IIT JEE Result Date : IIT JEE 2011 Result is likely to be declared in the month of May, 2011
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IIT JEE Aptitude Syllabus
IIT JEE Aptitude Syllabus ( FOR B.Arch. and B. Des. PROGRAMMES )
Freehand drawing
This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale. Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.
Geometrical drawing
Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders etc.
Three-dimensional perception
Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.
Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity
Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping. Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.
Architectural awareness
General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers etc. ) in the related domain.
Freehand drawing
This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale. Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.
Geometrical drawing
Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders etc.
Three-dimensional perception
Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.
Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity
Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping. Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.
Architectural awareness
General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers etc. ) in the related domain.
IIT JEE Chemistry Syllabus
Physical Chemistry :
General Topics : Concept of atoms and molecules; Daltons atomic theory; Mole concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement reactions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality.
Gaseous and Liquid States : Absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation; Deviation from ideality, van der Walls equation; Kinetic theory of gases, average, root mean square and most probable velocities and their relation with temperature; Law of partial pressures; Vapour pressure; Diffusion of gases.
Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding : Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum numbers; Wave – particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic configurations of elements (up to atomic number 36); Aufbau principle; Paulis exclusion principle and Hunds rule; Orbital overlap and covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals only; Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species; Hydrogen bond; Polarity in molecules, dipole moment (qualitative aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral).
Energetics : First law of thermodynamics; Internal Energy, Work and Heat, Pressure – Volume Work; Enthalpy, Hesss Law; Heat of Reaction, Fusion and Vapourization; Second Law of Thermodynamics; Entropy; Free Energy; Criterion of Spontaneity.
Chemical Equilibrium : Law of Mass Action; Equilibrium Constant, Le Chatelier’s Principle (Effect of Concentration, Temperature and Pressure); Significance of DG and DGo in Chemical Equilibrium; Solubility Product, Common Ion Effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts.
Electrochemistry : Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Nernst equation and its relation to DG; Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law; Concentration cells.
Chemical Kinetics : Rates of chemical reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant; First order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation).
Solid State : Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, alpha, beta, gamma), close packed structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic compounds, point defects.
Solutions : Raoult’s law; Molecular weight determination from lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point.
Surface Chemistry : Elementary concepts of adsorption (excluding adsorption isotherms); Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions, surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples).
Nuclear Chemistry : Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars; Properties of alpha, beta and gamma rays; Kinetics of radioactive decay (decay series excluded), carbon dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to proton – neutron ratio; Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions.
Inorganic Chemistry
Isolation / Preparation and Properties of the following Non – Metals : Boron, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and halogens; Properties of allotropes of carbon (only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur.
Preparation and properties of the following Compounds :
Oxides, Peroxides, Hydroxides, Carbonates, Bicarbonates, Chlorides and Sulphates of Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium and Calcium; Boron: Diborane, Boric Acid and Borax; Aluminium: Alumina, Aluminium Chloride and Alums; Carbon: Oxides and Oxyacid (Carbonic Acid); Silicon: Silicones, Silicates And Silicon Carbide; Nitrogen: Oxides, Oxyacids and Ammonia; Phosphorus: Oxides, Oxyacids (Phosphorus Acid, Phosphoric Acid) and Phosphine; Oxygen: Ozone And Hydrogen Peroxide; Sulphur: Hydrogen Sulphide, Oxides, Sulphurous Acid, Sulphuric Acid and Sodium Thiosulphate; Halogens: Hydrohalic Acids, Oxides and Oxyacids Of Chlorine, Bleaching Powder; Xenon Fluorides.
Transition Elements (3d series) :
Definition, General Characteristics, Oxidation States and Their Stabilities, Colour (Excluding the Details of Electronic Transitions) and Calculation of Spin – Only Magnetic Moment; Coordination Compounds: Nomenclature of Mononuclear Coordination Compounds, CIS – Trans and Ionisation Isomerisms, Hybridization and Geometries of Mononuclear Coordination Compounds (Linear, Tetrahedral, Square Planar and Octahedral).
