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ENGLISH

GR XI – ENGLISH SYLLABUS 2019-20 APRIL – MAY WRITING SKILLS

GRAMMAR PROSE POETRY

1. Article 2. Speech 3. Debate 4. Comprehension 5. Paragraph Writing

1.Tenses 2. Determiners 3. S-V Agreement 4. Conjunctions

JULY 1. Notice 2. Formal letters & Replies (Editor, Enquiry, Order, Complaint) 3. Job Application

1. Prepositions 2. Active-Passive Voice

HORNBILL 1. Portrait of a Lady 2.The Laburnum Top SNAPSHOTS 4. The Summer of a Beautiful White Horse

3. A Photograph

AUGUST 1. Report Writing (School Mag, Newspaper) 2. Poster Making

1. Reported Speech 2. Modals

HORNBILL 1.We’re Not Afraid to Die SNAPSHOTS 3. The Address 4. Ranga’s Marriage

2.The Voice of the Rain

3. Note-Making

5. Albert Einstein at School

SEPTEMBER 1. Revision

1.Reordering of Sentences/Phrases

HORNBILL 1. The Ailing Planet

Revision

OCTOBER 1. Advertisements

1.Editing / Omission HORNBILL 1.The Browning Version SNAPSHOTS 3.Mother’s Day

1. Childhood

MATHEMATICS

Term I

1. Sets

2. Mathematical Induction

3. Relation & Functions

4. Trigonometric Functions

5. Complex Numbers & Quadratic

Equations

6. Linear Inequalities

7. Permutation & Combination

8. Binomial Theorem

9. Sequqnces& Series

erm II

10. Straight Lines

11. Three Dimensional Geometry

12. Conic Sections

13. Limits & Derivatives

14. Statistics

15. Probability

Subject – Biology

First Term

1. Biological Classification

2. Plant Kingdom

3. Animal Kingdom

4. Digestion and Absorption

5. Breathing and Exchange of Gasses

6. Body Fluids and Circulation

7. Excretory Products and their elimination

8. Locomotion and Movement

9. Neural Control and Coordination

SCIENCE

10. Chemical Coordination and Integration

Second Term

11. Transport in Plants

12. Mineral Nutrition

13. Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

14. Respiration in plants

15. Plant Growth and Development

16. Cell: The Unit of Life

17. Bio molecules

18. Cell Cycle and Cell division

19. Anatomy of Flowering Plants

20. Morphology of Flowering Plants

21. Structural Organisation in Animals

SYLLABUS PLANNED FOR CLASS 11TH CHEMISTRY 2018-19

FIRST TERM

SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY.

STRUCTURE OF ATOM.

CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS AND PERIODICITY OF PROPERTIES.

CHEMICAL BONDING.

SECOND TERM

STATES OF MATTER.

THERMODYNAMICS .

EQULIBRIUM(CHEMICAL ).

EQUILIBRIUM (IONIC) .

REDOX REACTIONS.

PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

HYDROCARBONS.

S-BLOCK ELEMENTS .

P-BLOCK ELEMENTS.

SUBJECT: PHYSICS

Unit I: Physical World and Measurement (Periods 10)

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 (Periods 30)

Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed and velocity.

Uniform and

non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity. Uniformly accelerated

motion, velocity time

and 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 vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane – rectangular components.

Scalar and Vector products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity and

uniform

acceleration – projectile motion. Uniform circular motion.

Unit III: Laws of Motion (Periods 10)

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.

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 (Periods 10)

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; conservation of

mechanical

energy (kinetic and potential energies); non-conservative forces; motion in a vertical circle,

elastic and

inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

First term

Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body (Periods 12)

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.

Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with

someexamples.

Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion,

comparison of linear

and rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of M.I. for simple

geometrical objects

(no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications.

Unit VI: Gravitation (Periods 14)

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.

Geostationary satellites.

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter (Periods 20)

Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus,

shear,

modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.

Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal’s law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic

brakes).

Effect of gravity on fluid pressure.

Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow.

Critical

velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.

Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of

surface tension

ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.

Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids, and gases.

Anomalous

expansion. Specific heat capacity: Cp, Cv – calorimetry; change of state – latent heat.

Heat transfer – conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation. Qualitative

ideas of

Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect.

Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics (Periods 12)

Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat,

work and

Second term

internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes.

