DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

SECOND TERM SYLLABUS (2024-25)

CLASS XI
ENGLISH
READING SKILLS-
▪️Unseen passages -2
▪️Note Making and Summarisation -1
GRAMMAR AND CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS-
▪️Gap Filling
▪️Reordering of Sentences
▪️Classified Advertisements: Situation Vacant, Situation Wanted, Accommodation Wanted, To Let,
Property for Sale and Purchase, Household goods for Sale and Purchase, Vehicle for Sale and Purchase,
Person/Pet Missing, Lost and Found, Tours and Travels,Educational Institution, Matrimonials
▪️Poster making
▪️SpeechWriting
▪️Debate Writing
▪️LITERATURE TEXT BOOK AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING TEXT-
▪️Hornbill: Prose
1. The Portrait of a Lady
2. ⁠We’re not Afraid to Die …
3. ⁠Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues
4. ⁠The Adventure
5. ⁠Silk Road
Poetry-
1. A Photograph
2. ⁠The Laburnum Top
3. ⁠The Voice of the Rain
4. ⁠Childhood
5. ⁠Father to Son
▪️SNAPSHOTS
1. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
2. ⁠The Address
3. ⁠Mother’s Day
4. ⁠Birth
5. ⁠The Tale of Melon City
MATHEMATICS

1. Sets
2. Relations & Functions
3. Trigonometric Functions
4. Complex Numbers
5. Linear Inequalities
6. Permutations & Combinations
7. Binomial Theorem
8. Sequences & Series
9. Straight Lines
10. Conic Sections
11. Introduction to Three Dimensional Geometry
12. Limits & Derivatives
13. Statistics
14. Probability

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APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Unit 1: Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications
Unit 2: Algebra
Unit 3: Mathematical Reasoning
Unit 4: Calculus
Unit 5: Probability
Unit 6: Descriptive Statistics
Unit 7: Basis of Financial Mathematics
Unit 8: Coordinate Geometry

PHYSICS
Unit 1. Units and Measurements
Unit 2. Kinematics
Unit 3. Laws of Motion
Unit 4. Work, Energy and Power
Unit 5. Motion of system of Particles and Rigid body
Unit 6. Gravitation
Unit 7. Properties of Bulk matter
Unit 10. Oscillation and Waves

CHEMISTRY
1. Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry- (From Laws of chemical combinations)
2. ⁠Structure of Atom
3. ⁠Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties (From Modern Periodic Table)
4. ⁠Chemical bonding and Molecular Structure
5. ⁠Thermodynamics
6. ⁠Equilibrium
7. ⁠Redox Reactions (till balancing of redox reactions)
8. ⁠Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques (till Types of organic reactions and
mechanism)
9. ⁠Hydrocarbons

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Chapter 2 – Software Concepts
Chapter 3 – Boolean Logic
• Introduction
• What is Boolean Algebra?
• Logical Operators
• Logic Gates
• De Morgan’s Law
Chapter 6 – Basics of Programming
Chapter 7 – Conditional Statements in Python
Chapter 8 – Looping in Python
Chapter 9 – Working with Strings in Python (excluding 9.2, 9.18)
Chapter 10 – Working with Lists in Python (excluding 10.33)
Chapter 11 - Working with Dictionaries and Tuples
Chapter 12 – Introduction to Python Modules.
Chapter 13 – Society, Law and Ethics - Cyber Safety

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BIOLOGY
Unit 2:
Chapter: Morphology of flowering plants
Chapter Anatomy of flowering plants
Chapter :Structural organisation in animals (Morphology, Anatomy and functions of different systems
(digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive system of frog.)
Unit 3
Chapter :Cell the unit of life
Chapter :Biomolecules
Chapter :Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Unit 4
Chapter :Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Chapter :Respiration in Plants
Chapter :Plant Growth and Development
Unit 5
Chapter :Breathing and Exchange of Gases
Chapter :Body Fluids and Circulation
Chapter :Excretory Products and their Elimination
Chapter :Locomotion and Movement
Chapter :Neural Control and Coordination
Chapter :Chemical Coordination and Integration

PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 1 : What is Psychology?
* Evolution of Psychology
* Branches of Psychology
*Psychology and other disciplines

Chapter 2 : Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

Chapter 3 : Human Development

* Overview of Developmental Stages, Prenatal Stage to Old age

Chapter 5 : Learning

Chap 6 : Human Memory

Chapter 7 : Thinking

Chapter 8 : Motivation & Emotion

ECONOMICS
Statistics for Economics
1. Introduction
2. Collection, Organisation and Presentation of data
3. Measures of Central Tendency ( Mean, Median and Mode), Measures of Correlation and Index
Numbers.
Introductory Microeconomics
1. Introduction
2. Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand
3. Producers Behaviour and Supply
4. Forms of market and Price determination under perfect competition with simple application.

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 Business Studies
Part A Foundations of Business
1. Nature and Purpose of business
2. Forms of Business Organisations. (Including Formation of a company)
3. Public, Private and Global Enterprises
4. Business Services
5. Emerging Modes of Business
6. Social Responsibility of Business and Business Ethics.
Part B Finance and Trade
7. Sources of Business Finance
8. Small Business (MSME and Entrepreneurship)
9. Internal Trade
10. International Business.

Accountancy
Chap 1 Introduction to Accounting
Chap 2 Basic Accounting Terms
Chap 3 Theory Base of Accounting and Accounting Standards
Chap 4 Bases of Accounting
Chap 5 Accounting Equation
Chap 6 Accounting procedures- Rules of Debit and Credit
Chap 7 Source Documents and Preparation of Vouchers
Chap 8 Journal
Chap 9 Ledger
Chap 10 Cash Book
Chap 11 Subsidiary Books
Chap 12 Accounting of Goods and Services Tax(GST)
Chap 13 Bank Reconciliation Statement
Chap 14 Trial Balance
Chap 15 Depreciation
Chap 16 Provisions and Reserves
Chap 17 Rectification of Errors
Chap 18 Financial Statements of Sole Proprietorship
Chap 19 Adjustments in preparation of Financial Statements
Chap 20 Accounts of Incomplete Accounting- Single Entry System
HISTORY
The following themes will be covered:
1. Theme 1: Writing and City Life
2. Theme 2: An Empire Across Three Continents
3. Theme 4: The Three Orders
4. Theme 5: Changing Cultural Traditions
5. Theme 6: Displacing Indigenous Peoples
6. Theme 7: Path to Modernisation

Map Work
- Map work will cover the above-mentioned chapters (as done in the classroom).
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Book 1 Indian Constitution at work.
1. Constitution Why and How?
2. Rights in the Indian Constitution
3. Election and Representation
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4. Executive
5. Legislature
6. Judiciary
7. Federalism
8. Local Governments
9. Constitution as a living document
10. The philosophy of the Constitution
Book 2 Political Theory
Political Theory: An Introduction.
Chapter 6 Citizenship
Chapter 7 Nationalism
Chapter 8 Secularism
Map Work
Booklet.

SOCIOLOGY
Book 1
Ch 1: Sociology and Society
Ch 2: Terms, Concepts and their use in Sociology
Ch 3: Understanding Social Institutions
Ch 4: Culture and Socialisation
Book 2
Ch 2 Social change and social order in rural and urban society
Ch 4: Introducing Western Sociologists
Ch 5: Indian Sociologists

LEGAL STUDIES
Unit 1
-Separation of power
Unit 2
-Salient features of the Constitution-Administrative Law
Unit 3
-Jurisprudence, Nature and Meaning of Law
-classification of Law
-Sources of Law
-Law Reform
-Cyber Laws, safety and security in India
Unit 4
Judiciary: Constitutional , Civil and Criminal Courts and Processes
Unit 5
-Institutional Framework Marriage and Divorce
-Child Rights
-Adoption
-Property Succession and Inheritance
-Prevention of violence against Women

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GEOGRAPHY
Book: Fundamentals of Physical Geography

