CBSE 12th Science Syllabus 2020

CBSE 12th Science Syllabus 2020

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Students preparing for CBSE 12th Science exam must go through the detailed syllabus of Physics, Chemistry, and biology provided below to ace the board exams.

CBSE has released the CBSE 12th Science syllabus on the official website. Students preparing for the board exams must know the complete syllabus before they begin to prepare for the exams. The CBSE class 12 syllabus includes all the topics and chapters that are required to be covered by students to score well. Students are advised to go through the CBSE 12th Science syllabus completely and then begin with solving and analyzing the CBSE 12th sample papers for better preparation. The article below mentions the detailed CBSE 12th syllabus for all subjects of Science i.e. Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

Also Read: CBSE 12th Date Sheet 2020 Released – Check exam dates, exam timings for all subjects

CBSE 12th Biology Syllabus 2020

UNIT VI- Reproduction

Chapter 1- Reproduction in Organisms-:

Binary fission, budding, gemmule, fragmentation, etc.

Chapter 2- Sexual Reproduction in flowering plants-:

Structures of flowers, pollination types, development of embryo and endosperms, seed and formation of fruits.

Chapter 3- Human Reproduction-:

Male and female reproductive systems, Menstrual cycles, embryo development, pregnancy and placentas formation, parturition.

 Chapter 4 –Reproductive Health-:

Prevention of Sexually transmitted diseases, birth control methods, infertility and assisted reproductive technologies.

Unit VII- Genetics and Evolution

Chapter 5- Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Mendelian Inheritance, Inheritance of blood groups, Sex Determination, Disorders in Humans, Polygenic inheritance etc.

Chapter 6- Molecular Basis of inheritance

Genetic Material, DNA and RNA, DNA replication and packaging, DNA fingerprinting, Genome and transcription.

Chapter 7- Evolution

Origin of Life, Modern synthetic theory of evolution, gene flow and genetic drifts.

UNIT VIII- Biology and Human Welfare

Chapter 8- Human Health and Diseases

Pathogens, immunology and vaccines, adolescence, drugs and alcohol abuse.

Chapter 9- Strategies of Enhancement in Food Production

Improvement in food production, biofortification and animal husbandry.

Chapter 10- Microbes in Human Welfare

Food processing, industrial production, and sewage treatment and antibiotics.

Unit IX- Biotechnology and its applications

Chapter 11- Biotechnology- principles and Processes

Genetic Engineering.

Chapter 12- Biotechnology and its applications

Biotechnology in health and agriculture. Genetically modified organisms.

Unit X- Ecology and Environment

Chapter 13- Organisms and Populations

Organisms and environment, population growth- birth rate and death rate.

Chapter 14- Ecosystems

Patterns, components, biomass, energy, seed dispersal and oxygen release.

Chapter 15- Biodiversity and its Conservation

Concepts of biodiversity

Chapter 16-Environmental Issues

Air and water pollution.

CBSE 12th Chemistry Syllabus 2020

Unit I- Solid State

Metals, conductors, semiconductors, and insulators.

Unit II- Solutions

Types of solutions and abnormal molecular masses.

Unit III- Electrochemistry

Various laws of electrochemistry and molecular conductivity, accumulators and corrosion.

Unit IV- Chemical Kinetics

Rate of Reaction, concepts of collision theory and activation energy.

Unit V- Surface chemistry

Adsorption- Physisorption and chemisorptions, Tyndal effect, coagulation, emulsion and Brownian movement.

Unit VI- General Principles and Processes of Isolations of Elements

Principles and methods of extraction of different metals.

Unit VII- p- Block Elements

Elements from Group- 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Unit VIII- d and f Block Elements

Electronic configuration, occurrence, and characteristics of transition metals. Lanthanoids and Actinoids.

Unit IX- Coordination Compounds

Theories and nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds.

Unit X- Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Haloalkanes- physical and chemical properties.

Haloarenes- substitution reactions.

Uses and environmental effects of certain elements.

Unit XI- Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers

Alcohols- preparation, physical and chemical properties, primary secondary and tertiary alcohols.

Phenols- preparations, physical and chemical properties.

Ethers- Nomenclature, preparation methods, physical and chemical properties.

