NEET 2023 Deleted Syllabus PDF Download

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Physical world and measurement

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Electrostatics

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Kinematics

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Current Electricity

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Laws of Motion

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Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

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Work, Energy and Power

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Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

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Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

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Electromagnetic Waves

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Gravitation

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Optics

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Properties of Bulk Matter

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Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

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Thermodynamics

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Atoms and Nuclei

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Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory

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Electronic Devices

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Oscillations and Waves

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Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

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Solid State

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Structure of Atom

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Solutions

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Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

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Electrochemistry

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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

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Chemical Kinetics

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States of Matter: Gases and Liquids

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Surface Chemistry

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Thermodynamics

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General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

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Equilibrium

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p-Block Elements

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Redox Reactions

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d and f Block Elements

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Hydrogen

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Coordination Compounds

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s-Block Element (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals)

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Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

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Some p-Block Elements

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Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

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Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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Diversity in Living World

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Reproduction

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Structural Organization in Animals and Plants

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Genetics and Evolution

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Cell Structure and Function

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Biology and Human Welfare

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Plant Physiology

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Biotechnology and Its Applications

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Human Physiology

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Ecology and Environment

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Important Topics

Physical world & Measurement

• Need of measurement
• Scope and Excitement
• SI unit, length, mass and time measurement
• Errors in measurement
• Dimensions of physical quantities

Kinematics

• Motion in a straight line
• Position time graph
• Uniform and non-uniform motion
• Speed, velocity, acceleration
• Relative Velocity
• Motion in a plane
• Uniform circular motion

Laws of Motion

• Newton’s first law of motion
• Newton’s second law of motion
• Newton’s third law of motion
• Static and kinetic friction
• Dynamics of Uniform circular motion
• Equilibrium and concurrent forces
• Centripetal force
• Law of conservation of linear momentum

Work, Energy and Power

• Work energy theorem
• Power notion of potential energy
• Work done by constant force
• Variable force
• Conservative force
• Non-conservative force
• Elastic and inelastic collision

Motion of system of particles and Rigid body

• Moment of force, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum
• Centre of mass of 2 particle system
• Centre of mass of uniform rod
• Centre of mass of rigid body
• statement of parallel and perpendicular axis theorem and their application

Gravitation

• Universal law of gravitation
• Kepler’s law of planetary motion
• Acceleration due to gravity
• Gravitational potential energy, gravitational potential
• Escape velocity, orbital velocity of satellite and geostationary satellite.

Properties of bulk matter

• Stress-strain relationship
• Elastic behavior
• Hooke’s law
• Terminal velocity
• Reynolds number streamline and turbulent flow
• Bernoulli’s theorem and its application
• Surface energy and surface tension
• Angle of contact
• Capillary rise
• Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity
• Cp-Cv calorimetry
• Latent heat
• Black body radiation and the greenhouse effect.
• Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

Thermodynamics

• Thermal Equilibrium, heat, work and internal energy
• Laws of thermodynamics
• Reversible and irreversible process
• Heat engines and refrigerators

Oscillation and Waves

• Periodic motion
• Frequency, displacement as a function of time
• Periodic function
• Simple harmonic motion and its equation
• Oscillation of spring, restoring force and force constant
• Kinetic and potential energies of simple harmonic motion
• Simple pendulum – derivation of expression for its time period, resonance
• Longitudinal and transverse wave,
• Speed of wave motion
• The principle of superposition of waves
• A reflection of waves
• Doppler effect

Behavior of a perfect gas and kinetic theory

• Equation of state of a perfect gas
• Work done on compressing gas
• Kinetic theory of gasses
• Kinetic energy and temperature,
• Degree of freedom
• Law of equipartition of energy and application of specific heat capacity
• Concept of mean free path