Preparation and Properties of the following Compounds :
Oxides and Chlorides of Tin and Lead; Oxides, Chlorides and Sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+; Potassium Permanganate, Potassium Dichromate, Silver Oxide, Silver Nitrate, Silver Thiosulphate.
Ores and Minerals : Commonly occurring Ores and Minerals of Iron, Copper, Tin, Lead, Magnesium, Aluminium, Zinc and Silver.
Extractive Metallurgy : Chemical Principles and Reactions only (industrial details excluded); Carbon Reduction Method (iron and tin); Self Reduction Method (Copper and Lead); Electrolytic Reduction Method (Magnesium and Aluminium); Cyanide Process (Silver and Gold).
Principles of Qualitative Analysis : Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+); Nitrate, Halides (excluding Fluoride), Sulphate and Sulphide.
Organic Chemistry
Concepts : Hybridisation of Carbon; Sigma and Pi – Bonds; Shapes of Simple Organic Molecules; Structural and Geometrical Isomerism; Optical Isomerism of Compounds containing up to two asymmetric centres, (R,S and E,Z nomenclature excluded); IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds (only hydrocarbons, mono – functional and bi – functional compounds); Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections); Resonance and hyperconjugation; Keto – enol tautomerism; Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds (only combustion method); Hydrogen Bonds : definition and their effects on physical properties of alcohols and carboxylic acids; Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and basicity of organic acids and bases; Polarity and inductive effects in alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals.
Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Alkanes :
Homologous Series, Physical Properties of Alkanes (Melting Points, Boiling Points and Density); Combustion and Halogenation of Alkanes; Preparation of Alkanes by Wurtz Reaction and Decarboxylation Reactions.
Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes :
Physical Properties of Alkenes and Alkynes (Boiling Points, Density and Dipole Moments); Acidity of Alkynes; Acid Catalysed Hydration of Alkenes and Alkynes (excluding the stereochemistry of addition and elimination); Reactions of Alkenes with KMnO4 and Ozone; Reduction of Alkenes and Alkynes; Preparation of Alkenes and Alkynes by Elimination Reactions; Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes with X2, HX, HOX and H2O (X=halogen); Addition Reactions of Alkynes; Metal Acetylides.
Reactions of Benzene : Structure and Aromaticity; Electrophilic Substitution Reactions: Halogenation, Nitration, Sulphonation, Friedel – Crafts Alkylation and Acylation; Effect of o-, m- and p- directing groups in monosubstituted benzenes.
Phenols : Acidity, Electrophilic Substitution Reactions (Halogenation, Nitration and Sulphonation); Reimer – Tieman Reaction, Kolbe Reaction.
Characteristic reactions of the following (including those mentioned above) : Alkyl Halides : Rearrangement Reactions of Alkyl Carbocation, Grignard Reactions, Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions; Alcohols: Esterification, Dehydration and Oxidation, Reaction with Sodium, Phosphorus Halides, ZnCl2 / concentrated HCl, conversion of alcohols into aldehydes and ketones; Ethers : Preparation by Williamson’s Synthesis; Aldehydes and Ketones : Oxidation, Reduction, Oxime and Hydrazone Formation; Aldol Condensation, Perkin Reaction; Cannizzaro Reaction; Haloform Reaction and Nucleophilic Addition Reactions (Grignard Addition); Carboxylic Acids : Formation of Esters, Acid Chlorides and Amides, Ester Hydrolysis; Amines: Basicity of Substituted Anilines and Aliphatic Amines, preparation from Nitro Compounds, Reaction with Nitrous Acid, Azo Coupling Reaction of Diazonium Salts of Aromatic Amines, Sandmeyer and Related Reactions of Diazonium Salts; Carbylamine Reaction; Haloarenes : Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution in Haloarenes and Substituted Haloarenes (excluding Benzyne Mechanism and Cine Substitution).
Carbohydrates : Classification; mono – and di – saccharides (glucose and sucrose); Oxidation, Reduction, Glycoside Formation and Hydrolysis of Sucrose.
Amino Acids and Peptides : General structure (only primary structure for peptides) and physical properties.
