Goa Board HSSC Physics Syllabus 2026-27: PDF, Chapters & Marks

Chapter

Detailed Syllabus

Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields

Electric charge and conservation of charge; Coulomb's law; force between point charges; superposition principle; continuous charge distribution; electric field and electric field lines; electric dipole and its electric field; torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field; electric flux; Gauss's theorem and its applications to an infinitely long straight wire, a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and a uniformly charged thin spherical shell.

Chapter 2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Electric potential and potential difference; potential due to a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces; electrostatic potential energy; conductors and insulators; free and bound charges; dielectrics and polarisation; capacitors and capacitance; series and parallel combinations of capacitors; parallel-plate capacitor with and without a dielectric; energy stored in a capacitor. The derivations specifically removed by the Board are listed below.

Chapter 3: Current Electricity

Electric current and charge flow in metallic conductors; drift velocity; relation between current and drift velocity; Ohm's law; linear and non-linear voltage-current characteristics; electrical energy and power; resistivity and conductivity; temperature dependence of resistance; internal resistance of a cell; potential difference and electromotive force (emf); series and parallel combinations of cells; Kirchhoff's rules; Wheatstone bridge. The theory portions for the metre bridge and potentiometer are listed as deleted in the official document.

Chapter 4: Moving Charges and Magnetism

Magnetic fields; Oersted's experiment; Biot-Savart law; magnetic field due to a circular current-carrying loop; Ampere's law; magnetic field due to an infinitely long straight wire and a solenoid; force on a moving charge in electric and magnetic fields; force on a current-carrying conductor; force between parallel current-carrying conductors; definition of ampere; torque on a current loop; magnetic dipole moment; moving-coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity and conversion into an ammeter or voltmeter. Velocity selector, cyclotron and other specified sections are excluded.

Chapter 5: Magnetism and Matter

Bar magnet and magnetic field lines; magnetic field due to a magnetic dipole; torque on a magnetic dipole in a uniform magnetic field; magnetisation and magnetic intensity; paramagnetic, diamagnetic and ferromagnetic materials; examples of magnetic substances and the effect of temperature on magnetic properties. The Board has removed the Earth’s Magnetism section, permanent magnets and electromagnets, and specified derivations and concepts.

Chapter 6: Electromagnetic Induction

Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws; induced emf and current; Lenz's law; self-induction and mutual induction. The energy-consideration section and eddy currents are deleted, along with specified derivations and exercises.

Chapter 7: Alternating Current

Alternating current; peak and RMS values of current and voltage; reactance and impedance; LCR series circuits; resonance; power in AC circuits; power factor; wattless current; AC generator; transformer. The Board has removed LC oscillations, selected figures and sections, the analytical solution and the sharpness of resonance.

Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves

Displacement current; electromagnetic waves and their characteristics; transverse nature of electromagnetic waves; electromagnetic spectrum, including radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays, with basic facts about their uses. The specified derivation and selected textbook examples and portions are deleted.

Chapter 9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

Reflection of light; spherical mirrors and mirror formula; refraction; total internal reflection and optical fibres; refraction at spherical surfaces; lenses and lens formula; lens maker's formula; magnification; power and combination of lenses; refraction through a prism; microscopes and telescopes. The syllabus document removes several natural phenomena, including the specified sections on mirage, diamond, rainbow and scattering of light. Derivations for the microscope and telescope are deleted.

Chapter 10: Wave Optics

Wavefront and Huygens' principle; reflection and refraction of plane waves; interference of light; Young's double-slit experiment; bright and dark fringes; single-slit diffraction and the central maximum. The Board retains the final expressions for bright and dark fringes but deletes their derivation and the expression for fringe width. Other deleted topics are listed below.

Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Dual nature of radiation; photoelectric effect; observations associated with Hertz, Hallwachs and Lenard; Einstein's photoelectric equation; particle nature of light; matter waves and the de Broglie relation. Some observations are limited to qualitative treatment. The specified derivation for the de Broglie wavelength of accelerated electrons, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and the Davisson-Germer experiment are excluded as stated in the official document.

Chapter 12: Atoms

Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's atomic model; Bohr model of the hydrogen atom; radius of the nth possible orbit; hydrogen line spectra. The radius expression is retained without its derivation, while the line spectra topic is limited to qualitative treatment. The spectral series section is deleted.

Chapter 13: Nuclei

Composition and size of the nucleus; nuclear force; mass-energy relation; mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. The specified radioactive decay sections and nuclear reactor section are deleted.

Chapter 14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators; intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors; p-type and n-type semiconductors; p-n junction; semiconductor diode; current-voltage characteristics under forward and reverse bias; application of a junction diode as a rectifier. Special-purpose p-n junction diodes and specified exercises are deleted.

Question Type

Marks per Question

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Long Answer (LA)

4

3

12

Short Answer-II (SA-II)

3

8

24

Short Answer-I (SA-I)

2

10

20

Very Short Answer (VSA)

1

14

14

Total

35 questions

70

Question Type

Marks per Question

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Short Answer-II (SA-II)

3

2

6

Short Answer-I (SA-I)

2

5

10

Very Short Answer (VSA)

1

4

4

Total

11 questions

20

Question Type

Marks per Question

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Long Answer (LA)

4

2

8

Short Answer-II (SA-II)

3

6

18

Short Answer-I (SA-I)

2

10

20

Very Short Answer (VSA)

1

14

14

Total

32 questions

60

Particular

Official Exam Pattern

Theory paper marks

70

Exam duration

180 minutes

Total questions

35

Knowledge

30%

Understanding

50%

Application

20%

Easy questions

20%

Average-difficulty questions

60%

Difficult questions

20%

Numerical questions

Approximately 14–16 marks

Derivations

Approximately 14–16 marks

Question Type

Number of Questions

Marks per Question

Total Marks

Long Answer (LA)

3

4

12

Short Answer II (SA-II)

8

3

24

Short Answer I (SA-I)

10

2

20

Very Short Answer (VSA)

14

1

14

Total

35

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70