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Electrostatics

• Electric charge and their conservations
• Coulomb’s law
• Force between multiple charges
• Superposition principle and continuous charge distribution
• Electric field
• Torque on dipole Electric flux
• Statement of gauss theorem and its application
• Uniform charged infinite plane sheet and spherical shell
• Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to point charge, equipotential surface
• Electric potential energy of system of two charges and of electric dipole in electrostatic field
• Conductors and insulators
• Dielectrics and electric polarization
• Capacitors and capacitance
• Combination of capacitor in series and parallel, capacitor with or without dielectric medium between the plates
• Energy stored in capacitor
• Van de graaff generator

Current Electricity

• Electric current
• Flow of electric charge in metallic conductor
• Drift velocity and mobility
• Electrical resistance
• Electrical energy and power
• Resistivity and conductivity Carbon resistors, series and parallel combination of resistors
• Temperature dependence of resistance
• Internal resistance of cell
• Potential difference and EMF of cell
• Kirchhoff’s laws and its application, wheatstone bridge and meter bridge
• Potentiometer, measurement of internal resistance of cells

Magnetic effect of current and Magnetism

• Concept of magnetic field
• Oersted’s experiment
• Biot – savart law and its application
• Ampere’s law and its application
• Straight and toroidal solenoid
• Cyclotron Force on current carrying conductor in uniform magnetic field
• Definition of ampere, moving coil galvanometer
• Current sensitivity, conversion to ammeter and voltmeter
• Current loop as magnetic dipole and magnetic dipole moment
• Magnetic field intensity due to magnetic dipole along its axis and perpendicular to its axis
• Torque on magnetic dipole
• Earth magnetic field and magnetic elements
• Para and ferromagnetic substances
• Electromagnetic and factor affecting their strengths permanent magnets

Electromagnetic Waves

• Need of displacement current
• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics
• Electromagnetic spectrum

Electromagnetic Induction and alternating currents

• Electromagnetic induction
• Faraday’s law
• Lenz’s law
• Eddy currents
• Self and mutual inductance
• Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/ voltage, reactance and impedance
• LC oscillations
• LCR series circuit
• Resonance
• AC generators and Transformers

Dual nature of matter and radiation

• Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observation
• Einstein’s photoelectric equation – particle Matter waves
• De Broglie relation
• Davisson Germer experiment nature of light

Atoms and Nuclei

• Alpha particle scattering experiment
• Rutherford model of atom
• Bohr’s model
• Energy level
• Hydrogen spectrum
• Isotopes, isobars and isotones
• Radioactivity– Alpha, beta and gamma particles,
• Decay law
• Mass energy relation
• Mass defect and binding energy per nucleon and its variations with mass number
• Nuclear fission and fusion

Electronic Devices

• Energy bands in solids, conductor,
• Insulators and semiconductors
• Semiconductor diode
• I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias
• Diode as a rectifier
• Photodiode
• Solar cell
• Zener diode
• Junction transistor
• Characteristics of transistor
• Transistor as amplifier, oscillator, logic gates
• Transistor as a switch

Optics

• Reflection of light
• Spherical mirror
• Mirror formula
• Refraction of light
• Total internal reflection and its application
• Lens maker formula, magnification and power of lens
• Combination of thin lenses
• Refraction and dispersion of light through prism
• Scattering of light
• Human eye
• Microscopic and astronomical telescope and their magnifying power
• Wavefront and huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefront Interference
• Young’s double hole experiment expression for fringe width and coherent sources of light
• Diffraction due to single slit, width of Central maximum
• Resolving power of microscope and astronomical telescope, polarization and plane polarized light,

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Mole Concepts

• Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
• Mole Concept
• Mole Concept & Calculations
• Concept of Atoms & Molecules
• Atomic Mass, Gram Atomic Mass (GAM), Molecular Mass, Gram Molecular Mass (GMM), Average Mass
• Law of Chemical Combination, Percentage, Composition & Empirical Formula
• Concentration Terms – Molarity, Formality & Molality, Mole Fraction, percentage Composition, ppm, Normality
• Volume Strength of Hydrogen peroxide(H2O2), Test of H2O2,Stoichiometry & Calculation Based on Stoichiometry, Concept of Limiting Reagent