Properties and uses of some important polymers : Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon and PVC.
Practical Organic Chemistry : Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and identification of the following functional groups : hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), carboxyl, amino and nitro; Chemical methods of separation of mono – functional organic compounds from binary mixtures.
General Topics : Concept of atoms and molecules; Daltons atomic theory; Mole concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement reactions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality.
Gaseous and Liquid States : Absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation; Deviation from ideality, van der Walls equation; Kinetic theory of gases, average, root mean square and most probable velocities and their relation with temperature; Law of partial pressures; Vapour pressure; Diffusion of gases.
Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding : Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum numbers; Wave – particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic configurations of elements (up to atomic number 36); Aufbau principle; Paulis exclusion principle and Hunds rule; Orbital overlap and covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals only; Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species; Hydrogen bond; Polarity in molecules, dipole moment (qualitative aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral).
Energetics : First law of thermodynamics; Internal Energy, Work and Heat, Pressure – Volume Work; Enthalpy, Hesss Law; Heat of Reaction, Fusion and Vapourization; Second Law of Thermodynamics; Entropy; Free Energy; Criterion of Spontaneity.
Chemical Equilibrium : Law of Mass Action; Equilibrium Constant, Le Chatelier’s Principle (Effect of Concentration, Temperature and Pressure); Significance of DG and DGo in Chemical Equilibrium; Solubility Product, Common Ion Effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts.
Electrochemistry : Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Nernst equation and its relation to DG; Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law; Concentration cells.
Chemical Kinetics : Rates of chemical reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant; First order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation).
Solid State : Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, alpha, beta, gamma), close packed structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic compounds, point defects.
Solutions : Raoult’s law; Molecular weight determination from lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point.
Surface Chemistry : Elementary concepts of adsorption (excluding adsorption isotherms); Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions, surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples).
Nuclear Chemistry : Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars; Properties of alpha, beta and gamma rays; Kinetics of radioactive decay (decay series excluded), carbon dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to proton – neutron ratio; Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions.
Inorganic Chemistry
Isolation / Preparation and Properties of the following Non – Metals : Boron, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and halogens; Properties of allotropes of carbon (only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur.
Preparation and properties of the following Compounds :
Oxides, Peroxides, Hydroxides, Carbonates, Bicarbonates, Chlorides and Sulphates of Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium and Calcium; Boron: Diborane, Boric Acid and Borax; Aluminium: Alumina, Aluminium Chloride and Alums; Carbon: Oxides and Oxyacid (Carbonic Acid); Silicon: Silicones, Silicates And Silicon Carbide; Nitrogen: Oxides, Oxyacids and Ammonia; Phosphorus: Oxides, Oxyacids (Phosphorus Acid, Phosphoric Acid) and Phosphine; Oxygen: Ozone And Hydrogen Peroxide; Sulphur: Hydrogen Sulphide, Oxides, Sulphurous Acid, Sulphuric Acid and Sodium Thiosulphate; Halogens: Hydrohalic Acids, Oxides and Oxyacids Of Chlorine, Bleaching Powder; Xenon Fluorides.
Transition Elements (3d series) :
Definition, General Characteristics, Oxidation States and Their Stabilities, Colour (Excluding the Details of Electronic Transitions) and Calculation of Spin – Only Magnetic Moment; Coordination Compounds: Nomenclature of Mononuclear Coordination Compounds, CIS – Trans and Ionisation Isomerisms, Hybridization and Geometries of Mononuclear Coordination Compounds (Linear, Tetrahedral, Square Planar and Octahedral).
Preparation and Properties of the following Compounds :
Oxides and Chlorides of Tin and Lead; Oxides, Chlorides and Sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+; Potassium Permanganate, Potassium Dichromate, Silver Oxide, Silver Nitrate, Silver Thiosulphate.
Ores and Minerals : Commonly occurring Ores and Minerals of Iron, Copper, Tin, Lead, Magnesium, Aluminium, Zinc and Silver.