Second law of thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes. Heat engines and

refrigerators.

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory (Periods 8)

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 equipartition of energy (statement only)

and application

to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro’s number.

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves (Periods 20)

Periodic motion – period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions.

Simple

harmonic motion (SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring – restoring force and

force constant;

energy in SHM – 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.

Informatics Practices -(065)

Informatics Practices -(065)

Learning Outcomes

1. Basic computational thinking. Learn how to reason with variables, state transitions,

Conditionals, and iteration.

2. Notion of data types, and higher order data structures such as lists, and dictionaries.

3. Concepts of data handling: creating, managing and working with Data Frames using

PythonPandas.

4. Structure of simple SQL queries.

5. Cyber safety.

TERM 1

April to September

Unit 1: Programming and Computational Thinking

Chapter 1: Basics of Computer Organisation 1. Hardware and Software Concepts (Basic computer

organisation: describe a computer system and mobile system,

CPU, memory, hard disk, I/O, battery, power, transition from a calculator to a computer)

Unit 2: Data Handling

Chapter 2 to 11: Getting Started with Programming in Python 1. Python Fundamentals 2. Data Handling 3. Conditional and Iterative Statements 4. String and List Manipulations 5. Dictionaries 6. Python Modules 7. Python Pandas

(Familiarization with the basics of Python programming: a simple “hello world" program, process of writing a program, running it, and print statements; simple data-types: integer, float, string

Introduce the notion of a variable, and methods to manipulate it (concept of L-value and Rvalue even if not taught explicitly)

Knowledge of data types and operators: accepting input from the console, assignment statement, expressions, operators and their precedence.

Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif-else; simple programs: e.g.: absolute value, sort 3 numbers, divisibility.

Notion of iterative computation and control flow: for, while, flowcharts, decision trees and pseudo code; write a lot of programs: interest calculation, EMI, tax calculation (examples from GST), standard deviation, correlation

Lists and dictionary: finding the maximum, minimum, mean; linear search on a list of numbers, and counting the frequency of elements in a list using a dictionary.

Text handling: compare, concat, and substring operations.

Introduction to Python modules: creating and importing.

Half-Yearly Chapter 1-9

TERM 2

October to March

Unit 3: Data Management

Chapter12 to 15: Introduction to Database Management System.

Relational Databse (MYSQL)

Queries in MYSQL

Table Creation and Data Manipulation Commands.

Tables Joins and Indexes. Relational databases: idea of a database and the need for it, relations, keys, primary key, foreign key;

Use SQL commands to create a table, keys, and foreign keys; insert/delete an entry, delete a table.

Basic SQL: select, project, and join; indexes, and a lot of in-class practice. Unit 4: Society, Law and Ethics- Cyber Safety

Chapter 17 to 18: Cyber Safety, Online Access and Computer Security Cyber safety: safely browsing the web, identity protection, confidentiality, social networks, cyber trolls and bullying

Appropriate usage of social networks: spread of rumours, and common social networking sites (Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook) and specific usage rules.

Safely accessing web sites: adware, malware, viruses, Trojans

Safely communicating data: secure connections, eavesdropping, and phishing and identity verification.

Revision Project Work in Python.

GEOGRAPHY MONTH WISE SYLLABUS DISTRIBUTION

1st TERM : APRIL – SEPTEMBER

APRIL Introduction of Geography as an individual Discipline.

Introduction : Practical Geography.

MAY Practical Geography : Activities related to Map Making, Sketch, Scale etc.

JUNE +

JULY PAPER 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 1 Geography as a Discipline

Chapter 2 Origin and evolution of the Earth

Chapter 3 Interior of the Earth

PAPER 2. INDIA : PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 1 India : Location

Chapter 2 India : Structure and Physiography

PAPER 3. PRACTICAL WORK IN GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 1 Introduction to Maps

Chapter 2 Map Scale

AUGUST PAPER 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 4 Distribution of oceans and continents

Chapter 5 Minerals and rocks

Chapter 6 Geomorphic Processes

Chapter 7 Landforms and their evolution

PAPER 2. INDIA : PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 3 India : Drainage system

PAPER 3. PRACTICAL WORK IN GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 3 Latitude, Longitude and Time

Chapter 5 Topographical Maps

2ND TERM : OCTOBER – FEBRUARY

OCTOBER PAPER 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 8 Composition and structure of atmosphere

