UK Board 12th 2025: Date Sheet, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Result

English: Unit 01

• Reading unseen prose passages

English: Unit 02

• Advertisement and notices, writing formal and informal invitations and replies
• A report or a factual description based on verbal input
• Letter: Letters to the editor (giving suggestions on an issue), application for a job
• Compositions: Article

English: Unit 03

English: Unit 04

History-Archaeology and ancient India: Unit 01

History-Archaeology and ancient India: Unit 02

History-Archaeology and ancient India: Unit 03

History-Archaeology and ancient India: Unit 04

History-Medieval India: Unit 01

History-Medieval India: Unit 02

History-Medieval India: Unit 03

History-Medieval India: Unit 04

History-Medieval India: Unit 05

History-Modern India: Unit 01

History-Modern India: Unit 02

History-Modern India: Unit 03

History-Modern India: Unit 04

History-Modern India: Unit 05

History-Modern India: Unit 06

Geography-fundamentals of human geography: Unit 01

• Nature and Scope

Geography-fundamentals of human geography: Unit 02

• Population-distribution, density, and growth, population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change; age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition; human development-concept; selected indicators, international comparisons

Geography-fundamentals of human geography: Unit 03

• Primary activities: Concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agricultural and allied activities-some examples from selected countries
• Tertiary activities: Concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary activities-some examples from selected countries
• Quaternary activities: Concept; knowledge based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities-some examples from selected countries

Geography-fundamentals of human geography: Unit 04

• Settlement types-rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of mega cities; problems of human settlements in developing countries

Geography-fundamentals of human geography: Unit 05

Geography-India:People and economy: Unit 01

• Population: Distribution, density and growth; composition of population-linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational-population change through time and regional variations; migration: International, national-causes and consequences
• Human development: Selected indicators and regional patterns; population, environment, and development

Geography-India:People and economy: Unit 02

• Rural settlements-types and distribution; urban settlements-types, distribution and functional classification

Geography-India:People and economy: Unit 03

• Water resources: Availability and utilization, irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods-rain water harvesting and watershed management
• One case study related with participatory watershed management to be introduced
• Mineral and energy resources: Distribution of metallic (iron ore, copper, bauxite, manganese) non-metallic (mica, salt) minerals; conventional (coal, petroleum, natural gas and hydro electricity) and non-conventional energy sources (solar, wind, biogas)
• Planning in India-target area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study)

Geography-India:People and economy: Unit 04

• Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal
• Urbanisation rural-urban migration; problem of slum
• Land degradation

Geography-India:People and economy: Unit 05

Economics-introductory microeconomics: Unit 01

• What is an economy?, central problems of an economy: What, how and for whom to produce; and opportunity cost
• Distinctions between-(a) planned and market economies, (b) positive and normative perspectives in economics, and (c) microeconomics and macroeconomics

Economics-introductory microeconomics: Unit 02

• Consumer's equilibrium-meaning of utility, marginal utility, law of diminishing marginal utility, conditions of consumer's equilibrium using marginal utility analysis
• Indifference curve analysis of consumer's equilibrium-the consumer's budget (budget set and budget line), preferences of the consumer (indifference curve, indifference map) and conditions of consumer's equilibrium
• Demand, market demand, determinants of demand, demand schedule, demand curve, movement along and shifts in the demand curve; price elasticity of demand-factors affecting price elasticity of demand
• Measurement of price elasticity of demand-(a) percentage-change method, and (b) geometric method (linear demand curve); relationship between price elasticity of demand and total expenditure

Economics-introductory microeconomics: Unit 03

• Production function: Total product, average product and marginal product. Returns to a factor
• Cost and revenue: Short run costs-total cost, total fixed cost, total variable cost; average fixed cost, average variable cost and marginal cost-meaning and their relationship. Revenue-total, average and marginal revenue
• Supply, market supply, determinants of supply, supply schedule, supply curve, movements along and shifts in supply curve, price elasticity of supply; measurement of price elasticity of supply-(a) percentage change method, and (b) geometric methods

Economics-introductory microeconomics: Unit 04

• Perfect competition-meaning and features
• Market equilibrium under perfect competition-determination of equilibrium price, effects of shifts in demand and supply

Economics-introductory macroeconomics: Unit 01

• Macroeconomics: Its meaning
• Some basic concepts of macroeconomics: Consumption goods, capital goods, final goods, intermediate goods; stocks and flows; gross investment and depreciation
• Circular flow of income; methods of calculating national income-value added or product method, expenditure method, income method
• Concepts and aggregates related to national income: Gross national product (GNP), net national Product (NNP), gross and net domestic product (GDP and NDP)-at market price, at factor cost national disposable income (gross and net), private income,
• Concepts and aggregates related to national income: Personal income and personal disposable income; real and nominal GDP. GDP and welfare