Extractive Metallurgy : Chemical Principles and Reactions only (industrial details excluded); Carbon Reduction Method (iron and tin); Self Reduction Method (Copper and Lead); Electrolytic Reduction Method (Magnesium and Aluminium); Cyanide Process (Silver and Gold).
Principles of Qualitative Analysis : Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+); Nitrate, Halides (excluding Fluoride), Sulphate and Sulphide.
Organic Chemistry
Concepts : Hybridisation of Carbon; Sigma and Pi – Bonds; Shapes of Simple Organic Molecules; Structural and Geometrical Isomerism; Optical Isomerism of Compounds containing up to two asymmetric centres, (R,S and E,Z nomenclature excluded); IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds (only hydrocarbons, mono – functional and bi – functional compounds); Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections); Resonance and hyperconjugation; Keto – enol tautomerism; Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds (only combustion method); Hydrogen Bonds : definition and their effects on physical properties of alcohols and carboxylic acids; Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and basicity of organic acids and bases; Polarity and inductive effects in alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals.
Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Alkanes :
Homologous Series, Physical Properties of Alkanes (Melting Points, Boiling Points and Density); Combustion and Halogenation of Alkanes; Preparation of Alkanes by Wurtz Reaction and Decarboxylation Reactions.
Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes :
Physical Properties of Alkenes and Alkynes (Boiling Points, Density and Dipole Moments); Acidity of Alkynes; Acid Catalysed Hydration of Alkenes and Alkynes (excluding the stereochemistry of addition and elimination); Reactions of Alkenes with KMnO4 and Ozone; Reduction of Alkenes and Alkynes; Preparation of Alkenes and Alkynes by Elimination Reactions; Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes with X2, HX, HOX and H2O (X=halogen); Addition Reactions of Alkynes; Metal Acetylides.
Reactions of Benzene : Structure and Aromaticity; Electrophilic Substitution Reactions: Halogenation, Nitration, Sulphonation, Friedel – Crafts Alkylation and Acylation; Effect of o-, m- and p- directing groups in monosubstituted benzenes.
Phenols : Acidity, Electrophilic Substitution Reactions (Halogenation, Nitration and Sulphonation); Reimer – Tieman Reaction, Kolbe Reaction.
Characteristic reactions of the following (including those mentioned above) : Alkyl Halides : Rearrangement Reactions of Alkyl Carbocation, Grignard Reactions, Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions; Alcohols: Esterification, Dehydration and Oxidation, Reaction with Sodium, Phosphorus Halides, ZnCl2 / concentrated HCl, conversion of alcohols into aldehydes and ketones; Ethers : Preparation by Williamson’s Synthesis; Aldehydes and Ketones : Oxidation, Reduction, Oxime and Hydrazone Formation; Aldol Condensation, Perkin Reaction; Cannizzaro Reaction; Haloform Reaction and Nucleophilic Addition Reactions (Grignard Addition); Carboxylic Acids : Formation of Esters, Acid Chlorides and Amides, Ester Hydrolysis; Amines: Basicity of Substituted Anilines and Aliphatic Amines, preparation from Nitro Compounds, Reaction with Nitrous Acid, Azo Coupling Reaction of Diazonium Salts of Aromatic Amines, Sandmeyer and Related Reactions of Diazonium Salts; Carbylamine Reaction; Haloarenes : Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution in Haloarenes and Substituted Haloarenes (excluding Benzyne Mechanism and Cine Substitution).
Carbohydrates : Classification; mono – and di – saccharides (glucose and sucrose); Oxidation, Reduction, Glycoside Formation and Hydrolysis of Sucrose.
Amino Acids and Peptides : General structure (only primary structure for peptides) and physical properties.
Properties and uses of some important polymers : Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon and PVC.
Practical Organic Chemistry : Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and identification of the following functional groups : hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), carboxyl, amino and nitro; Chemical methods of separation of mono – functional organic compounds from binary mixtures.
IIT JEE Physics Syllabus
IIT JEE Physics Syllabus
General
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least count, significant figures; Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer), Determination of g using simple pendulum, Young’s modulus by Searle’s method, Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter, focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using u-v method, Speed of sound using resonance column, Verification of Ohm’s law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific resistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box.
