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Rationalized Chapters and Topics in Class 12 NCERT Textbooks

Anshul
Published on 10 Feb 2024, 11:35 AM IST

Corresponding NCERT Rationalized Chapter and Topic charts covering all topics in textbooks for classes 9–12 have recently been produced by NCERT. This streamlined curriculum seems to be permanent, and it will be applied in the next few years for both board exams and competitive tests like CUET and NEET.

 

This change has been implemented for a considerable amount of time by the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP). The NEP promotes a move away from rote memorization and toward competency-based learning, emphasising the need to lessen the academic burden on pupils. These concepts are supported by the recent decrease in the syllabus.

The textbooks for Classes 9 to 12 now have all of the cut-off chapters and subjects completely revised by NCERT. Students can thus ignore these parts when they are getting ready for the board exams. We have provided a thorough tabular format with all of the deleted concepts for Class 12 courses in the section that follows.

Click the link below to download the PDF of all NCERT rationalised topics from Class 12 NCERT Books.

  • Class 12 NCERT Rationalised Syllabus

    • Below, we have provided all the reduced topics for all subjects in tabular form.

    Class 12 English Core (Flamingo) Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Poetry Chapter 2: An Elementary
    School Classroom in a
    Slum by Stephen Spender    		 92-94 Full chapter

    Class 12 English Core (Vistas) Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 5: Should
    Wizard Hit Mommy
    by John Updike    		 48-55 Full chapter
    Chapter 7: Evans Tries an
    O-Level by Colin Dexter    		 70-92 Full chapter

    Class 12 Hindi Core (Aroh) Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    पाठ का नाम पृष्ठ संशोधन (घटाए गए विषय)
    सहर्ष स्वीकारा है 27-33 पूरा पाठ
    चार्ली चैप्लिन यानी हम सब 118-127 पूरा पाठ
    नमक 128-140 पूरा पाठ

    Class 12 Hindi Core (Vitan) Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    पाठ का नाम पृष्ठ संशोधन (घटाए गए विषय)
    डायरी के पन्ने 53-78 पूरा पाठ

    Class 12 Physics Part 1 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields 2-7
    47-50    		 1.2 Electric Charge (Partially)
    1.3 Conductors and Insulators (Partially)
    1.4 Charging by Induction
    Exercises: 1.13, 1.25 to 1.34
    Chapter 2: Electrostatic
    potential and capacitance    		 81
    87-92    		 2.15 Energy stored in a Capacitor (Partially)
    Exercises: 2.12 to 2.36
    Chapter 3: Current electricity 102-103
    107-109
    120-124
    127-131    		 3.7 (Partially) Carbon resistors, Colour code for carbon resistor
    3.10 Series and parallel combinations of resistors
    3.15 Metre Bridge
    3.16 Potentiometer
    Exercises: 3.3, 3.4, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14 to 3.23
    Chapter 4: Moving charges and magnetism 140-142
    152-153
    162-163
    170-172    		 4.4.1 Velocity Selector
    4.4.2 Cyclotron
    4.8.2 The Toroid
    4.10.3 The magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron
    Exercises: 4.14 to 4.28
    Chapter 5: Magnetism and matter 176-179
    185-189
    194-196
    200-203    		 5.2.2 Bar Magnet as an Equivalent Solenoid(Qualitative treatment only)
    5.2.3 The Dipole in an uniform magnetic field (Qualitative treatment only)
    5.4 Earth’s Magnetism
    5.41. Magnetic declination and dip
    5.6.2 (Partially) Curie’s Law
    5.6.3 (Partially) Curie’s temperature, Hysteresis
    5.7 Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets
    Exercises: 5.1, 5.2, 5.09-5.11, 5.13 to 5.25
    Chapter 6: Electromagnetic induction 215-219
    230-232    		 6.7 Energy Consideration: A quantitative study
    6.8 Eddy Currents
    Exercises: 6.6, 6.10 to 6.17
    Chapter 7: Alternating current 240
    243
    246-247
    249-251
    255-259
    266-268    		 Figure 7.7 magnetisation and demagnetisation of an inductor
    Figure 7.10 Charging and discharging of a capacitor
    7.6.2 Analytical solution (of series LCR circuit)
    7.6.3 Resonance (Partially)–Sharpness of Resonance
    7.8 LC Oscillations
    Exercises: 7.6, 7.8, 7.10, 7.12 to 7.26
    Chapter 8: Electromagnetic waves 276-278
    287    		 8.3.2 Nature of electromagnetic waves (Partially)
    Exercises: 8.11 to 8.15
    Chapter 9: Ray optics
    and optical instruments    		 318
    321-322
    332-335
    346    		 9.3 Refraction (partially)–(advanced sunrise and delayed sunset)
    9.4.1(i) Mirage
    9.4.1(ii) Diamond
    9.7 Some natural phenomena due to sunlight
    9.7.1 The rainbow
    9.7.2 Scattering of Light
    Exercises: 9.18
    Chapter 10: Wave optics 358-359
    363-367
    368-371
    358-359
    372-376
    379-381
    383-385    		 10.3.4 Doppler effect
    10.5 Interference of Light Waves and Young’s Experiment (partially)
    10.6 Diffraction (partially)
    10.6.3 Resolving power of optical instruments
    10.6.4 Validity of ray optics
    10.7.1 Polarisation by scattering
    10.7.2 Polarisation by reflection
    Exercises: 10.7 to 10.21
    Chapter 11: Dual nature of radiation and matter 400-404
    407-413    		 11.8 Wave Nature of Matter (Partially)
    11.9 Davisson and Germer Experiment
    Appendix 11.1 The history of wave-particle flip flop
    Exercises: 11.5, 11.7, 11.12 to 11.14, 11.16, 11.17; 11.19 to 11.37
    Chapter 12: Atoms 421-422
    424-426
    429
    436-437    		 12.3.1 Spectral Series
    12.4 Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom (partially)
    12.5 The Line Spectra of The Hydrogen Atom (partially)
    Exercises: 12.3, 12.6; 12.11 to 12.17
    Chapter 13: Nuclei 446-451
    452-455
    462-466    		 13.6.1 Law of Radioactive decay
    13.6.2 Alpha decay
    13.6.3 Beta decay
    13.6.4 Gamma decay
    13.7.2 Nuclear Reactor
    Exercises: 13.1, 13.2, 13.6-13.10, 13.12 – 13.14, 13.18, 13.22 to 13.31
    Chapter 14: Semiconductor electronics: material devices and simple circuits 485-495
    497-499    		 14.8 Special purpose p-n junction
    Diodes
    14.9 Digital Electronics and Logic
    Gates
    Exercises: 14.7 to 14.15
    Chapter 15: Waves 384-387;
    393-394    		 Minimum of 8 experiments and 6 activities be performed during the academic year (instead of 15 experiments and 5 activities as being suggested up till 2019-2020)