Atomic Structure

• Atomic number, isotopes and isobars
• Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR)
• Planck’s Quantum Theory
• Photoelectric Effect
• Bohr’s Atomic Model & Its applications
• Hydrogen Spectrum
• Dual nature of matter and light
• De Broglie’s relationship
• Heisenberg uncertainty principle
• Concept of orbital, quantum numbers
• Shapes of s,p, and d orbitals, node and nodal planes
• Rules for filling electrons in orbitals – Aufbau principle
• Pauli exclusion principles and Hund’s rule
• Electronic configuration of atoms, stability of half filled and filled orbitals
• Magnetic moment

State of Matter & Redox Reactions

• Ideal Gas Laws & Equation
• Dalton’s Law
• Graham's Law of Diffusion and Effusion
• Kinetic Theory of Gases (KTG)
• Real Gas Equation, deviation from ideal behavior, liquefaction of gases, critical temperature
• Oxidation & Reduction
• Oxidation Number & Application
• Equivalent Weight
• Balancing of Redox Reaction in Acidic & Basic Medium
• Oxidation No Method
• Law of Chemical Equivalence & Equivalent Weigh

Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry

• Basics, State Function & Path Function
• Extensive & Intensive Property Internal Energy & First Law of Thermodynamics
• Enthalpy of Reactions
• Heat Capacity
• Work Done in different Process
• Entropy and Change in Entropy for different process
• Gibbs Free Energy and Spontaneity of a Reaction Hess Law
• Lavoisier & Laplace Law
• Heat of Reaction
• Heat of Formation
• Heat of Combustion
• Heat of Solutions
• Heat of Neutralization Bond Energy
• Heat of Atomization, Resonance Energy

Chemical Equilibrium

• Law of Mass Action
• Relation between Kp & Kc
• Factors Affecting Equilibrium Constant & Van’t Hoff Equation
• Le Chatelier’s Principle & Application of Equilibrium Constant

Ionic Equilibrium

• Basic Logarithms
• Concepts of Acids & Bases
• Degree of Dissociation
• pH scale & Calculation of pH
• Application of Ostwald Law
• Calculation of pH of Weak Acid &
• Weak Base Explanation of Water
• pH of the mixtures
• the pH of Strong Acid & Strong Base Mixture
• pH of diluted solutions
• Salt Hydrolysis
• Buffer Solution
• pH of Acidic Buffer & Buffer Action
• the pH of Basic Buffer & Buffer Action
• Acidic & Basic Indicators Solubility & Solubility Product Ksp
• Condition for Precipitation

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Periodic Table

• Modern Periodic Table
• Electronic configuration of s, p, d & f block elements
• Prediction of the period
• Group and block
• Atomic and ionic radii
• Factors affecting atomic radii
• Hydrated radii Ionization energy and factors affecting Ionisation energy
• Applications of Ionisation energy
• Electron Gain enthalpy
• Electronegativity
• Applications of Electronegativity
• Valency

Chemical Bonding

• Lewis Dot Structure
• Formal Charge
• Covalent and Coordinate Bond Valence Bond Theory (VBT)
• Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory
• Hybridisation
• Existence and non-existence of molecules
• Condition for hydrolysis Molecular Orbital Theory (MOT)
• Resonance
• Bond Parameters
• Bond Length
• Bond Energy
• Bond Angle Back Bonding
• Dipole Moment
• Hydrogen Bonding

S-Block Elements & Hydrogen

• Group 1 and group 2 elements
• Preparation and properties of Sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydrogen carbonate,
• Industrial use of lime and limestone, biological importance of Na and K, Mg and Ca.
• Occurrence, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen, hydrides- ionic, covalent and interstitial; physical and chemical properties of water, heavy water

P Block Elements – Boron & Carbon family

• Physical Properties of group 13 elements
• Inert Pair Effect
• Diborane, Borax,Boric Acid, Alums
• Physical Properties of group 14 elements
• Allotropes of carbon and tin
• Chemical Properties of group 14 Elements, Silicones
• Silicates and zeolites

