VERY IMPORTANT & IMPORTANT CHAPTERS WITH SUBTOPICS

for –

PHYSICS  FIRST YEAR

i) Dimensions and dimensional analysis 

ii) Significant figures
1. Units and Measurements iii) Error – percentage error 
iv) Vernier calipers 
v) Screw gauge
i) Impulse
ii) Conservation of linear momentum 
iii) Apparent weight
iv) Pseudo force 
v) Applications of F = ma 
vi) Bodies connected by spring
vii) Horizontal circular motion 
2. Laws of motion viii) Non-uniform circular motion
ix) Types of friction
x) Motion of body on rough inclined plane 
xi) Friction – net contact force
xii) Connecting bodies with friction
xiii) Death well
xiv) Angle of banking
i) Conservation of energy
ii) Work done by constant force 
iii) Work done by variable force 
3. Work, Energy and Power iv) Work energy theorem 
v) Power 
vi) Vertical circular motion
vii) Collisions – perfectly elastic & inelastic collision 
i) Principle of moments
ii) Centre of mass 
iii) Moment of inertia 
iv) Torque 
System of particles and Rotatory
4. v) Angular momentum
motion vi) Law of conservation of angular momentum 
vii) Rotational kinematics 
viii) Rotational dynamics 
ix) Rolling 
i) Kepler’s laws 
ii) Universal law of gravitation
iii) Variation of ‘g’ 
iv) Gravitational potential energy 
5. Gravitation v) Gravitational potential
vi) Relation between gravitational field and potential 
vii) Escape velocity 
viii) Energy of satellite 
i) Joule’s law
ii) First law of thermodynamics 
iii) Thermodynamic processes 
6. Thermodynamics iv) Polytropic process 
v) Carnot engine
vi) Heat engine 
vii) Refrigerator
 i) Degrees of freedom
ii) Internal energy
iii) Pressure and energy relation
7. Kinetic Theory of gases iv) RMS velocity 
v) Ideal gas equation 
vi) Mean free path 
i) Velocity of transverse wave
ii) Laws of strings 
8. Waves iii) Beats 
iv) Organ pipes 

i) Equation of motion
ii) Average speed and average velocity 
iii) Resultant velocity
1. Motion in straight line iv) Relation among s, v, a by using calculus 
v) Motion under gravity 
vi) Projection from top of tower
i) Oblique projectile 
ii) Addition of vectors
iii) Triangle law – equilibrium
2. Motion in a plane iv) Horizontal projectile 
v) Motion of boat in river
vi) Uniform circular motion 
i) Young’s modulus 
ii) Stress strain curve
3. Mechanical properties of solids iii) Bulk modulus 
iv) Elastic energy 
i) Surface tension – work done 
ii) Surface tension – angle of contact
iii) Capillarity 
iv) Surface tension – excess pressure 
4. Mechanical properties of fluids v) Pressure = hg = constant 
vi) Buoyancy force
vii) Efflux velocity 
viii) Terminal velocity 
i) Expansion of solids 
ii) Specific heat 
iii) Principle of calorimetry 
5. Thermal properties of matter iv) Conductivity
v) Conduction – Junction temperature 
vi) Radiation – Newton’s law of cooling 
vii) Radiation–Stefan’s law and Weins displacement
i) Energy of SHM 
ii) Characteristics of SHM 
iii) Phase
6. Oscillations iv) Reference circle
v) Time period of spring mass system
vi) Combination of springs
vii) Time period of simple pendulum 
i) Simple Pendulum
ii) Metre Scale
iii) Young’s Modulus
(A). Experimental Skills iv) Surface Tension
v) Co-efficient of Viscosity
vi) Speed of Sound
vii) Specific Heat Capacity
 PHYSICS  SECOND YEAR

