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Physics and Measurement
Physics, technology and society, S I units, Fundamental and derived units.
Least count, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, Errors in measurement, Significant figures.
Dimensions of Physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Laws of Motion
Force and Inertia, Newton's First Law of motion; Momentum, Newton's Second Law of motion; Impulse; Newton's Third Law of motion.
Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, Equilibrium of concurrent forces
Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force and its applications
Work, Energy and Power
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, workenergy theorem, power
Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and nonconservative forces
Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions
Rotational Motion
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, Centre of mass of a rigid body; Basic concepts of rotational motion;
moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; moment of inertia, radius of gyration
Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications
Rigid body rotation, equations of rotational motion
Gravitation
The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth
Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential
Escape velocity. Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geo-stationary satellites
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work doneon compressing a gas
Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure
Kinetic energy and temperature: rms speed of gas molecules; Degrees of freedom, Law of equipartition of energy
applications to specific heat capacities of gases, Avogadro's number
Oscillations and Waves
Periodic motion - period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions.
Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation; phase
oscillations of a spring -restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. - kinetic and potential energies
Simple pendulum - derivation of expression for its time period; Free, forced and damped oscillations, resonance
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a wave
Displacement relation for a progressive wave.
Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, Standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats, Doppler effect in sound
Electrostatics
Electric charges: Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law-forces between two point charges, forces between multiple charges
superposition principle and continuous charge distribution
Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines, Electric dipole, Electric field due to a dipole, Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
Electric flux, Gauss's law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell
Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges
Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field
Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel
capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates, Energy stored in a capacitor
Current Electricity
Electric current, Drift velocity, Ohm's law, Electrical resistance
V-I characteristics of Ohmic and nonohmic conductors, Electrical energy and power
Electrical resistivity, Colour code for resistors; Series and parallel combinations of resistors; Temperature dependence of resistance
Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel.
Kirchhoff's laws and their applications. Wheatstone bridge, Metre bridge.
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Biot - Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop.
Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid
Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron
Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field.
Force between two parallel currentcarrying conductors-definition of ampere
Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; Moving coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment.
Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth's magnetic field and magnetic elements
Para-, dia- and ferro- magnetic substances
Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, Hysteresis, Electromagnets and permanent magnets
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's law, induced emf and current; Lenz's Law, Eddy currents.
Self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/ voltage
reactance and impedance; LCR series circuit, resonance; Quality factor, power in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer
Electromagnetic Waves
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics. Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, Xrays, gamma rays). Applications of e.m. waves
Optics
Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula, Total internal reflection and its applications,
Deviation and Dispersion of light by a prism, Lens Formula, Magnification, Power of a Lens
Combination of thin lenses in contact, Microscope and Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifyingpowers
Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens principle
Interference, Young's double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light
Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum
Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes, Polarisation, plane polarized light; Brewster's law
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; particle nature of light.
Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie relation. Davisson- Germer experiment
Atoms and Nuclei
Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels.
Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones
Radioactivityalpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties; radioactive decay law
Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion
Electronic Devices
Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias; diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode
Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor
Transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR). Transistor as a switch
Communication Systems
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere; Sky and space wave propagation, Need for modulation
Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Bandwidth of signals, Bandwidth of Transmission medium, Basic Elements of a Communication System (Block Diagram only)
Experimental Skills
Vernier callipers-its use to measure internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel.
Screw gauge-its use to determine thickness/ diameter of thin sheet/wire.
Simple Pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between square of amplitude and time.
Metre Scale - mass of a given object by principle of moments.
Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire
Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents
Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body
Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time
Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube
Resistivity of the material of a given wire using metre bridge.
Resistance of a given wire using Ohm's law
Chemistry
Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry
Matter and its nature,
Dalton’s atomic theory; Concept of atom
molecule, element and compound; Physical quantities and their measurements in Chemistry
precision and accuracy, significant figures, S.I. Units, dimensional analysis
Laws of chemical combination
Atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, molar mass
percentage composition, empirical and molecular formulae
Chemical equations and stoichiometry
States of Matter
Gaseous State
Liquid State:
Solid State
Atomic Structure
Discovery of sub-atomic particles (electron, proton and neutron); Thomson and Rutherford atomic models and their limitations; Nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect;
Spectrum of hydrogen atom, Bohr model of hydrogen atom - its postulates, derivation of the relations for energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr’s model
Dual nature of matter, de-Broglie’s relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanical model of atom, its important features, ?? and ??2, concept of atomic orbitals as one electron wave functions; Variation of ?? and ??2 with r for 1s and 2s orbitals
various quantum numbers (principal, angular momentum and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance
shapes of s, p and d - orbitals, electron spin and spin quantum number; Rules for filling electrons in orbitals aufbau principle
Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule, electronic configuration of elements, extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Ionic Bonding
Covalent Bonding:
Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding
Molecular Orbital Theory
Chemical Thermodynamics
Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, types of processes.