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IUPAC Nomenclature

• Basics of Organic Chemistry
• Hydrocarbon Radicals and Homologous Series Common
• Name and Derived Names of Organic Compounds Rules of IUPAC
• Selection and numbering of Principal Carbon Chain
• IUPAC Naming of Organic Compounds IUPAC Naming of Cyclic and Aromatic Compounds

Isomerism

• Structural Isomerism
• Functional Isomerism and Metamerism
• Geometrical Isomerism in Alkenes, Cyclo Alkanes, Allene,
• Biphenyl and Spiro Compounds
• Nomenclature in Geometrical Isomerism
• Calculation of No of Geometrical Isomers Optical Isomerism and Optically Active Compounds
• Representation of Optical Isomers
• Relationship between Stereomers – Enantiomers, Diastereomers, Epimers, Erythereo and Thereo, Calculation of Numbers of Stereomer Conformers of Alkanes and Cyclo Hexane

General organic Chemistry – 1 (GOC – I)

• Reaction Intermediate
• Inductive Effect
• Stability of Carbocation and Carbanion, Acidic Strength and Basic Strength
• Resonance
• Localized and Delocalised Electrons
• Stability of Resonating Structure, Type of Resonance – +M and –M Series
• Stability of Carbocation and Carbanion Acidic Strength and Basic Strength
• Ortho Effect
• SIR Effect
• SIP Effect
• Aromaticity and Dancing Resonance, Effect of Resonance on Bond Length and Bond Strength Hyper Conjugation
• Stability of Alkene and Heat of Hydrogenation
• Electromeric Effect and Tautomerism

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Chemical Kinetics

• Rate of Reaction
• Instantaneous & Average Rate of Reaction Rate Law
• Molecularity and Order of Reaction
• Pseudo Order Reaction
• Zero Order & First Order Reaction
• Half-Life The half-Life for Zero & First Order Reaction
• Gaseous First Order Reaction
• Important Questions Practice on Zero & First Order Kinetics
• Factors affecting the Rate of Reaction and Activation Energy
• Catalyst, Activation Energy and Maxwell Curve
• Radioactivity

Electrochemistry

• Conductance
• Resistance
• Conductivity
• Resistivity
• Molar Conductance and Equivalent Conductance
• Kohlaursc Law, Daniel Cell, Electrode Potential, Standard Hydrogen Electrode
• Electro-Chemical Series NCERT
• Oxidation and Reduction
• Nernst Equation and its application
• Electroplating
• Faraday’s Law of Electrolysis, Primary & Secondary Batteries,
• Fuel Cell
• Corrosion

Solutions

• Solubility
• Henry’s Law
• Raoult’s Law
• Vapour Pressure
• Boiling Point
• Vapour Pressure of Liquid-Liquid Solutions
• Vapour Pressure of Solid-Liquid Solutions
• Ideal & Real Solutions
• Solutions with positive & negative Deviation
• Azeotropic Mixture
• Minimum Boiling Azeotrope and Maximum Boiling Azeotropes
• Colligative Properties
• Osmotic Pressure Van ‘t Hoff factor & Colligative Properties

Solid State

• Type of Solids
• Crystalline & Amorphous Solids Types of Unit Cells
• Crystal Lattice
• Coordination Number & Packing Efficiency of SC, BCC, FCC, calculation of density of unit cell Close Packing in Solids
• CCP, HCP, Tetrahedral & Octahedral Voids
• Type of Crystals
• Defects in Solids
• Frenkel & Schottky Defect

Surface Chemistry

• Adsorption – physisorption and chemisorptions
• Factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids
• Catalysis homogeneous and heterogeneous
• Activity and selectivity
• Enzyme catalysis
• Colloidal state
• Properties of colloids
• Tyndall effect
• Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation, emulsions – types of emulsions

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Alkyl Halides

• Preparation & Properties of Alkyl Halides
• Iodoform & Chloroform Reaction
• Hunsdiecker Reaction Hoffmann
• Carbylamine Isocyanide Test & Reimer Tiemann Reaction
• Aryl Halides