Mechanics
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles; Uniform Circular motion; Relative velocity.
Newton’s laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference; Static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy; Work and power; Conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy.
Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse; Elastic and inelastic collisions.
Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape velocity.
Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; Torque; Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies; Collision of point masses with rigid bodies.
Linear and angular simple harmonic motions.
Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus.
Pressure in a fluid; Pascal’s law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded), Stoke’s law; Terminal velocity, Streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves; Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration of strings and air columns;Resonance; Beats; Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).
Thermal Physics
Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases; Calorimetry, latent heat; Heat conduction in one dimension; Elementary concepts of convection and radiation; Newton’s law of cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cv and Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and work; First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases); Blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive powers; Kirchhoff’s law; Wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law.
Electricity and Magnetism
Coulomb’s law; Electric field and potential; Electrical potential energy of a system of point charges and of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field; Electric field lines; Flux of electric field; Gauss’s law and its application in simple cases, such as, to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics; Capacitors in series and parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor.
Electric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and cells; Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications; Heating effect of current.
Biot–Savart’s law and Ampere’s law; Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight wire, along the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field.
Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop; Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law; Self and mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources.
Optics
Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; Total internal reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses; Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses; Magnification.
Wave nature of light: Huygen’s principle, interference limited to Young’s double-slit experiment.
Modern Physics
Atomic nucleus; Alpha, beta and gamma radiations; Law of radioactive decay; Decay constant; Half-life and mean life; Binding energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion processes; Energy calculation in these processes.
Photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves.
General
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least count, significant figures; Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer), Determination of g using simple pendulum, Young’s modulus by Searle’s method, Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter, focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using u-v method, Speed of sound using resonance column, Verification of Ohm’s law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific resistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box.
Mechanics
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles; Uniform Circular motion; Relative velocity.
Newton’s laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference; Static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy; Work and power; Conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy.
Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse; Elastic and inelastic collisions.
Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape velocity.
Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; Torque; Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies; Collision of point masses with rigid bodies.
Linear and angular simple harmonic motions.
Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus.
Pressure in a fluid; Pascal’s law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded), Stoke’s law; Terminal velocity, Streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves; Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration of strings and air columns;Resonance; Beats; Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).
Thermal Physics
Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases; Calorimetry, latent heat; Heat conduction in one dimension; Elementary concepts of convection and radiation; Newton’s law of cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cv and Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and work; First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases); Blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive powers; Kirchhoff’s law; Wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law.
Electricity and Magnetism
Coulomb’s law; Electric field and potential; Electrical potential energy of a system of point charges and of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field; Electric field lines; Flux of electric field; Gauss’s law and its application in simple cases, such as, to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics; Capacitors in series and parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor.
Electric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and cells; Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications; Heating effect of current.
Biot–Savart’s law and Ampere’s law; Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight wire, along the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field.
Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop; Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law; Self and mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources.
Optics
Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; Total internal reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses; Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses; Magnification.
Wave nature of light: Huygen’s principle, interference limited to Young’s double-slit experiment.
Modern Physics
Atomic nucleus; Alpha, beta and gamma radiations; Law of radioactive decay; Decay constant; Half-life and mean life; Binding energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion processes; Energy calculation in these processes.
Photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves.
IIT JEE Mathematics Syllabus
Algebra
Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar representation, properties of modulus and principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretations.
Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and coefficients, formation of quadratic equations with given roots, symmetric functions of roots.
Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series, sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural numbers.
Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar representation, properties of modulus and principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretations.
Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and coefficients, formation of quadratic equations with given roots, symmetric functions of roots.
Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series, sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural numbers.
IIT JEE Exam Pattern
There will be two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers will consist of three separate sections on Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.
Questions in these papers will be of objective type. The answers for each of the questions are to be recorded on a separate specially designed machine-gradable sheet of paper (ORS – Optical Response Sheet).
While answering each of the questions the candidate is expected to darken the bubble against correct answer(s) using hard black (HB) pencils only. In some sections, incorrect answers may be awarded negative marks.
