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• Electrostatics 

  • Frictional electricity, charges and their conservation; Coulomb’s law  –  forces between two point electric charges.  Forces  between multiple electric charges – superposition principle
  • Electric field – Electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines; Electric dipole, electric field intensity due to a dipole – behaviour of dipole in a uniform electric field – application of electric dipole in a microwave oven
  • Electric potential – potential difference – electric potential due to a point charge and due to a dipole. Equipotential surfaces – Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges
  • Electric flux – Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to (1) infinitely long straight wire (2) uniformly charged infinite plane sheet (3) two parallel sheets and (4) uniformly charged thin spherical shell (inside and outside)
  • Electrostatic induction – capacitor and capacitance – Dielectric and electric polarisation – parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium – applications of capacitor – energy stored in a capacitor. Capacitors in series and in parallel – action of points – Lightning arrester – Van de Graaff generator

• Current Electricity

  • Electric current – flow of charges in a metallic conductor – Drift velocity and mobility and their relation with electric current
  • Ohm’s law, electrical resistance. V-I characteristics – Electrical resistivity and conductivity. Classification of materials in terms of conductivity – Superconductivity (elementary ideas) – Carbon resistors – colour code for carbon resistors – Combination of resistors – series and parallel – Temperature dependence of resistance – Internal resistance of a cell – Potential difference and emf of a cell
  • Kirchoff’s law – illustration by simple circuits – Wheatstone’s Bridge and its application for temperature coefficient of resistance measurement – Metrebridge – Special case of Wheatstone bridge – Potentiometer – principle – comparing the emf of two cells
  • Electric power – Chemical effect of current – Electrochemical cells Primary (Voltaic, Lechlanche, Daniel) – Secondary – rechargeable cell – lead-acid accumulator

• Effects Of Electric Current

  • Heating effect. Joule’s law – Experimental verification. Thermoelectric effects  –  Seebeck effect  –  Peltier effect  –  Thomson effect – Thermocouple, thermoemf,  neutral and inversion temperature.  Thermopile
  • Magnetic effect of electric current – Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment – Biot-Savart law – Magnetic field due to an infinitely  long  current  carrying  straight  wire  and  circular  coil  – Tangent galvanometer – Construction and working – Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid – magnetic field lines
  • Ampere’s circuital law and its application
  • Force on a moving charge in a uniform magnetic field and electric field – cyclotron – Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, forces between two parallel current-carrying conductors– definition of ampere
  • Torque  experienced  by  a  current  loop  in  a  uniform  magnetic field-moving coil galvanometer – conversion to ammeter and voltmeter– Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment– Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron

• Electromagnetic Induction And Alternating Current

  • Electromagnetic induction – Faraday’s law – induced emf and current – Lenz's law
  • Self-induction – Mutual induction – Self-inductance of a long solenoid – mutual inductance of two long solenoids
  • Methods of inducing emf – (1) by changing magnetic induction (2) by changing area enclosed by the coil and (3) by changing the orientation  of  the  coil  (quantitative  treatment)  analytical  treatment can also be included
  • AC  generator  –  commercial  generator (Single phase,  three-phase)
  • Eddy current – Applications – Transformer – Long distance transmission
  • Alternating  current  –  measurement  of  AC  –  AC circuit  with resistance – AC circuit with inductor – AC circuit with capacitor - LCR series circuit – Resonance and Q – factor: power in AC circuits

