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Class 12 NCERT; List Of Rationalised Content
Flamingo - English Core
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| Poetry Chapter 2: An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum by Stephen Spender | 92-94 | Full Chapter |
Vistas
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| 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 |
Kaleidoscope — English Elective
| No Change |
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Mathematics — Part I
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| Chapter 1: Relations and Functions | 12 | 1.4 Composition of Functions and Invertible Function (upto ‘This leads to the following definition’) |
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| 13–14 | Full Pages | |
| 15 16–25 | Examples 24 and 25 Full Pages | |
| 26 | Ques. 12 and 13 | |
| | 27–28 | Examples 45 and 49 |
| | 29–31 | Ques. 1–3, 6–7, 9, 11–14, 18–19 |
| | 31–32 | Summary Points 11–13 and 15–19 |
| Chapter 2: Inverse Trigonometric Functions | 42–44 | 2.3 Properties of Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Except s sin (sin -1 x ) = x,x Î[-1,1] s sin -1 (sin x ) = x,x Î éô- p , p ùô ) ë 2 2 û Examples 4, 7 and 8; Alternative Solution of Example 5 Ques. 3, 4, 6, 12, 14, 15 Examples 10, 11, 12, 13 Ques. 8, 12, 17 (Miscellaneous Exercise) Summary Points 8–13 |
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| Chapter 3: Matrices | 90–92 92–97 | 3.7 Elementary Operations (Transformation) of a Matrix 3.8.1 Inverse of Matrices by Elementary Operations (Retain Ques. 18 of Exercise 3.4) |
| 98 100–101 102 | Example 26 Ques. 1–3 and 12 (Miscellaneous Exercise) Third Last Point of Summary | |
| Chapter 4: Determinants | 109–121 137–143 144 | 4.3 Properties of Determinants Miscellaneous Examples 30–32 and 34 Ques. 2, 4–6, 11–15 and 17 (Miscellaneous Exercise) Summary Points 4–11 |
| | 165–166 | Examples 22 and 23 |
| | 168 | Example 27 |
| | 184–186 | 5.8 Mean Value Theorem |
| Chapter 5: Continuity and Differentiability | 186–187 192–193 | Exercise 5.8 and Miscellaneous Example 44 (ii) Ques. 19 (Miscellaneous |
| | | Exercise) and Summary |
| | | points 5 (derivatives of |
| | | cot–1x, sec–1x, cosec–1x), 7 |
| | | and 8 |
| | 206–216 | 6.4 Tangents and Normals |
| | | 6.5 Approximations |
| Chapter 6: | 236–238 | Examples 45, 46 |
| Application of Derivatives | 242–244 | Ques. 1, 4–5 and 20–24 (Miscellaneous Exercise) |
| | 245 | Points 4–10 in the |
| | | Summary |
| | 268–270 | |
| | 273–274 | |
| Answers | 276 | Answers of Exercises |
| | 282–283 | |
| | 284–285 | |
Mathematics — Part II
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| | 290–291 | Points (xi)–(xiii) in the List |
| | | of Derivatives |
| | 291–292 | 7.2.1 Geometrical |
| | | Interpretation of Indefinite |
| | | Integral |
| | 298–299 | 7.2.3 Comparison between |
| Chapter 7: Integrals | 613–616 | Differentiation and Integration 7.6.3 Type of Integral |
| | 331–334 | 7.7.1 Definite Integral as |
| | | the Limit of a Sum |
| | 352–354 | Ques. 19, 32, 40 and 44 |
| | | Point 2 in the Summary |
| | 355 | (xiv) and (xv) in Some |
| | | Standard Integrals |
| | 363–365 | 8.2.1 The Area of the |
| | | Region Bounded by a Curve |
| | | and a Line |
| | 366 | Ques. 3 and 6–11 in |
| | | Exercise 8.1 |
| Chapter 8: Application of Integrals | 366–372 | 8.3 Area between Two Curves |
| | 373–376 | Examples 11, 13 and 14 |
| | | Ques. 2–3, 6–7, 8–15, 18– |
| | | 19 (Miscellaneous Exercise) |
| | 377 | Last Two Points of the |
| | | Summary |
| | 385–391 | 9.4 Formation of Differential |
| | | Equations whose General |
| Chapter 9: Differential | 415–416 | Solution is Given Example 25 |
| Equations | 420–422 | Ques. 3, 5 and 15 |
| | | (Miscellaneous Exercise), |
| | | Point Six of the Summary |
| Chapter 10: Vector Algebra | 616–619 619–622 | 10.7 Scalar Triple Product 10.7.1 Coplanarity of Three Vectors |
| | 465 | 11.2.1 Relation between the |
| | | Direction Cosines of a Line |
| | 469–471 | 11.3.2 Equation of a Line |
| | | Passing through Two Given |
| | | Points, Ques. 8–9 (Exercise |
| | | 11.2) |
