| 1 | Electric Charges and Fields | Important Applications and Numerical Ideas |
| 2 | Reflection of Light: Spherical Mirrors | Basic Terms and Types of Spherical Mirrors · Rays, Images, and Ray Diagrams · New Cartesian Sign Convention |
| 3 | Gauss' theorem | Core Ideas and Basic Definitions · Gauss' Theorem and Gaussian Surface · Electric Field Due to Symmetric Charge Distributions |
| 4 | Refraction of light at a Plane Interface: Total Internal Reflection: Optical Fibre | Refraction and Laws of Refraction · Refractive Index and Relative Refractive Index · Reversibility of Light and Refraction Through a Glass Slab |
| 5 | Electric Potential | Electric Potential and Potential Difference · Electron-volt · Potential Due to Point Charges and Group of Charges |
| 6 | Refraction of Light at spherical surfaces: Lenses | Sign Convention and Basic Geometry · Refraction at a Spherical Surface · Foci of a Spherical Refracting Surface |
| 7 | Capacitors and Dielectrics | Conductors, Insulators, and Free and Bound Charges · Capacitance and Unit of Farad · Capacitance of a Charged Conductor and Energy |
| 8 | Refraction and Dispersion of Light through a Prism | Prism and Refraction through a Prism · Minimum Deviation and Refractive Index · Limiting Angle, Grazing Incidence, and Maximum Deviation |
| 9 | Electric Resistance and OHM's Law | Electric Current and Current Density · Free Electrons, Relaxation Time, Drift Velocity and Mobility · Ohm's Law, Resistance and Resistivity |
| 10 | Optical Instruments | Power of Accommodation and Visual Angle · Simple Microscope · Compound Microscope |
| 11 | DC Circuits and Measurements | Electric Cell, EMF, and Terminal Potential Difference · Combination of Cells and Maximum Current · Kirchhoff's Laws |
| 12 | Wave Nature of Light: Hygens' Principle | Historical Background and Nature of Light · Wavefront and Ray · Huygens' Principle and Secondary Wavelets |
| 13 | Moving Charges and Magnetic Field | Magnetic Field and Oersted's Experiment · Biot-Savart Law and Magnetic Field Due to Current Elements · Fields Due to Straight Wire, Circular Coil, Arc, Solenoid, and Toroid |
| 14 | Interference of Light | Principle of Superposition and Interference · Young's Double-Slit Experiment · Conditions for Bright and Dark Fringes |
| 15 | Torque on a Current-loop: Moving-Coil Galvanometer | Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field · Moving-Coil Galvanometer and Radial Magnetic Field · Conversion of Galvanometer into Ammeter and Voltmeter |
| 16 | Diffraction of Light | Core idea of diffraction · Fraunhofer diffraction at a single slit · Important limiting cases and observations |
| 17 | Magnetic Field and Earth's Magnetism | Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole · Magnetic Dipole Moment of a Revolving Electron · Magnetic Field of a Bar Magnet |
| 18 | Polarisation of Light | Light Waves are Transverse · Plane-Polarised Light, Plane of Vibration and Plane of Polarisation · Polarisation by Reflection and Brewster's Law |
| 19 | Magnetic Classification of Substances | Classification of Magnetic Substances · Magnetic Induction, Magnetisation, and Magnetic Intensity · Properties of Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetic Substances |
| 20 | Photoelectric Effect | Discovery, Observation, and Basic Terms · Hertz-Lenard Observations and Experimental Laws · Laws of Photoelectric Emission and Failure of Wave Theory |
| 21 | Electromagnetic Induction | Magnetic Flux and Its Meaning · Faraday's Laws and Induced emf · Ways of Changing Magnetic Flux and Motional emf |
| 22 | Matter Waves | Differences, Applications, and Exam Focus |
| 23 | Alternating Current | Basic idea of alternating current · Peak value, mean value, and rms value · AC from a rotating coil and AC generator |
| 24 | Atom, Origin of Spectra: Bohr's Theory of Hydrogen Atom | Alpha-Particle Scattering and Rutherford's Nuclear Model · Bohr's Atomic Model and Postulates · Radii, Speed and Energy of Bohr Orbits |
| 25 | Electromagnetic Waves | Displacement Current and Ampere-Maxwell Law · Maxwell's Equations · Electromagnetic Waves: Nature and Properties |
| 26 | Nuclear Structure | Composition and Size of the Nucleus · Atomic Masses and Unified Atomic Mass Unit · Classification of Nuclei |
| 27 | Mass- Energy Equivalence: Nuclear Binding Energy | Mass-Energy Relation · Pair Production and Pair Annihilation · Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy |
| 28 | Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion: Source of Energy | Nuclear Fission · Chain Reaction, Critical Size, and Multiplication Factor · Nuclear Reactor and Its Parts |
| 29 | Semiconductor Electronics | Classification of Materials by Conductivity · Energy Bands, Valence Band, Conduction Band, and Band Gap · Intrinsic Semiconductors |
| 30 | Junction Diodes | Formation of p-n Junction · Forward Bias and Reverse Bias · V-I Characteristics and Breakdown |
| 31 | Junction Transistors | Basic idea of a junction transistor · Types of transistors and symbol directions · Transistor action and current relation |
| 32 | Logic Gates | Signals, Circuits, and ICs · Logic Gates and Boolean Algebra · OR Gate, AND Gate, and NOT Gate |