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Chandigarh University (CUCET Exam) 2024: Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus, Pattern
Updated on 6th Sep, 2024 by K Guna Sahiti
Exam Date 30 Jul, 2024 - 10 Sep, 2024
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About Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024
Chandigarh University has extended the last date for CUCET 2024 registration to May 31. CUCET 2024 application form for Phase 1 was released by the university in October 2023. CUCET is a university-level online entrance test conducted by NAAC A+ accredited Chandigarh University. The university will conduct CUCET 2024 for admission to various UG courses of Engineering, Pharmacy, Agriculture and Integrated Law, and MBA.
The entrance exam for CUCET 2024 will be held in two phases - CUCET I and CUCET II. The CUCET 2024 registrations for Phase I are currently open. Candidates can apply in both online and offline modes for CUCET 2024. The online entrance exams of CUCET 2024 will be conducted on a daily basis, in online mode only. The duration of the CUCET 2024 exam is 2 hours. CUCET admit card 2024 will be sent to the candidate's registered email ID. The result of CUCET is announced on the day of the exam only. Candidates have to pay 30% of the total fee within 15 days of the result declaration to avail of the scholarship benefits.
Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Highlights
| Full Exam Name | Chandigarh University Common Entrance Test |
| Short Exam Name | Chandigarh University (CUCET) |
| Conducting Body | Chandigarh University |
| Exam Level | University Level Exam |
| Mode of Application | Offline / Online |
| Application Fee (General) | 1000 Rs [Offline] +1 More |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Mode of Counselling | Online |
| Participating Colleges | 5 |
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Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Important Dates
Upcoming Dates and Events
30 Jul, 2024 - 10 Sep, 2024
Exam - CUCET (Phase-II) | Mode: Online Ongoing
Past Dates and Events
30 Jul, 2024 - 09 Sep, 2024
Application - CUCET (Phase-II) | Mode: Online
20 Oct, 2023 - 30 Jul, 2024
Exam - CUCET (Phase-I) | Mode: Online
20 Oct, 2023 - 29 Jul, 2024
Application - CUCET (Phase-I)- extended | Mode: Online
Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Eligibility Criteria
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.E Eligibility Criteria
Candidates willing to appear for CUCET 2024 must check the eligibility criteria of the exam. No candidate will be eligible for admission if he/she does not satisfy the minimum CUCET 2024 eligibility criteria. The following table can be referred to check the CUCET eligibility criteria in detail.
CUCET BE Eligibility Criteria 2024
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Programs |
Eligibility |
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10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Design (Industrial) |
10+2 with at least 50% marks aggregate or three-year diploma in any branch of Engineering/Technology with 50% marks |
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10+2 with Physics as compulsory subjects along with any two of the following subjects:- Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science / Biology / Mathematics with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) (Latrobe University, Australia) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with 65% marks in aggregate |
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Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) (Arkansas State University, USA) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with 65% marks in aggregate |
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Bachelor of Engineering- Computer Science Engineering (Graphic & Gaming) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- Chemical Engineering |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (Hons.) IBM - INTERNET OF THINGS |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (Hons.) IBM - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & MACHINE LEARNING |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 70% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- Computer Science and Business System |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- (Electronic and Communication Engineering) Bachelor of Engineering- (Electrical Engineering) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- (Food Technology) |
10+2 with Physics as compulsory subjects along with any two of the following subjects:- Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science / Biology / Mathematics with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- (Information Technology) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- (Mechanical Engineering) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering- (Mechatronics) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
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Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Arkansas State University, USA) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with 65% marks in aggregate |
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Bachelor of Engineering- (Petroleum Engineering) |
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology with at least 60% marks in the aggregate. |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.Pharma Eligibility Criteria
Candidates seeking admission to the CUCET 2024 undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses must be aware of the eligibility guidelines set by the authorities. The eligibility criteria of CUCET pharmacy is the academic requirements that each candidate needs to fulfil in order to appear for the entrance exam. CUCET Pharmacy 2024 eligibility criteria is mentioned in the table below.
CUCET 2024 Pharmacy Eligibility
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Course Name |
Eligibility |
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Bachelor of Pharmacy |
10+2 examination with at least 60% marks in aggregate with English, Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects, along with one of the following subjects:- Biology /Mathematics. |
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Pharm. D |
10+2 examination with at least 50% marks in aggregate with English, Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects, along with one of the following subjects:- Biology / Mathematics. |
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Master of Pharmacy- (Pharmaceutics) |
Bachelor of Pharmacy with 55% marks from any institute duly recognized by PCI. The candidate should be registered in his/her respective State Pharmacy Council. |
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Master of Pharmacy- (Pharmacology) |
Bachelor of Pharmacy with 55% marks from any institute duly recognized by PCI. The candidate should be registered in his/her respective State Pharmacy Council. |
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Master of Pharmacy. - Industrial Pharmacy |
Candidate must have passed B. Pharm. Examination from an institution recognized by PCI and AICTE, securing at least 55% marks in the aggregate of theory papers and practical. Weightage will be given to GPAT qualified candidates. The registration of the entrant in Pharmacy council of India w.r.t. respective state is must (or) to be sought within one month of admission. |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) MBA Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who are going to take CUCET MBA 2024, should check its eligibility criteria prior to filling out the CUCET application form. Candidates must fulfill the below-provided factors in order to appear for the CUCET MBA entrance test.
- Nationality - A candidate should be an Indian citizen
- For MBA - Candidates must have completed their Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
Chandigarh University (CUCET) Integrated Law Eligibility Criteria
Chandigarh University has prescribed the eligibility criteria for CUCET law. At the undergraduate level, the university offers integrated BA LLB, BCom LLB and BBA LLB. The eligibility criteria of CUCET for the UG law programmes are given below.
Educational qualification
The candidate should have passed Class 12 or its equivalent examination from a recognized board or institution. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply for CUCET 2024.
Age limit
As per the BCI rules, there is no age limit for pursuing integrated LLB courses.
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.Sc (Agriculture) Eligibility Criteria
Candidates preparing for the CUCET 2024 exam must check the CUCET 2024 eligibility criteria before applying. Candidates who have qualified Class 10+2 examination with at least 60% marks in aggregate with English , Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects, along with one of the following subjects:- Biology /Mathematics/Agriculture are eligible for admission to BSc Agriculture programme at Chandigarh University .
| Programme | Eligibility Criteria |
| B.Sc Agriculture | Qualified Class 12th Science from a recognised board with at least 50% marks secured and subjects such as English, Physics and Chemistry opted as compulsory subjects. |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Application Process
Mode of Application : Online and Offline
The Chandigarh University application form 2024 for phase 1 has been released in online mode. The last date to fill and submit the Chandigarh University phase 1 application form is May 14, 2024. Candidates can fill the Chandigarh University phase 1 application form in online mode. After filling the application form, candidates have to pay the CUCET application fee which is Rs. 1000 for all candidates. The application fee of Chandigarh University application form 2024 can be paid via banking, debit card, credit card, HDFC Gateway, and PAYU Gateway.
How to fill Online CUCET Application Form 2024
Follow the steps given below to fill the CUCET 2024 application form in online mode.
Step 1 - Registration
Visit the official website of Chandigarh University (cucet.cuchd.in)
Fill up the registration form by entering details such as student name, student mobile number, email ID, city and date of birth.
Select the programme and discipline you wish to apply for.
Step 2 - Enter the OTP
Once you have submitted the above information, you will receive an OTP on your registered mobile number and/or email address. Type in the code in the field provided and click on the “Verify OTP button.”
Step 3 - Filling up details in the application form
Enter the Class 10th, class 12th and last qualifying exam academic records including the passing year, total marks, marks obtained, school name, name of the passing board and qualification status.
Step 4 - Paying the application fee
Now, the candidates have to pay the application fee of Rs 1000 through net banking, credit card, debit card, HDFC Gateway, and PAYU Gateway.
