Haryana Board Class 12 Physics Syllabus 2026-27

Exam scheme

Theory 70, practical 30 (15 internal + 15 external). Subject code 850. Practical: two experiments, one activity, viva.

Unit	Chapters	Marks
Electrostatics	Electric Charges and Fields; Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance	8
Current electricity	Current Electricity	8
Magnetic effects of current and magnetism	Moving Charges and Magnetism; Magnetism and Matter	9
EMI and AC	Electromagnetic Induction; Alternating Current	8
Electromagnetic waves	Electromagnetic Waves	3
Optics	Ray Optics and Optical Instruments; Wave Optics	14
Dual nature	Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter	5
Atoms and nuclei	Atoms; Nuclei	8
Electronic devices	Semiconductor Electronics	7

Chapters (as listed)

1. Electric charges and fields — Coulomb’s law, field, dipole, Gauss’s law.
2. Electrostatic potential and capacitance — potential, capacitors, dielectrics, energy stored.
3. Current electricity — Ohm’s law, resistivity, Kirchhoff’s rules, Wheatstone bridge.
4. Moving charges and magnetism — Lorentz force, Biot–Savart, Ampere’s law, galvanometer.
5. Magnetism and matter — bar magnet, dia/para/ferromagnetism.
6. Electromagnetic induction — Faraday, Lenz, inductance, AC generator.
7. Alternating current — LCR, resonance, power factor, transformer.
8. Electromagnetic waves — spectrum (radio to gamma).
9. Ray optics and optical instruments — mirrors, lenses, prism, microscope, telescope.
10. Wave optics — Huygens, Young’s experiment, single-slit diffraction.
11. Dual nature of radiation and matter — photoelectric effect, de Broglie.
12. Atoms — Rutherford, Bohr, hydrogen spectrum.
13. Nuclei — binding energy, fission and fusion.
14. Semiconductor electronics — materials, devices and simple circuits.