CBSE Class 11 Physics: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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CBSE · Class 11 · 2026-27

CBSE Class 11 Physics: chapter-wise study guide

All 14 chapters of CBSE Class 11 Physics for the 2026-27 session. Each chapter page explains the ideas, gives tricks to remember them, shows where students lose marks, and links to practice.

14 chapters
28 topic pages

Start with the first chapter

Exam note: School annual exam: theory 70 marks (3 hours) and practicals 30. CBSE publishes no Class XI sample paper; the syllabus gives unit weightage and a typology table only.

Physical World and Measurement

1
Units and Measurement
- Dimensional Analysis and its Applications
- Significant Figures and Error Propagation

Kinematics

Laws of Motion

4
Laws of Motion
- Friction on Horizontal Surfaces and Inclines
- Momentum, Impulse and Conservation of Momentum

Work, Energy and Power

5
Work, Energy and Power
- Elastic and Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension
- Work-Energy Theorem, Variable Force and Power

Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

6
Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion
- Centre of Mass and its Motion
- Torque, Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum

Gravitation

7
Gravitation
- Acceleration due to Gravity and its Variation
- Satellites, Orbital Energy and Escape Speed

Properties of Bulk Matter

Thermodynamics

11
Thermodynamics
- First Law, Work and P-V Diagrams
- Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes of an Ideal Gas

Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases

12
Kinetic Theory
- Degrees of Freedom, Specific Heats and Mean Free Path
- Pressure of an Ideal Gas, Temperature and RMS Speed

Oscillations and Waves

Syllabus source: CBSE Physics syllabus 2026-27 (Classes XI-XII), NCERT textbooks (Reprint 2026-27)