How to fill offline CUCET Application Form 2024
First, candidates have to download the CUCET application form 2024 from the official website of Chandigarh University. They can also pick up a copy of the prospectus along with the application form for CUCET 2024 from the Chandigarh University campus or any local admission office in their vicinity. After downloading the application form of Chandigarh University, the candidates need to pay the application fee through a demand draft made out to the following address -
Admission Office,
Chandigarh University,
SCO 223, First Floor, Sector 36 D,
Chandigarh, 160036
Application Fees
| Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
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| EWS, General, OBC, ST, SC | Online, Offline | Male, Female, Transgender | ₹ 1000 |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Syllabus
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.E Syllabus
Chemistry (physical chemistry)
Chemistry (physical chemistry): Unit 01
Some basic concepts in chemistry |
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| Matter and its nature, Dalton’s atomic theory; concept of atom, molecule, element, and compound; physical quantities and their measurements in chemistry, precision and accuracy, significant figures, SI units, dimensional analysis |
| Laws of chemical combination; atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, molar mass |
States of matter |
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| Classification of matter into solid, liquid, and gaseous states |
| Gaseous state: Measurable properties of gases; Gas laws-Boyle’s law, Charles law, Graham’s law of diffusion, Avogadro’s law, Dalton’s law of partial pressure; concept of absolute scale of temperature; ideal gas equation |
| Gaseous state: Kinetic theory of gases (only postulates); real gases, deviation from ideal behaviour, compressibility factor and Van der Waals equation |
| Solid state: Classification of solids-molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, amorphous, and crystalline solids (elementary idea); Bragg’s law and its applications; unit cell and lattices, packing in solids (fcc, bcc, and hcp lattices), voids |
| Solid State: Calculations involving unit cell parameters, imperfection in solids; electrical, magnetic, and dielectric properties |
Atomic structure |
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| Thomson and Rutherford atomic models and their limitations; nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect; spectrum of hydrogen atom, Bohr model of hydrogen atom-its postulates |
| Derivation of the relations for energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr’s model; dual nature of matter, De-Broglie’s relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle |
| Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanical model of atom, its important features; various quantum numbers (principal, angular momentum, and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance; shapes of s, p, and d-orbitals |
| Electron spin and spin quantum number; rules for filling electrons in orbitals-Aufbau principle, Pauli’s exclusion principle, and Hund’s rule, electronic configuration of elements (only up to atomic numbers 30) |
| Extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals |
Chemical bonding and molecular structure |
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| Kossel-Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, concept of ionic, and covalent bonds |
| Ionic bonding: Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds; calculation of lattice enthalpy |
| Covalent bonding: Concept of electronegativity, Fajan’s rule, dipole moment; valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules |
| Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory-its important features, concept of hybridization involving s, p, and d orbitals; resonance |
| Molecular orbital theory: Its important features, LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding), sigma and pi-bonds, molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules, concept of bond order |
| Molecular orbital theory: Concept of bond length and bond energy |
Chemical thermodynamics |
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| Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, types of processes |
| First law of thermodynamics: Concept of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity; Hess’s law of constant heat summation |
Solutions |
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| Different methods for expressing concentration of solution-molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both), vapour pressure of solutions and Raoult’s law-Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour pressure-composition |
| Plots for ideal and non-ideal solutions; colligative properties of dilute solutions-relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure |
| Determination of molecular mass using colligative properties; abnormal value of molar mass, Van’t Hoff factor and its significance |
Electrochemistry |
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| Electrochemical cells-electrolytic and galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, EMF of a galvanic cell and its measurement |
| Nernst equation and its applications; relationship between cell potential and Gibbs’ energy change; dry cell and lead accumulator; fuel cells |
Chemical kinetics |
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| Rate of a chemical reaction, factors affecting the rate of reactions: Concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst; elementary and complex reactions, order and molecularity of reactions, rate law, rate constant, and its units |
| Differential and integral forms of zero and first order reactions, their characteristics, and half-lives, effect of temperature on rate of reactions-Arrhenius theory, activation energy, and its calculation |
| Collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation) |
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry)
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry): Unit 01
Classification of elements and periodicity in properties |
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| Modem periodic law and present form of the periodic table, s, p, d, and f block elements, periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, and chemical reactivity |
Hydrogen |
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| Position of hydrogen in periodic table, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; physical and chemical properties of water and heavy water; hydrogen as a fuel |
S-block elements (alkali and alkaline earth metals) |
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| Group-1 and 2 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements, anomalous properties of the first element of each group, diagonal relationships |
| Group-1 and 2 elements: Preparation and properties of some important compounds-sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide; industrial uses of lime, limestone, plaster of Paris and cement; biological significance of Na, K, Mg, and Ca |
P-block elements |
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| Group-13 to group 18 elements: General introduction-electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements across the periods and down the groups; unique behaviour of the first element in each group |
| Group-13 to group 18 elements: General introduction-group wise study of the p-block elements |
| Group-13: Preparation, properties, and uses of boron and aluminium; properties of diborane, aluminium chloride, and alums |
| Group-14: Allotropes of carbon, tendency for catenation; structure and properties of silicates, and zeolites |
| Group-15: Properties and uses of nitrogen and phosphorus; allotropic forms of phosphorus; preparation, properties, structure and uses of ammonia, nitric acid, structures of oxides, and oxoacids of phosphorus |
| Group-16: Preparation, properties, structures, and uses of ozone; allotropic forms of sulphur; preparation, properties, structures, and uses of sulphuric acid |
| Group-17: Preparation, properties, and uses of hydrochloric acid; trends in the acidic nature of hydrogen halides; structures of interhalogen compounds and oxides and oxoacids of halogens |
| Group-18: Occurrence and uses of noble gases |
D and f-block elements |
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| Transition elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics, general trends in properties of the first row transition elements-physical properties, ionization enthalpy, oxidation states, atomic radii, colour |
| Transition elements: Catalytic behaviour, magnetic properties, complex formation, interstitial compounds, alloy formation; preparation, properties and uses of K₂Cr₂O₇ and KMnO₄. Inner transition elements lanthanoids-electronic configuration |
| Transition elements: Inner transition elements lanthanides-oxidation states and lanthanoid contraction. Actinoids-electronic configuration and oxidation states |
Coordination compounds |
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| Transition elements: Introduction to coordination compounds, Werner’s theory; ligands, coordination number, denticity, chelation; IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, isomerism |
| Transition elements: Bonding-valence bond approach and basic ideas of crystal field theory, colour and magnetic properties; importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems) |
Chemistry (organic chemistry)
Chemistry (organic chemistry): Unit 01
Purification and characterization of organic compounds |
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| Qualitative analysis-detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, and halogens |
| Quantitative analysis (basic principles only)-estimation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, halogens, sulphur, phosphorus |
| Calculations of empirical formulae and molecular formulae; numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis |
Some basic principles of organic chemistry |
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| Tetravalency of carbon; shapes of simple molecules-hybridization (s and p); classification of organic compounds based on functional groups: - C = C- and those containing halogens, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur; homologous series |
| Isomerism-structural and stereoisomerism |
| Nomenclature (trivial and IUPAC) covalent bond fission-homolytic and heterolytic: Free radicals, carbocations and carbanions; stability of carbocations and free radicals, electrophiles, and nucleophiles |
| Electronic displacement in a covalent bond-inductive effect, electromeric effect, resonance, and hyperconjugation |
Hydrocarbons |
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| Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions |
| Alkanes-conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane); mechanism of halogenation of alkanes |
| Alkenes-geometrical isomerism; mechanism of electrophilic addition: addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markovnikov's and peroxide effect); ozonolysis and polymerization |
| Alkynes-acidic character; addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, and hydrogen halides; polymerization |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons-nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity; mechanism of electrophilic substitution: Halogenation, nitration, Friedel-Craft’s alkylation and acylation |
Organic compounds containing halogens |
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| Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions |
| Alkanes-conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane); mechanism of halogenation of alkanes |
| Alkenes-geometrical isomerism; mechanism of electrophilic addition: Addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markownikoff’s and peroxide effect); ozonolysis and polymerization |
| Alkynes-acidic character; addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, and hydrogen halides; polymerization |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons-nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity; mechanism of electrophilic substitution: Halogenation, nitration, Friedel-craft’s alkylation, and acylation |
Organic compounds containing oxygen |
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| General methods of preparation, properties, reactions, and uses |
| Alcohols, phenols, and ethers alcohols: Identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration |
| Phenols: Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions: Halogenation, nitration, and sulphonation, Reimer-Tiemann reaction |
| Ethers: Structure |
| Aldehyde and ketones: Nature of carbonyl group; nucleophilic addition to > C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones; important reactions such as-nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN, NH3, and its derivatives), Grignard reagent |
| Aldehyde and ketones: Oxidation; reduction (Wolff Kishner and Clemmensen); acidity of-hydrogen, aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Haloform reaction; chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and Ketones |
| Carboxylic acids acidic strength and factors affecting it |
Organic compounds containing nitrogen |
