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JEE Advanced 2023 Syllabus

Section Unit Topic
Physical chemistry General topics Concept of atoms and molecules
Dalton's atomic theory
Mole concept
Chemical formula
Balanced chemical equations
Calculations 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 Waals 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
Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule
Orbital overlap and covalent bond
Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals
Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species
Hydrogen bond
Polarity in molecules
Dipole moment
VSEPR model and shapes of molecules
Energetics First law of thermodynamics
Internal energy, work and heat
Pressure-volume work
Enthalpy
Hess's 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
Significance of δg and δg0 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 δg
Electrochemical series
EMF of galvanic cells
Faraday's laws of electrolysis
Electrolytic conductance
Specific conductivity
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 Solid state: Classification of solids
Crystalline state
Seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, α, β, γ)
Close packed structure of solids
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
Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general properties
Elementary ideas of emulsions, surfactants and micelles
Nuclear chemistry Radioactivity
Isotopes and Isobars
Properties of α, β and γ rays
Kinetics of radioactive decay
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: silicones, silicates and silicon carbide
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Oxygen
Sulphur: hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid and sodium thiosulphate
Halogens: hydrohalic acids, oxides and oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder
Properties of allotropes Properties of allotropes of carbon (only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur
Preparation and properties of 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
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 thiosulfate
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
Co-ordination compounds: nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, cistrans and ionisation isomerisms, hybridization and geometries of mononuclear coordination compounds (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral)
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
Carbon reduction method (iron and tin)
Self-reduction method copper (copper and lead)
Electrolytic reduction method (magnesium and aluminium)
Cyanide process (silver and gold)
Principles of qualitative analysis Groups I to V elements (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
Σ and π-bonds
Shapes of simple organic molecules
Structural and geometrical isomerism
Optical isomerism of compounds containing up to two asymmetric centres
IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds
Conformations of ethane and butane
Resonance and hyper conjugation
Keto-enol tautomerism
Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds
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
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
Acidity of alkynes
Acid catalysed hydration of alkenes and alkynes
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 mono substituted benzenes
Phenols Acidity
Electrophilic substitution reactions, halogenation, nitration, sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation
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
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
Mathematics 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
Logarithms and their properties
Permutations and combinations
Binomial theorem for a positive integral index
Properties of binomial coefficients
Matrices Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers
Equality of matrices
Addition and multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices
Transpose of a matrix
Determinant of a square matrix of order up to three
Inverse of a square matrix of order up to three
Properties of these matrix operations
Diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices and their properties
Solutions of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables
Probability Addition and multiplication rules of probability
Conditional probability
Bayes theorem
Independence of events
Computation of probability of events using permutations and combinations
Trigonometry Trigonometric functions and their periodicity and graphs
Addition and subtraction formulae
Formulae involving multiple and sub-multiple angles
General solution of trigonometric equations
Relations between sides and angles of a triangle
Sine rule
Cosine rule
Half-angle formula and the area of a triangle
Inverse trigonometric functions (principal value only)
Analytical geometry Two dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, distance between two points, section formulae, shift of origin
Equation of a straight line in various forms
Angle between two lines
Distance of a point from a line
Lines through the point of intersection of two given lines
Equation of the bisector of the angle between two lines
Concurrency of lines
Centroid
Orthocentre
In centre and circumcentre of a triangle
Equation of a circle in various forms
Equations of tangent
Normal and chord
Parametric equations of a circle
Intersection of a circle with a straight line or a circle
Equation of a circle through the points of intersection of two circles and those of a circle and a straight line
Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form and their foci, directrices and eccentricity
Parametric equations
Equations of tangent and normal
Locus problems
Three dimensions: Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight line in space, equation of a plane, distance of a point from a plane
Differential calculus Real valued functions of a real variable, into, onto and one-to-one functions,
Sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions
Composite functions
Absolute value
Polynomial
Rational
Trigonometric
Exponential and logarithmic functions
Limit and continuity of a function
Limit and continuity of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions
L'hospital's rule of evaluation of limits of functions
Even and odd functions
Inverse of a function
Continuity of composite functions
Intermediate value property of continuous functions
Derivative of a function, its geometrical and physical significance
Derivative of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions
Chain rule
Derivatives of polynomial
Rational, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions
Derivatives of implicit functions
Derivatives up to order two, geometrical interpretation of the derivative
Tangents and normals
Increasing and decreasing functions
Maximum and minimum values of a function
Rolle's theorem and Lagrange's mean value theorem
Integral calculus Integration as the inverse process of differentiation
Definite integrals and their properties
Fundamental theorem of integral calculus
Integration by parts
The methods of substitution and partial fractions
Application of definite integrals to the determination of areas involving simple curves
Formation of ordinary differential equations
Solution of homogeneous differential equations
Separation of variables method
Linear first order differential equations
Vectors Addition of vectors
Scalar multiplication
Dot and cross products
Scalar triple products and their geometrical interpretations
Physics General Units and dimensions
Dimensional analysis
Least count
Significant figures
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on using Vernier callipers and screw gauge
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on determination of g using simple pendulum
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on young's modulus by Searle's method
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using u-v method
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on speed of sound using resonance column
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on verification of ohm's law using voltmeter and ammeter
Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on specific resistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box
Mechanics Kinematics in one and two dimensions
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
Stoke's law
Terminal velocity
Streamline flow
Equation of continuity
Bernoulli's theorem and its applications
Wave motion, phase, amplitude and velocity of wave
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
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 (current electricity)
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, self and mutual induction
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 theory for propagation of light and rectilinear propagation of light
Modern physics Atomic nucleus
α, β and γ 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

JEE Advanced AAT Syllabus

Section Unit Topic
Architecture aptitude test 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 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
Elevation 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

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