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• Ideal gas laws, kinetic interpretation of temperature

• Centre of mass, torque, angular momentum

• Moment of inertia, rotational motion

• Simple harmonic motion, wave motion, Doppler effect

• Elasticity, stress, strain

• Pressure, buoyancy, surface tension

• Heat, work, the first law of thermodynamics

• Specific heat capacity, entropy

• Newton's laws, inertia, and friction

• Circular motion

• The universal law of gravitation, Kepler’s laws

• Gravitational potential energy, escape velocity

• Work-energy theorem, kinetic energy, potential energy

• Conservation of mechanical energy

• Motion in a straight line

• Motion in a plane

• Projectile motion

• Units and dimensions

• SI units, accuracy, and errors

• Vernier callipers, screw gauge

• Reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, total internal reflection

• Wave optics: Young’s double-slit experiment, interference, diffraction

• Bohr’s model, atomic spectra

• Radioactivity, nuclear reactions

• Electromagnetic spectrum

• Properties of electromagnetic waves

• Elements of communication systems

• Modulation, bandwidth

• PN junction diode, transistor

• Logic gates, digital electronics

Photoelectric effect, de Broglie wavelength

• Ohm’s law, resistors, Kirchhoff's rules

• Wheatstone bridge, potentiometer

• Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law

• Magnetic field due to a current-carrying wire, solenoid, moving charges

• Electric charge, Coulomb’s law, electric field, Gauss’s law

• Electric potential, capacitors

• Faraday’s laws, Lenz’s law, self and mutual induction

• AC generator, transformers

• Arithmetic and geometric progressions
• The sum of finite arithmetic and geometric series

• The slope of a line, various forms of the equation of a line
• General equation of a line, distance of a point from a line

• Introduction to Probability
• Conditional probability and independent events

• Coordinates of a point in space, the distance between two points
• Direction cosines, direction ratios

• Measures of dispersion: Range, mean deviation, variance, standard deviation
• Analysis of frequency distributions

• Fundamental principle of counting
• Factorial, permutations, and combinations

• Statement and proof of the binomial theorem
• General and middle-terms

• Limits of functions
• Derivatives and their geometrical interpretation

• Parabola, ellipse, hyperbola, and their standard equations
• Condition for tangency

• Trigonometric functions and their graphs
• Trigonometric identities, equations, and properties
• Inverse trigonometric functions

• Complex numbers, algebra of complex numbers
• Polar representation, quadratic equations in the complex number system

• Sets and their representations
• Union, intersection, and complement of sets
• Types of relations and functions

• Conditional probability, Bayes' theorem
• Probability distributions: Binomial and Poisson distributions

• Integration as the inverse process of differentiation
• Definite integrals and properties of definite integrals

• Introduction to linear programming problems
• Graphical method of solving linear programming problems

• Vectors and scalars, types of vectors
• Vector addition, scalar multiplication, and dot and cross product

• Direction cosines, direction ratios
• Equation of a line and plane in space, the shortest distance between two lines

• Area under curves
• Area of bounded regions

• Continuity, differentiability, and their applications
• Differentiation of trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions

• General and particular solutions of differential equations
• Formation of differential equations, solution of first-order linear equations

• Principal value branches
• Properties of inverse trigonometric functions

• Tangents and normals, increasing/decreasing functions
• Maximum and minimum values of a function

• Types of matrices, operations on matrices
• Transpose, adjoint, inverse of a matrix, determinant of a matrix

• Properties of determinants
• Application of determinants to solve a system of linear equations

• Types of relations, equivalence relations
• The inverse of a function, the composition of functions

• Properties of hydrogen, hydrides, water, and hydrogen peroxide
• Hydrogen as fuel

• General properties of alkali and alkaline earth metals
• Important compounds of sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium

• IUPAC nomenclature, classification of organic compounds
• Homolytic and heterolytic fission, types of organic reactions

• Group 13 elements (Boron family) and Group 14 elements (Carbon family)
• Important compounds of boron and carbon

• Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes: structure, properties, reactions
• Aromatic hydrocarbons: structure and reactions of benzene

• Environmental pollution: air, water, soil
• Ozone depletion, greenhouse effect

• Discovery of electron, proton, neutron
• Quantum numbers, Bohr’s model, de Broglie’s equation
• Electronic configuration

• Ideal gas equation, Dalton’s law, diffusion
• Liquefaction of gases, properties of liquids

• Oxidation and reduction, redox reactions
• Balancing redox reactions, oxidation number

• Law of chemical equilibrium, Le Chatelier’s principle
• Equilibria in physical and chemical processes, equilibrium constant
• pH, buffer solutions, solubility product

• System and surroundings, types of processes
• The first law of thermodynamics, enthalpy, entropy
• Gibbs's free energy and spontaneity

• Ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding
• VSEPR theory, hybridization, molecular orbital theory

• Mole concept, empirical and molecular formulae
• Stoichiometry, laws of chemical combination

• Modern periodic table
• Trends in ionization energy, electronegativity, atomic and ionic radii

• Drugs and their classifications
• Chemicals in food and cleansing agents

• Carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, and nucleic acids
• Enzymes and their applications

• Nomenclature, isomerism, bonding in coordination compounds
• Importance of coordination compounds in biological systems

• Amines, diazonium salts: preparation, properties, and uses
• Basicity and reactions of amines

• Classification, preparation, properties, and uses
• Electrophilic substitution reactions of phenols

• Classification, nomenclature, physical and chemical properties
• Mechanism of nucleophilic substitution

• Preparation, properties, and uses of aldehydes, ketones, and acids
• Nucleophilic addition and condensation reactions

• Types of polymers, methods of polymerization
• Important polymers and their uses

• Redox reactions, conductance, cell potential
• Nernst equation, electrochemical cells, batteries, corrosion

• Transition elements, their properties and uses
• Lanthanoids and actinoids

• Group 15 (Nitrogen family), Group 16 (Oxygen family)
• Group 17 (Halogens), Group 18 (Noble gases)

• Rate of a reaction, factors affecting the rate
• Order and molecularity of reactions, activation energy

• Principles of metallurgy, concentration of ores
• Electrochemical and pyrometallurgical processes

• Adsorption, catalysis, colloids
• Emulsions, applications of surface chemistry

• Types of solutions, concentration terms
• Raoult’s law, colligative properties, abnormal molecular masses

• Classification of solids, crystal lattices, unit cell
• Packing in solids, defects, electrical and magnetic properties