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| General methods of preparation, properties, reactions, and uses |
| Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, basic character, and identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines and their basic character |
| Diazonium salts: importance in synthetic organic chemistry |
Chemistry in everyday life |
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| Chemicals in medicines-analgesics, tranquilizers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamins-their meaning and common examples |
| Chemicals in food-preservatives, artificial sweetening agents-common examples |
| Cleansing agents-soaps and detergents, cleansing action |
Mathematics
Mathematics: Unit 01
Sets, relations, and functions |
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| Sets and their representation; union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties; power set; relation, types of relations, equivalence relations, functions; one one, into and onto functions, composition of functions |
Complex numbers and quadratic equations |
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| Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, representation of complex numbers in the form a+ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number |
| Square root of a complex number |
Matrices and determinants |
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| Matrices, algebra of matrices, types of matrices, determinants, and matrices of order two and three |
| Properties of determinants, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants |
| Ad joint and evaluation of inverse of a square matrix using determinants and elementary transformations, test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using determinants and matrices |
Binomial theorem and its simple applications |
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| Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, general term and middle term, properties of Binomial coefficients, and simple applications |
Sequences and series |
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| Arithmetic and geometric progressions, insertion of arithmetic, geometric means between two given numbers |
| Relation between A.M. and G.M. |
Limit, continuity, and differentiability |
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| Real valued functions, algebra of functions, polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions, inverse functions |
| Limits, continuity and differentiability |
| Differentiation of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions |
| Differentiation of trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions; derivatives of order up to two |
| Rolle’s and lagrange’s mean value theorems |
Integral calculus |
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| Integral as an antiderivative |
| Fundamental integrals involving algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions |
| Integration by substitution, by parts and by partial fractions |
| Integration using trigonometric identities |
| Evaluation of simple integrals of the type |
| Integral as limit of a sum |
| Properties of definite integrals |
| Evaluation of definite integrals, determining areas of the regions bounded by simple curves in standard form |
Differential equations |
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| Ordinary differential equations, their order, and degree |
| Formation of differential equations |
| Solution of differential equations by the method of separation of variables, solution of homogeneous, and linear differential equations of the type: dy+ p (x) y = q (x)dx |
Coordinate geometry |
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| Cartesian system of rectangular coordinates 10 in a plane, distance formula, section formula, locus and its equation, slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, intercepts of a line on the coordinate axes |
| Straight lines: Various forms of equations of a line, intersection of lines, angles between two lines, conditions for concurrence of three lines, distance of a point from a line, equations of internal and external bisectors of angles between two lines |
| Straight lines: Equation of family of lines passing through the point of intersection of two lines |
| Circles, conic sections: Standard form of equation of a circle, general form of the equation of a circle, its radius and centre, equation of a circle when the endpoints of a diameter are given |
| Circles, conic sections: Points of intersection of a line and a circle with the centre at the origin and condition for a line to be tangent to a circle, equation of the tangent |
Three dimensional geometry |
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| Coordinates of a point in space, distance between two points, section formula, direction ratios and direction cosines, angle between two intersecting lines |
| Skew lines, the shortest distance between them and its equation |
| Equations of a line and a plane in different forms, intersection of a line and a plane, coplanar lines |
Vector algebra |
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| Vectors and scalars, addition of vectors, components of a vector in two dimensions and three dimensional space, scalar and vector products, scalar and vector triple product |
Statistics and probability |
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| Measures of dispersion: Calculation of mean, median, mode of grouped and ungrouped data calculation of standard deviation, variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data |
| Probability: Probability of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of probability, Baye’s theorem, probability distribution of a random variate, Bernoulli trials, and Binomial distribution |
Trigonometry |
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| Trigonometrical identities and equations |
| Trigonometrical functions |
| Inverse trigonometrical functions and their properties |
| Heights and distances |
Physics
Physics: Unit 01
Kinematics |
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| Frame of reference |
| Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed, and velocity |
| Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position-time graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion |
| Scalars and vectors, vector addition, and subtraction, zero vector, scalar and vector products, unit vector, resolution of a vector |
| Relative velocity, motion in a plane, projectile motion, uniform circular motion |
Laws of motion |
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| Force and inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; momentum, Newton’s second law of motion; impulse; Newton’s third law of motion |
| Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, equilibrium of concurrent forces |
| Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction |
| Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications |
Work, energy, and power |
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| Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, work energy theorem, power |
| Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non-conservative forces; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions |
Rotational motion |
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| Centre of mass of a two-particle system, centre of mass of a rigid body; basic concepts of rotational motion; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; moment of inertia, radius of gyration |
| Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications |
Gravitation |
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| The universal law of gravitation |
| Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth |
| Kepler’s laws of planetary motion |
| Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential |
| Escape velocity |
| Orbital velocity of a satellite |
| Geostationary satellites |
Thermodynamics |
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| Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature |
| Heat, work, and internal energy |
| First law of thermodynamics |
| Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes |
| Carnot engine and its efficiency |
Kinetic theory of gases |
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| Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas |
| Kinetic theory of gases-assumptions, concept of pressure |
| Kinetic energy and temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy, applications to specific heat capacities of gases; mean free path, Avogadro’s number |
Oscillations and waves |
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| Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring-restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM-kinetic and potential energies |
| Simple pendulum-derivation of expression for its time period; free, forced, and damped oscillations, resonance |
| Wave motion |
| Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a wave |
| Displacement relation for a progressive wave |
| Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, beats, Doppler effect in sound |
Electrostatics |
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| Electric charges: Conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law-forces between two point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution |
| Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field |
| Electric flux, Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell |
| Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field |
| Conductors and insulators, dielectrics, and electric polarization, capacitor, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates |
| Energy stored in a capacitor |
Current electricity |
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| Electric current, drift velocity, Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, resistances of different materials, V-I characteristics of Ohmic and non Ohmic conductors, electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity, colour code for resistors |
| Series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance |
| Electric cell and its internal resistance, potential difference and EMF of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel |
| Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications |
| Wheatstone bridge, meter bridge |
| Potentiometer-principle and its applications |
Magnetic effects of current and magnetism |
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| 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 moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields |
| Cyclotron |
| Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field |
| Force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere |
| Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity, and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter |
| Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment |
| Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements |
| Para-, dia-, and ferro- magnetic substances |
| Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, hysteresis, electromagnets, and permanent magnets |
Electromagnetic waves |
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| Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics |
| Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves |
| Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) |
| Applications of EM waves |
| Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula, total internal reflection and its applications, deviation and dispersion of light by a prism, lens formula, magnification, power of a lens |
| Combination of thin lenses in contact, microscope, and astronomical telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers |
| Wave optics: Wave front and Huygens’ principle, laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens principle |
| Interference, Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width |
| Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum |
| Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes, polarization, plane polarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and polaroids |
Dual nature of matter and radiation |
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| Dual nature of radiation |
| Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation; particle nature of light |
| Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie relation |
| Davisson Germer experiment |
Atoms and nuclei |
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| Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum |
| Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones |
| Radioactivity-alpha, beta, and gamma particles/ rays and their properties; radioactive decay law |
| Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion |
English
English: Unit 01
Grammar |
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| Agreement, time and tense, parallel construction, relative pronouns, determiners, prepositions, modals, adjectives, voice, transformation, question tags, phrasal verbs |
Vocabulary |
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| Synonyms, antonyms, odd word, one word, jumbled letters, homophones, spelling, contextual meaning, analogy |
Reading comprehension |
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| Content/ ideas, vocabular, referents, idioms/ phrases, reconstruction (rewording) |
