PSEB SS Physics study guide
PSEB SS Physics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
PSEB Senior Secondary Physics is the Class 12 Physics examination of the Punjab School Education Board, the state board whose headquarters are at Vidya Bhawan, Phase-8, SAS Nagar (Mohali). The credential is used by Senior Secondary students in Punjab, including regular school candidates and candidates routed through the Board’s open-school and private-candidate processes. The PSEB SS Physics study guide has 9 sections and about 2,738 words.
01Electrostatics
This domain covers electric charge, field, potential, Gauss’s law and capacitance. PSEB SS Physics questions often combine a vector-direction judgement with a formula substitution, so write the direction explicitly.
305 words, about 2 min02Current Electricity
Current electricity tests steady currents, resistance, cells, circuit laws and measuring instruments. Numerical questions usually combine Ohm’s law with power or internal resistance, so keep units in amperes, volts and ohms.
327 words, about 2 min03Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
This domain covers magnetic fields of currents, forces on charges and conductors, moving-coil instruments and magnetic materials. PSEB questions often ask for magnitude and direction together, so use the right-hand rule explicitly.
314 words, about 2 min04Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
This domain links changing magnetic flux to induced emf and extends circuit analysis to alternating current. Expect numerical work on inductance, impedance, resonance and transformers.
321 words, about 2 min05Electromagnetic Waves
Electromagnetic waves are produced by accelerated charges and involve mutually perpendicular oscillating electric and magnetic fields. The exam tests Maxwell’s displacement current, wave properties and the electromagnetic spectrum.
270 words, about 1 min06Optics: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments; Wave Optics
Optics combines ray treatment of mirrors, lenses and instruments with wave treatment of interference, diffraction and polarisation. Numerical questions often turn on sign convention and coherence.
294 words, about 1 min07Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
This domain covers the photoelectric effect, photons and matter waves. The exam tests whether you can separate intensity effects from frequency effects and use energy conservation in electron volts.
273 words, about 1 min08Atoms and Nuclei
Atoms and nuclei questions cover Bohr’s hydrogen model, spectral lines, nuclear composition, mass defect, binding energy and radioactive decay. Expect energy-level arithmetic and decay-law calculations.
293 words, about 1 min09Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
This domain covers energy bands, doped semiconductors, p–n junctions, diodes, rectifiers, Zener regulation, transistors and logic gates. The exam favours bias conditions and current relations.
341 words, about 2 min