1st Year Chapters
- Physical World and Measurements
- Motion in a Straight Line
- Laws of Motion
- Work, Energy and Power
- System of Particles and Rotational Motion
- Gravitation
- Mechanical Properties of Solids
- Thermodynamics
- Kinetic Theory of Gas
- Oscillations and Waves
- Periodic and Oscillatory Motion
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Force Law and Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
- Some system Executing Simple Harmonic Motion
- Forced, Damped oscillations and Resonance
- Transverse and longitudinal waves
- Displacement relation for a progressive waves and Speed of a travelling wave
- Principle of superposition, Reflection waves and Beats
- Doppler effect
- Motion in a Plane
- Mechanical Properties of Fluids
- Thermal Properties of Matter
2nd Year Chapters
- Electric Charges and Fields
- Current Electricity
- Electric Current and Drift of Electrons
- Ohm’s law and it's Limitations, Resistivity and it's Temperature Dependency
- Electric energy and power
- Combination of Resistors-Series and Parallel
- Cells, EMF and Internal Resisance
- Kirchhoff's Laws and Their Applications
- Wheatstone bridge, Meter bridge and Potentiometer
- Moving charges and magnetism
- Magnetic Force and Motion in a Magnetic Field
- Motion in Combined Electric and Magnetic Field
- Biot-Savart Law
- Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop, Ampere’s Circuital Law
- The Solenoid and the Toroid, Force between Two Parallel Currents, the Ampere
- Torque on Current Loop and Magnetic Dipole
- Moving Coil Galvanometer
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
- Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
- Atoms
- Electronic Devices
- Communication Systems
- Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
- Electric Potential
- Potential due to a Point Charge, Electric Dipole and system of charges
- Equipotential surface
- Potential Energy of a System of Charges and in an External Field
- Electrostatics of Conductors, Dielectrics and polarization
- Capacitors and Capacitance, Parallel Plate Capacitor and Effect of Dielectric
- Combination of Capacitors and Energy Stored in a Capacitor
- Magnetism and matter
- Alternating Current
- Wave Optics
- Nuclei
1st Year Chapters
- Some Basic concepts in Chemistry
- Nature of Matter and Dalton's Atomic Theory
- Concept of atom, molecule, element and compound
- Uncertainty in Measurement, S.I Units, Precision and Accuracy and Significant Figures
- Laws of chemical combination and Atomic and molecular masses
- Mole Concept and Molar Mass
- Stoichiometry and Empirical and Molecular Formulae and Percentage Composition
- Neutralisation reactions and Displacement reactions
- States of Matter: Gases and Liquids
- Structure of Atom
- Atomic Models
- Nature of electromagnetic radiation and Photoelectric effect
- Bohr's Model of Atom and Bohr's Model for Hydrogen Atom
- Dual nature of matter and De-Broglie's relationship
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
- Quantum Mechanical Model of Atom and Concept of Atomic Orbitals
- Quantum Numbers and Electronic Configuration of Elements
- Shapes of s,p,d,f Orbitals
- Aufbau Principle, Pauli's Exclusion Principle and Hund's Rule
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
- Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation
- Chemical Bonding: Ionic and Covalent Bonds
- Calculation of lattice enthalpy and Concept of electronegativity
- Fajan's rule and Dipole moment
- VSEPR Theory and Geometry of Molecules
- Valence Bond Theory and Hybridisation
- Molecular Orbital Theory
- Bond Parameters
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Orbital overlap
- Chemical Thermodynamics
- Fundamentals of thermodynamics, System and Surroundings
- Extensive and Intensive Properties and State Functions
- Concept of work, Heat, Internal energy, Enthalpy
- Heat capacity, Molar heat capacity and Hess's law of constant heat summation
- Pressure-volume work
- Enthalpies for Different Types of Reactions
- Heat of reaction, fusion and vapourisation
- Spontaneity and Change in Entropy
- Gibbs Energy Change and Equilibrium
- Equilibrium