• Electronics Waves And Wave Optics

  • Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics
  • Electromagnetic spectrum, Radio, microwaves, Infrared, visible, ultraviolet – X rays, gamma rays
  • Emission and Absorption spectrum - Line, Band and continuous spectra – Fluorescence and phosphorescence
  • Theories of light - Corpuscular - Wave - Electromagnetic and quantum theories
  • Scattering of light - Rayleigh’s scattering - Tyndal scattering - Raman effect - Raman spectrum - Blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset
  • Wavefront and Huygen’s principle - Reflection, Total internal reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts
  • Interference - Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width - coherent source - interference of light. Formation of colours in thin films - analytical treatment -Newton’s rings.
  • Diffraction - differences between interference and diffraction of light - diffraction grating
  • Polarisation of light waves - polarisation by reflection - Brewster’s  law - double  refraction - Nicol  prism - uses  of  plane polarised light and polaroids - rotatory polarisation -polarimeter
• Atomic Physics
  • Atomic structure – discovery of the electron – specific charge (Thomson’s method) and charge of the electron (Millikan’s oil drop method) – alpha scattering – Rutherford’s atom model
  • Bohr’s model – energy quantisation – energy and wave number expression – Hydrogen spectrum – energy level diagrams – sodium and mercury spectra - excitation and ionization potentials. Sommerfeld’s atom model
  • X-rays – production, properties, detection, absorption, diffraction of X-rays – Laue’s experiment – Bragg’s law, Bragg’s X-ray spectrometer – X-ray spectra – continuous and characteristic X-ray spectrum – Mosley’s law and atomic number
  • Masers  and  Lasers  –  spontaneous  and  stimulated  emission  –normal population and population inversion – Ruby laser, He–Ne laser properties and applications of laser light – holography
• Dual Nature Of Radiation And Matter Relativity
  • Photoelectric effect – Light waves and photons – Einstein’s photoelectric equation – laws of photoelectric emission – particle nature of energy – photoelectric equation – work function – photocells and their application
  • Matter waves – wave mechanical concept of the atom – wave nature of particles – De–Broglie relation – De–Broglie wavelength of an electron-electron microscope
  • Concept of  space,  mass,  time  –  Frame  of    Special theory of relativity – Relativity of length, time and mass with velocity (E = mc²)
• Nuclear Physics
  • Nuclear properties – nuclear Radii, masses, binding energy, density, charge –  isotopes, isobars and isotones – Nuclear mass defect– binding energy. Stability of nuclei-Bain bridge mass spectrometer
  • Nature of nuclear forces – Neutron – discovery – properties –artificial transmutation – particle accelerator
  • Radioactivity – alpha, beta and gamma radiations and their properties, α-decay, β-decay and γ-decay – Radioactive decay law – half life – mean life. Artificial radioactivity – radio isotopes – effects and uses Geiger – Muller counter
  • Radiocarbon dating – biological radiation hazards
  • Nuclear fission – chain reaction –  atom  bomb – nuclear reactor –  nuclear  fusion  –  Hydrogen  bomb  –  cosmic  rays  –  elementary particles
• Semiconductor Devices And Their Application
  • Semiconductor theory – energy band in solids  –  difference between metals, insulators and semiconductors based on band theory– semiconductor doping – Intrinsic and Extrinsic semiconductors
  • Formation of P-N Junction – Barrier potential and depletion layer. – P-N Junction diode – Forward and reverse bias characteristics– diode as a rectifier – zener diode. Zener diode as a voltage regulator– LED
  • Junction transistors – characteristics – transistor as a switch – transistor as an amplifier – transistor biasing – RC, LC coupled and direct coupling in amplifier – feedback amplifier – positive and negative feedback – advantages of negative feedback amplifier – oscillator – condition for oscillations – LC circuit – Colpitt oscillator
  • Logic gates – NOT, OR, AND, EXOR using discrete components – NAND and NOR gates as universal gates – integrated circuits
  • Laws and theorems of Boolean’s algebra – operational amplifier – parameters – pin-out configuration – Basic applications. Inverting amplifier. Non-inverting amplifier – summing and difference amplifiers
  • Measuring Instruments – Cathode Ray oscilloscope – Principle – Functional units – uses. Multimeter – construction and uses
• Communication Systems
  • Modes of propagation, ground wave – skywave propagation
  • Amplitude modulation,  merits and demerits  –  applications  –frequency modulation – advantages and applications – phase modulation. Antennas and directivity.
  • Radio transmission and reception – AM and FM – superheterodyne  receiver
  • T.V.transmission and reception – scanning and synchronising
  • Vidicon (camera tube) and picture tube – block diagram of a monochrome TV transmitter and receiver circuits
  • Radar – principle – applications
  • Digital communication – data transmission and reception – principles of fax, modem, satellite communication – wire, cable and Fibre - optical communication

Unit 1: Atomic Structure -II

Dual properties of electrons - de-Broglie relation - Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle - Wave nature of an electron - Schrodinger wave equation (only equation, no derivation) - Eigenvalues and Eigenfunction- significance only - molecular orbital method. Application to Homo diatomic and Hetero diatomic molecules - Metallic Bond - Hybridization of atomic orbitals Hybridization involving s, p and d Orbitals - Types of forces between molecules

Unit 2: Periodic classification-II

Review of periodic properties - Calculation of atomic radii - Calculation of ionic radii - Method of determination of Ionisation potential - Factors affecting ionisation potential - Method to determine the electron affinity - Factors affecting EA - Various scales on electronegativity values

Unit 3: p - Block Elements - II

Group -13 General trends - Potash alum- Preparation, Properties and uses - Group 14 General trends - Silicates - Types and structure - Silicones Structure and uses - Extraction of lead - Group - 15. General trends - Phosphorous - Allotropes and extraction - Compounds of phosphorous - Group - 16. General trends - H₂SO₄ - Manufacture and properties. - Group - 17 General characteristics. Physical and Chemical properties - Isolation of fluorine and its properties - Interhalogen compounds Group-18 Inert gases - Isolation, properties and uses