Composition |
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| Rearrangement, paragraph unity, linkers/ connectives |
Computer
Computer: Unit 01
Computer fundamentals |
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| Evolution of computers; basics of computer and its operation: Functional components and their inter-connections, concept of booting, use of operating system for directory listing, hierarchical directory structure, renaming, deleting files/ folders |
| Basics of computer and its operation: Formatting floppy, copying files, concepts of path and pathname, switching between tasks, installation/ removal of applications; internal storage encoding of characters: ASCII |
| Internal storage encoding of characters: ISCII (Indian scripts standard code for information interchange), unicode; types of memory: Cache (L1, L2), buffer, RAM (DRAM, SDRAM, RDRAM, DDRAM), ROM (PROM, EPROM), access time; concepts of accumulator |
| Concepts of instruction register and program counter |
MS-Office |
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| Word processing: Word processing concepts-saving, closing, opening an existing document, selecting text, editing text, finding and replacing text, printing documents, creating and printing merged documents, character and paragraph formatting |
| Word processing: Word processing concepts-page design and layout. Editing and profiling tools: Checking and correcting spellings. Handling graphics, creating tables, and charts, document templates and wizards |
| Spreadsheet package: Spreadsheet concepts, creating, saving, and editing a workbook, inserting, deleting worksheets, entering data in a cell/ formula copying and moving from selected cells, handling operators in formulae, functions: Mathematical, logical |
| Spreadsheet package: Functions-statistical, text, financial, date and time functions, using function wizard. Formatting a worksheet: Formatting cells-changing data alignment, changing date, number, character or currency format, changing font |
| Spreadsheet package: Formatting a worksheet-adding borders and colors, printing worksheets, charts, and graphs-creating, previewing, modifying charts. Integrating word processor, spreadsheets, web pages |
Network computing |
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| WWW and web browsers: Web browsing software, surfing the internet, chatting on internet, basic of electronic mail, using emails, document handling, network definition, common terminologies: LAN, WAN, node, host, workstation, and bandwidth |
| WWW and web browsers: Network components-severs, clients, communication media |
Introduction to programming in C++ |
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| C++ character set, C++ tokens (identifiers, keywords, constants, operators), structure of a C++ program (include files, main function); header files-iostream.h, iomanip.h; cout, cin; use of I/ O operators (<< and >>), use of endl and setw () |
| Cascading of I/O operators, error messages; use of editor, basic commands of editor, compilation, linking and execution; standard input/ output operations from C language: gets (), puts () of stdio.h header file |
Java fundamentals |
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| Types of programming language and paradigms; Java-what, where, and why? platform independency; comparison in Java with C and C++; role of Java programmer in industry; Java evolution and history; features of Java language; the Java virtual machine (JVM) |
| Java’s magic byte code; JDK, JRE, and JIT; data types; operators; control statements; arrays; enhanced for-loop; enumerated types; C-style formatted I/O; variable arguments |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.Pharma Syllabus
Chemistry (physical chemistry)
Chemistry (physical chemistry): Unit 01
Some basic concepts in chemistry |
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| Matter and its nature, Dalton’s atomic theory; concept of atom, molecule, element, and compound; physical quantities and their measurements in chemistry, precision and accuracy, significant figures, SI units, dimensional analysis |
| Laws of chemical combination; atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, molar mass |
States of matter |
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| Classification of matter into solid, liquid, and gaseous states |
| Gaseous state: Measurable properties of gases; Gas laws-Boyle’s law, Charles law, Graham’s law of diffusion, Avogadro’s law, Dalton’s law of partial pressure; concept of absolute scale of temperature; ideal gas equation |
| Gaseous state: Kinetic theory of gases (only postulates); real gases, deviation from ideal behaviour, compressibility factor and Van der Waals equation |
| Solid state: Classification of solids-molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, amorphous, and crystalline solids (elementary idea); Bragg’s law and its applications; unit cell and lattices, packing in solids (fcc, bcc, and hcp lattices), voids |
| Solid State: Calculations involving unit cell parameters, imperfection in solids; electrical, magnetic, and dielectric properties |
Atomic structure |
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| Thomson and Rutherford atomic models and their limitations; nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect; spectrum of hydrogen atom, Bohr model of hydrogen atom-its postulates |
| Derivation of the relations for energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr’s model; dual nature of matter, De-Broglie’s relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle |
| Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanical model of atom, its important features; various quantum numbers (principal, angular momentum, and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance; shapes of s, p, and d-orbitals |
| Electron spin and spin quantum number; rules for filling electrons in orbitals-Aufbau principle, Pauli’s exclusion principle, and Hund’s rule, electronic configuration of elements (only up to atomic numbers 30) |
| Extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals |
Chemical bonding and molecular structure |
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| Kossel-Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, concept of ionic, and covalent bonds |
| Ionic bonding: Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds; calculation of lattice enthalpy |
| Covalent bonding: Concept of electronegativity, Fajan’s rule, dipole moment; valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules |
| Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory-its important features, concept of hybridization involving s, p, and d orbitals; resonance |
| Molecular orbital theory: Its important features, LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding), sigma and pi-bonds, molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules, concept of bond order |
| Molecular orbital theory: Concept of bond length and bond energy |
Chemical thermodynamics |
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| Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, types of processes |
| First law of thermodynamics: Concept of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity; Hess’s law of constant heat summation |
Solutions |
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| Different methods for expressing concentration of solution-molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both), vapour pressure of solutions and Raoult’s law-Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour pressure-composition |
| Plots for ideal and non-ideal solutions; colligative properties of dilute solutions-relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure |
| Determination of molecular mass using colligative properties; abnormal value of molar mass, Van’t Hoff factor and its significance |
Electrochemistry |
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| Electrochemical cells-electrolytic and galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, EMF of a galvanic cell and its measurement |
| Nernst equation and its applications; relationship between cell potential and Gibbs’ energy change; dry cell and lead accumulator; fuel cells |
Chemical kinetics |
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| Rate of a chemical reaction, factors affecting the rate of reactions: Concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst; elementary and complex reactions, order and molecularity of reactions, rate law, rate constant, and its units |
| Differential and integral forms of zero and first order reactions, their characteristics, and half-lives, effect of temperature on rate of reactions-Arrhenius theory, activation energy, and its calculation |
| Collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation) |
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry)
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry): Unit 01
Classification of elements and periodicity in properties |
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| Modem periodic law and present form of the periodic table, s, p, d, and f block elements, periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, and chemical reactivity |
Hydrogen |
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| Position of hydrogen in periodic table, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; physical and chemical properties of water and heavy water; hydrogen as a fuel |
S-block elements (alkali and alkaline earth metals) |
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| Group-1 and 2 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements, anomalous properties of the first element of each group, diagonal relationships |
| Group-1 and 2 elements: Preparation and properties of some important compounds-sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide; industrial uses of lime, limestone, plaster of Paris and cement; biological significance of Na, K, Mg, and Ca |
P-block elements |
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| Group-13 to group 18 elements: General introduction-electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements across the periods and down the groups; unique behaviour of the first element in each group |
| Group-13 to group 18 elements: General introduction-group wise study of the p-block elements |
| Group-13: Preparation, properties, and uses of boron and aluminium; properties of diborane, aluminium chloride, and alums |
| Group-14: Allotropes of carbon, tendency for catenation; structure and properties of silicates, and zeolites |
| Group-15: Properties and uses of nitrogen and phosphorus; allotropic forms of phosphorus; preparation, properties, structure and uses of ammonia, nitric acid, structures of oxides, and oxoacids of phosphorus |
| Group-16: Preparation, properties, structures, and uses of ozone; allotropic forms of sulphur; preparation, properties, structures, and uses of sulphuric acid |
| Group-17: Preparation, properties, and uses of hydrochloric acid; trends in the acidic nature of hydrogen halides; structures of interhalogen compounds and oxides and oxoacids of halogens |
| Group-18: Occurrence and uses of noble gases |
D and f-block elements |
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| Transition elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics, general trends in properties of the first row transition elements-physical properties, ionization enthalpy, oxidation states, atomic radii, colour |
| Transition elements: Catalytic behaviour, magnetic properties, complex formation, interstitial compounds, alloy formation; preparation, properties and uses of K₂Cr₂O₇ and KMnO₄. Inner transition elements lanthanoids-electronic configuration |
| Transition elements: Inner transition elements lanthanides-oxidation states and lanthanoid contraction. Actinoids-electronic configuration and oxidation states |
Coordination compounds |
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| Transition elements: Introduction to coordination compounds, Werner’s theory; ligands, coordination number, denticity, chelation; IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, isomerism |
| Transition elements: Bonding-valence bond approach and basic ideas of crystal field theory, colour and magnetic properties; importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems) |
Chemistry (organic chemistry)
Chemistry (organic chemistry): Unit 01
Purification and characterization of organic compounds |
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| Qualitative analysis-detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, and halogens |
| Quantitative analysis (basic principles only)-estimation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, halogens, sulphur, phosphorus |
| Calculations of empirical formulae and molecular formulae; numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis |
Some basic principles of organic chemistry |
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| Tetravalency of carbon; shapes of simple molecules-hybridization (s and p); classification of organic compounds based on functional groups: - C = C- and those containing halogens, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur; homologous series |
| Isomerism-structural and stereoisomerism |