| | 477–478 | 11.6 Plane |
| | 479–497 | 11.7 Coplanarity of Two |
| | | Lines |
| Chapter 11: Three Dimensional Geometry | | 11.8 Angle between Two Planes 11.9 Distance of a Point |
| | | from a Line |
| | | 11.10 Angle between a Line |
| | | and a Plane |
| | 497–499 | Ques. 1, 2, 5, 7–8, 10–19, |
| | | 21–23 (Miscellaneous |
| | | Exercise) |
| | 500–501 | Summary Points 13, 20–24 |
| | 502–503 | Full Pages |
| | 514–527 | 12.3 Different Types of |
| Chapter 12: Linear Programming | | Linear Programming Problems |
| | 528–529 | Summary Points 2–9 |
| | 557–558 | 13.6 Random Variables and |
| | | Its Probability Distributions |
| | 558–559 | Example 22 and 23 |
| Chapter 13: Probability | 559–564 | 13.6.1 Probability Distribution of a Random |
| | | Variable |
| | | 13.6.2 Mean of Random |
| | | Variables |
| | 565–571 | 13.6.3 Variance of a |
| | Random Variable | |
| 572–578 | 13.7 Bernoulli Trials and | |
| | Binomial Distribution | |
| 579–581 | Example 34 and 35 | |
| 583 | Ques. 5–7, 9–11 | |
| | (Miscellaneous Exercise) | |
| 585–586 | Last 3 Points of the | |
| | Summary | |
| | 594 | |
| Answers | 596–599 601 | Answers of Exercises |
| | 604–612 | |
Biology
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| Chapter 1: Reproduction in Organisms | 3–18 | Full Chapter |
| Chapter 9: Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production | 165–176 178 | Full Chapter |
| | 220 | 13.1 Organism and Its |
| | | Environment |
| | 221–222 | 13.1.1 Major Abiotic |
| | | Factors |
| Chapter 13: Organisms and Populations | 223–225 225–226 | 13.1.2 Responses to Abiotic Factors 13.1.3 Adaptations |
| | | Summary (para 2) |
| | | Ques. 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, |
| | | 11, 12 |
| | 250–252 | 14.6 Ecological |
| | | Succession |
| | | 14.6.1 Succession of |
| | | Plants |
| Chapter 14: | 253–254 | 14.7 Nutrient Cycling |
| Ecosystem | 254–255 | 14.7.1 Ecosystem – |
| | | Carbon Cycle |
| | | 14.7.2 Ecosystem – |
| | | Phosphorus Cycle |
| | 255 | 14.8 Ecosystem Services |
| Chapter 16: Environmental Issues | 270–286 | Full Chapter |
Chemistry — Part I
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Unit 1: The Solid State | 1–34 | Full Chapter |
| Unit 5: Surface Chemistry | 123–148 | Full Chapter |
| Unit 6: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements | 149–169 | Full Chapter |
| Unit 7: The p-Block Elements | 170–214 | Full Chapter |
Chemistry — Part II
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| Unit 15: Polymers | 433–446 | Full Chapter |
| Unit 16: Chemistry in Everyday Life | 447–463 | Full Chapter |
Physics—Part I
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| | 2–7 | 1.2 Electric Charge |
| | | (delete only activity with |
| | | paper strips and making |
| | | electroscope) |
| Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields | | 1.3 Conductors and Insulators (delete only concept of earthing) |
| | | 1.4 Charging by |
| | | Induction |
| | 47–50 | Exercises 1.13, |
| | | 1.25–1.34 |
| Chapter 2: Electrostatic Potential and | 81 | 2.15 Energy Stored in a Capacitor (delete only derivation) |
| Capacitance | 87–92 | Exercises 2.12 to 2.36 |
| | 102–103 | 3.7 Resistivity of Various |
| | | Materials (delete Tables |
| | | 3.1 and 3.2 and Carbon |
| | | resistors, Colour code for |
| | | carbon resistor) |
| | 107–109 | 3.10 Combinations of |
| Chapter 3: Current Electricity | 112–113 | Resistors – Series and Parallel Example 3.5 |
| | 120–124 | 3.15 Meter Bridge |
| | | 3.16 Potentiometer |
| | 127–131 | Exercises 3.3, 3.4, 3.10, |
| | | 3.12, 3.14–3.23 |
| | 135 | Table 4.1 |
| | 140–142 | 4.4.1 Velocity Selector |
| Chapter 4: Moving Charges and | 152–153 | 4.4.2 Cyclotron 4.8.2 The Toroid |
| Magnetism | 162–163 | 4.10.3 The Magnetic |
| | | Dipole Moment of a |
| | | Revolving Electron |
| | 170–172 | Exercises 4.14–4.28 |
| | 176–179 | 5.2.2 Bar Magnet |
| | | as an Equivalent |
| | | Solenoid (delete only |
| Chapter 5: | | mathematical treatment) |
| Magnetism and | | 5.2.3 The Dipole in |
| Matter | | a Uniform Magnetic |
| | | Field (delete only |
| | | mathematical treatment) |