Unit 4: d - BLOCK ELEMENTS

General characteristics of d-block elements - First transition series  Occurrence and principles of extraction - chromium, copper and zinc - Alloys Second transition series - Occurrence and principles of extraction of silver Third transition series - Compounds - K₂Cr₂O₇, CuSO₄5H₂O, AgNO₃, Hg₂Cl₂, ZnCO₃, Purple of Cassius

Unit 5: f-block elements

General characteristics of f - block elements and extraction - Comparison of Lanthanides and Actinides - Uses of lanthanides and actinides

Unit 6: Coordination Compounds and Bio-coordination Compounds

An introduction -  Terminology in coordination chemistry - IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds - Isomerism in coordination compounds - Structural isomerism  - Geometrical isomerism in 4 - coordinate, 6 – coordinate complexes - Theories on coordination compounds - Werner’s theory (brief) - Valence Bond theory - Crystal field theory - Uses of coordination compounds - Biocoordination compounds. Haemoglobin and chlorophyll

Unit 7: Nuclear chemistry

Nuclear energy nuclear fission and fusion - Radiocarbon dating - Nuclear reaction in sun - Uses of radioactive isotopes

Unit 8: Solid-state II

Types of packing in crystals - X-Ray crystal structure - Types of ionic crystals - Imperfections in solids - Properties of crystalline solids - Amorphous solid

Unit 9: Thermodynamics - II

Review of  I law - Need for the II law of thermodynamics - Spontaneous and non-spontaneous processes - Entropy - Gibb’s free energy - Free energy change and chemical equilibrium - Third law of thermodynamics

Unit 10: Chemical equilibrium II

Applications of the law of mass action - Le Chatlier’s principle

Unit 11: Chemical Kinetics - II

First-order reaction and pseudo-first-order reaction - Experimental determination of the first-order reaction - method of determining the order of reaction temperature dependence of rate constant - Simple and complex reactions

Unit 12: Surface Chemistry

Adsorption - Catalysis - Theory of catalysis - Colloids - Preparation of colloids - Properties of colloids - Emulsions

Unit 13: Electrochemistry – I

Conductors, insulators and semiconductors - Theory of electrical conductance - Theory of strong electrolytes - Faraday’s laws of electrolysis Specific resistance, specific conductance, equivalent and molar conductance Variation of conductance with dilution - Kohlraush’s law - Ionic product of water, pH and pOH - Buffer solutions - Use of pH values

Unit 14: Electrochemistry - II

Cells -  Electrodes and electrode potentials - Construction of cell and EMF - Corrosion and its preventions - commercial production of chemicals Fuel cells

Unit 15: Isomerism in Organic Chemistry

Geometrical isomerism - Conformations of cyclic compounds - Optical isomerism - Optical activity - Chirality -  Compounds containing chiral centres D-L and R-S notation - Isomerism in benzene

Unit 16: Hydroxy Derivatives

Nomenclature of alcohols - Classification of alcohols - General methods of preparation of primary alcohols - Properties Methods of distinction between three classes of alcohols 1°, 2° and 3°)  - Methods of preparation of dihydric alcohols. (glycol) -  Properties  - Uses - Methods of preparation of trihydric alcohols - Properties - Uses - Aromatic alcohols - Methods of preparation of benzyl alcohol - Properties - Uses - Phenols - Manufacture of phenols - Properties - Chemical properties - Uses of Phenols

Unit 17: Ethers

Ethers - General methods of preparation of aliphatic ethers - Properties Uses - Aromatic ethers - Preparation of anisole - Reactions of anisole - Uses

Unit 18: Carbonyl Compounds

Nomenclature of carbonyl compounds - Comparison of aldehydes and ketones - General methods of preparation of aldehydes - Properties - Uses Aromatic aldehydes - Preparation of  benzaldehyde - Properties - Uses - Ketones - general methods of preparation of aliphatic ketones (acetone) - Properties Uses - Aromatic ketones - preparation of acetophenone- Properties - Uses preparation of benzophenone - Properties

Unit 19: Carboxylic Acids

Nomenclature - Preparation of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids – formic acid - Properties - Uses - Tests for carboxylic acid - Monohydroxy monocarboxylic acids - Lactic acid – Sources - Synthesis of lactic acid - Aliphatic dicarboxylic acids - preparation of dicarboxylic acids – oxalic and succinic acids - Properties - Strengths of carboxylic acids  - Aromatic acids - Preparation of benzoic acid -  Properties - Uses - Preparation of salicylic acid - Properties Uses -  Derivatives of carboxylic acids - Preparation of acid chloride – acetyl chloride (CH₃COCl) - Preparation - Properties - Uses - Preparation of acetamide - Properties - Preparation of acetic anhydride - Properties - Preparation of esters methyl acetate - Properties.

