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HP PAT Exam Date 2026

Active & Passive, Avoiding Repetition, Comparisions. Conditionals, Connectors, Modals-Expressing Attitude, Nominalization 

5 questions  

Non-finites. Preposition, Relatives, Reporter Speech, Subject Verb agreement, Articles, Determiners 

5 questions 

Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Detecting & Correcting errors, Dialogue Completion, Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Re-arranging jumble words or phrases 

5 questions 

Future time reference, Present Continuous Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present Perfect VS Simple Past, Simple Past VS Past Perfect 

5 questions 

Reflection and Refraction 

Reflection: 

Laws, spherical mirrors, Images formed by spherical mirrors (Concave and convex mirror) with ray diagram, uses of Mirrors, sign convention and Mirror formula, magnification. 

Refractions:  

Laws, refraction through glass lab, refractive index, refraction by spherical lenses, images formed by convex and concave lenses, sign convention and lens formula, magnification and power of a lens, Refraction through prism, application of refraction. 

Human eye:  

Power of accommodation, defects of vision and their correction.   

Scattering and dispersion of light and its simple applications:  

Electricity 

Electric Current, Electric Potential, Potential difference, Ohms Law, Resistance, factor on which resistance of conductor depends 

Magnetic Effect of Electric Current 

Magnetic field and field lines, Biot-Savarts law and its application, force on a current carrying conductor placed in magnetic field, Electric Motor. Electromagnetic Induction, Electric generator, domestic electric circuits. 

Sources of Energy and Environment 

1. Different forms of energy (Fossil fuels, wind energy, solar energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy and nuclear energy). 
2. Eco-system and its components, ozone layer, management of natural resources. 

Arithmetic Progression 

1. Introduction  
2. Arithmetic Progression  
3. n term of A.P 
4. Sum of n terms of an A.P 

Trigonometry 

1. Introduction  
2. Trigonometric Ratio  
3. Trigonometric Ratio of some specific Angles  
4. Trigonometric Ratio of complementary Angles  
5. Trigonometric Identities Heights and Distances 

Circles 

1. Introduction  
2. Tangent to a Circle  
3. Number of Tangents from a point to a Circle 

Co-ordinate Geometry 

1. Introduction  
2. Distance Formula  
3. Section Formula 

Triangles 

1. Similar Triangles  
2. Criteria for similarity of triangles  
3. Areas of Similar Triangles  
4. Pythagoras Theorem 

Surface Areas and Volumes 

1. Introduction  
2. Surface Area of combination of solids  
3. Volume of a combination of solids  
4. Conversion of solid from one Shape to Another 

Area Related to Circles 

1. Introduction  
2. Perimeter and Area of Circle Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle Areas of combination of plane figures 

Constructions 

Division of line segment Construction of tangents to a circle   

Quadratic Equation 

1. Introduction  
2. Quadratic Equations  
3. Solution of quadratic equations by factorization  
4. Solution of quadratic equations by completing square  
5. Nation of Roots 

Pair of Linear Equations in two Variables Introduction 

1. Introduction  
2. Pair of Linear Equation in two variables Graphical Method of solution of a Pair of Linear Equations  
3. Algebraic Method of solving a pair of linear Equations  
4. Substitution Method  
5. Elimination Method  
6. Cross-Multiplication Method 

Polynomials 

1. Chemical Equation  
2. Geometrical Meaning or zeros of Polynomial Relationship between zeros and Coefficients of a Polynomial  
3. Division Algorithm for Polynomials 

Reak numbers 

1. Introduction   
2. Euclid's division lemma  
3. The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic Revisiting Rational Numbers and their Decimal Expansions  
4. Revisiting Irrational Numbers 

Structure of the atom  

Charged particles in matter, structure of an atom (Thomson's model of an atom, Rutherford's model of an atom, Bohr's mode atom. Neutrons), How are electronic distributed in different orbits (shells), valency, atomic number, Mass number isotopes & Isobars 

Chemical Reactions & Equations 

1. Chemical Equation  
2. Writing a Chemical Equation Balanced Chemical Equations  
3. Types of Chemical Reactions Combination Reaction  
4. Decomposition Reaction Displacement Reaction 
5. Double Displacement reaction Oxidation and Reduction  
6. Have you observed the effects of oxidation Reaction in everyday Me?  
7. Corrosion  
8. Rancidity 

Acids Bases and Salts 

1. Understanding the Chemical properties of Acids and Bases.  
2. How do Acids and Bases react with metals?  
3. How do metal carbonates and metal Hydrogen carbonates react with Acids?  
4. How do Acids and Bases react with each other?  
5. Reaction of metallic oxides with Acids  
6. Reaction of non metalic oxides with Base  
7. What do all Acids and all Bases have in common?  
8. What happens to an Acid or a Base in Water solution?  
9. Importance of pH in everyday life  
10. Are plants and animals pH sensitive  
11. What is the pH of the soil in your backyard  
12. pH in our digestive system  

Carbon and Its Compounds 

1. Bonding in carbon-the covalent bond  
2. Versatile nature of carbon  
3. Saturated and un-saturated compounds  
4. Chains branches and rings  
5. Homologous Series  
6. Combustion  
7. Oxidation  
8. Addition reaction Substitution reaction  
9. Some Important Carbon compound ethanol and ethanoic acid  
10. Properties of ethanol Properties of ethanoic acid  
11.  Soap and detergents 

Periodic Classification of Elements 

1. Making order out of chaos early attempts at the classification of elements  
2. Dovereiner's Triads  
3. Newlands Law of Octaves   
4. Making order out of Chaos Mendeleev's periodic table  
5. Position of elements in the modern periodic table  
6. Trends in the modern periodic table  
7. Valency  
8. Atomic size  
9. Metalic and Nonmetallic properties 

Metal & Non-Metals 

1. Metals Non-metals  
2. Chemical properties of metals  
3. What happens when metals rea What happens   
4. How are metals reacting with solution of other metals salts  
5. The reactivity series  
6. How do metals and Non-metals reacts? Properties of ionic compounds  
7. Occurrence of metals Extraction of metals  
8. Enrichment of ores  
9. Extracting metals low in the activity series  
10. Extracting metals in the middle of activity series  
11. Extracting metals towards the top of the activity series. 
12. Refining of metals  
13. Electrolytic Refining  
14. Corrosion  
15. Prevention of corrosion 

Physics  

50 questions  

Chemistry  

30 questions 

Mathematics 

50 questions  

English 

20 questions  

Total

150 questions

Exam Mode   

Pen and paper-based (Offline)  

Exam Language   

Hindi & English (In case of language exam, the medium of language will be English)  

Types of question   

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)  

Number of questions    

150  

Total marks   

600   

Duration   

3 hours  

Marking Scheme   

4 marks will be awarded for marking the right answer and 1 mark will be deducted for incorrect answer