| Nomenclature (trivial and IUPAC) covalent bond fission-homolytic and heterolytic: Free radicals, carbocations and carbanions; stability of carbocations and free radicals, electrophiles, and nucleophiles |
| Electronic displacement in a covalent bond-inductive effect, electromeric effect, resonance, and hyperconjugation |
Hydrocarbons |
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| Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions |
| Alkanes-conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane); mechanism of halogenation of alkanes |
| Alkenes-geometrical isomerism; mechanism of electrophilic addition: addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markovnikov's and peroxide effect); ozonolysis and polymerization |
| Alkynes-acidic character; addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, and hydrogen halides; polymerization |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons-nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity; mechanism of electrophilic substitution: Halogenation, nitration, Friedel-Craft’s alkylation and acylation |
Organic compounds containing halogens |
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| Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions |
| Alkanes-conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane); mechanism of halogenation of alkanes |
| Alkenes-geometrical isomerism; mechanism of electrophilic addition: Addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markownikoff’s and peroxide effect); ozonolysis and polymerization |
| Alkynes-acidic character; addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, and hydrogen halides; polymerization |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons-nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity; mechanism of electrophilic substitution: Halogenation, nitration, Friedel-craft’s alkylation, and acylation |
Organic compounds containing oxygen |
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| General methods of preparation, properties, reactions, and uses |
| Alcohols, phenols, and ethers alcohols: Identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration |
| Phenols: Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions: Halogenation, nitration, and sulphonation, Reimer-Tiemann reaction |
| Ethers: Structure |
| Aldehyde and ketones: Nature of carbonyl group; nucleophilic addition to > C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones; important reactions such as-nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN, NH3, and its derivatives), Grignard reagent |
| Aldehyde and ketones: Oxidation; reduction (Wolff Kishner and Clemmensen); acidity of-hydrogen, aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Haloform reaction; chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and Ketones |
| Carboxylic acids acidic strength and factors affecting it |
Organic compounds containing nitrogen |
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| General methods of preparation, properties, reactions, and uses |
| Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, basic character, and identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines and their basic character |
| Diazonium salts: importance in synthetic organic chemistry |
Chemistry in everyday life |
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| Chemicals in medicines-analgesics, tranquilizers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamins-their meaning and common examples |
| Chemicals in food-preservatives, artificial sweetening agents-common examples |
| Cleansing agents-soaps and detergents, cleansing action |
Physics
Physics: Unit 01
Kinematics |
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| Frame of reference |
| Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed, and velocity |
| Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position-time graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion |
| Scalars and vectors, vector addition, and subtraction, zero vector, scalar and vector products, unit vector, resolution of a vector |
| Relative velocity, motion in a plane, projectile motion, uniform circular motion |
Laws of motion |
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| Force and inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; momentum, Newton’s second law of motion; impulse; Newton’s third law of motion |
| Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, equilibrium of concurrent forces |
| Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction |
| Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications |
Work, energy, and power |
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| Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, work energy theorem, power |
| Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non-conservative forces; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions |
Rotational motion |
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| Centre of mass of a two-particle system, centre of mass of a rigid body; basic concepts of rotational motion; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; moment of inertia, radius of gyration |
| Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications |
Gravitation |
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| The universal law of gravitation |
| Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth |
| Kepler’s laws of planetary motion |
| Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential |
| Escape velocity |
| Orbital velocity of a satellite |
| Geostationary satellites |
Thermodynamics |
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| Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature |
| Heat, work, and internal energy |
| First law of thermodynamics |
| Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes |
| Carnot engine and its efficiency |
Kinetic theory of gases |
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| Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas |
| Kinetic theory of gases-assumptions, concept of pressure |
| Kinetic energy and temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy, applications to specific heat capacities of gases; mean free path, Avogadro’s number |
Oscillations and waves |
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| Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring-restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM-kinetic and potential energies |
| Simple pendulum-derivation of expression for its time period; free, forced, and damped oscillations, resonance |
| Wave motion |
| Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a wave |
| Displacement relation for a progressive wave |
| Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, beats, Doppler effect in sound |
Electrostatics |
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| Electric charges: Conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law-forces between two point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution |
| Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field |
| Electric flux, Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell |
| Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field |
| Conductors and insulators, dielectrics, and electric polarization, capacitor, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates |
| Energy stored in a capacitor |
Current electricity |
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| Electric current, drift velocity, Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, resistances of different materials, V-I characteristics of Ohmic and non Ohmic conductors, electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity, colour code for resistors |
| Series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance |
| Electric cell and its internal resistance, potential difference and EMF of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel |
| Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications |
| Wheatstone bridge, meter bridge |
| Potentiometer-principle and its applications |
Magnetic effects of current and magnetism |
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| 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 moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields |
| Cyclotron |
| Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field |
| Force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere |
| Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity, and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter |
| Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment |
| Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements |
| Para-, dia-, and ferro- magnetic substances |
| Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, hysteresis, electromagnets, and permanent magnets |
Electromagnetic waves |
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| Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics |
| Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves |
| Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) |
| Applications of EM waves |
| Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula, total internal reflection and its applications, deviation and dispersion of light by a prism, lens formula, magnification, power of a lens |
| Combination of thin lenses in contact, microscope, and astronomical telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers |
| Wave optics: Wave front and Huygens’ principle, laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens principle |
| Interference, Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width |
| Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum |
| Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes, polarization, plane polarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and polaroids |
Dual nature of matter and radiation |
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| Dual nature of radiation |
| Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation; particle nature of light |
| Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie relation |
| Davisson Germer experiment |
Atoms and nuclei |
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| Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum |
| Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones |
| Radioactivity-alpha, beta, and gamma particles/ rays and their properties; radioactive decay law |
| Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion |
English
English: Unit 01
Grammar |
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| Agreement, time and tense, parallel construction, relative pronouns, determiners, prepositions, modals, adjectives, voice, transformation, question tags, phrasal verbs |
Vocabulary |
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| Synonyms, antonyms, odd word, one word, jumbled letters, homophones, spelling, contextual meaning, analogy |
Reading comprehension |
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| Content/ ideas, vocabular, referents, idioms/ phrases, reconstruction (rewording) |
Composition |
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| Rearrangement, paragraph unity, linkers/ connectives |
Biology
Biology: Unit 01
Reproduction in organisms |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Post fertilization events-development of seed and formation of fruit; special modes-apomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony; significance of seed dispersal and fruit formation |
Human reproduction |
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| Male and female reproductive systems; microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary; gametogenesis-spermatogenesis and oogenesis; menstrual cycle; fertilisation, embryo development upto blastocyst formation, implantation |
| Pregnancy and placenta formation (elementary idea); parturition (elementary idea); lactation (elementary idea) |
Reproductive health |
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| 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 (elementary idea for general awareness) |
Principles of inheritance and variation |
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| Heredity and variation: Mendelian inheritance; deviations from Mendelism-incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles and inheritance of blood groups, pleiotropy; elementary idea of polygenic inheritance; chromosome theory of inheritance |
| Chromosomes and genes; sex determination-in humans, birds and honey bee; linkage and crossing over; sex linked inheritance-haemophilia, colour blindness; Mendelian disorders in humans-thalassemia; chromosomal disorders in humans; Down’s syndrome |
| Turner’s and Klinefelter’s syndromes |
Molecular basis of inheritance |
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| 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 |
Evolution |
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| Origin of life; biological evolution and evidences for biological evolution (paleontology, comparative anatomy, embryology and molecular evidences); Darwin’s contribution, modern synthetic theory of evolution |
| Mechanism of evolution-variation (mutation and recombination) and natural selection with examples, types of natural selection; Gene flow and genetic drift; Hardy-Weinberg’s principle; adaptive radiation; human evolution |
Human health and diseases |
