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CLASS 12 PHYSICS BOARD EXAM

DERIVATIONS/CONCEPTS LIST -2024-25
TOTAL 110 ONLY

ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

1. ELECTRIC FIELD ALONG THE AXIAL LINE OF DIPOLE.

2. ELECTIRIC FIELD ALONG THE EQUOTORIAL LINE OF DIPOLE
3. TORQUE AND POTENTIAL ENERGY OF DIPOLE IN UNIFORM ELECTRIC
FIELD
4. TORQUE AND FORCE IN NON UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD
5. GAUSS THEORM APPLICATIONS – ELECTRIC FIELD AT A POINT DUE
i)INFINITE PLANE SHEET ii)DOUBLE SHEET iii)SPHERICAL SHELL
iv)LINEAR CHARGED CONDUCTOR v) SURFACE OF A CHARGED
CONDUCTOR.
6. ELECTRIC FORC/FIELD DUE TO CONTINUOUS CHARGE DISTRIBUTION

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

1. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AT A POINT DUE TO POINT CHARGE
2. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AT A POINT DUE TO DIPOLE ALONG THE AXIAL
LINE AND EQUOTORIAL LINE
3. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AT ANY POINT DUE TO ELECTRIC DIPOLE
4. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ENERGY OF SYSTEM OF TWO CHARGES
&ELECTRIC POTNETIAL ENERGY OF SYSTEM OF CHARGES IN
EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD
5. RELATION BETWEEN ELECTRIC FIELD AND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
7. PRINCIPLE OF PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
8. EXPRESSION FOR CAPACITANCE OF PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
WITH AIR AND WITH DIELECTRIC FULLY
9. EXPRESSION FOR CAPACITANCE OF PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
WITH DIELECTRIC PARTIALLY FILLED
10. ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR &AND ENERGY DENSITY OF
CAPACITOR DUE TO ELECTRIC FIELD (ONLY CONCEPTS AND
FORMULA)
11. COMPARE CONDUCTORS AND DIELECTRICS IN THE PRESENCE
OF EXTERNAL UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD , DIELECTRIC
POLARIZATION -EXPLAIN
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CURRENT ELECTRICITY

1. DRIFT VELOCITY
2. EXPRESSION FOR CURRENT
3. EXPRESSION FOR RESISTANCE AND RESITIVITY, NON OHMIC
ELEMENTS GRAPHS
4. RELATION B/W σ j & E OR OHM’S LAW IN VECTOR FORM, MOBILITY
OF CHARGE CARRIERS
5. CELLS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
6. WHEATSTONE’S BRIDGE-PROOF
7. TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE, RESISTIVITY VERSUS
TEMP GRAPHS
8. INTERNAL RESISTANCE, TERMINAL VOLTAGE AND EMF OF A CELL
RELATION AND ITS GRAPHS
9. HEAT ENERGY AND POWER OF BULBS , POWER OF BULBS IN SERIES
AND PARALLEL

MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM

1. USING B.S.L MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO CIRCULAR COIL –ALONG ITS
AXIS
2. USING B.S.L MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO CIRCULAR COIL – AT ITS
CENTRE
3. USING AMPERE S CIRCUITAL LAW -B DUE TO THIN AND THICK
WIRE (& learn only the magnetic field formula for solenoid and a
toroid)
4. CHARGED PARTICLE MOVING a) PARALLEL b) ANTIPARALLEL c)
PEPENDICULAR d) AT 0<Ө<90° WITH RESPECT TO B – FIND PITCH
AND RADIUS OF HELICAL PATH
5. FORCE ON CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTOR PLACED IN B
6. FORCE BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL CONDUCTORS
7. TORQUE ON CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTOR IN UNIFORM
MAGNETIC FIELD
8. CURRENT LOOP AS MAGNETIC DIPOLE
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9. MAGNETIC MOMENT OF A REVOLVING ELECTRON IN HYDROGEN

ATOM[BOHR’S MAGNETON]
10. MCG
11. G TO A
12. G TO V
13. CONDITIONS FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MOVING WITH VELOCITY
V UNDEVIATED WHEN ENTERING INTO CROSSED ELECTRIC AND
MAG FIELDS

