NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF 2026-27 – Part 1 & Part 2 Chapter-wise Download

NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF – Chapter-wise Download (2026-27)

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NCERT Class 12 Physics Part 1 PDF (Chapters 1–8)

Part 1 of the NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF covers electricity and magnetism.

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NCERT Class 12 Physics Part 2 PDF (Chapters 9–14)

Part 2 of the NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF covers optics and modern physics.

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NCERT Physics Class 12: What Each Chapter Covers

This chapter guide follows the 2026-27 contents of the NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF.

Part 1 – Class 12 Physics NCERT Book (Chapters 1–8)

Chapter 1 – Electric Charges and Fields: properties of charge, Coulomb's law, forces between multiple charges, electric field and field lines, electric flux, electric dipole, continuous charge distribution, and Gauss's law with its applications.

Chapter 2 – Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance: potential due to a point charge, a dipole and a system of charges, equipotential surfaces, potential energy, electrostatics of conductors, dielectrics, the parallel plate capacitor, combination of capacitors and energy stored in a capacitor.

Chapter 3 – Current Electricity: Ohm's law, drift of electrons and resistivity, temperature dependence of resistivity, electrical power, cells, emf and internal resistance, cells in series and parallel, Kirchhoff's rules and the Wheatstone bridge.

Chapter 4 – Moving Charges and Magnetism: magnetic force, motion in a magnetic field, Biot-Savart law, field on the axis of a circular loop, Ampere's circuital law, the solenoid, force between parallel currents, torque on a current loop and the moving coil galvanometer.

Chapter 5 – Magnetism and Matter: the bar magnet, magnetism and Gauss's law, magnetisation and magnetic intensity, and the magnetic properties of materials (dia-, para- and ferromagnetism).

Chapter 6 – Electromagnetic Induction: experiments of Faraday and Henry, magnetic flux, Faraday's law, Lenz's law, motional emf, inductance and the AC generator.

Chapter 7 – Alternating Current: AC voltage across a resistor, an inductor and a capacitor, phasors, the series LCR circuit, power factor and transformers.

Chapter 8 – Electromagnetic Waves: displacement current, properties of electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum.

Part 2 – Class 12 Physics NCERT Book (Chapters 9–14)

Chapter 9 – Ray Optics and Optical Instruments: reflection by spherical mirrors, refraction, total internal reflection, refraction by lenses, the prism and optical instruments.

Chapter 10 – Wave Optics: Huygens principle, reflection and refraction of plane waves, coherent and incoherent addition, Young's double-slit experiment, diffraction and polarisation.

Chapter 11 – Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: electron emission, the photoelectric effect and its experimental study, Einstein's photoelectric equation, the photon and the wave nature of matter.

Chapter 12 – Atoms: alpha-particle scattering and Rutherford's model, atomic spectra, the Bohr model, line spectra of hydrogen and de Broglie's explanation of Bohr's second postulate.

Chapter 13 – Nuclei: atomic masses and composition, size of the nucleus, mass-energy and binding energy, nuclear force, radioactivity and nuclear energy (fission and fusion).

Chapter 14 – Semiconductor Electronics: classification of metals, conductors and semiconductors, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, the p-n junction, the semiconductor diode and the junction diode as a rectifier.

Topics Not in the Current NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF

Many older guides and PDFs still include topics that NCERT has removed. If you study from them, check against the current NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF first. These topics are not in the 2026-27 chapters:

For the exact board syllabus, check the CBSE Class 12 syllabus.

How to Study from the NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF

• First read: go through each chapter of the NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF fully and write down the key formulas.
• Derivations: write out every derivation in the text yourself. Board papers ask for them directly.
• Examples and exercises: solve all solved examples, then the end-of-chapter exercises. Check your working with eSaral's NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Physics.
• Go beyond the textbook: practise NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics and previous year papers.
• Revise: use Class 12 Physics revision notes and mind maps before exams.

💡 Expert Tip by eSaral Physics Faculty Keep the NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF open while solving JEE or NEET questions on the same topic. Most errors in modern physics and electrostatics come from small gaps in NCERT definitions, not from hard maths.

NCERT Physics Class 12 for JEE and NEET

The NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF is the base of the Class 12 part of the JEE Main syllabus and the NEET syllabus. Topics like modern physics, semiconductors, wave optics and electromagnetic waves are close to NCERT in both exams, so read those chapters line by line. For the Class 11 base, see the NCERT Class 11 Physics book.

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