First law of thermodynamics
Second law of thermodynamics;
Solutions
Different methods for expressing concentration of solution - molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both)
vapour pressure of solutions and Raoult’s Law Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour pressure - composition, plots for ideal and non-ideal solutions
Colligative properties of dilute solutions - relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure
Determination of molecular mass using colligative properties; Abnormal value of molar mass, van’t Hoff factor and its significance
Equilibrium
Equilibria involving physical processes:
Equilibria involving chemical processes:
Ionic equilibrium:
Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry
Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number, balancing of redox reactions
Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivities and their variation with concentration: Kohlrausch’s law and its applications.
Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half - cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic cell and its measurement
Nernst equation and its applications; Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs’ energy change; Dry cell and lead accumulator; Fuel cells; Corrosion and its prevention
Chemical Kinetics
Rate of a chemical reaction, factors affecting the rate of reactions: concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst
elementary and complex reactions, order and molecularity of reactions, rate law, rate constant and its units, differential and integral forms of zero and first order reactions
Characteristics of first order reactions and half - lives, effect of temperature on rate of reactions Arrhenius theory
activation energy and its calculation, collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation)
Surface Chemistry
Adsorption
Catalysis
Colloidal state
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
Modem periodic law and present form of the periodic table, s, p, d and f block elements, periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii
ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states and chemical reactivity
General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Metals
Modes of occurrence of elements in nature, minerals, ores; Steps involved in the extraction of metals - concentration,
reduction (chemical and electrolytic methods) and refining with special reference to the extraction of Al, Cu, Zn and Fe
Thermodynamic and electrochemical principles involved in the extraction of metals
Hydrogen
Position of hydrogen in periodic table, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; Physical and chemical properties of water and heavy water;
Structure, preparation, reactions and uses of hydrogen peroxide; Classification of hydrides - ionic, covalent and interstitial; Hydrogen as a fuel
S - Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals)
General introduction, electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements, anomalous properties of the first element of each group, diagonal relationships.
Preparation and properties of some important compounds - sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydrogen carbonate; Industrial uses of lime, limestone, Plaster of Paris and cement; Biological significance of Na, K, Mg and Ca
P - Block Elements
General Introduction:
Preparation, properties and uses of boron and aluminium; Structure, properties and uses of borax, boric acid, diborane, boron trifluoride, aluminium chloride and alums.
Tendency for catenation; Structure, properties and uses of allotropes and oxides of carbon, silicon tetrachloride, silicates, zeolites and silicones.
Properties and uses of nitrogen and phosphorus; Allotrophic forms of phosphorus; Preparation, properties, structure and uses of ammonia, nitric acid, phosphine and phosphorus halides, (PCl3, PCl5); Structures of oxides and oxoacids of nitrogen and phospho
Preparation, properties, structures and uses of dioxygen and ozone; Allotropic forms of sulphur; Preparation, properties, structures and uses of sulphur dioxide, sulphuric acid (including its industrial preparation); Structures of oxoacids of sulphur
Preparation, properties and uses of chlorine and hydrochloric acid; Trends in the acidic nature of hydrogen halides; Structures of Interhalogen compounds and oxides and oxoacids of halogens
Occurrence and uses of noble gases; Structures of fluorides and oxides of xenon
D and F Block Elements
Transition Elements
Inner Transition Elements
Co-Ordination Compounds
Introduction to co-ordination compounds, Werner’s theory; ligands, co-ordination number, denticity, chelation;
IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, isomerism; Bonding-Valence bond approach and basic ideas of Crystal field theory, colour and magnetic properties
Importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems).
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental pollution
Atmospheric pollution
Tropospheric pollutants Gaseous pollutants
Particulate pollutants
Stratospheric pollution
Water Pollution
Soil pollution
Purification and Characterization Of Organic Compounds
Purification
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Calculations of empirical formulae and molecular formulae; Numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis.
Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry
Tetravalency of carbon; Shapes of simple molecules - hybridization (s and p); Classification of organic compounds based on functional groups: - C = C - , - C h C – and those containing halogens, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur
Homologous series; Isomerism - structural and stereoisomerism.