i) Drift velocity
ii) Ohm’s law 
iii) Combination of resistors and equivalent of
resistors 
1. Current electricity iv) Effect of temperature on resistance and resistivity
v) Combination of cells 
vi) Joule’s law of heating & bulbs 
vii) Kirchoff’s law 
viii) Meter bridge 
i) Force acting on a charged particle in magnetic
field
ii) Force acting on a current carrying conductor in
magnetic field 
iii) Application of Biot-savart’s law 
iv) Magnetic field at centre of circular coil
2. Moving charges and magnetism v) Ampere’s law 
vi) Force between two parallel current carrying
conductors 
vii) Solenoid and Toroid
viii) Magnetic moment of current carrying circular coil
ix) Moving coil galvanometer current sensitivity
voltage sensitivity
i) Mutual induction
ii) Induced emf 
iii) Induced charge
3. Electromagnetic induction iv) Motional emf 
v) Self induction
vi) Energy stored inductor
vii) AC generator 
i) Transformer 
ii) AC through pure capacitor
iii) Power in AC 
4. Alternating currents
iv) LR circuit
v) Combination of L, C, R 
vi) LCR – circuit and resonance 
i) Displacement current 
ii) Characteristics of EM waves 
5. Electromagnetic waves iii) Production of EM wave
iv) Intensity of EM wave
v) Electromagnetic spectrum 
i) Combination of lenses and mirror
ii) Plane mirror
iii) Spherical mirror 
iv) Refraction – apparent depth
v) Critical angle 
6. Ray optics
vi) Lens maker formula – equivalent focal length 
vii) Cutting of lens
viii) Prism 
ix) Astronomical telescope 
x) Compound microscope 
i) Interference 
ii) YDSE 
iii) Diffraction 
7. Wave optics
iv) Polarization – method of reflection
v) Polarisation – Brewster’s law
vi) Polarisation – Malus law 
 Dual nature of matter and i) Photoelectric effect 
8. radiation ii) De-broglie hypothesis 
i) Closest distance of approach
9. Atoms ii) Bohr’s theory 
iii) Hydrogen spectrum 
i) Zener diode 
ii) Types of semiconductor
iii) PN junction diode 
10. Semiconductor devices iv) Opto electronic devices
v) Logic gates
vi) Realization (or) equivalent circuit of OR, AND,
NOT Gate 

i) Coulomb’s law – applications 

ii) Columbic force and gravitational force ratio 
iii) Relation between electrostatic and gravitational force
iv) Net electric field due to infinite thin wires
v) Electric field due to charged shell
11. Electric charges and fields vi) Electric field due to spherical conductor
vii) Motion of charged particle in electric fields 
viii) Distribution of charge
ix) Electric dipole
x) Intensity of electric field due to dipole 
xi) Gauss law - applications 
i) Energy stored in capacitor 
ii) Relation between E and V 
iii) Equipotential surface
iv) Potential due to dipole
12. Electric potential and capacitance v) Variation of Potential in a thin shell
vi) Effect of dielectric on capacitor
vii) Force between two parallel plates of a capacitor
viii) Effect of dielectric and equivalent capacitance
ix) Capacitor with and without battery 
i) Workdone in rotating bar magnet
ii) Workdone, Torque and Time period of magnet 
13. Magnetism and matter iii) Properties of magnetic materials 
iv) Electromagnet
v) Susceptability
i) Size of nucleus 
ii) Energy released in nuclear reaction 
iii) Mass - energy relation, binding energy
14. Nuclei calculation 
iv) , ,  decay
v) Nuclear fission & Nuclear fusion 
i) Metre Bridge 
ii) Ohm’s Law 
iii) Half Deflection Method
iv) Focal length - Parallax Method 
(B). Experimental Skills v) Triangular Prism 
vi) Travelling Microscope 
vii) P-N Junction Diode
viii) Zener Diode
ix) Identification of Diode
VERY IMPORTANT & IMPORTANT CHAPTERS WITH SUBTOPICS
for –

CHEMISTRY  FIRST YEAR

i) Mole concept
Some Basic Concepts of ii) Empirical formula and Molecular Formula
1.
Chemistry iii) Stoichiometric calculations
iv) Concentration terms

i) Atomic & Mass number, Isotopes, Isobars,

Isotones
ii) Hydrogen Spectrum, Bohr model
2. Structure of Atom iii) Planck concept and Photoelectric effect
iv) de-Broglie theory and Uncertainty principle
v) Quantum numbers and Shapes of orbitals 

i) Lewis concept, Lattice energy

Chemical Bonding and Molecular ii) VBT, Hybridisation and VSEPR theory
3.
Structure iii) Bond parameters and Dipole moment
iv) Molecular Orbital Theory 

i) Characteristics of equilibrium and Keq

ii) Kp, Kc, ΔG-Problems
iii) Le-Chatelier’s principle-applications
4. Equilibrium iv) pH concept and problems
v) Acid base theories
vi) Buffer solutions and Salt hydrolysis
vii) Common ion effect and Solubility product