    Class 12 Physics Part 2 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 8: Electromagnetic waves 276-278
    287    		 8.3.2 Nature of electromagnetic waves (Partially)
    Exercises: 8.11 to 8.15
    Chapter 9: Ray optics and optical instruments 318
    321-322
    332-335
    346    		 9.3 Refraction (partially)–(advanced sunrise and delayed sunset)
    9.4.1(i) Mirage
    9.4.1(ii) Diamond
    9.7 Some natural phenomena due to sunlight
    9.7.1 The rainbow
    9.7.2 Scattering of Light
    Exercises: 9.18
    Chapter 10: Wave optics 358-359
    363-367
    368-371
    358-359
    372-376
    379-381
    383-385    		 10.3.4 Doppler effect
    10.5 Interference of Light Waves and Young’s Experiment (partially)
    10.6 Diffraction (partially)
    10.6.3 Resolving power of optical instruments
    10.6.4 Validity of ray optics
    10.7.1 Polarisation by scattering
    10.7.2 Polarisation by reflection
    Exercises: 10.7 to 10.21
    Chapter 11: Dual nature of radiation and matter 400-404
    407-413    		 11.8 Wave Nature of Matter (Partially)
    11.9 Davisson and Germer Experiment
    Appendix 11.1 The history of wave-particle flip flop
    Exercises: 11.5, 11.7, 11.12 to 11.14, 11.16, 11.17; 11.19 to 11.37
    Chapter 12: Atoms 421-422
    424-426
    429
    436-437    		 12.3.1 Spectral Series
    12.4 Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom (partially)
    12.5 The Line Spectra of The Hydrogen Atom (partially)
    Exercises: 12.3, 12.6; 12.11 to 12.17
    Chapter 13: Nuclei 446-451
    452-455
    462-466    		 13.6.1 Law of Radioactive decay
    13.6.2 Alpha decay
    13.6.3 Beta decay
    13.6.4 Gamma decay
    13.7.2 Nuclear Reactor
    Exercises: 13.1, 13.2, 13.6 to 13.10, 13.12 – 13.14, 13.18, 13.22 to 13.31
    Chapter 14: Semiconductor electronics: material devices and simple circuits 485-495
    497-499    		 14.8 Special purpose p-n junction Diodes
    14.9 Digital Electronics and Logic Gates
    Exercises: 14.7 to 14.15
    Experiments Minimum of 8 experiments and 6 activities be performed during the academic year (instead of 15 experiments and 5 activities as being suggested up till 2019-2020)

    Class 12 Chemistry Part 1 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Unit I: Solid State 1-34 Full Chapter
    Unit V: Surface Chemistry 123-148 Full Chapter
    Unit VI: General Principles and
    Processes of Isolation of Elements    		 149-169 Full Chapter
    Unit VII: p-Block Elements 170-214 Full Chapter

    Class 12 Chemistry Part 2 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Unit XV: Polymers 433-446 Full Chapter
    Unit XVI: Chemistry in Everyday Life 447-463 Full Chapter