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| Pathogens; parasites causing human diseases (malaria, dengue, Chikungunya, filariasis, ascariasis, typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ringworm) and their control; basic concepts of immunology-vaccines; cancer, HIV and AIDS |
| Adolescence-drug and alcohol abuse |
Strategies for enhancement in food production |
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| Improvement in food production: Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, biofortification, apiculture and animal husbandry |
Microbes in human welfare |
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| In household food processing, industrial production, sewage treatment, energy generation and microbes as biocontrol agents and bio fertilizers |
| Antibiotics; production and judicious use |
Biotechnology-principles and processes |
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| Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology) |
Biotechnology and its application |
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| 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, biopiracy and patents |
Organisms and populations |
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| Organisms and environment: Habitat and niche, population and ecological adaptations; population interactions-mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism; population attributes-growth, birth rate and death rate, age distribution |
Ecosystem |
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| Ecosystems: 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 |
| Ecosystems: Ecological services-oxygen release (in brief) |
Biodiversity and its conservation |
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| Concept of biodiversity; patterns of biodiversity; importance of biodiversity; loss of biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; hotspots, endangered organisms, extinction, Red Data book, biosphere reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and Ramsar sites |
Environmental issues |
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| 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; ozone layer depletion; deforestation |
| Any one case study as success story addressing environmental issue(s) |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) MBA Syllabus
English
English: Unit 01
Grammar |
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| Agreement, time and tense, parallel construction, relative pronouns, determiners, prepositions, modals, adjectives, voice, transformation, question tags, phrasal verbs |
Vocabulary |
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| Synonyms, antonyms, odd word, one word, jumbled letters, homophones, spelling, contextual meaning, analogy |
Reading comprehension |
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| Content/ ideas, vocabular, referents, idioms/ phrases, reconstruction (rewording) |
Quantitative aptitude
Quantitative aptitude: Unit 01
Classification of Numbers |
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Divisibility and BODMAS |
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L.C.M and H.C.F |
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Remainders, factorials and unit digit of higher powers |
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Percentage |
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Profit and loss |
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Problem on ages |
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Simple and compound interest |
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Ratio, proportion and variation |
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Partnership |
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Averages |
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Mixture and alligation |
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Time and work |
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Pipes and cistens |
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Time, speed and distance |
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Problem on trains |
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Boats and streams |
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Permutation and combination |
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Probability |
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True discount and bankers discount |
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Polynomials, quadratic equations |
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General knowledge
Logical reasoning
Logical reasoning: Unit 01
Coding decoding |
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Direction sense |
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Clocks and calendars |
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Syllogism |
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Cubes and dice |
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Alphabetical series |
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Blood relation |
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Input-output |
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Seating arrangement |
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Inequalities |
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Mirror image |
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Water image |
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Embedded images |
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Non-verbal analogy |
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Non-verbal series |
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Pattern completion |
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Analogy |
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Odd one out |
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Paper folding |
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Paper cutting and folding |
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Symboperations |
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Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.Sc (Agriculture) Syllabus
Chemistry (physical chemistry)
Chemistry (physical chemistry): Unit 01
Some basic concepts in chemistry |
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| Matter and its nature, Dalton’s atomic theory; concept of atom, molecule, element, and compound; physical quantities and their measurements in chemistry, precision and accuracy, significant figures, SI units, dimensional analysis |
| Laws of chemical combination; atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, molar mass |
States of matter |
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| Classification of matter into solid, liquid, and gaseous states |
| Gaseous state: Measurable properties of gases; Gas laws-Boyle’s law, Charles law, Graham’s law of diffusion, Avogadro’s law, Dalton’s law of partial pressure; concept of absolute scale of temperature; ideal gas equation |
| Gaseous state: Kinetic theory of gases (only postulates); real gases, deviation from ideal behaviour, compressibility factor and Van der Waals equation |
| Solid state: Classification of solids-molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, amorphous, and crystalline solids (elementary idea); Bragg’s law and its applications; unit cell and lattices, packing in solids (fcc, bcc, and hcp lattices), voids |
| Solid State: Calculations involving unit cell parameters, imperfection in solids; electrical, magnetic, and dielectric properties |
Atomic structure |
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| Thomson and Rutherford atomic models and their limitations; nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect; spectrum of hydrogen atom, Bohr model of hydrogen atom-its postulates |
| Derivation of the relations for energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr’s model; dual nature of matter, De-Broglie’s relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle |
| Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanical model of atom, its important features; various quantum numbers (principal, angular momentum, and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance; shapes of s, p, and d-orbitals |
| Electron spin and spin quantum number; rules for filling electrons in orbitals-Aufbau principle, Pauli’s exclusion principle, and Hund’s rule, electronic configuration of elements (only up to atomic numbers 30) |
| Extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals |
Chemical bonding and molecular structure |
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| Kossel-Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, concept of ionic, and covalent bonds |
| Ionic bonding: Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds; calculation of lattice enthalpy |
| Covalent bonding: Concept of electronegativity, Fajan’s rule, dipole moment; valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules |
| Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory-its important features, concept of hybridization involving s, p, and d orbitals; resonance |
| Molecular orbital theory: Its important features, LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding), sigma and pi-bonds, molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules, concept of bond order |
| Molecular orbital theory: Concept of bond length and bond energy |
Chemical thermodynamics |
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| Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, types of processes |
| First law of thermodynamics: Concept of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity; Hess’s law of constant heat summation |
Solutions |
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| Different methods for expressing concentration of solution-molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both), vapour pressure of solutions and Raoult’s law-Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour pressure-composition |
| Plots for ideal and non-ideal solutions; colligative properties of dilute solutions-relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure |
| Determination of molecular mass using colligative properties; abnormal value of molar mass, Van’t Hoff factor and its significance |
Electrochemistry |
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| Electrochemical cells-electrolytic and galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, EMF of a galvanic cell and its measurement |
| Nernst equation and its applications; relationship between cell potential and Gibbs’ energy change; dry cell and lead accumulator; fuel cells |
Chemical kinetics |
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| Rate of a chemical reaction, factors affecting the rate of reactions: Concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst; elementary and complex reactions, order and molecularity of reactions, rate law, rate constant, and its units |
| Differential and integral forms of zero and first order reactions, their characteristics, and half-lives, effect of temperature on rate of reactions-Arrhenius theory, activation energy, and its calculation |
| Collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation) |
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry)
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry): Unit 01
Classification of elements and periodicity in properties |
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| Modem periodic law and present form of the periodic table, s, p, d, and f block elements, periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, and chemical reactivity |
Hydrogen |
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| Position of hydrogen in periodic table, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; physical and chemical properties of water and heavy water; hydrogen as a fuel |
S-block elements (alkali and alkaline earth metals) |
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| Group-1 and 2 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements, anomalous properties of the first element of each group, diagonal relationships |
| Group-1 and 2 elements: Preparation and properties of some important compounds-sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide; industrial uses of lime, limestone, plaster of Paris and cement; biological significance of Na, K, Mg, and Ca |
P-block elements |
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| Group-13 to group 18 elements: General introduction-electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements across the periods and down the groups; unique behaviour of the first element in each group |
| Group-13 to group 18 elements: General introduction-group wise study of the p-block elements |
| Group-13: Preparation, properties, and uses of boron and aluminium; properties of diborane, aluminium chloride, and alums |
| Group-14: Allotropes of carbon, tendency for catenation; structure and properties of silicates, and zeolites |
| Group-15: Properties and uses of nitrogen and phosphorus; allotropic forms of phosphorus; preparation, properties, structure and uses of ammonia, nitric acid, structures of oxides, and oxoacids of phosphorus |
| Group-16: Preparation, properties, structures, and uses of ozone; allotropic forms of sulphur; preparation, properties, structures, and uses of sulphuric acid |