Alcohol, Phenol and Ether

• Preparation of Alcohol
• Reactions of Grignard Reagent
• Physical and Chemical properties of Alcohol
• Victor Mayer & Lucas test
• Dichromate Test
• Esterification Reactions of Phenol
• Kolbe’s Reaction
• Gattermann Aldehyde Synthesis

Carbonyl Compounds & Carboxylic Acids

• Methods of Preparation of Aldehyde & Ketone
• Aldol Condensation
• Cannizzaro & Tishchenko Reaction
• Test of Aldehydes Benzaldehyde
• Perkin Reaction & Claisen Condensation
• HVZ Reaction
• Preparation of Carboxylic Acid & Benzoic Acid

Nitrogen-Containing Compounds

• Hoffmann Bromamide Reaction
• Gabriel Phthalimide Reaction
• Hinsberg Reagent
• Hoffmann Mustard Oil Test
• Basic Strength Reactions of Aniline
• Reactions of Nitrobenzene and Millikan Barker Test

Biomolecules

• Carbohydrates
• Proteins – the elementary idea of – 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 function. Nucleic acids – DNA and RNA

Polymers

• Classification of Polymers based on NCERT Methods of polymerization (addition and condensation)
• Copolymerization
• Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polyesters, bakelite; rubber, biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers

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General organic Chemistry – 2 (GOC – II)

• Solvent and its type
• Electrophile and Nucleophile
• Leaving Group
• Carbene and Nitrene
• Stereochemistry in Chemical Reactions
• Stereospecific, Stereoselective and Regioselective
• Reactions Anti Addition of HOX and Hydration of Alkenes Oxymercuration Demercuration (OMDM) and, HydroBoration Oxidation (HBO)
• Hydroxylation and Free Radical Addition Reaction (FRAR)
• Nucleophilic Addition Reaction (NAR)
• Electrophilic Substitution Reaction (ESR)
• Types of ESR – Halogenation, Nitration, Sulphonation, Freidal Craft Reaction
• Gattermann Koach Synthesis
• Gattermann Aldehyde Synthesis Free Radical Substitution Reaction (FRSR)
• Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction (NSR), SN1 & SN2 Williamson Ether Synthesis
• Darzen’s Reaction, Luca’s Test, NSR in Alcohol and Ether NSR in Aromatic Compounds (SNAr) and NSR in Acid Derivatives ( (SNAE Elimination Reaction E1 & E2

Hydrocarbons

• Wurtz Reaction
• Corey House Synthesis
• Frankland Rxn
• Reduction of Alkyl Halides Kolbe Electrolysis
• Decarboxylation
• Birch Reduction
• Lindlaar & P2 Catalyst Preparation & Properties of Alkene & Alkynes Ozonolysis Test of Alkynes
• Preparation & Properties of Benzene & Toulene

Chemistry in Everyday Life & Environmental Chemistry

• Chemicals in medicines
• Chemicals in food
• Cleansing agents
• Environmental pollution – Air, water and soil pollution, chemical reactions in atmosphere, smogs, major atmospheric pollutants; acid rain ozone and its reactions, effects of depletion of ozone layer
• Greenhouse effect and global warming- pollution due to industrial wastes
• Green chemistry as an alternative tool for reducing pollution, strategy for control of environmental pollution

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Diversity in Living World

The Living World

• What is living? Biodiversity
• Need for classification
• Three domains of life taxonomy and systematics
• Concepts of species and taxonomical hierarchy
• Binomial; nomenclature
• Zoological parks, herbaria, botanical gardens.

Biological Classification

• Five kingdom classification
• Salient features and classification of Monera, Protista and Fungi into major groups
• Lichens, Viruses, and Viroids

Plant Kingdom

• Salient features and classification of plants into major groups – Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyte, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae (three to five salient and distinguishing features and at least two examples of each category); Angiosperms – classification up to class,

Animal Kingdom

• Salient features and classification of animals,
• Non-chordates up to phyla level and chordates up to class level

Structural Organization in Animals and Plants

Morphology of Flowering Plants:

• Morphology of different parts of flowering plants root, stem, leaf, inflorescence, flower, fruit.
• Anatomy and functions of different tissues and tissue systems.