Chapter 9 Solar radiation, heat balance, temperature

PAPER 2. INDIA : PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 4 India : Climate

PAPER 3. PRACTICAL WORK IN GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 4 Map Projections

NOVEMBER PAPER 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 10 Atmospheric circulation and weather

Chapter 11 Water in the atmosphere

Chapter 12 World climate and climate changes ( selected portion )

PAPER 2. INDIA : PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 5 India : Natural Vegetation

PAPER 3. PRACTICAL WORK IN GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 6 Introduction to Aerial photography

Chapter 7 Introduction to Remote Sensing

DECEMBER PAPER 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 13 Water ( Oceans )

Chapter 14 Movements of ocean water

PAPER 2. INDIA : PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 6 India : Soils

PAPER 3. PRACTICAL WORK IN GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 8 Weather instruments, maps and charts.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY Incomplete syllabus to be completed.

HISTORY

April – May

Introduce the children to History as a subject. Here they will be asked to do the following

activities :

Make a family tree

Write about a very funny incident

Write about a very embarrassing incident

Write about a sad incident

Trace the development of the mobile phones from its inception to its modern avatar.

Trace the habit of drinking tea in India.

Discuss the development of chikan kari in Lucknow.

Research on the development of cartoon characters in India.

July

From The Beginning Of Time

Writing And City Life

August

An Empire Across Three Continents

The Central Islamic Lands

Nomadic Empires

September

Half Yearly Examination

October

The Three Orders

Changing Cultural Traditions

November

Confrontations Of Cultures

Displacing Indigenous People

December

Industrial Revolution

Paths To Modernisation

January and February

In addition the children will have to make a project which will be in the form of research.

They will choose a topic according to their convenience and understanding, from the chapters

to be covered in the entire year, and will do an extensive research on it. They are then

expected to give their presentation to the class. The presentation will be conducted from

January onwards which will also be their fourth unit test or will be a part of their final

examination. They will be marked out of 25.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Class 11 D (Humanities)

1. Constitution Why? And How?

2. Elections and Representation

3. Fundamental Rights

4. Legislature

5. Freedom

6. Equality

Term 2

1. Executive

2. Judiciary

3. Federalism

4. Local self Government

5. Rights

6. Citizenship

7. Secularism

8. Peace

PSYCHOLOGY

TERM I (APRIL- SEPTEMBER )

1.What is Psychology ?

2. Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

3. The Bases of Human Behaviour

4. Human Development

5. Learning

Term II (OCT- FEB )

1. Sensory, Attention and Perceptual Processes

2. Human Memory

3. Thinking

4.Motivation and Emotion

PRACTICAL: MULLER LYER , SERIAL RECALL , ANXIETY

PROJECT : ANY TOPIC RELATED TO PSYCHOLOGY

ECONOMICS

MONTH BOOK CHAPTER NAME

APRIL STATISTICS

MICROECONOMICS

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY-ARITHMATIC MEAN

INTRODUCTION-CENTRAL PROBLEMS OF AN ECONOMY

MAY MICROECONOMICS CONSUMER’S EQUILIBRIUM

JULY STATISTICS MEDIAN AND MODE

AUGUST MICROECONOMICS THEORY OF PRODUCER’S BEHAVIOUR-Production function,

cost, revenue, producers equilibrium

SEPTEMBER STATISTICS REVISION

OCTOBER STATISTICS MEASURES OF DISPERSION

NOVEMBER MICROECONOMICS THEORY OF SUPPLY

DECEMBER STATISTICS MEASURES OF CORRELATION

INDEX NUMBERS

JANUARY MICROECONOMICS FORMS OF MARKET

PRICE DETERMINATION

ACCOUNTANCY

April , May, July , August ,September October ,November , December , January

April: Introduction to Accounting

Accounting Concepts, objectives, advantages ,

limitations , branches of accounting , users of

accounting information , basic accounting

terms

October: Rectification of errors

Final Accounts without adjustments

November: Final accounts with adjustments

May: Accounting Principle ,Accounting

Standards

July: Recording Transactions

Journal

Ledger

Trial Balance

August: Bills Of Exchange

Cash Books

Subsidiary Books

Bank Reconciliation Statement

September: Depreciation Provisions and

Reserves

December : Accounts of Not For Profit

Organisation

January: Revision

BUSINESS STUDIES CODE NO- 054

SESSION - 2019-2020

THEORY : 80 MARKS PROJECT : 20 MARKS

MONTHS CHAPTERS TOPICS TO BE COVERED

APRIL NATURE AND PURPOSE OF BUSINESS

Meaning characteristic , Business profession and employment,

Objectives of business, classification of industry and Commerce,

Industry -meaning and sub groups,Commerce and Trade,

Business risk

MAY FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANISATION Sole prop -concept, Merits and Limitations,

