COMEDK 2024 Syllabus
COMEDK 2024 Syllabus
PHYSICS SYLLABUS
                                             Class-XI– (2022-23)
Motion in a Plane
Scalar and vector quantities; Position and displacement vectors, general vectors and their notations;
equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Unit
vector; Resolution of a vector in a plane - rectangular components. Scalar and Vector product of vectors.
Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration-projectile motion. Uniform
circular motion.
Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle
on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road).
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                         Unit V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and centre of mass motion.
Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of a uniform rod.
Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, laws of conservation of angular momentum
and its applications.
Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion,
comparison of linear and rotational motions.
Moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of moments of inertia, for simple geometrical objects
(no derivation).
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                     Unit IX: Behavior of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases
Kinetic Theory
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done in compressing a gas.
Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, concept of pressure . Kinetic interpretation of
temperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equi-partition of energy (statement
only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of meanfree path, Avogadro's number.
Waves
Wave motion. Transverse and longitudinal waves, speed of travelling 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.
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                                           Unit II: Current Electricity
Current Electricity
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their relation
with electric current; Ohm’s law, V-I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power,
electrical resistivity and conductivity, temperature dependence of resistance.
Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel.
Kirchhoff’s laws, Wheatstone bridge.
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                                                Unit VI: Optics
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments.
Ray Optics:
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total internal reflection and
optical fibres, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula. Magnification,
power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact.. Refraction of light through a prism.
Optical instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying
powers.
Wave Optics
Wave optics: Wave front and Huygen's principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface
using wave fronts. Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen's principle. Interference, Young's
double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, (No derivation final expression only) coherent sources
and sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum, (qualitative
treatment only).
                              Unit VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein’s photoelectric
equation-particle nature of light. Experimental study of photoelectric effect.
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                                       COMEDK UGET 2024
                                       CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS
                                        CLASS XI (2022-23)
General Introduction: Importance and scope of Chemistry. Nature of matter, laws of chemical combination,
Dalton's atomic theory: concept of elements, atoms and molecules. Atomic and molecular masses, mole
concept and molar mass, percentage composition, empirical and molecular formula, chemical reactions,
stoichiometry and calculations based on stoichiometry.
2. Structure of Atom
Discovery of Electron, Proton and Neutron, atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Thomson's model and its
limitations. Rutherford's model and its limitations, Bohr's model and its limitations, concept of shells and
subshells, dual nature of matter and light, de Broglie's relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, concept
of orbitals, quantum numbers, shapes of s, p and d orbitals, rules for filling electrons in orbitals - Aufbau
principle, Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule, electronic configuration of atoms, stability of half-filled
and completely filled orbitals.
Significance of classification, brief history of the development of periodic table, modern periodic law and the
present form of periodic table, periodic trends in properties of elements -atomic radii, ionic radii, inert gas
radii, Ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, electronegativity, valency. Nomenclature of elements with
atomic number greater than 100.
Valence electrons, ionic bond, covalent bond, bond parameters, Lewis’s structure, polar character of covalent
bond, covalent character of ionic bond, valence bond theory, resonance, geometry of covalent molecules,
VSEPR theory, concept of hybridization, involving s, p and d orbitals and shapes of some simple molecules,
molecular orbital theory of homonuclear diatomic molecules (qualitative idea only), Hydrogen bond.
5. Chemical Thermodynamics
Concepts of System and types of systems, surroundings, work, heat, energy, extensive and intensive
properties, state functions. First law of thermodynamics -internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity and
specific heat, measurement of ΔU and ΔH, Hess's law of constant heat summation, enthalpy of bond
dissociation, combustion, formation, atomization, sublimation, phase transition, ionization, solution and
dilution. Second law of Thermodynamics (brief introduction) Introduction of entropy as a state function, Gibb's
energy change for spontaneous and non- spontaneous processes, criteria for equilibrium. Third law of
thermodynamics (brief introduction).
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6.   Equilibrium
Equilibrium in physical and chemical processes, dynamic nature of equilibrium, law of mass action, equilibrium
constant, factors affecting equilibrium - Le Chatelier's principle, ionic equilibrium- ionization of acids and bases,
strong and weak electrolytes, degree of ionization, ionization of poly basic acids, acid strength, concept of pH,
hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea), buffer solution, Henderson Equation, solubility product, common ion
effect (with illustrative examples).
7. Redox Reactions
Concept of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, balancing redox reactions, in terms of
loss and gain of electrons and change in oxidation number, applications of redox reactions.