i) IUPAC Nomenclature
ii) Structural and Stereo isomerism 
Organic Chemistry – Some Basic iii) Reaction intermediates-Reagents
5.
Principles and Techniques iv) Electronic effects-Applications
v) Types of reactions
vi) Purification techniques

i) Preparation and Properties of Alkanes

ii) Preparation and Properties of Alkenes
6. Hydrocarbons
iii) Preparation and Properties of Alkynes
iv) Preparation and Properties of benzene
 i) Classification of elements
Classification of Elements and ii) IUPAC names for elements Z > 100
1.
Periodicity in Properties iii) Periodic properties (Radius, IE, EA, EN)
iv) Metallic nature, Valency, Nature of oxides

i) Thermodynamic terms and processes

ii) Work done-Problems
2. Thermodynamics iii) First law of thermodynamics
iv) ΔH of all reactions and Hess’s law
v) Spontaneity (ΔH, ΔS, ΔG)

i) Types of redox reactions

Redox Reactions ii) Oxidation state-calculations
3.
iii) Disproportionation reaction
iv) Balancing of redox reactions

CHEMISTRY  SECOND YEAR

i) Molar conductance, Equivalent conductance

ii) Kohlrausch law and its applications
iii) Electrolysis and faraday laws
1. Electrochemistry iv) Electrochemical series and its applications
v) Nernst equation and its applications 
vi) ΔG, Kc, Eocell and related problems
vii) Cells and Batteries
i) Rates of chemical reaction and Problems
ii) Order, Molecularity & determination of order
iii) Integrated rate equations (0, 1st order and half
2. Chemical Kinetics
life) and its problems
iv) Factors affecting the rate (Temperature and
catalyst), Collision theory 
i) Concentration terms
ii) Henry’s law and its applications
3. Solutions iii) Ideal, Non-ideal, Raoult’s law and Problems
iv) Colligative properties (RLVP, Tb, Tf, )
v) van’t Hoff factor and its Applications 
 i) Werner’s theory and applications
ii) Nomenclature of complexes
4. Coordination Compounds iii) Structural and Stereo Isomerism
iv) VBT and CFT of complexes
v) Metal carbonyls and Stability
i) General properties of d-block elements
ii) Special properties of d-block elements
iii) Properties of KMnO4 and K2Cr2O7
5. The d-and f-Block Elements
iv) Electronic configurations, Oxidation states of
f-Block elements
v) Lanthanoid contraction and its consequences
i) Preparations of alkyl and aryl halides
ii) SN1 and SN2 mechanisms
6. Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
iii) Properties of alkyl and aryl halides
iv) Uses of poly halogen compounds
i) Preparations of alcohols and phenols
ii) Acidic strength of alcohols and phenols
7. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers iii) Properties of alcohols and phenols
iv) Williamson ether synthesis (Preparation) 
v) Reaction of ethers with HI (Property) 
i) Preparation of aldehydes and ketones
ii) Properties of aldehydes and ketones
Aldehydes, Ketones and iii) Aldol condensation & Cannizzaro reaction 
8.
Carboxylic Acids iv) Preparations of carboxylic acids
v) Properties and acidic strength of carboxylic
acids

i) Preparations of amines
ii) Hoffmann Bromamide reaction
Organic compounds containing iii) Properties of amines
1.
nitrogen (Amines) iv) Basic strength of alkyl and aryl amines
v) Distinguish between 1o,2o,3o amines
vi) Preparation and Properties of diazonium salt

i) Classification and structures of

carbohydrates
2. Biomolecules
ii) Amino acids & Proteins
iii) Vitamins, Hormones and Nucleic acids
 i) All properties of Group 13 and 14 elements
ii) Anomalous behaviour of Boron
iii) Allotropic forms of Carbon
iv) All properties of Group 15 to 18 elements
v) Oxo acids of ‘P’, ‘S’, ‘Cl’ (Structure, Strength &
3. p- block elements (Group 13 - 18) Oxidation states only)
vi) Oxides of ‘N’, ‘P’, ‘S’ and Halogens (Structure,
Nature & Oxidation states only)
vii) Interhalogen compounds
viii) Hydrides of Group 15, 16 and 17
ix) Xenon compounds and its structures

i) Inorganic cationic and anionic analysis

ii) Organic functional group analysis 
Principles Related to Practical iii) Qualitative and Quantitative analysis
4.
Chemistry iv) Redox and Acid-base titration and indicators
v) H calculations and Calorimetry
vi) Kinetics of H2O2 and Properties of Sols