UNIT I: GEOGRAPHY AS A DISCIPLINE

1. Geography as a Discipline
UNIT II: THE EARTH
3. Interior of the Earth
4. Distribution of Oceans and Continents

UNIT III: LANDFORM

5.Geomorphic Processes

UNIT IV: CLIMATE

7. Composition and Structure of Atmosphere

8. Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature
9. Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems
10. Water in the Atmosphere

UNIT V: WATER (OCEANS)

12. Water (Oceans)
13. Movements of Ocean water

Book: India: Physical Environment

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

1. India - Location

UNIT II: PHYSIOGRAPHY

2. Structure and Physiography
3. Drainage System

UNIT III: CLIMATE & VEGETATION

4. Climate
5. Natural Vegetation

All related world map work

All related India map work

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT 1- Changing trends and career in Physical Education.
UNIT 2- Olympic value education
UNIT 3- Yoga
UNIT 4- Physical education and sports for CWSN.
UNIT 5-Physical fitness, health and wellness.
UNIT 6- Test, measurement and evaluation.
UNIT 7- Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology in sports.
UNIT 8- Fundamentals of kinesiology and biomechanics in sports.
UNIT 9- Psychology and sports.
UNIT 10- Training and doping in sports.

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PAINTING
* Six Limbs of Indian Painting and Fundamentals of Visual Arts.
* Pre-Historic Rock-Paintings and Art of Indus Valley
* Study and appreciation of sculptures and Terracotta
* Buddhist, Jain, and Hinu art
* Art during Mauryan, Shunga, Kushana, and Gupta periods
* Ajanta cave painting
* Temple sculpture, Bronzes, and Indo-Islamic architecture

GERMAN
Leseverstehen (comprehension)

Schreiben(writing)
Email and dialogue

Grammatik (Grammar)
- Adjective ending
-Conjunctions: wenn,als, seitdem, entweder..oder, je...desto, ohne...zu)
-Konjunktive II
-Genetive prepositions( trotz, innerhalb, außerhalb von, zu)
-Reflexive verbs and pronouns

Lehrbuch+ Arbeitsbuch: Chapter 10 and 14

2 Lücken texte
Comprehension
FRENCH
Section A (20 Marks) – Seen Comprehension
Unseen Comprehension
Section B (20 Marks)- Expression Écrite
- Letter
- Story Writing
Section C (25 marks) - Grammaire
- Temps convenables
- Pronoms personnels, y and en
- Pronoms Relatifs
- Prepositions
- Adjective and Interrogative Pronouns
Section D (15 Marks) – Littérature
- Répondez
- Completez
Chapters 6-10

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Part – A: Employability Skills

Unit 1: Communication Skills-III
Unit 2: Self-Management Skills-III
Unit 3: ICT Skills-III
Unit 4: Entrepreneurial Skills-III
Unit 5: Green Skills-III
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Part – B: Subject Specific Skills
Unit 1: Introduction: Artificial Intelligence for Everyone
Unit 2: Unlocking your Future in AI
Unit 3: Python Programming
Unit 4: Introduction to Capstone Project
Unit 5: Data Literacy – Data Collection to Data Analysis
Unit 6: Machine Learning Algorithms
Unit 7: Leveraging Linguistics and Computer Science
Unit 8: AI Ethics and Values
FASHION STUDIES
The following chapters will be covered:
Chapter 1: OVERVIEW OF FASHION
1.1- Understanding Fashion: Introduction and Definition.
1.2- Factors Influencing fashion
1.3- Key concepts and terminology
1.4- Movement and direction of fashion
* 1.4.1
* 1.4.2
* 1.4.3
1.5- Theories of fashion movement
1.6- Consumer segmentation
1.7- Salient characteristics of fashion
1.8- Brands and e- brands
1.9- International trades in fashion
1.10- Regulatory bodies in fashion and textile sector in India
1.11- Role of professionals
Chapter 2: Introduction to fibres, dyeing and printing
Chapter 3: Design Fundamentals
3.1- Design, designer and design process
3.2- Elements of design
3.3- Colour theory and colour psychology
* 3.3.1
* 3.3.3
3.4- Principles of design
3.5- Illustrating apparel on the fashion figure
Chapter 4: Materials tools and process of product making