Class 11 → Class 12 PCM Roadmap
Boards + JEE preparation guide: finish these Class 11 topics before starting Class 12.
Physics
✅ Must complete
- Vectors (Physics Oriented) Video
- Scalars vs Vectors
- Unit vectors (i, j, k)
- Vector addition (triangle & parallelogram law)
- Resolution of vectors
- Relative velocity basics
- Dot product (work concept)
- Cross product (basic idea only)
Why: Entire Class 12 physics uses vectors
- Basic Differentiation (Physics Use Only) Video
- Meaning of derivative (rate of change)
- dx/dt → velocity
- dv/dt → acceleration
- Basic integration (area under graph)
- Motion using calculus
Why: Current electricity, magnetism, AC circuits, modern physics derivations
- Basic Integration (Physics Use Only) Video
- Meaning of derivative (rate of change)
- dx/dt → velocity
- dv/dt → acceleration
- Basic integration (area under graph)
- Motion using calculus
Why: Current electricity, magnetism, AC circuits, modern physics derivations
- Motion (Kinematics) Video
- Motion in straight line
- Motion in plane
- Velocity and acceleration
- Graphs (v–t, x–t, a–t)
- Projectile motion
- Relative motion
Why: Wave motion, electric field motion, magnetic force problems
- Laws of Motion (NLM) Video
- Newton’s laws
- Free body diagrams
- Friction
- Circular motion basics
- Pseudo force
Why: Motion of charge in fields, magnetic force problems, rotational mechanics
- Work, Power and Energy Video
- Work energy theorem
- Potential energy
- Conservation of energy
- Power
- Springs
Why: Electrostatic potential, capacitance energy, thermodynamics connection
- Gravitation Video
- Newton’s law of gravitation
- Gravitational field & potential
- Escape velocity
- Satellite motion
Why: Electric field & potential (same concept used)
⭐ Optional / Advanced
- Rotational Mechanics (Optional) Video
- Torque
- Angular momentum
- Moment of inertia
- Rolling motion
Why: Advanced mechanics problems, mixed concept questions
Chemistry
✅ Must complete
- Mole Concept Video
- Moles and stoichiometry
- Limiting reagent
- Concentration terms
- Chemical Bonding Video
- Ionic bond
- Covalent bond
- VSEPR theory
- Hybridization
- Molecular geometry
- Periodic Table & Periodicity Video
- Periodic trends
- Atomic size
- Ionization energy
- Electronegativity
- Basic IUPAC Naming Video
- Hydrocarbon naming
- Functional groups
- General Organic Chemistry (GOC) Video
- Inductive effect
- Resonance
- Hyperconjugation
- Acidity/basicity
- Stability of intermediates
- Thermodynamics (Chemistry - optional) Video
- Enthalpy
- Entropy
- Gibbs free energy
Mathematics
⭐ Optional / Advanced
- Permutation & Combination Video
🟡 Basic Maths topics
- Basic Algebra Video
- Algebraic manipulation
- Basic trigonometry
- Graph basics
- Logarithms Video
- Laws of logarithm
- Exponential equations
- Quadratic Equations Video
- Finding roots
- Factorization
- Solving equations
- Polynomials Video
- Finding roots
- Factor theorem
- Sequence & Series (Basic Only) Video
- AP
- GP
- Coordinate Geometry (If Time) Video
- Straight line
- Circle basics
Follow suggested study order: phase‑1 physics → phase‑2 calculus & work/gravity → phase‑3 chemistry + maths basics.