MAGNETISM AND MATTER

1. TORQUE ON A MAGNETIC DIPOLE IN UNIFORM B
2. POTENTIAL ENERGY OF A MAGNETIC DIPOLE IN UNIFORM B
3. BAR MAGNET AS AN EQUIVALENT SOLENOID

MAGNEITC FIELD ALONG THE a)AXIAL LINE b) EQUATORIAL

LINE OF MAGNETIC DIPOLE (its diagram, equation and
resultant direction only )
4.DIA, PARA FERRO DIFFERENCE, PROPERTIES, DIGRAM AND ITS
DISTINGUISHING GRAPHS, CURIE’S LAW IN MAGNETISM.

HYSTERISIS – only graph- terms- Corecivity and retentivity ( Charact .

properties of material to make permanent magnet/electromagnet)
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

1. FARADAY’S EXPERIMENTS AND FARADAY’S LAWS OF EMI

2. DERIVE MOTIOANL EMF - USING LENZ’S LAW & LORENTZ FORCE
3. ENRGY CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONAL EMF (INCLUDE RELATION b/w
FLUX &CHARGE)
4. DEFINE SELF INDUCTANCE AND DERIVE AN EXPRESSION FOR SELF
INDUCTANCE OF A SOLENOID
5. DEFINE MUTUAL INDUCTANCE AND DERIVE AN EXPRESSION FOR
MUTUAL INDUCTANCE OF TWO CIRCULAR COILS
6. DERIVE AN EXPRESSION FOR MUTUAL INDUCTANCE OF TWO
SOLENOIDS.
7. ENERGY STORED IN SOLENOID AND ENERGY DENSITY IN TERMS OF
MAG. FIELD [ learn only formula ]
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8. PRINCIPLE , ASSUMPTIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING OF A.C

GENERATOR
9. EMF BY ROTATING THE ROD OF LENGTH l IN UNIFORM
PERPENDICULAR MAG.FIELD.

ALTERNATING CURRENT
1. A.C THROUGH RESISTOR ONLY
2. A.C THROUGH CAPACITOR ONLY
3. A.C THROUGH INDUCTOR ONLY
4. LCR IN SERIES IMPEDENCE AND RESONANCE USING PHASOR
GRAPH ONLY
5. POWER DISSIPATED THROUGH RESISTOR ONLY
6. POWER DISSIPATED THROUGH INDUCTOR ONLY
7. POWER DISSIPATED THROUGH CAPACITOR ONLY
8. TRANSFORMER-PRINCIPLE, THEORY AND WORKING, ENERGY
LOSSES

EM WAVES

1. MAXWELL’S DISPLACEMENT CURRENT, EXPLANATION ,EQUATION,

PATTERN
2. PROVE THAT CODUCTION CURRENT IS EQUAL TO DISPLACEMENT
CURRENT
3. ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC ENERGY DENSITY OF EM WAVE
4. WAVELENGTH RANGE, FREQUENCY RANGE, SOURCE OF
PRODUCTION , DETECTION, USES OF EM WAVE [table]

WAVE OPTICS
1. HUYGEN’S PRICNCIPLE
2. CONSTRUCTION OF WAVEFORNT
3. USE HUYGEN’S PRINCIPLE PROVE LAW OF REFLECTION
4. USE HUYGEN’S PRINCIPLE PROVE LAW OF REFRACTION
5. YDSE EXPT- EXPRESSION FOR RESULTANT AMPLITUDE, INTENSITY
MAX AND MINIMA CONDITION FOR A) SAME AMPLITUDE B)
DIFFERENT AMPLITUDE.
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6. DERIVE -EXPRESSION FOR PATH DIFFERENCE IN YDSE (WITH