Questions in these papers will be of objective type. The answers for each of the questions are to be recorded on a separate specially designed machine-gradable sheet of paper (ORS – Optical Response Sheet).
While answering each of the questions the candidate is expected to darken the bubble against correct answer(s) using hard black (HB) pencils only. In some sections, incorrect answers may be awarded negative marks.
IIT JEE Eligibility
A candidate has to satisfy ALL the eligibility conditions given below:
*A candidate can attempt JEE only twice, in consecutive years.
*Candidates should have either passed the qualifying examination in the year of the test or the year previous to it. They should also satisfy the specific eligibility criteria in the qualifying examination.
*Candidates should meet the age requirements given below.
*Candidates should NOT have accepted admission by paying full fees at any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi or ISMU, Dhanbad, through earlier JEE.
*A candidate can attempt JEE only twice, in consecutive years.
*Candidates should have either passed the qualifying examination in the year of the test or the year previous to it. They should also satisfy the specific eligibility criteria in the qualifying examination.
*Candidates should meet the age requirements given below.
*Candidates should NOT have accepted admission by paying full fees at any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi or ISMU, Dhanbad, through earlier JEE.
WBJEE Results
West Bengal JEE Result Date : WBJEE Results 2011 is likely to be declared in the month of May, 2011.
WBJEE Biological Science Syllabus
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Unit of Life : Definition of life, Cell as the basic unit of life. Cell theory, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell – structure and differences.
Ultrastructure and functions of cellular components : Cell wall, Plasma membrane, Plastid, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Nucleus, Centrosomes, Cilia, Flagella.
Microscopy : Components and principles of Simple and Compound Microscope; Electron Microscope : Basic functional principles.
Physical and Chemical principles involved in maintenance of life processes : Diffusion, Osmosis, Absorption, Osmoregulation.
Biomolecules : Classification and structural properties of carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, proteins and nucleic acids.
Carbohydrates : Monosaccharides, digosaccharides, and polysaccharides (starch, glycogen, cellulose). Proteins : Simple (albumins, globulins, collagen) and conjugated proteins (only examples).
Nucleic acids : Structure of DNA, RNA, types of RNA.
Enzymes : Definition & properties, Examples; Mechanism of Action, Allosterism and Regulation.
Chromosomes and Cell Division : Morphology of of chromosomes; Euchromatin and Heterochromatin. Nucleic acid as genetic material (Examples: Bacterial Transformation and Viral Transduction).
Brief idea of Polytene Chromosomes : Cell cycle and phases (excluding control mechanism). Characters of malignant cell; Process & significance of Meiosis.
Genetics : Laws of Heredity : (Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses; Mendel’s laws). Back cross, Test cross, Linkage, Crossing over, Sex linked inheritance – Colour blindness, Haemophilia.
Mutation : Definition and Types; Replication of DNA, Transcription and Translation (Brief idea).
Origin, Evolution and Diversity of Life : Haldane and Oparin’s concept on origin of life. Modern concept of Natural selection, Biological Species concept.
Unit of Life : Definition of life, Cell as the basic unit of life. Cell theory, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell – structure and differences.
Ultrastructure and functions of cellular components : Cell wall, Plasma membrane, Plastid, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Nucleus, Centrosomes, Cilia, Flagella.
Microscopy : Components and principles of Simple and Compound Microscope; Electron Microscope : Basic functional principles.
Physical and Chemical principles involved in maintenance of life processes : Diffusion, Osmosis, Absorption, Osmoregulation.
Biomolecules : Classification and structural properties of carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, proteins and nucleic acids.
Carbohydrates : Monosaccharides, digosaccharides, and polysaccharides (starch, glycogen, cellulose). Proteins : Simple (albumins, globulins, collagen) and conjugated proteins (only examples).
Nucleic acids : Structure of DNA, RNA, types of RNA.
Enzymes : Definition & properties, Examples; Mechanism of Action, Allosterism and Regulation.