Unit XII- Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids

Aldehydes and Ketones- nomenclature, methods of preparation and physical and chemical properties.

Carboxylic acid- Nomenclature, methods of preparation and physical and chemical properties.

Unit XIII- Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen

Amines- Classification structure and physical and chemical properties.

Cyanides and Isocyanides

Diazonium Salts- preparation and chemical reactions.

Unit XIV- Biomolecules

Carbohydrates- classifications and configurations.

Proteins- elemental ideas and structures.

Vitamins- Classifications and functions.

Nucleic Acid- DNA and RNA.

UNIT XV- Polymers

Classifications and methods of polymerization.

UNIT XVI- Chemistry in Everyday Life

Chemicals in Medicines- analgesics, antibiotics, etc.

Chemicals in Food- preservations and artificial sweeteners.

Cleansing Agents- Soaps and detergents.

CBSE 12th Physics Syllabus 2020

UNIT I- Electrostatics

Chapter 1- Electrical Charges and Fields

Various laws and methods regarding the electrical charges and fields.

Chapter 2- Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Electric potential, conductors and insulators. Uses and calculations.

UNIT II- Current Electricity

Chapter 3- Current Electricity

Electric currents, colour codes and internal resistance of various metals.

Kirchhoff’s law and its various applications.

The Potentiometer and its various principles and applications.

UNIT III- Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Chapter 4- Moving Charges and magnetism

Magnetic field concepts, various laws and their applications regarding the Magnetic effects.

Chapter 5- Magnetism and Matter

Magnetic substances and usages.

UNIT IV- Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

Chapter 6- Electromagnetic Induction

Mutual and self-induction.

Chapter 7- Alternating Currents

Currents, values, transformers and generators.

UNIT V- Electromagnetic Waves

Chapter 8- Electromagnetic Waves

Displacement currents, electromagnetic spectrum etc.

UNIT VI- Optics

Chapter 9- Optical Instruments and Ray Optics

Spherical mirrors, reflections and its applications. Scattering of light and its appearance.

Various optical instruments.

Chapter 10- Wave optics

Various principles and laws relating to waves in optics.

UNIT VII- The Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

Chapter 11- Dual nature of radiation and matter.

UNIT VIII- Atoms and Nuclei

Chapter 12- Atoms

Chapter 13- Nuclei

UNIT IX- Electronic Devices

Chapter 14- Semiconductor Electronics- Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits.

UNIT X- Communication Systems

Chapter 15- Communication systems

Elements and usages.

CBSE Class 12 Biotechnology Syllabus 2020

Unit V- Protein and Gene Manipulation

Chapter 1- Recombinant DNA technology

Tools, DNA library, DNA probes and DNA sequencing.

Chapter 2- Protein Structure and Engineering

Shapes of proteins, characterizations and purifications of proteins.

Chapter 3- Genomics and Bioinformatics

Genome sequencing, prediction, counting and nomenclature.

UNIT VI- Cell Structure and Genetic manipulation

Chapter-1 Microbial Culture and Applications

Measurements and kinetics of microbial growth. Isolation and improvement.

Chapter 2- Plant Cell Culture and Application

Cell and Tissue culture techniques.

Chapter 3- Animal cell culture and application

Gene delivery into cells, applications of animal cells.

CBSE 12th Mathematics Syllabus 2020

UNIT I- Relations and Functions

Types of relations and functions and binary operations.

Inverse Trigonometric Functions-Definition, domain, ranges, graphs and principle values

UNIT II- Algebra

Matrices- concepts and types of matrices, properties, and solutions to matrices.

Determinants- properties of determinants, applications, consistency and inconsistency of solutions.

UNIT III- Calculus

Continuity and Differentiability- derivatives and composite functions, logarithms and Mean value theorems.

DerivativesApplication

Integrals- Inverse of differentiation.

Applications of the Differential Equations, Integrals.

UNIT IV- Three-Dimensional Geometry and Vectors

Vectors- types, positions, additions, multiplication and other functions of vectors.

Three-dimensional Geometry- Cartesian equations, angles between two lines, planes and a line and a plane.

UNIT V- Linear Programming

Introduction, relations, solutions- both feasible and infeasible ones.

UNIT VI- Probability

Conditional probability, various theorems, and probability usages.

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