| | 180 | Example 5.4 |
| | 185–189 | 5.4 Earth’s Magnetism |
| | | 5.41. Magnetic |
| | | Declination and Dip |
| | 191 | Table 5.2 |
| | 194–196 | 5.6.2 Paramagnetism |
| | | (delete only Curie’s Law) |
| | | 5.6.3 Ferromagnetism |
| | | (delete only Curie’s |
| | | temperature; and |
| | | Hysteresis) |
| | | 5.7 Permanent Magnets |
| | | and Electromagnets |
| | 200–203 | Exercises 5.1, 5.2, |
| | | 5.9–5.11, 5.13–5.25 |
| | 215–219 | 6.7 Energy |
| Chapter 6: Electromagnetic | | Consideration: A Quantitative Study |
| Induction | | 6.8 Eddy Currents |
| | 230–232 | Exercises 6.6, 6.10–6.17 |
| | 240 | Figure 7.7 Magnetisation |
| | | and Demagnetisation of |
| | | an Inductor |
| | 243 | Figure 7.10 Charging |
| | | and Discharging of a |
| | | Capacitor |
| Chapter 7: Alternating Current | 246–247 | 7.6.2 Analytical Solution (of series LCR circuit) |
| | 249–251 | 7.6.3 Resonance (delete |
| | | only Sharpness of |
| | | Resonance) |
| | 255–259 | 7.8 LC Oscillations |
| | 266–268 | Exercises 7.6, 7.8, 7.10, |
| | | 7.12–7.26 |
| | 273–274 | Example 8.1 |
| | 276–278 | 8.3.2 Nature of |
| Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves | | Electromagnetic Waves (delete only about ether and page 277) |
| | 279–280 | Example 8.4 and 8.5 |
| | 287 | Exercises 8.11–8.15 |
Physics—Part II
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| | 318 | 9.3 Refraction (delete only |
| | | advanced sunrise and |
| | | delayed sunset) |
| | 321–322 | 9.4.1(i) Mirage |
| Chapter 9: Ray | | 9.4.1(ii) Diamond |
| Optics and Optical Instruments | 332–335 | 9.7 Some Natural Phenomena due to Sunlight |
| | | 9.7.1 The Rainbow |
| | | 9.7.2 Scattering of Light |
| | 346 | Exercise 9.18 |
| | 358–359 | 10.3.4 Doppler Effect |
| | 359 | Example 10.1 |
| | 363–367 | 10.5 Interference of |
| | | Light Waves and Young’s |
| | | Experiment (retain the final |
| | | expressions for dark and |
| | | bright fringes but delete the |
| | | derivation; delete expression |
| | | for fringe width) |
| Chapter 10: Wave Optics | 368–371 | 10.6 Diffraction (retain only qualitative treatment) |
| | 372–376 | 10.6.3 Resolving Power of |
| | | Optical Instruments |
| | | 10.6.4 Validity of Ray Optics |
| | 379–381 | 10.7.1 Polarisation by |
| | | Scattering |
| | | 10.7.2 Polarisation by |
| | | Reflection |
| | 383–385 | Exercises 10.7–10.21 |
| | 388 | Table 11.1 |
| | 397 | Example 11.3 |
| | 400–404 | 11.8 Wave Nature of Matter |
| | | (delete only derivation for |
| | | de Broglie wavelength of |
| | | accelerated electron; and |
| Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter | | Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle) 11.9 Davisson and Germer Experiment |
| | | Appendix 11.1 The History |
| | | of Wave-Particle Flip-Flop |
| | 407–413 | Exercises 11.5, 11.7, 11.12 |
| | | to 11.14, 11.16, 11.17, |
| | | 11.19–11.37 |
| | 421–422 | 12.3.1 Spectral Series |
| | 424–426 | 12.4 Bohr Model of the |
| | | Hydrogen Atom (retain only |
| | | the expression for radius of |
| | | nth possible orbit but delete |
| | | its derivation) |
| Chapter 12: Atoms | 429 | 12.5 The Line Spectra of the Hydrogen Atom (retain only |
| | | qualitative treatment) |
| | 430 | Example 12.6 |
| | 436–437 | Exercises 12.3, 12.11–12.17 |
| | 446–451 | 13.6.1 Law of Radioactive |
| | | Decay |
| | | 13.6.2 Alpha Decay |
| | | 13.6.3 Beta Decay |
| Chapter 13: Nuclei | | 13.6.4 Gamma Decay |
| | 452–455 | 13.7.2 Nuclear Reactor |
| | 462–466 | Exercises 13.1, 13.2, |
| | | 13.6–13.10, 13.12–13.14, |
| | | 13.18, 13.22–13.31 |
| Chapter 14: | 485–495 | 14.8 Special Purpose p-n junction Diodes 14.9 Digital Electronics and Logic Gates Exercises 14.7–14.15 |
| Semiconductor | | |
| Electronics: | | |
| Material Devices | | |
| and Simple Circuits | 497–499 |
Computer Science
| No Change |
Introductory Microeconomics
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Chapter 6: Non- Competitive Markets | 88–101 | Full Chapter |
Introductory Macroeconomics
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Chapter 6: Open Economy Macroeconomics | 95–98 | Box 6.2 Exchange Rate Management— International Experience |
