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 CHEMISTRY - 306  
 
     Unit I: Solid State  
Classification of solids based on different binding forces: molecular, ionic covalent, and metallic solids, 
amorphous and crystalline solids(elementary idea), unit cell in two dimensional and three-dimensional lattices, 
calculation of density of unit cell, packing in solids, packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit cell 
in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electrical and magnetic properties, Band theory of metals, conductors, 
semiconductors and insulators and n and p-type semiconductors. 
 
       Unit II: Solutions  
Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, the solubility of gases in 
liquids, solid solutions, colligative properties – the relative lowering of vapour pressure, R a o u l t ’ s law, 
elevation 
of B.P., depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure, determination of molecular masses using 
colligative properties, abnormal molecular mass, Vant Hoff factor. 
 
      Unit III: Electrochemistry  
Redox reactions; conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity variations of 
conductivity with concentration, K o h l r a u s c h ’ s Law, electrolysis and laws of electrolysis (elementary 
idea), dry cell – electrolytic cells and Galvanic cells; lead accumulator, EMF of a cell, standard electrode 
potential, Nernst equation and its application to chemical cells. Relation between Gibbs energy change 
and EMF of a cell, fuel cells; corrosion. 
 
     Unit IV: Chemical Kinetics  
Rate of a reaction (average and instantaneous), factors affecting rates of reaction: concentration, 
temperature, catalyst; order and molecularity of a reaction; rate law and specific rate constant, integrated 
rate equations, and half-life (only for zero and first-order reactions); concept of collision theory 
(elementary idea, no mathematical treatment).Activation energy, Arrhenius equation. 
 
     Unit V: Surface Chemistry  
Adsorption – physisorption and chemisorption; factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids; catalysis: 
homogenous and heterogeneous, activity and selectivity: enzyme catalysis; colloidal state: the distinction between 
true solutions, colloids, and suspensions; lyophilic, lyophobic multimolecular and macromolecular colloids; 
properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation; emulsions – types of 
emulsions. 
 
      Unit VI: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements  
Principles and methods of extraction – concentration, oxidation, reduction electrolytic method, and 
refining; occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminum, copper, zinc, and iron. 
 
      Unit VII: p-Block Elements  
Group 15 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, oxidation states, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; nitrogen – preparation, properties, and uses; compounds of 
nitrogen: preparation and properties of ammonia and nitric acid, oxides of nitrogen ( structure only); 
Phosphorous-allotropic forms; compounds of phosphorous: preparation and properties of phosphine 
,halides (PCl 3, PCl 5) and oxoacids (elementary idea only). 
 
 
 
Note:  
There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need to be 
attempted. 
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 CHEMISTRY - 306  
 
     Unit I: Solid State  
Classification of solids based on different binding forces: molecular, ionic covalent, and metallic solids, 
amorphous and crystalline solids(elementary idea), unit cell in two dimensional and three-dimensional lattices, 
calculation of density of unit cell, packing in solids, packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit cell 
in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electrical and magnetic properties, Band theory of metals, conductors, 
semiconductors and insulators and n and p-type semiconductors. 
 
       Unit II: Solutions  
Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, the solubility of gases in 
liquids, solid solutions, colligative properties – the relative lowering of vapour pressure, R a o u l t ’ s law, 
elevation 
of B.P., depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure, determination of molecular masses using 
colligative properties, abnormal molecular mass, Vant Hoff factor. 
 
      Unit III: Electrochemistry  
Redox reactions; conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity variations of 
conductivity with concentration, K o h l r a u s c h ’ s Law, electrolysis and laws of electrolysis (elementary 
idea), dry cell – electrolytic cells and Galvanic cells; lead accumulator, EMF of a cell, standard electrode 
potential, Nernst equation and its application to chemical cells. Relation between Gibbs energy change 
and EMF of a cell, fuel cells; corrosion. 
 
     Unit IV: Chemical Kinetics  
Rate of a reaction (average and instantaneous), factors affecting rates of reaction: concentration, 
temperature, catalyst; order and molecularity of a reaction; rate law and specific rate constant, integrated 
rate equations, and half-life (only for zero and first-order reactions); concept of collision theory 
(elementary idea, no mathematical treatment).Activation energy, Arrhenius equation. 
 
     Unit V: Surface Chemistry  
Adsorption – physisorption and chemisorption; factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids; catalysis: 
homogenous and heterogeneous, activity and selectivity: enzyme catalysis; colloidal state: the distinction between 
true solutions, colloids, and suspensions; lyophilic, lyophobic multimolecular and macromolecular colloids; 
properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation; emulsions – types of 
emulsions. 
 