General introduction, methods of purification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, classification and IUPAC
nomenclature of organic compounds. Electronic displacements in a covalent bond: inductive effect,
electrometric effect, resonance and hyper conjugation. Homolytic and heterolytic fission of a covalent bond:
free radicals, carbocations, carbanions, electrophiles and nucleophiles, types of organic reactions.
9. Hydrocarbons
Classification of Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons:
Alkanes - Nomenclature, isomerism, conformation (ethane only), physical properties, chemical reactions
including free radical mechanism of halogenation, combustion and pyrolysis.
Alkenes - Nomenclature, the structure of double bond (ethene), geometrical isomerism, physical properties,
methods of preparation, chemical reactions: addition of hydrogen, halogen, water, hydrogen halides
(Markovnikov's addition and peroxide effect), ozonolysis, oxidation, mechanism of electrophilic addition.
Alkynes - Nomenclature, the structure of triple bond (ethyne), physical properties, methods of preparation,
chemical reactions: acidic character of alkynes, addition reaction of - hydrogen, halogens, hydrogen halides
and water.
Aromatic Hydrocarbons:
Introduction, IUPAC nomenclature, benzene: resonance, aromaticity, chemical properties: mechanism of
electrophilic substitution. Nitration, sulphonation, halogenation, Friedel Craft's alkylation and acylation,
directive influence of the functional group in monosubstituted benzene. Carcinogenicity and toxicity.
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                                       CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS
                                         CLASS XII (2023-24)
1. Solutions
Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, solubility of gases in liquids,
solid solutions, Raoult's law, colligative properties - relative lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling
point, depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure, determination of molecular masses using colligative
properties, abnormal molecular mass, Van't Hoff factor.
2. Electrochemistry
Redox reactions, EMF of a cell, standard electrode potential, Nernst equation and its application to chemical
cells, Relation between Gibbs energy change and EMF of a cell, conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific
and molar conductivity, variations of conductivity with concentration, Kohlrausch's Law, electrolysis and law of
electrolysis (elementary idea), dry cell-electrolytic cells and Galvanic cells, lead accumulator, fuel cells,
corrosion.
3. Chemical Kinetics
Rate of a reaction (Average and instantaneous), factors affecting rate of reaction: concentration, temperature,
catalyst; order and molecularity of a reaction, rate law and specific rate constant, integrated rate equations
and half-life (only for zero and first order reactions), concept of collision theory (elementary idea, no
mathematical treatment), activation energy, Arrhenius equation.
General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics of transition metals, general
trends in properties of the first-row transition metals – metallic character, ionization enthalpy, oxidation
states, ionic radii, colour, catalytic property, magnetic properties, interstitial compounds, alloy formation,
preparation and properties of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4.
Lanthanoids - Electronic configuration, oxidation states, chemical reactivity and lanthanoid contraction and its
consequences.
Actinoids - Electronic configuration, oxidation states and comparison with lanthanoids.
5. Coordination Compounds
Coordination compounds - Introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and
shapes, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds. Bonding, Werner's theory, VBT, and
CFT; structure and stereoisomerism, importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction
of metals and biological system).
Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C–X bond, physical and chemical properties, optical rotation
mechanism of substitution reactions.
Haloarenes: Nature of C–X bond, substitution reactions (Directive influence of halogen in monosubstituted
compounds only).
Uses and environmental effects of - dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, iodoform,
freons, DDT.
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7. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary alcohols only),
identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, mechanism of dehydration, uses with special
reference to methanol and ethanol.
Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature of phenol,
electrophilic substitution reactions, uses of phenols.
Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses.
Aldehydes and Ketones: Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation, physical and
chemical properties, mechanism of nucleophilic addition, reactivity of alpha hydrogen in aldehydes, uses.
Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature, acidic nature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties;
uses.
9. Amines
Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties,
uses, identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines.
Diazonium salts: Preparation, chemical reactions and importance in synthetic organic chemistry.
10. Biomolecules
Carbohydrates - Classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), D-L
configuration oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose), polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, glycogen);
Importance of carbohydrates.
Proteins -Elementary idea of - amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, proteins, structure of proteins -
primary, secondary, tertiary structure and quaternary structures (qualitative idea only), denaturation of
proteins; enzymes. Hormones - Elementary idea excluding structure.
Vitamins - Classification and functions.
Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA.