Nomenclature (Trivial and IUPAC)
Electronic displacement in a covalent bond
Common types of organic reactions
Hydrocarbons
Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties and reactions.
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alkynes
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Organic Compounds Containing Halogens
General methods of preparation, properties and reactions; Nature of C-X bond; Mechanisms of substitution reactions.
Uses; Environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform, freons and DDT.
Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Alcohols
Phenols
Ethers
Aldehyde and Ketones
Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
Amines
Diazonium Salts
Polymers
General introduction and classification of polymers, general methods of polymerization-addition and condensation, copolymerization;
Natural and synthetic rubber and vulcanization; some important polymers with emphasis on their monomers and uses - polythene, nylon, polyester and bakelite.
Biomolecules
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Vitamins
Nucleic Acids
Chemistry in Everyday Life
Chemicals in medicines
Chemicals in food
Cleansing agents
Principles Related To Practical chemistry
Detection of extra elements (N,S, halogens) in organic compounds; Detection of the following functional groups: hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), carboxyl and amino groups in organic compounds
Inorganic compounds, and Organic compounds
Chemistry involved in the titrimetric excercises - Acids bases and the use of indicators
Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis
Chemical principles
Maths
Sets, Relations and Functions
Sets and their representation; Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties; Power set; Relation, Types of relations, equivalence relations, functions;.
one-one, into and onto functions,composition of functions.
Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a+ib and their representation in a plane
Argand diagram, algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, square root of a complex number, triangle inequality, Quadratic equations in real and complex number system and their solutions
Relation between roots and co-efficients, nature of roots, formation of quadratic equations with given roots
Matrices and Determinants
Matrices, algebra of matrices, types of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three.
Properties of determinants, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants.
Adjoint and evaluation of inverse of a square matrix using determinants and elementary transformations
Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using determinants and matrices.
Permutations and Combinations
Fundamental principle of counting, permutation as an arrangement and combination as selection,
Meaning of P (n,r) and C (n,r), simple applications.
Mathematical Induction
Binomial Theorem and Its Simple Applications
Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, general term and middle term,
Properties of Binomial coefficients and simple applications.
Sequences and Series
Arithmetic and Geometric progressions, insertion of arithmetic, geometric means between two given numbers.
Relation between A.M. and G.M. Sum upto n terms of special series: S n, S n2, Sn3. Arithmetico Geometric progression.
Limit Continuity and Differentiability
Real - valued functions, algebra of functions, polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions, inverse functions.
Graphs of simple functions. Limits, continuity and differentiability.
Differentiation of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions.
Differentiation of trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions; derivatives of order upto two.
Rolle’s and Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorems.
Applications of derivatives: Rate of change of quantities, monotonic - increasing and decreasing functions, Maxima and minima of functions of one variable, tangents and normals.
Integral Calculus
Fundamental integrals involving algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Integration by substitution, by parts and by partial fractions.
Integration using trigonometric identities.
Integral as limit of a sum. Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Properties of definite integrals.
Evaluation of definite integrals, determining areas of the regions bounded by simple curves in standard form.
Differential Equations
Ordinary differential equations, their order and degree. Formation of differential equations.
Solution of differential equations by the method of separation of variables, solution of homogeneous and linear differential equations of the type
Co-Ordinate Geometry
Cartesian system of rectangular co-ordinates 10 in a plane, distance formula, section formula, locus and its equation,
Translation of axes, slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, intercepts of a line on the coordinate axes
Straight lines
Circles, conic sections
Three Dimensional Geometry
Coordinates of a point in space, distance between two points, section formula, direction ratios and direction cosines,
angle between two intersecting lines. Skew lines, the shortest distance between them and its equation
Equations of a line and a plane in different forms, intersection of a line and a plane, coplanar lines
Vector Algebra
Vectors and scalars, addition of vectors, components of a vector in two dimensions and three dimensional space, scalar and vector products, scalar and vector triple product.
Statistics and Probability
Measures of Dispersion: Calculation of mean, median, mode of grouped and ungrouped data.
Calculation of standard deviation, variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data
Probability: Probability of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of probability, Baye’s theorem, probability distribution of a random variate, Bernoulli trials and Binomial distribution.
Trigonometry
Trigonometrical identities and equations. Trigonometrical functions
Inverse trigonometrical functions and their properties. Heights and Distances.
Mathematical Reasoning
Statements, logical operations and, or, implies, implied by, if and only if.
Understanding of tautology, contradiction, converse and contrapositive.
Homologous series; Isomerism - structural and stereoisomerism. Doubts and Replies
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