Demerits.
• Measures of Central Tendency- Median: -From Individual, Discrete and Continuous series. And location
of Median graphically.
• Measures of Central Tendency- Mode: - From Individual, Discrete and Continuous series. And location of
Mode graphically.
• Correlation: -Meaning and properties, scatter diagram; measures of correlation – Karl Pearson's method
(two variables ungrouped data) Spearman's rank correlation (Non-Repeated Ranks and Repeated Ranks).
• Introduction to Index Numbers: - Meaning, types - Wholesale Price Index, Consumer Price Index and
index of industrial production, uses of index numbers; Inflation and Index Numbers, Simple Aggregative
Method.
• Introduction: - Meaning of microeconomics and macroeconomics; positive and normative economics.
What is an economy? Central problems of an economy: what, how and for whom to produce; concepts of
Production Possibility Frontier and Opportunity Cost.
Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand: -Consumer's equilibrium - meaning of Utility, Marginal Utility, Law
of Diminishing
• Marginal Utility, conditions of consumer's equilibrium using marginal utility analysis.
• Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand: -Indifference curve analysis of consumer's equilibrium-the
consumer's budget (budget set and budget line), preferences of the consumer (indifference curve,
indifference Map) and conditions of consumer's equilibrium.
• Producer Behaviour and Supply: - Meaning of Production Function – Short-Run and Long-Run Total
Product, Average Product and Marginal Product. Returns to a Factor.
• Producer Behaviour and Supply: - Cost – Short run costs - Total Cost, Total Fixed Cost, Total Variable
Cost; Average Cost; Average Fixed Cost, Average Variable Cost and Marginal Cost - meaning and Their
relationships. Revenue – Total Revenue, Average Revenue and Marginal Revenue - meaning and Their
relationship. Producer's Equilibrium - meaning and its conditions in terms of Marginal Revenue- Marginal
Cost.
• Producer Behaviour and Supply: - Supply, market supply, determinants of supply, supply schedule, supply
curve and its slope, movements along and shifts in supply curve, price elasticity of supply; Measurement
of price elasticity of supply - percentage-change method.
• Perfect Competition - Price Determination and simple applications: - Perfect competition - Features;
Determination of market equilibrium and effects of Shifts in demand and supply. (Short Run Only) Simple
Applications of Demand and Supply: Price ceiling, Price floor.

HOME SCIENCE
Introduction to Home Science
Understanding oneself- Adolescence
Understanding family, community and society
Childhood
Adulthood
Psychology

• What is Psychology? The topics in this unit are: Introduction What is Psychology? Psychology as a
Discipline Psychology as a Natural Science Psychology as a Social Science. Understanding Mind and
Behavior. Popular Notions about the Discipline of Psychology. Evolution of Psychology. Development
of Psychology in India. Branches of Psychology. Psychology and Other Discipline. Psychology in
Everyday Life
• Methods of Enquiry in Psychology The topics in this unit are: Introduction Goals of Psychological
Enquiry. Steps in Conducting Scientific Research Alternative Paradigms of Research. Nature of
Psychological Data. Some Important Methods in Psychology. Observational Method. Experimental
Method. Correlational Research. Survey Research. Psychological Testing. Case Study. Analysis of Data.
Quantitative Method. Qualitative Method. Limitations of Psychological Enquiry. Ethical Issues
• Human Development The topics in this unit are: Introduction Meaning of Development Life-Span
Perspective on Development Factors Influencing Development. Context of Development. Overview of
Developmental Stage. Prenatal Stage. Infancy. Childhood. Challenges of Adolescence.Adulthood and
Old Age
• Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes:- The topics in this unit are: Introduction Knowing the
world. Nature and varieties of Stimulus. Sense Modalities. Functional limitation of sense organs
Attentional Processes Selective Attention Sustained Attention. Perceptual Processes Processing
Approaches in Perception, The Perceiver, Principles of Perceptual Organisation, Perception of Space,
 Depth and Distance, Monocular Cues and Binocular Cues, Perceptual Constancies, Illusions, Socio-
Cultural Influences on Perception
• Learning: - The topics in this unit are: Introduction, Nature of Learning, Paradigms of Learning,
Classical Conditioning, Determinants of Classical Conditioning, Operant/Instrumental Conditioning,
Determinants of Operant Conditioning, Key Learning Processes. Observational Learning, Cognitive
Learning, Verbal Learning, Skill Learning, Factors Facilitating Learning, Learning Disabilities
• Human Memory: - The topics in this unit are:- Introduction Nature of memory Information Processing
Approach : The Stage Model. Memory Systems: Sensory, Short-term and Long-term MemoriesLevels of
Processing Types of Long-term Memory Declarative and Procedural; Episodic and Semantic Nature and
Causes of Forgetting Forgetting due to Trace Decay, Interference and Retrieval Failure Enhancing
Memory Mnemonics using Images and Organisation
• Thinking: - The topics in this unit are:- Introduction Nature of Thinking Building Blocks of Thought The
Processes of Thinking, Problem Solving Reasoning Decision-making Nature and Process of Creative
Thinking Nature of Creative Thinking Process of Creative Thinking. Thought and Language
Development of Language and Language Use
• Motivation and Emotion: - The topics in this unit are:- Introduction Nature of Motivation Types of
Motives Biological Motives Psychosocial Motives Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Nature of Emotions
Expression of Emotions Culture and Emotional Expression Culture and Emotional Labelling. Managing
Negative Emotions, Enhancing Positive Emotions