Here's a Class 12 Physics Road Map to help you organize your preparation
efficiently, especially for CBSE or other Indian boards. This roadmap breaks the
syllabus into units, key topics, and offers strategic tips for study.
⚙️ Class 12 Physics Road Map (CBSE Focused)
📘 Unit I: Electrostatics
1. Electric Charges and Fields
Coulomb’s law
Electric field, field lines
Electric dipole, torque
Gauss’s law and applications
2. Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Electric potential and potential energy
Equipotential surfaces
Capacitance and dielectrics
Series and parallel combination of capacitors
Energy stored in a capacitor
📘 Unit II: Current Electricity
Ohm’s Law, resistivity
Series and parallel combinations
Kirchhoff's laws and Wheatstone Bridge
Meter bridge and potentiometer
📘 Unit III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
3. Moving Charges and Magnetism
Magnetic field due to current
Biot–Savart law, Ampere's law
Force on a moving charge
Cyclotron, magnetic dipole, torque on coil
Galvanometer, ammeter, voltmeter
4. Magnetism and Matter
Magnetic materials (dia-, para-, ferromagnetic)
Earth's magnetism
Magnetic field and susceptibility
📘 Unit IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
5. Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday's laws, Lenz’s law
Eddy currents
Self and mutual induction
6. Alternating Current
AC voltage applied to resistor, inductor, capacitor
Phasor diagrams
LCR circuits
Power in AC circuits, transformers
📘 Unit V: Electromagnetic Waves
Displacement current
Maxwell’s equations (basics)
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio, microwave, etc.)
Applications of EM waves
📘 Unit VI: Optics
7. Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
Reflection and refraction
Lens and mirror formulas
Total internal reflection
Human eye, microscopes, telescopes
8. Wave Optics
Huygens’ principle
Interference (Young’s experiment)
Diffraction, polarization
📘 Unit VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Photoelectric effect
Einstein’s equation
Matter waves and de Broglie wavelength
📘 Unit VIII: Atoms and Nuclei
9. Atoms
Bohr model of hydrogen atom
Energy levels and spectra
10. Nuclei
Atomic mass and binding energy
Mass defect, radioactivity
Nuclear fission and fusion
📘 Unit IX: Electronic Devices
Semiconductors (intrinsic, extrinsic)
p-n junction diode, Zener diode
Transistor and logic gates (basics)
Applications: rectifiers, amplifiers
Study Strategy Tips
✅ Start with Electrostatics & Current: Foundation for Magnetism and EM.
✅ Use NCERT diagrams: Many questions are visual.
✅ Numericals Practice: Focus on derivations, SI units, and graphs.
✅ Make Formula Sheets: Quick reference for last-minute revision.
✅ Solve Past Year Papers: CBSE repeats patterns.