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

• Morphology, anatomy, and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach)

Cell Structure and Function

Cell-The Unit of Life

• Cell theory and cell as the basic unit of life:
• Structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Cell Cycle and Cell Division: Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, and their significance

Plant cell and animal cell;

• Cell envelope
• Cell membrane
• Cell wall
• Cell organelles – structure and function endomembrane system, endoplasmic reticulum
• Golgi bodies, lysosomes, vacuoles.
• Mitochondria
• Ribosomes
• Plastids
• Microbodies
• Cytoskeleton
• Cilia
• Flagella
• Centrioles (ultrastructure and function); nucleus.

Plant Physiology

Transport in Plants:

• Movement of water gases and nutrition
• Cell to cell transport
• Plant water relations
• Long-distance transportation of water
• Transpiration, uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients, diffusion of gases

Mineral Nutrition:

• Essential minerals
• Macro- and micronutrients and their role
• Deficiency symptoms; metal toxicity
• Nitrogen metabolism, nitrogen cycle
• Biological nitrogen fixation

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants:

• Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
• Photosynthesis as a means of autotrophic nutrition; site of photosynthesis, pigments involved in photosynthesis (elementary idea)
• Photochemical and biosynthetic phases of photosynthesis.
• Cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation; chemiosmotic hypothesis; photorespiration.
• C3 and C4 pathways; factors affecting photosynthesis.

Respiration in Plants:

• Exchange of gases, cellular respiration – glycolysis, fermentation
• TCA cycle and electron transport system, respiratory quotient and amphibolic pathway
• Plant – Growth and Development:
• Seed germination, phases of plant growth, differentiation, differentiation, and re-differentiation,
• Sequence of developmental process in plant cell, growth regulators, seed dormancy,
• Vernalization
• Photoperiodism

Human Physiology

Digestion and absorption:

• Role of digestive enzymes and gastrointestinal hormones
• Caloric value of protein carbohydrates and fats
• Nutritional and digestive disorders.

Breathing and Respiration:

• Respiratory organs in animals and humans,
• Mechanism of breathing and its regulation in humans
• Exchange of gases, transport of gases and regulation of respiration
• Disorders related to respiration – asthma, emphysema

Body fluid and circulation:

• Composition of blood,
• Blood group
• Cardiac cycle, Regulation of cardiac activities
• Human circulatory system
• Disorders of circulatory system, ECG; double circulation.
• Regulation of cardiac activity.
• Disorders of circulatory system –
• Hypertension, coronary artery disease, angina pectoris, heart failure.

Excretory products and their Elimination:

• Modes of excretion, human excretory system
• Roles of other organs in excretion
• Regulation of kidney function – renin – angiotensin, atrial natriuretic factor
• ADH and diabetes insipidus
• Role of other organs in excretion
• Disorders – uremia, renal failure, renal calculi,
• Nephritis; dialysis and artificial kidney,

Locomotion and Movement:

• Types of movement, skeletal system and its function
• Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
• Disorders of muscular and skeletal system – myasthenia gravis, tetany, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, osteoporosis, gout.

Neural control and coordination nervous system in Humans:

• Neuron and nerves; Nervous system in humans
• Central nervous system.
• Peripheral nervous system and visceral nervous system.
• Generation and conduction of nerve impulse
• Reflex action
• Sensory perception
• Sense organs
• Elementary structure and functions of eye and ear.

Chemical coordination and regulation:

• Endocrine glands and hormones.
• Human endocrine system – hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, gonads.
• Mechanism of hormone action (elementary idea);
• Role of hormones as messengers and regulators,
• Hypo – and hyperactivity and related disorders
• Dwarfism, acromegaly
• Cretinism, goiter, exophthalmic goiter, diabetes
• Addison’s disease.