      Unit VI: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements  
Principles and methods of extraction – concentration, oxidation, reduction electrolytic method, and 
refining; occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminum, copper, zinc, and iron. 
 
      Unit VII: p-Block Elements  
Group 15 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, oxidation states, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; nitrogen – preparation, properties, and uses; compounds of 
nitrogen: preparation and properties of ammonia and nitric acid, oxides of nitrogen ( structure only); 
Phosphorous-allotropic forms; compounds of phosphorous: preparation and properties of phosphine 
,halides (PCl 3, PCl 5) and oxoacids (elementary idea only). 
 
 
 
Note:  
There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need to be 
attempted. 
 
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Group 16 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; dioxygen: preparation, properties, and uses; classification of 
oxides; ozone. Sulphur – allotropic forms; compounds of sulphur: preparation, properties, and uses of 
sulphur dioxide; sulphuric acid: industrial process of manufacture, properties and uses, oxoacids of sulphur 
(structures only). 
Group 17 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; compounds of halogens: preparation, properties and uses of 
chlorine and hydrochloric acid, interhalogen compounds, oxoacids of halogens (structures only). 
Group 18 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, trends in physical and 
chemical properties, uses. 
        Unit VIII: d and f Block Elements  
General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics of transition metals, 
general trends in properties of the first-row transition metals – metallic character, ionization enthalpy, 
oxidation states, ionic radii, colour, catalytic property, magnetic properties, interstitial compounds, alloy 
formation. Preparation and properties of K
2
Cr
2
O
7 
and KMnO
4
. 
Lanthanoids – electronic configuration, oxidation states, chemical reactivity, and lanthanoid contraction and 
its consequences. 
Actinoids – Electronic configuration, oxidation states, and comparison with lanthanoids. 
 
        Unit IX Coordination Compounds  
Coordination compounds: Introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and 
shapes, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, bonding, W ern er’ s theory 
VBT, CFT; isomerism (structural and stereo)importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, 
extraction of metals and biological systems). 
 
        Unit X: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes  
Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, physical and chemical properties, mechanism of 
substitution reactions. Optical rotation. 
Haloarenes: Nature of C-X bond, substitution reactions (directive influence of halogen for 
monosubstituted compounds only). 
Uses and environmental effects of – dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, iodoform, 
freons, DDT. 
 
        Unit XI: Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers  
Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary 
alcohols only); identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration, uses, 
with special reference to methanol and ethanol. 
Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature of 
phenol, electrophilic substitution reactions, uses of phenols. 
Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses. 
 
        Unit XII: Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids  
Aldehydes and Ketones: Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation, physical and 
chemical properties, mechanism of nucleophilic addition, the reactivity of alpha hydrogen in aldehydes; 
uses. 
Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature, acidic nature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical 
properties; uses. 
 
 
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 CHEMISTRY - 306  
 
     Unit I: Solid State  
Classification of solids based on different binding forces: molecular, ionic covalent, and metallic solids, 
amorphous and crystalline solids(elementary idea), unit cell in two dimensional and three-dimensional lattices, 
calculation of density of unit cell, packing in solids, packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit cell 
in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electrical and magnetic properties, Band theory of metals, conductors, 
semiconductors and insulators and n and p-type semiconductors. 
 
       Unit II: Solutions  
Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, the solubility of gases in 
liquids, solid solutions, colligative properties – the relative lowering of vapour pressure, R a o u l t ’ s law, 
elevation 
of B.P., depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure, determination of molecular masses using 
colligative properties, abnormal molecular mass, Vant Hoff factor. 
 
      Unit III: Electrochemistry  
Redox reactions; conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity variations of 
conductivity with concentration, K o h l r a u s c h ’ s Law, electrolysis and laws of electrolysis (elementary 
idea), dry cell – electrolytic cells and Galvanic cells; lead accumulator, EMF of a cell, standard electrode 
potential, Nernst equation and its application to chemical cells. Relation between Gibbs energy change 
and EMF of a cell, fuel cells; corrosion. 
 
     Unit IV: Chemical Kinetics  
Rate of a reaction (average and instantaneous), factors affecting rates of reaction: concentration, 
temperature, catalyst; order and molecularity of a reaction; rate law and specific rate constant, integrated 
rate equations, and half-life (only for zero and first-order reactions); concept of collision theory 
(elementary idea, no mathematical treatment).Activation energy, Arrhenius equation. 
 