Partnership - types ,deed,Limitation,registration,concepts

HUF - Concepts ,Merits, Limitation

Cooperative Societies- Types, Merits , Limitations,

Company-Types Public and Private company.

FORMATION OF A COMPANY Stages Important documents used in the various

stages .

JULY FORMATION OF A COMPANY TO BE CONTINUED.

PUBLIC , PRIVATE AND GLOBAL ENTERPRISE Public and Private sector-concepts

Forms of enterprises

Multinational Company- joint venture , benefits.

AUGUST BUSINESS SERVICES Meaning ,Types of bank accounts,saving,fixed,recurring,

Banking services-Cash credit ,overdraft,types of digital payment.

Insurance-Types,concept,marine and fire

Postal and Telecom services

EMERGING MODES OF BUSINESS E-Business concept , scope and benefits ,

BPO,KPO,Merits andLimitations.

SEPTEMBER SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Concept,responsibility towards different groups

Environmental Protection ,Business Ethics-Concept and elements

OCTOBER SOURCES OF BUSINESS FINANCE Ownerfunds ,equity funds,ADR,GDR,IDR,debentures, loans

Commercial bank,public deposits,trade credit , ICD

NOVEMBER SMALL BUSINESS

Characteritics , Need ,process ,Development of Scheme,

MSMED -2006, Role of Small scale Industries, NSIC,DIC

With special reference to backward to rural area

DECEMBER INTERNAL TRADE Meaning ,types of retail,departmental Stores, GST

JANUARY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Export trade, Import trade,documents related,procedure ,

FEBRUARY REVISION Revision of the entire syllabus

BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(B.E.) ENTREPRENEURSHIP CODE NO- 066

CLASS – XI

SESSION - 2019-2020

THEORY : 70 PROJECT : 30

MONTHS CHAPTERS TOPICS TO BE COVERED

APRIL ENTREPRENEURSHIP-CONCEPT AND FUNCTIONS Concept ,functions and need

Entrepreneur for economic development ,state of myths,

advantages and disadvantages,process,start up features

Current Scenario in India

MAY ENTREPRENEUR Types ,competencies

values , Attitudes and Motivation

Intrapreneur- difference between Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur

Motivational required by an Entrepreneur

Meaning and importance of Intrapreneur

JULY ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY Self assesment qualities, Skills, Resources,Generation of ideas

Oppournity assessment-Micro and Macro Environment

Feasibility Studies,Business Plan,Execution of Business Plan.

Role of networking Entrepreneurship

AUGUST ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS INNOVATION AND

Problem solving, Ventures, E-commerce, Social Media,

PROBLEM SOLVING Risk taking concept,Business risks

SEPTEMBER ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS INNOVATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING

TO BE CONTINUED

OCTOBER CONCEPT OF MARKET Market concept , Types , Importance and processs, Marketing Mix

NOVEMBER BUSINESS FINANCE AND ARITHMETICS

Unit of sale,Types of cost , Income statement , Cash Flow projections, Break even analysis,

DECEMBER RESOURCE MOBILIZATION Types of resources,Financial resources, Debt and equity,,meaning of fixed and working capital

JANUARY RESOURCE MOBILIZATION To be continued

FEBRUARY REVISION REVISION .

TERM I (APRIL- SEPTEMBER )

PSYCHOLOGY

1.What is Psychology ?

2. Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

3. The Bases of Human Behaviour

4. Human Development

5. Learning

Term II (OCT- FEB )

1. Sensory, Attention and Perceptual Processes

2. Human Memory

3. Thinking

4.Motivation and Emotion

PRACTICAL: MULLER LYER , SERIAL RECALL , ANXIETY

PROJECT : ANY TOPIC RELATED TO PSYCHOLOGY