| Group-17: Preparation, properties, and uses of hydrochloric acid; trends in the acidic nature of hydrogen halides; structures of interhalogen compounds and oxides and oxoacids of halogens |
| Group-18: Occurrence and uses of noble gases |
D and f-block elements |
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| Transition elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics, general trends in properties of the first row transition elements-physical properties, ionization enthalpy, oxidation states, atomic radii, colour |
| Transition elements: Catalytic behaviour, magnetic properties, complex formation, interstitial compounds, alloy formation; preparation, properties and uses of K₂Cr₂O₇ and KMnO₄. Inner transition elements lanthanoids-electronic configuration |
| Transition elements: Inner transition elements lanthanides-oxidation states and lanthanoid contraction. Actinoids-electronic configuration and oxidation states |
Coordination compounds |
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| Transition elements: Introduction to coordination compounds, Werner’s theory; ligands, coordination number, denticity, chelation; IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, isomerism |
| Transition elements: Bonding-valence bond approach and basic ideas of crystal field theory, colour and magnetic properties; importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems) |
Chemistry (organic chemistry)
Chemistry (organic chemistry): Unit 01
Purification and characterization of organic compounds |
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| Qualitative analysis-detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, and halogens |
| Quantitative analysis (basic principles only)-estimation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, halogens, sulphur, phosphorus |
| Calculations of empirical formulae and molecular formulae; numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis |
Some basic principles of organic chemistry |
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| Tetravalency of carbon; shapes of simple molecules-hybridization (s and p); classification of organic compounds based on functional groups: - C = C- and those containing halogens, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur; homologous series |
| Isomerism-structural and stereoisomerism |
| Nomenclature (trivial and IUPAC) covalent bond fission-homolytic and heterolytic: Free radicals, carbocations and carbanions; stability of carbocations and free radicals, electrophiles, and nucleophiles |
| Electronic displacement in a covalent bond-inductive effect, electromeric effect, resonance, and hyperconjugation |
Hydrocarbons |
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| Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions |
| Alkanes-conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane); mechanism of halogenation of alkanes |
| Alkenes-geometrical isomerism; mechanism of electrophilic addition: addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markovnikov's and peroxide effect); ozonolysis and polymerization |
| Alkynes-acidic character; addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, and hydrogen halides; polymerization |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons-nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity; mechanism of electrophilic substitution: Halogenation, nitration, Friedel-Craft’s alkylation and acylation |
Organic compounds containing halogens |
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| Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions |
| Alkanes-conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane); mechanism of halogenation of alkanes |
| Alkenes-geometrical isomerism; mechanism of electrophilic addition: Addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markownikoff’s and peroxide effect); ozonolysis and polymerization |
| Alkynes-acidic character; addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, and hydrogen halides; polymerization |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons-nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity; mechanism of electrophilic substitution: Halogenation, nitration, Friedel-craft’s alkylation, and acylation |
Organic compounds containing oxygen |
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| General methods of preparation, properties, reactions, and uses |
| Alcohols, phenols, and ethers alcohols: Identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration |
| Phenols: Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions: Halogenation, nitration, and sulphonation, Reimer-Tiemann reaction |
| Ethers: Structure |
| Aldehyde and ketones: Nature of carbonyl group; nucleophilic addition to > C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones; important reactions such as-nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN, NH3, and its derivatives), Grignard reagent |
| Aldehyde and ketones: Oxidation; reduction (Wolff Kishner and Clemmensen); acidity of-hydrogen, aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Haloform reaction; chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and Ketones |
| Carboxylic acids acidic strength and factors affecting it |
Organic compounds containing nitrogen |
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| General methods of preparation, properties, reactions, and uses |
| Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, basic character, and identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines and their basic character |
| Diazonium salts: importance in synthetic organic chemistry |
Chemistry in everyday life |
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| Chemicals in medicines-analgesics, tranquilizers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamins-their meaning and common examples |
| Chemicals in food-preservatives, artificial sweetening agents-common examples |
| Cleansing agents-soaps and detergents, cleansing action |
Physics
Physics: Unit 01
Kinematics |
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| Frame of reference |
| Motion in a straight line: Position-time graph, speed, and velocity |
| Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position-time graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion |
| Scalars and vectors, vector addition, and subtraction, zero vector, scalar and vector products, unit vector, resolution of a vector |
| Relative velocity, motion in a plane, projectile motion, uniform circular motion |
Laws of motion |
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| Force and inertia, Newton’s first law of motion; momentum, Newton’s second law of motion; impulse; Newton’s third law of motion |
| Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, equilibrium of concurrent forces |
| Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction |
| Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications |
Work, energy, and power |
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| Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, work energy theorem, power |
| Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non-conservative forces; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions |
Rotational motion |
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| Centre of mass of a two-particle system, centre of mass of a rigid body; basic concepts of rotational motion; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; moment of inertia, radius of gyration |
| Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications |
Gravitation |
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| The universal law of gravitation |
| Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth |
| Kepler’s laws of planetary motion |
| Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential |
| Escape velocity |
| Orbital velocity of a satellite |
| Geostationary satellites |
Thermodynamics |
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| Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature |
| Heat, work, and internal energy |
| First law of thermodynamics |
| Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes |
| Carnot engine and its efficiency |
Kinetic theory of gases |
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| Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas |
| Kinetic theory of gases-assumptions, concept of pressure |
| Kinetic energy and temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy, applications to specific heat capacities of gases; mean free path, Avogadro’s number |
Oscillations and waves |
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| Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring-restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM-kinetic and potential energies |
| Simple pendulum-derivation of expression for its time period; free, forced, and damped oscillations, resonance |
| Wave motion |
| Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a wave |
| Displacement relation for a progressive wave |
| Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, beats, Doppler effect in sound |
Electrostatics |
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| Electric charges: Conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law-forces between two point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution |
| Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field |
| Electric flux, Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell |
| Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field |
| Conductors and insulators, dielectrics, and electric polarization, capacitor, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates |
| Energy stored in a capacitor |
Current electricity |
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| Electric current, drift velocity, Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, resistances of different materials, V-I characteristics of Ohmic and non Ohmic conductors, electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity, colour code for resistors |
| Series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance |
| Electric cell and its internal resistance, potential difference and EMF of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel |
| Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications |
| Wheatstone bridge, meter bridge |
| Potentiometer-principle and its applications |
Magnetic effects of current and magnetism |
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| 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 moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields |
| Cyclotron |
| Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field |
| Force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere |
| Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity, and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter |
| Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment |
| Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements |
| Para-, dia-, and ferro- magnetic substances |
| Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, hysteresis, electromagnets, and permanent magnets |
Electromagnetic waves |
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| Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics |
| Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves |
| Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) |
| Applications of EM waves |
| Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula, total internal reflection and its applications, deviation and dispersion of light by a prism, lens formula, magnification, power of a lens |
| Combination of thin lenses in contact, microscope, and astronomical telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers |
| Wave optics: Wave front and Huygens’ principle, laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens principle |
| Interference, Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width |
| Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum |
| Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes, polarization, plane polarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and polaroids |
Dual nature of matter and radiation |
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| Dual nature of radiation |
| Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation; particle nature of light |
| Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie relation |
| Davisson Germer experiment |
Atoms and nuclei |
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| Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum |
| Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones |
| Radioactivity-alpha, beta, and gamma particles/ rays and their properties; radioactive decay law |
| Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion |
English
English: Unit 01
Grammar |
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| Agreement, time and tense, parallel construction, relative pronouns, determiners, prepositions, modals, adjectives, voice, transformation, question tags, phrasal verbs |
Vocabulary |
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| Synonyms, antonyms, odd word, one word, jumbled letters, homophones, spelling, contextual meaning, analogy |
Reading comprehension |
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| Content/ ideas, vocabular, referents, idioms/ phrases, reconstruction (rewording) |
Composition |
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| Rearrangement, paragraph unity, linkers/ connectives |
