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Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry

Mole concept, stoichiometry, empirical and molecular formulae, laws of chemical combination.

States of Matter

Gas laws, ideal gas equation, kinetic theory of gases, real gases, liquefaction, properties of liquids and solids.

Atomic Structure

Bohr's model, dual nature of matter and radiation, quantum numbers, orbitals, Aufbau, Hund's rule, electronic configurations.

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Ionic and covalent bonds, VSEPR, valence bond and MO theories, hybridisation, hydrogen bonding.

Chemical Thermodynamics

First and second laws, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, Hess's law, spontaneity criteria.

Solutions

Concentration units, vapour pressure, Raoult's law, colligative properties, abnormal molar mass, van't Hoff factor.

Equilibrium

Chemical equilibrium, Kc and Kp, Le Chatelier's principle, ionic equilibrium, acids and bases, pH, buffer, solubility product.

Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry

Oxidation states, balancing redox reactions, electrochemical cells, EMF, Nernst equation, Kohlrausch's law, electrolysis, batteries.

Chemical Kinetics

Rate of reaction, order, molecularity, integrated rate equations, half-life, Arrhenius equation, collision theory.

Surface Chemistry

Adsorption, catalysis, colloids, emulsions, micelles, properties of colloids.

Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds

Methods of purification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, determination of empirical and molecular formulae.

Hydrocarbons

Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic hydrocarbons — preparation, properties and reactions; aromaticity.

Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry

Tetravalence of carbon, isomerism, electronic effects, reactive intermediates, methods of purification.

Organic Compounds Containing Halogens

Haloalkanes and haloarenes — preparation, properties, SN1/SN2 mechanisms, polyhalogen compounds.

Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen

Alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids — preparation, properties and uses.

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Amines, nitro compounds, diazonium salts, cyanides, isocyanides — preparation and reactions.

Polymers

Classification, methods of polymerisation, important natural and synthetic polymers, biodegradable polymers.

Biomolecules

Carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, vitamins, nucleic acids, hormones — structure and biological function.

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Drugs and medicines, food chemistry, soaps and detergents, cleansing agents.

Principles Related to Practical Chemistry

Detection of elements, functional group identification, qualitative analysis of cations and anions, basic titrimetry.

Sets, Relations and Functions

Set operations, Cartesian product, types of relations and functions, composition and inverse.

Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations

Algebra of complex numbers, modulus, argument, polar form, roots of quadratic equations, theory of equations.

Matrices and Determinants

Algebra of matrices, transpose, determinants up to order 3, properties, adjoint and inverse, system of linear equations.

Permutations and Combinations

Fundamental principle of counting, factorial, nPr and nCr, applications in selection and arrangement.

Mathematical Induction

Principle of mathematical induction and its simple applications in algebraic and divisibility statements.

Binomial Theorem and Its Simple Applications

Binomial theorem for positive integral index, general and middle term, properties of binomial coefficients.

Sequence and Series

Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, AM-GM inequality, sums of special series.

Limit, Continuity and Differentiability

Limits of standard functions, continuity, differentiability, mean value theorems, applications of derivatives.

Integral Calculus

Indefinite integration by substitution, parts and partial fractions; definite integrals and their properties; area under curves.

Differential Equations

Order, degree, formation, solution by separation of variables, homogeneous and linear differential equations.

Co-ordinate Geometry

Straight lines, conic sections — circle, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola; tangent and normal.

Three-Dimensional Geometry

Direction cosines and ratios, equations of lines and planes, angle between lines and planes, distance formulae.

Vector Algebra

Addition, scalar and vector products, scalar triple product, applications to geometry.

Statistics and Probability

Measures of dispersion; classical and axiomatic probability, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, Bernoulli trials.

Trigonometry

Trigonometric ratios and identities, equations, properties of triangles, heights and distances, inverse trigonometric functions.

Mathematical Reasoning

Mathematically acceptable statements, logical connectives, validating statements, contradiction and contrapositive.