Chromosomes and Cell Division : Morphology of of chromosomes; Euchromatin and Heterochromatin. Nucleic acid as genetic material (Examples: Bacterial Transformation and Viral Transduction).
Brief idea of Polytene Chromosomes : Cell cycle and phases (excluding control mechanism). Characters of malignant cell; Process & significance of Meiosis.
Genetics : Laws of Heredity : (Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses; Mendel’s laws). Back cross, Test cross, Linkage, Crossing over, Sex linked inheritance – Colour blindness, Haemophilia.
Mutation : Definition and Types; Replication of DNA, Transcription and Translation (Brief idea).
Origin, Evolution and Diversity of Life : Haldane and Oparin’s concept on origin of life. Modern concept of Natural selection, Biological Species concept.
WBJEE Chemistry Syllabus
CHEMISTRY
Atomic mass; Molecular mass; Equivalent weight; Valency; Gram atomic weight; Gram molecular weight; Gram equivalent weight and mole concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralization, and displacement reactions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality.
Percentage composition, empirical formula and molecular formula; Numerical problems. Atomic Structure
Concept of Nuclear Atom – electron, proton and neutron (charge and mass), atomic number; Rutherford’s model and its limitations; Extra nuclear structure; Line spectra of hydrogen atom.
Quantization of energy (Planck’s equation E = hv); Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom and its limitations,
Sommerfelds modifications (elementary idea); The four quantum numbers, ground state electronic configurations
of many electron atoms and mono-atomic ions; The Aufbau Principle; Pauli’s Exclusion Principle and Hund’s
Rule.
Atoms, Molecules and Chemical Arithmetic :
Dalton’s atomic theory; Gay Lussac ’s law of gaseous volume; Avo
Atomic mass; Molecular mass; Equivalent weight; Valency; Gram atomic weight; Gram molecular weight; Gram equivalent weight and mole concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralization, and displacement reactions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality.
Percentage composition, empirical formula and molecular formula; Numerical problems. Atomic Structure
Concept of Nuclear Atom – electron, proton and neutron (charge and mass), atomic number; Rutherford’s model and its limitations; Extra nuclear structure; Line spectra of hydrogen atom.
Quantization of energy (Planck’s equation E = hv); Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom and its limitations,
Sommerfelds modifications (elementary idea); The four quantum numbers, ground state electronic configurations
of many electron atoms and mono-atomic ions; The Aufbau Principle; Pauli’s Exclusion Principle and Hund’s
Rule.
WBJEE Mathematics Syllabus
MATHEMATICS
Algebra
A.P., G.P., H.P. : Definitions of A. P. and G.P.; General term; Summation of first n-terms; A.M.and G.M.; Definitions of H.P. (only 3 terms) and H.M.; Finite arithmetico-geometric series.
Logarithms: Definition; General properties; Change of base.
Complex Numbers: Definition and properties of complex numbers; Complex conjugate; Triangle inequality; Square root of complex numbers; Cube roots of unity; D’Moivre’s theorem (statement only) and its elementary applications.
Quadratic Equations : Quadratic equations with real coefficients; Relations between roots and coefficients; Nature of roots; Formation of a quadratic equation, sign and magnitude of the quadratic expression ax2+bx+c (a,b,c are rational numbers and a ~ 0).
Permutation and combination : Permutation of n different things taken r at a time (r <> 1), 7 divides 32n+1+2n+2(n > 1).
Binomial theorem (positive integral index) : Statement of the theorem, general term, middle term, equidistant terms, properties of binomial co-efficients.
Infinite series : Binomial theorem for negative and fractional index. Infinite G.P. series, Exponential and Logarithmic series with range of validity (statement only), simple applications.
Matrices : Concepts of m x n (m <>
Probability : Classical definition, addition rule, conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem, independence, multiplication rule.
Algebra
A.P., G.P., H.P. : Definitions of A. P. and G.P.; General term; Summation of first n-terms; A.M.and G.M.; Definitions of H.P. (only 3 terms) and H.M.; Finite arithmetico-geometric series.
Logarithms: Definition; General properties; Change of base.
