Section-A (Theory Part, Weightage-80%)

• Physics and measurement
• Kinematics
• Laws of motion
• Work, energy and power
• Rotational motion
• Gravitation
• Properties of solids and liquids
• Thermodynamics
• Kinetic theory of gases
• Oscillations and waves
• Electrostatics
• Current electricity
• Magnetic effects of current and magnetism
• Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
• Electromagnetic waves
• Optics
• Dual nature of matter and radiation
• Atoms and nuclei
• Electronic devices
• Communication systems

Section-B(Experimental Skills, Weightage-20%)

Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiment and activities:

• Vernier callipers – its use to measure the 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.
• Specific heat capacity of a given (1) solid (2) liquid by method of mixtures.
• Resistivity of the material of a given wire using metre bridge.
• Resistance of a given wire using Ohm’s law.
• Potentiometer
  • Comparison of emf of two primary cells
  • Determination of internal resistance of a cell.
• Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.
• Focal length of:
  • Convex mirror
  • Concave mirror
  • Convex lens (Using parallax method)
• Plot of angel of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism.
• Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope.
• Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias.
• Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse break down voltage.
• Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain.
• Identification of Diode, LED, Transistor, IC, Resistor, Capacitor from mixed collection of such items.
• Using multimeter to:
  • Identify base of a transistor
  • Distinguish between npn and pnp type transistor
  • See the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode and an LED
  • Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component(diode, transistor or IC).

Section-A (Physical Chemistry)

• Some basic concepts in chemistry
• States of matter
• Atomic structure
• Chemical bonding and molecular structure
• Chemical thermodynamics
• Solutions
• Equilibrium
• Redox reactions and electrochemistry
• Chemical kinetics
• Surface chemistry

Section-B (Inorganic Chemistry)

• Classification of elements and periodicity in properties
• General principles and processes of isolation of metals
• Hydrogen
• S Block elements (alkali and alkaline earth metals)
• P Block elementss
• D – and F – block elements
• Co-ordination compounds
• Environmental chemistry

Section-C (Organic Chemistry)

• Purification and characterisation of organic compounds
• Some basic principles of organic chemistry
• Hydrocarbons
• Organic compounds containing halogens
• Organic compounds containing oxygen
• Organic compounds containing nitrogen
• Polymers
• Biomolecules
• Chemistry in everyday life
• Principles related to practical chemistry

Section-D (Experimental Skills)

• Detection of extra elements (N, S, Halogens) inorganic compounds.
• Detection of the following functional groups:
  • Hydroxyl(Alcoholic and Phenolic)
  • Carbonyl(Aldehyde and Ketone)
  • Carboxyl and Amino groups in organic compounds.
• Chemistry involved in the preparation of the following:
  • Inorganic compounds: Mohr’s salt, potash alum
  • Organic compounds: Acetanilide, pnitroacetanilide, aniline yellow, iodoform
• Chemistry involved in the titrimetric exercises
  • Acids bases and the use of indicators
  • Oxalic-acid vs KMnO₄
  • Mohr’s salt vs KMnO₄
• Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis :
  • Cations-Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺, Al³⁺, Fe³⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺, Mg²⁺,NH₄⁺
  • Anions-CO₃^2-, S^2-, SO₄^2-, NO₃^–, NO₂^–, Cl^–, Br^–, I^– (Insoluble salts excluded)
• Chemical principles involved in the following experiments:
  • Enthalpy of solution of CuSO₄
  • Enthalpy of neutralization of strong acid and strong base
  • Preparation of lyophilic and lyophobic sols
  • Kinetic study of reaction of iodide ion with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature

• Sets, relations and functions
• Complex numbers and quadratic equations
• Matrices and determinants
• Permutations and combinations
• Mathematical induction
• Binomial theorem and its simple applications
• Sequences and series
• Limit, continuity and differentiability
• Integral calculus
• Differential equations
• Co-ordinate geometry
• Three dimensional geometry
• Vector algebra
• Statistics and probability
• Trigonometry
• Mathematical reasoning