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What is living?

Five kingdom classification

Classification of plants into major groups (Algae, Bryophytes,
Pteridophyres, Gymnosperms)

Classification of animals 

Morphology and modification, tissues, anatomy of plants

Animal tissues, morphology, anatomy, and functions of different systems of an insect (frog)

Cell theory and cell as the basic unit of life

Chemical constituents of living cells

B Cell division

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Plant growth and development

Breathing and Respiration

Body fluids and circulation

Excretory products and their elimination

Locomotion and Movement

Neural control and coordination

Chemical coordination and regulation

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants

Human Reproduction

Reproductive health

Heredity and variation

Molecular basis of Inheritance

Evolution

Health and disease

Microbes in human welfare

Principles and process of Biotechnology

Application of Biotechnology in health and agriculture

Organisms and environment

Ecosystem

Biodiversity and its conservation

Name of the chapter

Number of questions asked (Approx.)

Weightage in percent

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

0-1

2

Animal Kingdom

2

7

Biodiversity and Conservation

1

3

Biological Classification

0-1

2

Biomolecules

1

4

Biotechnology and its Applications

1

3

Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

1

3

Body Fluids and Circulation

0-1

1

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

0-1

2

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

0-1

2

Cell: The Unit of Life, Biomolecules

0-1

2

Chemical Coordination and Integration

1

4

Digestion and Absorption

1

3

Ecosystem

0-1

2

Environmental Issues

0-1

2

Evolution

0-1

2

Excretory Products and their Elimination

0-1

2

Human Health and Disease

1

3

Human Reproduction

1

3

Locomotion and Movement

0-1

2

Microbes in Human Welfare

0-1

2

Mineral Nutrition

0-1

1

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

2

6

Morphology of Flowering Plants

1

5

Neural Control and Coordination

0-1

2

Organisms and Populations

0-1

2

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

0-1

2

Plant Growth and Development

0-1

1

Plant Kingdom

1

4

Principles and Inheritance and Variation

1

5

Reproduction in Organisms

0-1

1

Reproductive Health

0-1

2

Respiration in Plants

0-1

1

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

1

5

Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

0-1

2

Structural Organisation in Animals

0-1

2

The Living World

0-1

2

Transport in Plants

0-1

1

Total

90

100

Force and inertia

Static and kinetic friction

Dynamics of uniform circular motion

Work done by a constant force and a variable force

The potential energy of spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and nonconservative forces; motion in a vertical circle

Centue of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body, Basic concepts of rotational motion

The moment of Inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications

Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's Law

Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline, and turbulent flow, critical velocity

Surface energy and surface tension

Oscillations and periodic motion

Wave motion

Electric charges

Electric field

Electric flux, Gauss's law and its applications

Conductors and insulators

Electric current

Drift Velocity

Internal resistance

Biot - Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop

Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid

Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field

Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment

Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law. Induced emf and cunent: Lenz's Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutuar inductance

Displacement current

Reflection and refraction

Magnification power of a lens

Wave optics

Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations, Einstein's photoelectric equation

Alpha-particle scattering experiment

Semiconductors

Charateristics of LED

Solar cell

Zener diode

Name of the chapter

Number of questions asked (Approx.)

Weightage in percent

Alternating current

1

4

Atoms

0-1

1.5

Current electricity

2

8

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

2

6

Electric Charges and Fields

1

4.5

Electromagnetic induction

1

4

Electromagnetic waves

1

5

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

1

4.5

Gravitation

0-1

2

Kinetic theory

1

3

Laws of Motion

1

3

Magnetism and Matter

1

2.5

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

0-1

2

Mechanical Properties of Solids

0-1

2

Motion in a Plane

0-1

1.5

Motion in a Straight Line

0-1

1.5

Moving Charges and Magnetism

1

2.5

Nuclei

0-1

1.5

Oscillations

0-1

1.5

Physical World, Units and Measurements

0-1

2

Ray optics and optical instruments

1

5

Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

2

6

System of Particles and Rotational Motion

1

5

Thermal Properties of Matter

0-1

2

Thermodynamics

2

9

Wave optics

1

5

Waves

0-1

1.5

Work, Energy and Power

1

4

Total

45

100

Matter and its nature, Dalton's atomic theory, concept of atom

Laws of chemical combination

Chemical equations

Nature of electromagnetic radiation

Bohr's model of a hydrogen atom

Dual nature of matter

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation

Ionic bonding

Covalent bonding

Molecular orbital theory

Unit 4: Chemical thermodynamics

Fundamentals of thermodynamics

First law of thermodynamics

Second law of thermodynamics

Equilibria invorving physical processes

Law of chemical equilibrium

Ionic equilibrium

Electronic concepts of oxidation reductions

Electrolytic and metallic conduction

Electrochemical cells

Rate of a chemical reaction

Arrhenius theory

Elementary and complex reactions

Inorganic Chemistry

Group -13 to Group 18 Elements

Transition elements

Inner transition elements

Lanthanoids

Actinoids

Introduction to coordination compounds

Werner's theory

Organic Chemistry

Purification

Qualitative analysis

Quantitative analysis

Tetravalency of carbon

Nomenclature (trivial and IUPAC)

Electronic displacement in a covalent bond

Common types of organic reactions

Classification

Alkanes

Alkenes

Alkynes

Aromatic hydrocarbons

General methods of preparation, properties, and reactions

Alcohols, phenols, and ethers

Aldehyde and ketones

Carboxylic acids

Amines

Diazonium salts

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Vitamins

Nucleic acids

Hormones

Detection of extra elements (nitrogen, sulphur, halogens) in organic compounds

Name of the chapter

Number of Questions asked (Approx.)

Weightage in percent

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

2

4

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

2

4

Bio-Molecules

1

3

Chemical bonding

2

5

Chemical Kinetics

1

3

Chemistry in everyday life

1

2

Coordination Chemistry

4

9

d-and f-block elements

2

4

Electrochemistry

1

2

Environmental Chemistry

1

2

Equilibrium

3

6

Process and principles of isolation of elements 

1

2

Halo alkanes and Haloarenes; Amines

1

3

Hydrocarbons

1

3

Hydrogen

1

3

N containing Organic Compounds

1

3

Basic principles and techniques of organic chemistry

1

2

Organic chemistry some basic principles and techniques - 2

1

2

p-block elements(13 14)

2

3.5

p-block elements(15 16 17 18)

2

3.5

Periodic table

1

2

Polymers

1

3

Redox reactions

1

3

s-block elements

1

2

Solutions

2

5

States of Matter

1

2

Structure of Atom

1

2

Surface Chemistry

1

2

The Solid State

1

2

Thermodynamics

4

8

Total

45

100

Sections

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Physics Section A

35

140

Physics Section B

15

40

Chemistry Section A

35

140

Chemistry Section B

15

40

Botany Section A

35

140

Botany Section B

15

40

Zoology Section A

35

140

Zoology Section B

15

40