Complex Numbers: Definition and properties of complex numbers; Complex conjugate; Triangle inequality; Square root of complex numbers; Cube roots of unity; D’Moivre’s theorem (statement only) and its elementary applications.
Quadratic Equations : Quadratic equations with real coefficients; Relations between roots and coefficients; Nature of roots; Formation of a quadratic equation, sign and magnitude of the quadratic expression ax2+bx+c (a,b,c are rational numbers and a ~ 0).
Permutation and combination : Permutation of n different things taken r at a time (r <> 1), 7 divides 32n+1+2n+2(n > 1).
Binomial theorem (positive integral index) : Statement of the theorem, general term, middle term, equidistant terms, properties of binomial co-efficients.
Infinite series : Binomial theorem for negative and fractional index. Infinite G.P. series, Exponential and Logarithmic series with range of validity (statement only), simple applications.
Matrices : Concepts of m x n (m <>
Probability : Classical definition, addition rule, conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem, independence, multiplication rule.
WBJEE Physics Syllabus
PHYSICS
Mechanics & General properties of matter
(i) Units and dimensions : Units of measurement, system of units, fundamental and derived units, S I units, dimensional analysis
Methods of measurement: Vernier scale, screw gauge, analysis of errors, significant figures.
(ii) Scalars and vectors: Addition, subtraction, multiplication of vectors
(iii) Kinematics in one, two and three dimensions, projectiles, uniform circular motion, centripetal force, centrifugal force, relative velocity
(iv) Dynamics : Newton’s laws of motion; inertial frames, uniformly accelerated frame (pseudo-forces), conservation of linear momentum, rocket motion, centre of mass, impulsive forces, friction.
(v) Work, Power and Energy , conservative and non-conservative forces, conservation of energy,
collision(elastic and inelastic).
(vi) Rotational motion : Torque, Torque, angular momentum and conservation of angular momentum, moment of inertia, radius of gyration, moment of inertia of objects with simple geometrical shapes, rotational kinetic energy and rolling on horizontal surface.
Gravitation : Laws of gravitation, gravitational field and potential, acceleration due to gravity and its variation, escape velocity, Kepler’s laws and planetary motion, motion of satellites, Geostationary orbit.
Elasticity : Hooke’s law, elastic modulii, Poisson’s ratio, elastic energy.
Hydrostatics and Fluid Mechanics : Pressure in a fluid, Pascal’s law, Archimedes’ principle, hydraulic press.
Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise.
Viscosity, streamline and turbulent motion, critical velocity, Reynold’s number, Stoke’s law, Bernoulli’s theorem.
Mechanics & General properties of matter
(i) Units and dimensions : Units of measurement, system of units, fundamental and derived units, S I units, dimensional analysis
Methods of measurement: Vernier scale, screw gauge, analysis of errors, significant figures.
(ii) Scalars and vectors: Addition, subtraction, multiplication of vectors
(iii) Kinematics in one, two and three dimensions, projectiles, uniform circular motion, centripetal force, centrifugal force, relative velocity
(iv) Dynamics : Newton’s laws of motion; inertial frames, uniformly accelerated frame (pseudo-forces), conservation of linear momentum, rocket motion, centre of mass, impulsive forces, friction.
(v) Work, Power and Energy , conservative and non-conservative forces, conservation of energy,
collision(elastic and inelastic).
(vi) Rotational motion : Torque, Torque, angular momentum and conservation of angular momentum, moment of inertia, radius of gyration, moment of inertia of objects with simple geometrical shapes, rotational kinetic energy and rolling on horizontal surface.
Gravitation : Laws of gravitation, gravitational field and potential, acceleration due to gravity and its variation, escape velocity, Kepler’s laws and planetary motion, motion of satellites, Geostationary orbit.
Elasticity : Hooke’s law, elastic modulii, Poisson’s ratio, elastic energy.
Hydrostatics and Fluid Mechanics : Pressure in a fluid, Pascal’s law, Archimedes’ principle, hydraulic press.
Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise.
Viscosity, streamline and turbulent motion, critical velocity, Reynold’s number, Stoke’s law, Bernoulli’s theorem.