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                                      COMEDK UGET 2024
                                    MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS
                                      CLASS XI (2022-23)
1. Sets
Sets and their representations, Empty set, Finite and Infinite sets, Equal sets, Subsets, Subsets of a
set of real numbers especially intervals (with notations). Universal set. Venn diagrams. Union and
Intersection of sets. Difference of sets. Complement of a set. Properties of Complement.
3. Trigonometric Functions
Positive and negative angles. Measuring angles in radians and in degrees and conversion from one
measure to another. Definition of trigonometric functions with the help of unit circle. Truth of the
identity sin2x + cos2x = 1, for all x. Signs of trigonometric functions. Domain and range of
trigonometric functions and their graphs. Expressing sin (x±y) and cos (x±y) in terms of sinx, siny,
cosx & cosy and their simple applications. Deducing identities like the following:
Unit-II: Algebra
2. Linear Inequalities
Linear inequalities. Algebraic solutions of linear inequalities in one variable and their representation
on the number line.
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3. Permutations and Combinations
Fundamental principle of counting. Factorial n. (n!) Permutations and combinations, derivation of
Formulae for nPr and nCr and their connections, simple applications.
4. Binomial Theorem
Historical perspective, statement and proof of the binomial theorem for positive integral indices.
Pascal’s triangle, simple applications.
1. Straight Lines
Brief recall of two dimensional geometry from earlier classes. Slope of a line and angle between two
lines. Various forms of equations of a line: parallel to axis, point -slope form, slope-intercept form,
two-point form, intercept form, Distance of a point from a line.
2. Conic Sections
Sections of a cone: circles, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola, a point, a straight line and a pair of
intersecting lines as a degenerated case of a conic section. Standard equations and simple
properties of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola. Standard equation of a circle.
Unit-IV: Calculus
1. Statistics
Measures of Dispersion: Range, Mean deviation, variance and standard deviation of
ungrouped/grouped data.
2. Probability
Events; occurrence of events, ‘not’, ‘and’ and ‘or’ events, exhaustive events, mutually exclusive
events, Axiomatic (set theoretic) probability, connections with other theories of earlier classes.
Probability of an event, probability of ‘not’, ‘and’ and ‘or’ events.
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                                  MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS
                                    CLASS-XII (2023-24)
                                          Unit-II: Algebra
1. Matrices
Concept, notation, order, equality, types of matrices, zero and identity matrix, transpose of a matrix,
symmetric and skew symmetric matrices. Operations on matrices: Addition and multiplication and
multiplication with a scalar. Simple properties of addition, multiplication and scalar multiplication.
Noncommutativity of multiplication of matrices and existence of non-zero matrices whose product is
the zero matrix (restrict to square matrices of order 2). Invertible matrices and proof of the
uniqueness of inverse, if it exists; (Here all matrices will have real entries).
2. Determinants
Determinant of a square matrix (up to 3 x 3 matrices), minors, co-factors and applications of
determinants in finding the area of a triangle. Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix. Consistency,
inconsistency and number of solutions of system of linear equations by examples, solving system of
linear equations in two or three variables (having unique solution) using inverse of a matrix.
Unit-III: Calculus
2. Applications of Derivatives
Applications of derivatives: rate of change of quantities, increasing/decreasing functions, maxima
and minima (first derivative test motivated geometrically and second derivative test given as a
provable tool). Simple problems (that illustrate basic principles and understanding of the subject as
well as real life situations).
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3. Integrals
Integration as inverse process of differentiation. Integration of a variety of functions by substitution,
by partial fractions and by parts, Evaluation of simple integrals of the following types and problems
based on them.
5. Differential Equations
Definition, order and degree, general and particular solutions of a differential equation. Solution of
differential equations by method of separation of variables, solutions of homogeneous differential
equations of first order and first degree. Solutions of linear differential equation of the type:
1. Vectors
Vectors and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector. Direction cosines and direction ratios of a
vector. Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero, parallel and collinear vectors), position vector of a point,
negative of a vector, components of a vector, addition of vectors, multiplication of a vector by a
scalar, position vector of a point dividing a line segment in a given ratio. Definition, Geometrical
Interpretation, properties and application of scalar (dot) product of vectors, vector (cross) product of
vectors.
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                                   Unit-V: Linear Programming
1. Linear Programming
Introduction, related terminology such as constraints, objective function, optimization, graphical
method of solution for problems in two variables, feasible and infeasible regions (bounded or
unbounded), feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal feasible solutions (up to three non-trivial
constraints).
                                        Unit-VI: Probability
1. Probability
Conditional probability, multiplication theorem on probability, independent events, total probability,
Bayes’ theorem, Random variable and its probability distribution, mean of random variable.
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