DIAGRAM ) AND HENCE OBTAIN AN EQUATION OF FRINDGEWIDTH –
ITS INTENSITY PATTERN
7. OBSERVED FRINGEWIDTH AND INTENSITY CHANGES DUE TO
a)YDSE immersed in water b) slit is closer c) screen moving away
from slit d) white light e) interference criteria
8. DERIVE CONDITION FOR MAXIMA AND MINIMA FOR DIFFRACTION
SINGLE SLIT EXPERIMENT
9. EXPRESSION FOR CENTRAL MAXIMA, LINEAR AND ANGULAR
WIDTH

RAY OPTICS
1. LENS FORMULA AND ITS MAGNIFICATION
2. MIRROR FORMULA AND ITS MAGNIFICATION
3. REAL AND APPARENT DEPTH
4. TOTAL INTERNAL REFELCTION , CONDITION,EQUATION,
APPLICATIONS, PORRO PRISM DIAGRAMS
5. CONVEX SPHERICAL REFRACTING SURFACE – ASSUMPTIONS AND
DERIVATION
6. LENS MAKERS FORMULA- ASSUMPTION AND DERIVATION
7. PRISM-ANGLE OF DEVIATION
8. PRISM- PRISM FORMULA
9. ANGLE OF DEVIATION OF A SMALL ANGLED PRISM (JUST THE
FORMULA)
10. SIMPLE MICROSCOPE-DIAG, M.P
11.COMPOUND MICROSCOPE -DIAG, AND MP (image at infinity and
lddv)
12.TELESCOPE – REFRACTING TYPE - DIAG AND MP (image at infinity
and lddv)
13. TELESCOPE – CASSEGRAIN’S -REFLECTING
14. POWER OF A LENS AND POWER OF COMBINATION OF LENSES.
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DUAL NATURE OF LIGHT

1. LENARD AND HALLWACH’S EXPERIMENT ON PHOTOELECTRIC

EFFECT
2. EINSTEIN S PHOTO ELECTRIC EQUATION

DETERMINATION OF SLOPE [or Planck’s constant] AND INTERCEPT

a)FREQUENCY VS V0 GRAPH b) FREQUENCY VS V2max GRAPH
3. PROPERTIES OF PHOTON
4. FAILURE OF WAVE THEORY
5. EXPRESSION FOR DE-BROGLIE’S WAVELENGTH OF
PARTICLES&ELECTRON

ATOM

1. RUTHERFORD’S SCATTERING EXPERIMENT, DISTANCE OF

CLOSEST APPROACH, IMPACT PARAMETER
2. BOHR’S RADIUS
3. BOHR’S VELOCITY
4. BOHR’S ENERGY [ know only the relation between K.E, P.E &T.E]
5. SPECTRAL SERIES OF HYDROGEN ATOM [ DIAG & its ENERGY
VALUES]
6. WHAT ARE MATTER WAVES ?
7. DE-BROGLIE HYPOTHESIS ON BOHR’S ii POSTULATE

NUCLEI
1. MASS DEFECT AND BINDING ENERGY
2. B.E/A GRAPH- ITS SIGNIFICANCE
3. NUCLEAR FORCE, PROPERTIES AND GRAPH- POTENTIAL ENERGY
OF NUCLEON VS ITS DISTANCE OF SEPARATION GRAPH.
4. NUCLEAR REACTOR -elements (Learn from NCERT book) functions
only.
5. NUCLEAR FISSION AND NUCLEAR FUSION -DEFINITION,
EQUATIONS AND EXAMPLE
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SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

1. ENERGY BAND DIAG OF SEMICONDUCTOR,CONDUCTOR AND
INSULATOR
2. ENERGY BAND DIAGRAMS OF n-TYPE AND p-TYPE
SEMICONDUCTOR
3. EXPLAIN a)THE FORMATION OF PN JUCTION b) DEPLETION
REGION c) POTENTIAL BARRIER
4. JUNCTION DIODE-WORKING OF FORWARD AND REVERSE BIAS
WITH DIAGRAM AND GRAPH. DEFINE CRITICAL VOLTAGE, KNEE
VOLTAGE.
5. APPLICATION OF JUNCTION DIODE-HALF WAVE RECTIFIER
6. APPLICATION OF JUNCTION DIODE -FULL WAVE RECTIFIER
WITH FILTER CIRCUIT

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