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Reproduction

Reproduction in Organism:

• Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of species
• Modes of reproduction – asexual and sexual reproduction
• Asexual reproduction – binary fission, sporulation
• Budding, gemmule formation, fragmentation; vegetative propagation in plants

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants:

• Flower structure; development of male and female gametophytes
• Pollination – types, agencies, and examples
• Outbreeding devices; pollen-pistil interaction
• Double fertilization; post fertilization events
• Development of endosperm and embryo
• Development of seed and formation of fruit; special
• Modes apomixis
• Parthenocarpy
• Polyembryony
• Significance of seed dispersal and fruit formation.

Human Reproduction:

• Male and female reproductive systems.
• Microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary.
• Gametogenesis – spermatogenesis and oogenesis
• Menstrual cycle; fertilization, embryo development up to blastocyst formation, implantation; pregnancy and placenta formation (elementary idea)
• Parturition
• Lactation

Reproductive Health:

• Need for reproductive health and prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• Birth control – need and methods, contraception, and medical termination of pregnancy (MTP)
• Amniocentesis, infertility and assisted reproductive technologies – IVF, ZIFT, GIFT

Genetics and Evolution

Principle of Inheritance and Variation:

• Heredity and variation
• Mendelian
• Inheritance
• Deviations from Mendelism
• Pleiotropy
• Elementary idea of polygenic inheritance.
• Chromosome theory of inheritance
• Chromosomes and genes
• Sex determination
• Mendelian disorders in humans
• Down’s syndrome,
• Turner’s
• Klinefelter’s syndromes

Evolution

• Origin of life
• Darwin’s contribution, modern synthetic theory of evolution, mechanism of evolution,
• Gene flow and genetic drift,
• Hardy – Weinberg’s principle, Human evolution.

Molecular basis of inheritance:

• Search for genetic material and DNA as genetic material.
• Structure of DNA and RNA.
• DNA packaging.
• DNA replication
• Central dogma; transcription, genetic code, translation; gene expression and regulation. – lac operon.
• Genome and human and rice genome projects.
• DNA fingerprinting

Biology and Human Welfare

Human Health and Disease:

• Pathogens, parasites causing human disease
• Basic concept of immunology – vaccines
• Cancer
• HIV and AIDS
• Drug and alcohol abuse

Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production:

• Improvement in food production
• Plant breeding
• Tissue culture
• Single cell protein,
• Biofortification,
• Apiculture and Animal husbandry.

Microbes in Human Welfare:

• In household food processing
• industrial production
• Sewage treatment
• Energy generation and microbes as biocontrol agents and bio-fertilizers
• Antibiotics
• Production and judicious use.

Biotechnology & Its application

Biotechnology

• Genetic engineering
• Biotechnology and its application
• Application of biotechnology in health and agriculture
• Human insulin and vaccine production,
• Stem cell technology, gene therapy
• Genetically modified organisms
• Bt crops; transgenic animals; biosafety issues, bio piracy and patents.

Ecology & Environment

Organisms and Population:

• Organisms and environment:
• Habitat and niche, population and ecological
• Adaptations; population
• Intractractions
• Mutualism,
• Competition
• Predation
• Parasitism
• Population
• Attributes-growth,
• Birth rate and death rate
• Age distribution.

Ecosystem:

• Patterns,
• Components.
• Productivity and decomposition.
• Energy flow; pyramids of number
• Biomass
• Energy
• Nutrient cycles (carbon and phosphorous);
• Ecological succession.
• Ecological services-carbon fixation
• Pollination
• Seed dispersal
• Oxygen release

Biodiversity and its conservation:

• Biodiversity-Concept,
• Patterns
• importance; loss of biodiversity.
• Biodiversity conservation; hotspots
• Endangered organisms
• Extinction
• Red Data Book
• Biosphere reserves
• National parks
• Sanctuaries
• Ramsar sites.

Environmental issues

• Air pollution and its control
• Water pollution and its control
• Agrochemicals and their effects.
• Solid waste management
• Radioactive waste management
• Greenhouse effect and climate change impact and mitigation
• Ozone layer depletion
• Deforestation; any one case study as success story addressing environmental issue