Unit 20: Organic Nitrogen Compounds

Aliphatic nitro compounds -  Preparation of aliphatic nitroalkanes Properties - Uses - Aromatic nitro compounds - Preparation - Properties Uses - Distinction between aliphatic and aromatic nitro compounds - Amines Aliphatic amines - General methods of preparation - Properties - Distinction between 1°, 2°, and 3° amines -  Aromatic amines - Synthesis of benzylamine Properties - Aniline–preparation - Properties - Uses - Distinction between aliphatic and aromatic amines - Aliphatic nitriles - Preparation - properties Uses -  Diazonium salts -  Preparation of benzene diazonium chloride - Properties

Unit 21: Biomolecules

Carbohydrates - structural elucidation - Disaccharides and polysaccharides - Proteins - Amino acids - structure of proteins - Nucleic acids - Lipids

Unit 22: Chemistry in Action

Medicinal chemistry - Drug abuse - Dyes – classification and uses Cosmetics – creams, perfumes, talcum powder and deodorants - chemicals in food - Preservatives artificial sweetening agents, antioxidants and edible colours - Insect repellant – pheromones and sex attractants  - Rocket fuels - Types of polymers, preparation and uses

• Applications Of Matrices And Determinants

  • Adjoint, Inverse – Properties, Computation of inverses, solution of system of linear equations by matrix inversion method.
  • Rank of a Matrix − Elementary transformation on a matrix, consistency of a system of linear equations, Cramer’s rule,  Non-homogeneous equations, homogeneous linear system, rank method.   

• Vector Algebra

  • Scalar Product – Angle between two vectors, properties of scalar product, applications of dot products
  • Vector Product − Right-handed and left-handed systems, properties of vector product, applications of cross product
  • Product of three vectors − Scalar triple product, properties of scalar triple product, vector triple product, vector product of four vectors, scalar product of four vectors
  • Lines − Equation of a straight line passing through a given point and parallel to a given vector, passing through two given points (derivations are not required) and angle between two lines.
  • Skew lines − Shortest distance between two lines, condition for two lines to intersect, point of intersection, collinearity of three points
  • Planes − Equation of a plane (derivations are not required), passing through a given point and perpendicular to a vector, given the distance from the origin and unit normal, passing through a given point and parallel to two given vectors, passing through two given points
  • Sphere − Equation of the sphere (derivations are not required) whose centre and radius are given, equation of a sphere when the extremities of the diameter are given

• Complex Numbers

  • Conjugate −  properties, ordered pair representation

  • Modulus − properties, geometrical representation, meaning, polar form, principal value, conjugate, sum, difference, product, quotient, vector interpretation, solutions of polynomial equations, De Moivre’s theorem and its applications

  • Roots of a complex number − nth roots, cube roots, fourth roots

• Analytical Geometry

  • Definition of a Conic − General equation of a conic, classification with respect to the general equation of a conic, classification of conics with respect to eccentricity

  • Parabola − Standard equation of a parabola (derivation and tracing the parabola are not required), other standard parabolas, the process of shifting the origin, general form of the standard equation, some practical problems

  • Ellipse − Standard equation of the ellipse (derivation and tracing the ellipse are not required), x²/a² + y²/b²  = 1, (a > b), Other standard forms of the ellipse, general forms, some practical problems

  • Hyperbola − standard equation (derivation and tracing the hyperbola are not required), x²/a² − y²/b²=1, Other forms of the hyperbola, parametric form of conics, chords

  • Tangents and Normals − Cartesian form

  • Parametric form, equation of chord of contact of tangents from a point (x₁, y₁)

  • Asymptotes, Rectangular hyperbola – standard equation of a rectangular hyperbola

• Differential Calculus and its Applications

  • Derivative as a rate measure − rate of change − velocity − acceleration − related rates − Derivative as a measure of slope − tangent, normal and angle between curves. Maxima and Minima. Mean value theorem − Rolle’s Theorem − Lagrange Mean Value Theorem − Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s series, l’ Hôpital’s Rule, stationary points − increasing, decreasing, maxima, minima, concavity convexity, points of inflexion

  • Errors and approximations absolute, relative, percentage errors, curve tracing, partial derivatives − Euler’s theorem

• Integral Calculus And Its Applications - Properties of definite integrals, reduction formulae for sinⁿx and cosⁿx (only results), Area, length, volume and surface area

• Differential Equations - Formation of differential equations, order and degree, solving differential equations (1^st order) − variable separable homogeneous, linear equations. Second-order linear equations with constant coefficients f(x) = e^mx, sin mx, cos mx, x, x²

• Discrete Mathematics - Mathematical Logic − Logical statements, connectives, truth tables, Tautologies

• Groups - Binary Operations − Semi groups − monoids, groups (Problems and simple properties only), order of a group, order of an element

• Probability Distributions -  Random Variable, Probability density function, distribution function, mathematical expectation, variance, Discrete Distributions − Binomial, Poisson, Continuous Distribution − Normal distribution

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