Paper 1 : 09:00 – 12:00 IST

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Particulars

Details

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Examination mode

Computer based mode

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Duration

3 Hours (180 minutes)

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Sections-wise Division of Questions

• Physics - 60 Questions

• Chemistry - 60 Questions

• Mathematics - 60 Questions

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Total Number of Questions

160 Questions

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Type of Questions

Objective (Multiple Choice Questions)

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Total Marks

180 marks

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Marking Scheme

For every correct answer, 1 mark will be given

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Negative Marking

There is no negative marking.

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Topics

Chapter

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Thermal and Chemical Effects of Currents

• Heating Effects of Current

• Electric Power

• Simple Concept of Thermo-Electricity

• Seebeck Effect and Thermocouple

• Chemical Effect of Current Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis

2.

Heat and Thermodynamics

• Thermal Expansion of Solids

• Liquids and Gases and their Specific Heats

• Relationship between Cp and Cv for Gases

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Thermodynamic Processes

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Carnot Cycle Efficiency of Heat Engines

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Oscillations

• Heating Effects of Current

• Electric Power

• Simple Concept of Thermo-Electricity

• Seebeck Effect and Thermocouple

• Chemical Effect of Current Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis

4.

Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

• Scalars and Vectors

• Vector Addition

• Real Number

• Zero Vector and its Properties

• Resolution of Vectors

• Scalar and Vector Products

• Uniform Circular Motion and its Applications

• Projection Motion

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Electrostatics

• Electric Charge – it's unit and conservation

• Coulomb's Law

• Dielectric Constant

• Electric Field

• Lines of Force

• Field due to Dipole and its behaviour in a uniform electric field.

• Electric Flux

• Gauss’s Theorem and its applications

• Electric Potential, Potential due to a Point Charge.

• Conductors and Inductors

• Distribution of Charge on Conductors

• Capacitance

• Parallel Plate Capacitor

• Combination of Capacitors

• Energy of Capacitor

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Motion in One Dimension

• Description of Motion in One Dimension Motion in a Straight Line

• Uniform and Non-Uniform Motion – Graphical Representation

• Uniformly Accelerated Motion and its application.

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Topic

Chapters

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Nuclear Chemistry

• Nature of Radiation from Radioactive Substances

• Nuclear Reactions: Radioactive Disintegration Series

• Artificial Transmutation of Elements

• Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion

• Isotopes and their Applications

• Radio Carbon Dating

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Chemical Reactions and Chemical Kinetics

• Rate of Reaction

• Instantaneous Rate of Reaction and Order of Reaction

• Factors Affecting Rates of Reactions – Factors Affecting Rate of Collisions Encountered Between the Reactant Molecules, Effect of Temperature on the Reaction Rate, Concept of Activation Energy Catalyst.

• Effect of Light of Rates of Reactions.

• Elementary Reactions as Steps to more Complex Reactions.

• How Fast are Chemical Reactions?

• Rate Law Expression

• Order of a Reaction

• Units of Rates and Specific Rate Constant

• Order of Reaction and Effect of Concentration

• Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant

• Fast Reactions

• Mechanism of Reaction

• Photochemical Reactions

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Biomolecules

• Cell and Energy Cycle Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates, Mono-saccharides, Saccharides, Poly-saccharides, Amino Acid

• Peptides – Structure and Classification

• Proteins and Enzymes – Structure of Proteins, Role of Enzymes.

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Coordination Chemistry

• Coordination Compounds

• Nomenclature: Isomerism in Coordination Compounds, Bonding in Coordination Compounds, Werner’s Coordination Theory

• Applications of Coordination Compounds

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Polymers

• Synthetic and Natural Polymers Classification on Polymers

• Natural and Synthetic Polymers

• Important Uses of Teflon, PVC, Polystyrene, Nylon-66, Terylene, Bakelite.

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Chemistry in Action

• Dyes

• Chemical in Medicines (antipyretic, analgesic, antibiotics & tranquillizers)

• Rocket Propellants (Structural Formulae Non - Evaluative)

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Environmental Chemistry

• Environmental Pollutants: Soil, Air and Water

• Major Atmospheric Pollutants: Acid Rain, Ozone and its Reactions causing Ozone Layer Depletion, Effects of the Depletion of Ozone Layer, Industrial Air Pollution.

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Topics

Chapters

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Differential Calculus

• Polynomials, Rational, Trigonometric, Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

• Inverse Functions

• Graphs of Simple Functions

• Limits

• Continuity: Differentiation of the Sum, Difference, Product and Quotient of Two Functions

• Differentiation of Trigonometric, Inverse Trigonometric, Logarithmic, Exponential, Composite and Implicit Functions, Derivatives of Order up to Two.

• Applications of Derivatives: Rate of Change of Quantities, Monotonic Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Maxims and Minimum Functions of One Variable, Tangents and Normals, Rolle’s and Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorems.

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Circles

• Standard Form of Equation of a Circle

• General Form of Equation of a Circle, its radius and centre

• Equation of a Circle when the End Points of a Diameter are Given.

• Points of Intersection of a Line and a Circle with the Centre at the Origin and Conditions for a Line to be Tangent to the Circle

• Equation of the Tangent

• Equation of a Family of Circles through the Intersection of Two Circles

• Condition for Two Intersecting Circles to be Orthogonal.

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Matrices and Determinants

• Determinants and Matrices of Order Two and Three

• Properties of Determinants

• Evaluation of Determinants

• Area of Triangles Using Determinants

• Addition and Multiplication of Matrices

• Adjoint and Inverse of Matrix

• Test of Consistency and Solution of Similar Linear Equations using Determinants and Matrices.

4.

Vector Algebra

• Vectors and Scalars

• Addition of Vectors

• Components of a Vector in Two Dimensions and Three Dimensional Space

• Scalar and Vector Products

• Scalar and Vector Triple Product

• Application of Vectors to Plane Geometry

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Differential Equations

• Differential Equations, Ordinary Differential Equation – Their Order and Degree

• Formation of Differential Equations

• Solution of Differential Equations by the Method of Separation of Variables.

• Solution of Homogeneous and Linear Differential Equations and those of type d2y = f(x) dx2.

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Three Dimensional Geometry

• Coordinates of a Point in Space

• Distance Between Two Points

• Section Formula

• Direction Ratios and Direction Cosines

• Angle between Two Intersecting Lines

• Skew Lines – The Shortest Distance between them and its Equation.

• Equations of a Line and a Plane in Different Forms: Intersection of a Line and a Plane, Coplanar Lines, Equation of a Sphere, Its Centre and Radius.

• Diameter form of the Equation of a Sphere.

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Probability

• Probability of an Event

• Addition and Multiplication Theorems of Probability and their Application

• Conditional Probability: Bayes Theorem

• Probability Distribution of a Random Variate

• Binomial and Poisson Distributions and their Properties.