Economics-introductory macroeconomics: Unit 02

• Money-its meaning and function
• Supply of money-currency held by the public and net demand deposits held by commercial banks
• Money creation by the commercial banking system
• Central banking and its functions (example of the reserve bank of India)

Economics-introductory macroeconomics: Unit 03

• Aggregate demand and its components
• Propensity to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal)
• Short-run fixed price in product market, equilibrium output; investment or output multiplier and the multiplier mechanism
• Meaning of full employment and involuntary unemployment
• Problems of excess demand and deficient demand; measures to correct them-change in government spending, availability of credit

Economics-introductory macroeconomics: Unit 04

• Government budget-meaning, objectives and components
• Classification of receipts-revenue receipt and capital receipt; classification of expenditure-revenue expenditure and capital expenditure
• Various measures of government deficit-revenue deficit, fiscal deficit, primary deficit: Their meaning and implications
• Fiscal policy and its role (non-evaluative topic)

Economics-introductory macroeconomics: Unit 05

• Balance of payments account-meaning and components
• Foreign exchange rate-meaning of fixed and flexible rates and managed floating

Home science: Unit 01

• Special needs of disadvantaged and disabled children: physical and motor-height, weight and body proportions; motor development during 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months and 1-3 years (milestones only); social developments
• Protection from preventable diseases: Immunization-concept and types (natural and acquired), breast feeding (one of the ways to develop natural immunity); immunization chart; symptoms and incubation period of childhood diseases-TB, DPT, polio, measles
• Protection from preventable diseases: Symptoms and incubation period of childhood diseases-cholera, diarrhoea
• Substitute care at home and outside: Siblings, grand parents, neighbours creche, day care centres etc: Integrated child development scheme (ICDS)-objectives and functions

Home science: Unit 02

• Planning meals for the family: Meaning and importance of meal planning, principles and factors affecting meal planning, planning meals for the family; keeping in mind the needs of individual members, including children, pregnant women, lactating mother
• Planning meals for the family: Members suffering from fever and diarrhoea; role and preparation of ORS
• Ways to ensure good health for the family: Using safe drinking water-importance of potable water for good health, qualities of safe drinking water; household methods of making water safe for drinking; boiling, filtering
• Ways to ensure good health for the family: Use of alum and chlorine tablet role of hygiene for food handlers at home level. Safety against food adulteration, definition and meaning of food adulteration as given by PFA
• Ways to ensure good health for the family: Common adulterants present in cereals, pulses, milk and milk products. Ill effects of some of the adulterants present in the foods: Kesari dal, metanil yellow, argemone seeds

Home science: Unit 03

• Family income: Various sources of family income-(i) money income, (ii) real income, direct and indirect; need and procedure for keeping household accounts
• Savings and investment: Meaning and importance of savings; ways/ methods of investmentbanks,post-office, LIC, Units, PPF, PF
• Consumer protection and education: Meaning, problems faced by consumer, consumer protection act (1986) and services; consumer aids: Levels, standardization marks, advertising, guidebooks/ leaflets

Home science: Unit 04

• Clothing and its relation to personality: Elements of design-balance, rhythm, proportion, harmony, emphasis; factors that influence the selection of clothes: Personality, age, climate, occupation, figure, occasion, fashion
• Clothing and its relation to personality: Elements of design-selection and purchase of fabrics. Purpose, quality, cost, season, reliable shop
• Clothing and its relation to personality: Checking size and quality in ready-made garments, need and criteria: Seams, hem, plackets, fasteners, workmanship, design, drape
• Clothing and its relation to personality: Care of clothes-general principles and precautions to be followed while removing stains and washing: Cleansing agents-soaps and detergents (basic differences); storage of clothes

Home science: Unit 05

• Application of knowledge of home science in everyday life
• Usefulness of some of the skills learnt here for supplementing family income
• Skills learnt here can be gainfully used for employment (self-employment, apprenticeship)
• Further training required to make this field a career: Various sources and facilities available for training

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 01

• Emergence of two power blocs after the second world war
• Arenas of the cold war
• Challenges to bipolarity: Non aligned movement, quest for new international economic order
• India and the cold war

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 02

• New entities in world politics: Russia, Balkan states and Central Asian states, introduction of democratic politics and capitalism in post-communist regimes
• India’s relations with russia and other post-communist countries

