HSC Physics — Syllabus, Mark Distribution & Preparation

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Physics is the most important science subject and the backbone of engineering and medical admission tests.

This page brings together the subject code, paper structure, mark distribution, syllabus topics and the study approach that earns the highest marks in HSC Physics.

Physics at a glance

Boards and the NCTB revise subject codes and mark distribution from time to time. Confirm both against your board’s latest notice and the published NCTB syllabus before filling in your exam form.

Physics: learn it with interactive animations

An idea that is hard to picture from a still textbook diagram becomes obvious when you change the values yourself and watch it happen. Each simulation below comes with a full plain-language explanation, the formulas, solved examples, common mistakes and exam tips, so understanding and revision happen together.

• Refraction of light (Grade 8–12 · animation)
• Ohm's law (Grade 9–12 · animation)
• Projectile motion (Grade 11 · animation)
• Simple pendulum (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Electric field (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Wave interference (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Free Fall (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Lens ray diagrams (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Newton's Laws of Motion (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Spherical mirror ray diagrams (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Electromagnetic Induction (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Conservation of Momentum and Collisions (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Work, Energy and Power (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Inclined Plane (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Uniform circular motion (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Transverse and Longitudinal Waves (Grade 8–10 · animation)
• Levers and moments (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Centre of mass (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Spring-mass SHM (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Vector addition: triangle and parallelogram laws (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Relative velocity: trains and river crossing (Grade 9–11 · animation)
• Kepler's laws and elliptical orbits (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Newton’s law of gravitation, g and satellites (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Standing waves in strings and pipes (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Resonance tube and the speed of sound (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Beats: when two close notes pulse (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Doppler effect: moving sources, listeners and sonic booms (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Prism, dispersion of light and the rainbow (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Kirchhoff’s laws: junction rule and loop rule (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Wheatstone bridge and metre bridge (Grade 12 · animation)
• Single-slit diffraction (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• Defects of the human eye and their correction (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Polarisation of light: Malus’s law and Brewster’s law (Grade 12 · animation)
• Charging and discharging a capacitor: the RC time constant (Grade 12 · animation)
• Magnetic field lines: bar magnet, current-carrying wire and solenoid (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• AC generator (Grade 12 · animation)
• Transformer (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation (Grade 9–12 · animation)
• Photoelectric effect: Einstein’s equation and the stopping potential (Grade 12 · animation)
• Motor effect: force on a current-carrying wire and the DC motor (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• Gas molecules and kinetic theory: pressure, temperature and speed (Grade 11–12 · animation)
• The semiconductor diode: p–n junction, I–V curve and rectifier (Grade 12 · animation)
• Radioactive decay: half-life, the decay law and penetration (Grade 10–12 · animation)
• The Bohr atom: orbits, energy levels and the hydrogen spectrum (Grade 11–12 · animation)

What the syllabus covers

HSC 2027 runs on the full syllabus, so Physics covers all of the following:

• 1st Paper: vectors, kinematics, Newtonian mechanics
• 1st Paper: work, energy and power, gravitation, properties of matter
• 1st Paper: periodic motion, ideal gases and thermodynamics
• 2nd Paper: thermodynamics, static and current electricity, magnetic effects of current
• 2nd Paper: waves and sound, physical optics
• 2nd Paper: modern physics, atomic and nuclear physics, semiconductors and electronics
• Practical: prescribed experiments, graphs and lab notebook (25 marks per paper)

This is a topic list — chapter order and numbering may differ in your edition. Download the definitive syllabus from the NCTB website (nctb.gov.bd).

How to score well in Physics

• Keep every chapter’s formulas on one sheet and solve at least ten numerical problems a day.
• In the practical, get graph scales and axis labels right — that is where most marks are deducted.
• With admission tests in mind, give extra time to kinematics in Paper 1 and electricity in Paper 2.

A preparation routine that works

1. Read the textbook chapter yourself first and get the core idea — starting with a guide book leaves the concept half-formed.
2. After each chapter write a one-page note in your own words: definitions, formulas or key points, and an example.
3. Solve that chapter’s creative and MCQ questions from past board papers, then check your answers.
4. Reserve one day a week for revision only — skim every earlier chapter note.
5. Sit at least one full timed model test a month, then work out exactly where you are losing marks.

Read next

• All HSC subject guides
• HSC syllabus 2027
• HSC mark distribution & question pattern
• HSC subject code list
• HSC routine 2027
• Physics animations and simulations
• All science and math animations