Business Studies—I
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| 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 |
Business Studies—II
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Chapter 10: Financial Market | 252–275 | Full Chapter |
Accountancy—Not-for-Profit Organisation and Partnership Accounts
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Chapter 1: Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organisation | 1–60 | Full Chapter |
Accountancy—Computer Accounting System
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Chapter 5: Database Management System for Accounting | 125–150 | Full Chapter |
Informatics Practices
| No Change |
Themes in Indian History—Part I
| No Change |
Themes in Indian History—Part II
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Theme-9: Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. Sixteen-Seventeenth Centuries) | 224–254 | Full Chapter |
Fundamentals of Human Geography
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| Unit I | ||
| Chapter 1: Human Geography Nature and Scope | 4–5 | Human Geography Through the Corridors of Time, Last Paragraph of Fields and Sub-Fields of Human Geography |
| Unit II | ||
| | 9 | Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, |
| | 11–14 | Activity on Migration News Collage, Trends |
| Chapter 2: The World Population Distribution, Density and Growth | | in Population Growth, Doubling Time of World Population, Spatial Pattern of Population Change, Impact of |
| | | Population Change, |
| | | Fig.2.2 |
| Chapter 3: Population Composition | 17–21 | Full Chapter |
| Unit III | ||
| Chapter 6: Secondary Activities | 51–53 | Traditional Large Scale Industrial Regions, The Ruhr Coal Field, Iron and Steel Industry, Cotton Textile Industry |
| Chapter 7: Tertiary and Quarternary Activities | 60–61 | Factors Affecting Tourism, Collage and Activity on Medical Tourism |
| Chapter 9: | 84–85 | Important Aspects of International Trade, |
| International Trade | 87 | Regional Trade Blocs, Figures 9.1 and 9.3 |
| Unit IV | ||
| Chapter 10: Human Settlements | 91–102 | Full Chapter |
| Appendix - I | 103–109 | Full Appendix |
| Note: The questions given in the exercises related to the deleted content of different chapters should not be considered. | ||
India: People and Economy
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Unit I | ||
| Chapter 2: Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences | 15–22 | Full Chapter |
| Chapter 3: Human Development | 23–31 | Full Chapter |
| Unit II | ||
| Chapter 4: Human Settlements | 35–37 | Classification of Towns on the Basis of Population Size, Fig.4.5, Tables 4.2 and 4.3 |
| Unit III | ||
| Chapter 7: Mineral and Energy Resources | 78 | Box information, Fig. 7.4 |
| Chapter 8: Manufacturing Industries | 85–103 | Full Chapter |
| Unit IV | ||
| Chapter 10: Transport and Communication | 120–121 | Box Information and First Three Lines from page 121 |
| Note: The questions given in the exercises related to the deleted content of different chapters should not be considered. | ||
Contemporary World Politics
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/ Chapters |
| Chapter 1: The Cold War Era | 1–16 | Full Chapter |
| Chapter 3: US Hegemony in World Politics | 31–50 | Full Chapter |
Psychology
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| Chapter 5: Therapeutic Approaches | 94–96 101–102 | •Psychodynamic Therapy • Biomedical Therapy |
| Chapter 6: Attitude and Social Cognition | 119–125 | • Social Cognition • Schemas and Stereotypes Impression Formation and Explaining Behaviour of Others through Attributions • Behaviour in the Presence of Others • Pro-social Behaviour |
| Chapter 7: Social Influence and Group Processes | 138–149 | • Conformity, Obedience and Compliance • Cooperation and Competition • Social Identity • Inter-group Conflicts • Conflict Resolution Strategies |
| Chapter 8: Pyschology and Life | 152–176 | Full Chapter |
| Chapter 9: Developing Psychological Skills | 177–195 | Full Chapter |
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