     Unit V: Surface Chemistry  
Adsorption – physisorption and chemisorption; factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids; catalysis: 
homogenous and heterogeneous, activity and selectivity: enzyme catalysis; colloidal state: the distinction between 
true solutions, colloids, and suspensions; lyophilic, lyophobic multimolecular and macromolecular colloids; 
properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation; emulsions – types of 
emulsions. 
 
      Unit VI: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements  
Principles and methods of extraction – concentration, oxidation, reduction electrolytic method, and 
refining; occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminum, copper, zinc, and iron. 
 
      Unit VII: p-Block Elements  
Group 15 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, oxidation states, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; nitrogen – preparation, properties, and uses; compounds of 
nitrogen: preparation and properties of ammonia and nitric acid, oxides of nitrogen ( structure only); 
Phosphorous-allotropic forms; compounds of phosphorous: preparation and properties of phosphine 
,halides (PCl 3, PCl 5) and oxoacids (elementary idea only). 
 
 
 
Note:  
There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need to be 
attempted. 
 
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Group 16 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; dioxygen: preparation, properties, and uses; classification of 
oxides; ozone. Sulphur – allotropic forms; compounds of sulphur: preparation, properties, and uses of 
sulphur dioxide; sulphuric acid: industrial process of manufacture, properties and uses, oxoacids of sulphur 
(structures only). 
Group 17 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence, 
trends in physical and chemical properties; compounds of halogens: preparation, properties and uses of 
chlorine and hydrochloric acid, interhalogen compounds, oxoacids of halogens (structures only). 
Group 18 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, trends in physical and 
chemical properties, uses. 
        Unit VIII: d and f Block Elements  
General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics of transition metals, 
general trends in properties of the first-row transition metals – metallic character, ionization enthalpy, 
oxidation states, ionic radii, colour, catalytic property, magnetic properties, interstitial compounds, alloy 
formation. Preparation and properties of K
2
Cr
2
O
7 
and KMnO
4
. 
Lanthanoids – electronic configuration, oxidation states, chemical reactivity, and lanthanoid contraction and 
its consequences. 
Actinoids – Electronic configuration, oxidation states, and comparison with lanthanoids. 
 
        Unit IX Coordination Compounds  
Coordination compounds: Introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and 
shapes, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, bonding, W ern er’ s theory 
VBT, CFT; isomerism (structural and stereo)importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, 
extraction of metals and biological systems). 
 
        Unit X: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes  
Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, physical and chemical properties, mechanism of 
substitution reactions. Optical rotation. 
Haloarenes: Nature of C-X bond, substitution reactions (directive influence of halogen for 
monosubstituted compounds only). 
Uses and environmental effects of – dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, iodoform, 
freons, DDT. 
 
        Unit XI: Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers  
Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary 
alcohols only); identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration, uses, 
with special reference to methanol and ethanol. 
Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature of 
phenol, electrophilic substitution reactions, uses of phenols. 
Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses. 
 
        Unit XII: Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids  
Aldehydes and Ketones: Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation, physical and 
chemical properties, mechanism of nucleophilic addition, the reactivity of alpha hydrogen in aldehydes; 
uses. 
Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature, acidic nature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical 
properties; uses. 
 
 
 
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        Unit XIII: Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen  
Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, methods of preparation, physical and chemical 
properties, uses, identification of primary secondary, and tertiary amines. 
 
Cyanides and Isocyanides – will be mentioned at relevant places in context. 
Diazonium salts: Preparation, chemical reactions, and importance in synthetic organic chemistry. 
 
Unit XIV: Biomolecules  
Carbohydrates – Classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccharide (glucose and fructose), D-L 
configuration, oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose), polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, glycogen): 
importance. 
Proteins - Elementary idea of a-amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, proteins, primary structure, 
secondary structure, tertiary structure and quaternary structure (qualitative idea only), denaturation of 
proteins; enzymes. 
Hormones –Elementary idea (excluding structure). 
Vitamins – Classification and functions. 
Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA 
 
Unit XV: Polymers  
Classification – Natural and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation), 
copolymerization. Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polythene, nylon, polyesters, bakelite, 
rubber. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers. 
 
Unit XVI: Chemistry in Everyday Life  
1. Chemicals in medicines – analgesics, tranquilizers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, 
antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines. 
2. Chemicals in food – preservatives, artificial sweetening agents, elementary idea of antioxidants. 
3. Cleansing agents – soaps and detergents, cleansing action.