- Equilibrium and Dynamic Equilibrium
- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Equilibria
- Law of Chemical Equilibrium and Equilibrium Constants, Henry's Law
- Significance of ?G and ?G? in chemical equilibria
- Le Chatelier's Principle and Factors Effecting Equilibrium
- Acids and Bases and their Ionisations
- pH scale and Common ion effect
- Hydrolysis of Salts and Solubility and Buffer Solutions
- Redox Reactions
- Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
- Hydrogen
- s -Block Elements
- General Introduction, Electronic Configuration and Anamalous Properties
- Preparation and properties of sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydrogen carbonate
- Oxides, peroxides, hydroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and sulphates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium
- Industrial uses of lime, limestone, plaster of paris, cement
- Biological significance of Na, K, Mg and Ca
- p-BLOCK ELEMENTS GROUP 13(BORON FAMILY)
- Environmental Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry: Some basic Principles and Techniques
- General Introduction, Shapes of Simple Molecules and Hybridization
- Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
- Isomerism, Homologous Series
- Covalent bond fission, Homolytic fission and Heterolytic fission
- Free radicals, Carbocations, Carbanions and their stability
- Electrophiles and Nucleophiles, Inductive Effect, Electromeric Effect, Resonance, Hyper Conjugation
- Organic Reaction Mechanism and Methods of Purification of Organic Compounds
- Detection and Estimation of Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Halogens, Sulphur and Phosphorus
- Calculations of Empirical Formulae and Molecular Formulae
- Hydrocarbons
- p-BLOCK ELEMENTS GROUP 14(CARBON FAMILY)
2nd Year Chapters
- Solutions
- Chemical Kinetics
- Rate of a chemical reaction
- Factors affecting the rate of reactions- Concentration, Temperature, Pressure, Catalyst
- Order and Molecularity of a Reaction, Rate Law and Specific Rate Constant
- Integrated Rate Equations and Half-life
- Effect of Temperature and Catalyst, Activation Energy, Arrhenius Equation, Collision Theory
- Surface Chemistry
- General Principles and Process of Isolation of Metals
- Introduction, Concentration of Ores
- Extraction of Crude Metal from Concentrated Ore, Refining
- Carbon reduction method(iron and tin), Self reduction method(copper and lead) and Cyanide process(silver and gold)
- Principles of Metallurgy(Thermodynamic and Electrochemical)
- Occurrence, Principles of Extraction of Aluminium, Copper, Zinc and Iron, Alloys
- d - and f -Block Elements
- Introduction and Properties of d-Block Elements
- Magnetic Properties, Interstitial Compounds, Alloy Formation
- Important Compounds of Transition Elements
- Oxides and chlorides of tin and lead
- Oxides, chlorides and sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+
- Silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver thiosulphate
- Inner Transition Elements
- Co-ordination Compounds
- NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
- Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
- Introduction, Methods of Preparation
- Physical and Chemical Properties of Haloalkanes
- Chemical Reactions
- Rearrangement reactions of alkyl carbocation
- Grignard reactions
- Nucleophilic substitution reactions
- Nucleophilic aromatic substitution in haloarenes and substituted haloarenes
- Uses and Environment Effects of – Dichloromethane, Trichloromethane, Tetrachloromethane, Iodoform, Freons, DDT
- Polyhalogen Compounds
- Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
- Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
- Polymers
- Bio Molecules
- Chemistry in Everyday Life
- 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
- Preparation of Mohr's salt, Potash alum, Acetanilide, p-Nitroacetanilide, Aniline yellow and Iodoform
- Titrimetric exercises of Acids, bases and the use of indicators, Oxalic-acid vs KMnO4, Mohr's salt vs KMnO4
- Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis of Cations - Pb2+, Cu2+, Al3+, Fe3+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Mg2+, NH4+.
- Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis of Anions- CO32-, S2-, SO42-, NO3-, NO-2, Cl-, Br-, I-
- Enthalpy of neutralization of strong acid and strong base and Enthalpy of solution of CuSO4
- Preparation of lyophilic and lyophobic sols and Kinetic study of reaction of iodide ion with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature
- Solid State
- Molecular, Ionic, Covalent and Metallic Solids, Amorphous and Crystalline Solids
- Crystal Lattices and Unit Cells
- Packing Efficiency, Close Packed Structures and Voids
- Calculations involving unit cell parameters and Imperfection in solids
- Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Solids
- Seven crystal systems, Nearest neighbours and Point defects
- Electrochemistry
- Conductance and Conduction
- Specific conductivity, Equivalent conductivity
- Conductivity and Kohlrausch's Law
- Electrochemical, Electrolytic and Galvanic cells and Electrolysis, Electrodes and Electrode Potential
- Half - cell reactions and Cell reactions
- Electrochemical Series and Nernst Equation
- Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs' energy change
- Batteries, Fuel Cells and Corrosion
- Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
- P - Block Elements
1st Year Chapters
- Living World
- Morphology of Flowering Plants
- Cell : The Unit of Life
- Transport in Plants
- Digestion and Absorption
- Alimentary canal and digestive glands
- Role of digestive enzymes and gastrointestinal hormones
- Physiology of Digestion
- Absorption and assimilation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats
- Calorific values of proteins, carbohydrates and fats
- Vitamins
- Digestive disorders - PEM, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrhoea
- Biological Classification
- Plant Kingdom
- Animal Kingdom
- Anatomy of Flowering Plants
- Structural Organisation in Animals
- Biomolecules
- Cell Cycle and Cell Division
- Mineral Nutrition
- Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
- Respiration in Plants
- Plant Growth and Development
- Breathing and Exchange of Gasses
- Body Fluids and Circulation
- Composition of blood, blood groups, coagulation of blood
- composition of lymph and its function
- Structure of human heart and blood vessels
- Cardiac cycle, cardiac output, ECG; double circulation; regulation of cardiac activity
- Disorders of circulatory system - hypertension, coronary artery disease, angina pectoris, heart failure
- Excretory Products and their Elimination
- Modes of excretion - ammonotelism, ureotelism, uricotelism
- Human excretory system - structure and function
- Urine formation, osmoregulation
- Regulation of kidney function - renin - angiotensin, atrial natriuretic factor, ADH and diabetes insipidus
- Role of other organs in excretion
- Disorders - uraemia, renal failure, renal calculi, nephritis; dialysis and artificial kidney, kidney transplant
- Locomotion and Movement
- Neural Control and Coordination
- Chemical Coordination and Integration
2nd Year Chapters
- Reproduction in Organisms
- Principles of Inheritance and Variation
- Mendelian inheritance
- Deviations from Mendelism - incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles
- Inheritance of blood groups
- Pleiotropy
- Polygenic inheritance
- Chromosome theory of inheritance
- Inheritance of Two Genes
- Sex determination - in humans
- Genic balance theory,barr bodies,Haplodiploidy in honey bees
- Linkage and crossing over,mutations
- Sex linked inheritance in humans
- Mendelian disorders in humans
- Chromosomal disorders-Down's syndrome, Turner's and Klinefelter's syndromes
- Human Health and Disease
- Health,Pathogens, Common diseases
- Parasites causing human diseases (malaria, dengue, chickengunia, filariasis, ascariasis, typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ring worm) and their control
- Immunity, Basic concepts of immunology - vaccines; cancer, HIV and AIDS
- Adolescence - drug and alcohol abuse
- Biotechnology : Principles and Processes
- Organisms and Populations
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Flower structure
- Development of male and female gametophytes
- Pollination - types, agencies and examples
- Outbreeding devices
- Pollen-pistil interaction
- Double fertilization, Artificial hybridisation
- Post fertilization events - development of endosperm and embryo
- Development of seed and formation of fruit
- Special modesapomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony
- Significance of seed dispersal and fruit formation
- Human Reproduction
- Reproductive Health
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Evolution
- Origin of life
- Biological evolution
- Evidences for biological evolution (paleontology, comparative anatomy, embryology and molecular evidences
- Darwin's contribution, modern synthetic theory of evolution
- Mechanism of evolution - variation (mutation and recombination) and natural selection with examples
- Types of natural selection
- Gene flow and genetic drift
- Hardy - Weinberg's principle
- Adaptive radiation
- Brief account of evolution,Human evolution
- Biotechnology and its Applications
- Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
- Microbes in Human Welfare
- Ecosystem
- Biodiversity and its Conservation
- Environmental Issues