Biology
Biology: Unit 01
Reproduction in organisms |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Post fertilization events-development of seed and formation of fruit; special modes-apomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony; significance of seed dispersal and fruit formation |
Human reproduction |
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| Male and female reproductive systems; microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary; gametogenesis-spermatogenesis and oogenesis; menstrual cycle; fertilisation, embryo development upto blastocyst formation, implantation |
| Pregnancy and placenta formation (elementary idea); parturition (elementary idea); lactation (elementary idea) |
Reproductive health |
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| 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 (elementary idea for general awareness) |
Principles of inheritance and variation |
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| Heredity and variation: Mendelian inheritance; deviations from Mendelism-incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles and inheritance of blood groups, pleiotropy; elementary idea of polygenic inheritance; chromosome theory of inheritance |
| Chromosomes and genes; sex determination-in humans, birds and honey bee; linkage and crossing over; sex linked inheritance-haemophilia, colour blindness; Mendelian disorders in humans-thalassemia; chromosomal disorders in humans; Down’s syndrome |
| Turner’s and Klinefelter’s syndromes |
Molecular basis of inheritance |
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| 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 |
Evolution |
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| Origin of life; biological evolution and evidences for biological evolution (paleontology, comparative anatomy, embryology and molecular evidences); Darwin’s contribution, modern synthetic theory of evolution |
| Mechanism of evolution-variation (mutation and recombination) and natural selection with examples, types of natural selection; Gene flow and genetic drift; Hardy-Weinberg’s principle; adaptive radiation; human evolution |
Human health and diseases |
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| Pathogens; parasites causing human diseases (malaria, dengue, Chikungunya, filariasis, ascariasis, typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ringworm) and their control; basic concepts of immunology-vaccines; cancer, HIV and AIDS |
| Adolescence-drug and alcohol abuse |
Strategies for enhancement in food production |
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| Improvement in food production: Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, biofortification, apiculture and animal husbandry |
Microbes in human welfare |
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| In household food processing, industrial production, sewage treatment, energy generation and microbes as biocontrol agents and bio fertilizers |
| Antibiotics; production and judicious use |
Biotechnology-principles and processes |
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| Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology) |
Biotechnology and its application |
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| 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, biopiracy and patents |
Organisms and populations |
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| Organisms and environment: Habitat and niche, population and ecological adaptations; population interactions-mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism; population attributes-growth, birth rate and death rate, age distribution |
Ecosystem |
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| Ecosystems: 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 |
| Ecosystems: Ecological services-oxygen release (in brief) |
Biodiversity and its conservation |
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| Concept of biodiversity; patterns of biodiversity; importance of biodiversity; loss of biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; hotspots, endangered organisms, extinction, Red Data book, biosphere reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and Ramsar sites |
Environmental issues |
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| 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; ozone layer depletion; deforestation |
| Any one case study as success story addressing environmental issue(s) |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Exam Pattern
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.E Exam Pattern
Candidates must check the CUCET exam pattern 2024 beforehand. The exam pattern of CUCET 2024 includes details about the basic test modalities such as mode, medium, exam duration, marking scheme, and other vital details. Chandigarh University CET 2024 will be an online, computer-based test, to be conducted for two hours duration. The test paper of Chandigarh University CET 2024 will consist of 100 objective-type questions. Candidates may check more details related to the pattern below.
CUCET 2024 Exam Pattern Engineering
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Particulars |
Details |
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Mode of the exam |
Online |
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Duration |
120 minutes |
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Type of questions |
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
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Total number of questions asked |
100 |
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Marking scheme |
For every correct answer, 1 mark will be awarded There is no negative marking for a wrong answer |
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Subjects |
There will be 4 sections
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Number of questions per subject |
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English |
10 |
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Physics |
30 |
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Chemistry/Computer |
30 |
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Mathematics |
30 |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) MBA Exam Pattern
The conducting body of the exam has specified the CUCET MBA 2024 exam pattern which includes the name of sections from which questions will be asked, exam mode as well as total time duration.
- CUCET MBA 2024 - Questions will be asked from English (15 questions), Quantitative Analysis (30 questions), General Knowledge (25 questions), and Logical Reasoning (30 questions).
- CUCET MBA 2024 will be conducted in online mode
- Type of questions - The questions will be of objective type (MCQs)
- Total time duration - Candidates will be given 120 minutes to complete the test
- Marking scheme - 1 mark will be awarded for every correct response
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No marks will be deducted for incorrect answers
Chandigarh University (CUCET) Integrated Law Exam Pattern
The exam conducting body has prescribed the test pattern for CUCET law. The exam pattern informs about the basic test modalities such as mode, medium, exam duration, marking scheme and other vital details. The CUCET 2024 will be an online, computer-based test, to be conducted for two hours duration. The test paper of CUCET law 2024 will consist of 100 objective-type questions. Candidates may check more details related to the pattern below.
CUET Law Exam Pattern 2024
| Particular | Details |
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Mode |
Online, remote proctored mode |
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Exam duration |
120 minutes |
| Number of questions | 100 |
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Type of questions |
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
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Marking scheme |
Each question will carry one mark. There will be no negative marking for incorrect answers. |
CUCET LLB syllabus 2024
Legal aptitude
- Indian Constitution
- Indian polity
- Legal reasoning
- Legal Maxims
General Studies
- History
- Environment
- Geography
- Economics
- Polity
- General Science
- General Knowledge etc. up to class - 12th level
Current affairs
Current events of national and international importance with special focus on legal aspects
Reasoning
- Puzzle
- Sets
- Number-series
- Logical patterns
- blood relations
Chandigarh University (CUCET) B.Sc (Agriculture) Exam Pattern
The CUCET exam pattern 2024 for BSc Agriculture provides important details about the various aspects related to the entrance examination. These aspects are necessary for the candidates to know as it will help them to formulate a preparation strategy for the entrance test. The duration of the CUCET 2024 exam is 120 minutes. The question paper of CUCET 2024 will consist of 100 MCQs. For every correct answer, candidates will get one mark and there is no negative marking for an incorrect answer.
CUCET 2024 BSc Agriculture Exam Pattern
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English |
10 questions |
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Physics |
30 questions |
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Chemistry |
30 questions |
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Biology |
30 questions |
Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Admit Card
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Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Result
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Chandigarh University (CUCET) 2024 Counselling
Chandigarh University (CUCET) MBA Counselling
After declaration of CUCET result, authorities will organize counselling process for shortlisted candidates. Candidates will have to appear for the counselling rounds at the participating institutes. Prior to appearing for CUCET MBA counselling, candidates will have to fill the admission form which will be available on the respective website of the institute.
Documents Required at Counselling
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
General Information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Question: What are the courses offered by Chandigarh University through CUCET?
Answer:
Chandigarh University offers courses such as B.tech, integrated LLB, pharmacy, agriculture and MBA courses through CUCET.
Question: When is the CUCET phase 1 application 2024 last date?
Answer:
Candidates can submit the CUCET 2024 phase 1 application by May 31, 2024.
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syllabus of this Exam2024 for B.Sc. nursing
28th Feb, 2024
Hello aspirant,
The entrance test for the AIIMS BSc Nursing programme follows a set format to evaluate candidates' knowledge and abilities. Questions for the AIIMS BSc (Hons.) Nursing exam come from four subjects: general knowledge, physics, chemistry, and biology. Each topic has a set number of marks. The exam lasts for 120 minutes and is administered online.
To know the syllabus you can visit our website by clicking on the link given below.
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/aiims-bsc-nursing-exam-pattern
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Hope this information helps you.
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chandigarh University fees total 5 years BBA LLB program
12th Feb, 2024
Hello,
BBA LLB stands for Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Legislative Law. It is a five-year integrated undergraduate program that combines the study of business administration and law. This program is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in both business management and legal principles. It covers subjects such as business law, constitutional law, corporate law, contracts, economics, finance, etc.
The total 5 years fees for BBA LLB Programme in Chandigarh University is INR 1,75,000.
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to get admission in 2023 when i should give cucet exam?
27th Jul, 2022
You should give your CUCET after your 12th board exams
And you should give the exam in the year 2023
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pharm D course fee structure and college ranking,
10th Jul, 2022
Below, the best PharmD colleges are provided, you can click on this names, in order to know about the details such as admission process/fees details etc:
Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore
Government College of Pharmacy, Amravati
JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
Government College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad
Dr D Y Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pune
PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore
Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
SRM College of Pharmacy, Kattankulathur
MCOPS Manipal - Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
LM College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad
For more colleges offering the Pharma.D course, consider the link belowL:
https://pharmacy.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-pharmd-colleges-in-india
For more information regarding the career after Pharm.D consider the link below:
https://www.careers360.com/courses/pharm-d-doctor-of-pharmacy
I hope this helps. Wish you a great eve!
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