DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON FIRST TERM EXAM SYLLABUS FOR CLASS XII(2015-2016) ENGLISH SECTION A (READING) Comprehension, Note-Making SECTION B (ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS) Notice, Poster, Classified Advertisements Letter to Editor, Business Letters (Enquiry, Complaint, Placing and Cancellation of order), Speech, Article SECTION- C (LITERATURE) 1. The Last Lesson 2. Lost Spring 3. The Rat Trap 4. Indigo 5. Going Places 6. My Mother At Sixty Six 7. An Elementary School Classroom In a Slum 8. Keeping Quiet 9. A Thing of Beauty 10. The Tiger King 11. The Enemy 12. Evans Tries An O Level 13. Memories of Childhood NOVEL- The Invisible Man (ch-1-17) MATHEMATICS 1.Inverse trigonometric functions. 2. Continuity and differentiability. 3.Applications of derivatives. 4.Integration 5.Application of integrals. 6.Differential equations. 7.Matrices. 8.Linear Programming
INFORMATICS PRACTICES Chapter 1 - Computer Networking Chapter 2 - Open Source Concepts Chapter 3 - GUI programming -A Review Chapter 4 - Basics Of Object Oriented Programming Chapter 5 - Advanced Programming Concepts Chapter 6 - Data Connectivity Chapter 8 - MySQL Revision Tour Chapter 9 - More On Databases and SQL Chapter 10 - Advanced RDBMS Concepts COMPUTER SCIENCE Revision C++ ( including Structures) Advanced Functions Classes and Objects Constructors and Destructors Inheritance Data structures Stacks and Queues File handling Database Concepts Structure Query Language Communication Internet and Data Security PHYSICS 1. Electric charges and fields 2. Electrostatic potential and capacitance 3. Current electricity 4. Moving charges and magnetism 5. Magnetism and matter 6. Electromagnetic induction 7. Alternating current 8. Electromagnetic waves 9. Ray optics (till article 9.5.2 of ncert- lens maker s formula ) CHEMISTRY 1. Solutions 2. Electrochemistry
3. Chemical Kinetics 4. Haloalkanes And Haloarenes 5. Alcohols, Phenols And Ether 6. Aldehydes Ketones And Carboxylic Acid 7. Amines 8. Polymers 9. Chemistry In Everyday Life PSYCHOLOGY Ch.1 Variations in Psychological Attributes Ch.2 Self and Personality Ch.3 Meeting Life Challenges Ch.4 Psychological Disorders Ch.5 Therapeutic Approaches * Ch. 8 Psychology and Life ECONOMICS Part A: Introductory Microeconomics 1. Introduction 2. Consumer's Behaviour and Demand 3. Producer Behaviour and Supply 4. Forms of Market and Price Determination under perfect competition with simple applications
Part B: Introductory Macroeconomics 5. National Income and Related Aggregates PAINTING 1. The Rajasthani and Pahari schools of Miniature Paintings 2.The Mughal and Deccani schools of Miniature Paintings Origin and development Main features Study of the Paintings of different miniature schools 3. Evolution of the Indian National Flag 4. Bengal School of Painting Origin and development Main features Contribution of the Indian artists in the struggle for National freedom Movement. Study of the Paintings of the Bengal School. BIOLOGY 1.Reproduction in organisms. 2.Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants 3.Human Reproduction 4.Reproductive Health 5.Principals of Inheritance and Variation 6.Molecular Basis Of Inheritance 7.Evolution 8.Organisms and Populations
9. Biodiversity and Conservation 10.Environmental Issues ACCOUNTANCY Chapter 1: Accounting for Partnership Firms- Fundamentals Chapter 2: Goodwill: Nature and Valuation Chapter 3: Change in Profit Sharing Ratio Among the Existing Partners Chapter 4: Admission of a Partner Chapter 5: Retirement/ Death of a Partner Chapter 6: Dissolution of a Partnership Firm Chapter 7: Company Accounts- Accounting for Share Capital BUSINESS STUDIES Unit 1: Nature and Significance of Management Unit 2: Principles of Management Unit 3: Management and Business Environment Unit 4: Planning Unit 5: Organising Unit 6: Staffing Unit 7: Directing Unit 8: Controlling HISTORY PART-1 Theme-1 Bricks, Beads and Bones Theme-2 Kings, Farmers and Towns Theme-3 Kinship, Caste and Class Theme-4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings PART-2 Theme-5 Through the eyes of Travellers Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi traditions Theme 7- An Imperial Capital: Vijaynagara Theme -8 Peasants,Zamindars and the State Theme 9 - Kings and Chronicles Maps as done in the class
GEOGRAPHY Book-1-Fundamentals of Human Geography Unit-I -Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature & Scope Unit- II-Chapter-2 The World Population Distribution, Density and growth Chapter-3 Population Composition Chapter-4 Human Development Unit-III- Chapter-5 Primary Activities Chapter- 6 Secondary Activities Chapter-7 Tertiary and Quaternary Activities Chapter-10 Human Settlements Book-2-India People and Economy Unit-1- Chapter-1 Population Distribution, Density Growth and Composition Chapter-2 Migration Types & Consequences Chapter-3 Human Development Unit-2 Unit-3- -Chapter-4Human Settlements Chapter-5 Land Resources and Agriculture All related map work
POLITICAL SCIENCE BOOK I: POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE Chapter 1: Challenges of Nation Building Chapter 2: Era of One- Party Dominance Chapter 3: Politics of Planned Development Chapter 4: India s External Relations Chapter 5: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System Chapter 6 :The Crisis of Democratic Order Chapter-7 : Rise of Popular Movements Chapter-8 : Regional Aspirations Chapter-9 : Recent Development in Indian Politics BOOK II: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Chapter-1 : The Cold War Chapter 2: Disintegration of the Soviet Union SOCIOLOGY Book 1 Chapter 2 : The Demographic structure of Indian Society Chapter 3 :Social Institutionms: Continuity and Change Chapter 4 :The Market as a Social Institution Chapter 5 : Patters of Social Inequality and Exclusion Chapter 6:The Challenges of Cultural Diversity *Sociology Practical FASHION STUDIES Unit 1: History of Fashion Unit 3: Elements of Fashion
LEGAL STUDIES Unit 1: Judiciary Unit2: Topics of Law a) Law of Property b) Law of Contract c) Law of Torts d) Criminal Law e) Administrative Law Unit 3:Arbitration Tribunal Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Unit4: Human Rights in India.