    Class 12 Biology Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 1: Reproduction in
    Organisms    		 3-18 Full Chapter
    Chapter 9: Strategies for
    Enhancement in Food Production    		 165-176
    178    		 Full Chapter
    Chapter 13: Organisms and
    Populations    		 220
    221-222
    223-225
    225-226    		 13.1 Organism and its Environment
    13.1.1 Major Abiotic Factors
    13.1.2 Responses to Abiotic Factors
    13.1.3 Adaptations
    Summary (para 2)
    Question No. 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Chapter 14: Ecosystem 251-252
    253-254
    254
    254-255
    255
    255    		 14.6 Ecological Succession
    14.6.1 Succession of Plants
    14.7 Nutrient Cycling
    14.7.1 Ecosystem – Carbon Cycle
    14.7.2 Ecosystem – Phosphorus Cycle
    14.8 Ecosystem Services
    Chapter 16: Environmental Issues 270-286 Full Chapter

    Class 12 Mathematics Part 1 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 1: Relations and Functions 13-19
    19-26    		 1.4 Composition of Functions and Invertible Function-Examples and Exercise
    1.5 Binary Operations
    Chapter 2: Inverse Trigonometric Functions 42-48 2.3 Properties of Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Except for few)
    Chapter 3: Matrices 90-91
    92-97    		 3.7 Elementary Operations (Transformation) of a Matrix
    3.8.1 Inverse of matrices by elementary operations
    Chapter 4: Determinants 109-121 4.3 Properties of determinants
    Chapter 5: Continuity and
    Differentiability    		 163-166
    168-169
    184-186    		 5.3.1 Derivatives of composite functions
    5.3.3 Derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions (except for few)
    5.8 Mean value theorem
    Chapter 6: Application of Derivatives 206-213
    213-216    		 6.4 Tangents and Normal
    6.5 Approximations

    Class 12 Mathematics Part 2 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 7: Integrals 291-292
    298-299
    313-316
    331-334    		 7.2.1 Geometrical interpretation of indefinite integral
    7.2.3 Comparison between differentiation and integration
    7.6.3 (Type of integral)
    7.7.1 Definite integral as the limit of a sum
    Chapter 8: Application of
    Integrals    		 363-365
    366-372    		 8.2.1 The area of the region bounded by a curve and a line
    8.3 Area between Two Curves
    Chapter 9: Differential Equations 385-391 9.4 Formation of differential equations whose general solution is given
    Chapter 10: Vector Algebra 616-619
    619-622    		 10.7 Scalar triple product
    10.7.1 Coplanarity of Three Vectors
    Chapter 11: Three Dimensional Geometry 465 – 467
    469-471
    479-487
    487-488
    488-490
    490-491
    492- 494    		 11.2.1 Relation between the
    direction cosines of a line
    11.3.2 Equation of a line passing through two given points
    11.6 Plane
    11.7 Coplanarity of two lines
    11.8 Angle between Two Planes
    11.9 Distance of a point from a line
    11.10 Angle between a Line and a Plane
    Chapter 12: Linear Programming 514-520 12.3 Different Types of Linear Programming Problems
    Chapter 13: Probability 557-559
    559-563
    565-569
    572- 578    		 13.6 Random Variables and its Probability Distributions
    13.6.1 Probability distribution of a random variable
    13.6.3 Variance of a random variable
    13.7 Bernoulli Trials and Binomial Distribution

    Class 12 Accountancy Part 1 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 1: Accounting for
    Not-for-Profit Organisation    		 1-60 Full Chapter
    Chapter 2: Accounting for
    Partnership-Basic Concepts    		 252-275 Full Chapter

    Class 12 Business Studies Part 1 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 3: Business Environment 87-88, 91-92 Impact of Government policy changes on business
    and industry, with special reference
    to adoption of the policies of liberalisation privatisation and globalisation
    Chapter 7: Directing 188-190,
    204    		 Qualities of a good leader
    Chapter 8: Controlling 214-221,
    223    		 Techniques of controlling

    Class 12 Business Studies Part 2 Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 10: Financial Market 252-275 Full Chapter

    Class 12 Macroeconomics Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 6: Open Economy
    Macroeconomics    		 95-98 Box 6.2 Exchange Rate
    Management–International
    Experience

    Class 12 Microeconomics Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 6: Non- Competitive Markets 88-101 Full Chapter

    Class 12 Psychology Reduced Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter Page No. Dropped Chapters/ Topics
    Chapter 1: What is Psychology? 13-15,
    18-19    		 Themes of Research and Applications
    Psychologists at Work
    Chapter 3: The Bases of Human Behaviour 43-63 Full Chapter
    Chapter 5: Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes 87-93 Sense modalities (Auditory and Visual Sensation
    Chapter 6: Learning 120-121,
    122-
    123,125-
    126, 127-
    128    		 Concept Learning
    Transfer of Learning
    The Learner: Learning Styles
    Applications of Learning Principles
    Chapter 7: Human Memory 139-142 Knowledge Representation and Organisation in Memory
    Memory as a Constructive Process
    Chapter 8: Thinking 162 Reduction in Strategies for Creative Thinking
    Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion 172-173,
    175-176,
    181-182    		 Reduction in Biological Motives
    Reduction in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Frustration and Conflict Reduction in Expression of Emotions

    These subjects provide a detailed list of every chapter and topic that is absent from the whole curriculum. Students can utilise dependable study materials from publishing organisations like Educart to become ready under the updated Class 12 NCERT Rationalized Syllabus.