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 03

• Growth of unilateralism: Afghanistan, first Gulf war, response to 9/ 11 and attack on Iraq
• Dominance and challenge to the US in economy and ideology
• India’s renegotiation of its relationship with the usa

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 04

• Rise of China as an economic power in post-Mao era, creation and expansion of European Union, ASEAN
• India’s changing relations with china

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 05

• Democratisation and its reversals in pakistan and nepal
• Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, impact of economic globalization on the region
• Conflicts and efforts for peace in South Asia
• India’s relations with its neighbours

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 06

• Restructuring and the future of the UN
• India’s position in the restructured un
• Rise of new international actors: New international economic organisations, NGOs
• How democratic and accountable are the new institutions of global governance?

Political science-Contemporary world politics: Unit 07

• Economic, cultural, and political manifestations
• Debates on the nature of consequences of globalisation
• Anti-globalisation movements
• India as an arena of globalization and struggle against it

Political science-Politics of India since independence: Unit 01

• Nehru’s approach to nation-building: Legacy of partition-challenge of ‘refugee’ resettlement, the Kashmir problem
• Organisation and reorganization of states; political conflicts over language

Political science-Politics of India since independence: Unit 02

• First three general elections, nature of Congress dominance at the national level, uneven dominance at the state level, coalitional nature of congress
• Major opposition parties

Political science-Politics of India since independence: Unit 03

• Expansion of state sector and the rise of new economic interests
• Famine and suspension of five year plans
• Green revolution and its political fallouts

Political science-Politics of India since independence: Unit 04

• Political succession after Nehru
• Non-congressism and electoral upset of 1967, Congress split and reconstitution, Congress’ victory in 1971 elections, politics of ‘garibi hatao’

Political science-Politics of India since independence: Unit 05

• Search for ‘committed’ bureaucracy and judiciary
• Navnirman movement in Gujarat and the Bihar movement
• Emergency: Context, constitutional and extra-constitutional dimensions, resistance to emergency
• 1977 elections and the formation of Janata Party
• Rise of civil liberties organisations

Political science-Politics of India since independence: Unit 06

• Participatory upsurge in 1990s
• Rise of the JD and the BJP
• Increasing role of regional parties and coalition politics
• Uf and nda governments
• Elections 2004 and upa government
• Challenge of and responses to globalization: New economic policy and its opposition
• Rise of obcs in north indian politics
• Dalit politics in electoral and non-electoral arena
• Challenge of communalism: Ayodhya dispute, Gujarat riots

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 01

• Individual differences in intelligence: Theories of intelligence; culture and intelligence; emotional intelligence; aptitude: Nature and types-assessment of psychological attributes

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 02

• Aspects of self: Self concept-self-esteem and self-regulation; culture and self; personality: Concept; approaches to personality: Type and trait, psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioural and cultural
• Assessment of personality: Self-report measures, behavioural analysis, and projective measures

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 03

• Strategies to cope with stress will also be dealt with
• Life challenge and adjustment; concept of adaptation; human strengths and virtues: Nature, types, and effects on psychological functioning; coping with stress; concepts of health and well-being; life style, health and well-being

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 04

• Concepts of abnormality and psychological disorder, causal factors associated with abnormal behaviour, classification of disorder, major psychological disorders: Anxiety, somato-form dissociative, mood, schizophrenic
• Developmental and behavioural substance related

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 05

• Nature and process of therapy; nature of therapeutic relationship; humanistic, cognitive, behaviour; alternative therapies: Yoga, meditation; Zen; rehabilitation of mentally ill people

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 06

• Explaining behaviour through attributions; nature and components of attitudes; attitude formation and change; behaviour in the presence of others: Pro-social behaviour; prejudice and discrimination; strategies for handling prejudice

Psychology-Psychology, self, and society: Unit 07

• Influence processess: Groups-nature, formation and types; influence of group on individual behaviour

Sociology-Indian society: Unit 01

• Rural-urban linkages and divisions

Sociology-Indian society: Unit 02

• Family and kinship, the caste system

Sociology-Indian society: Unit 03

• Caste prejudice, scheduled castes and other backward classes, marginalization of tribal communities, the struggle for women’s equality, the protection of religious minorities, caring for the differently abled

Sociology-Indian society: Unit 04

• Problems of communalism, regionalism, casteism and patriarchy, role of the state in a plural and unequal society, what we share

Sociology-change and development in India: Unit 01

• Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Sociology-change and development in India: Unit 02

• Modernization, westernization, sanskritisation, secularization, social reform movements and laws

Sociology-change and development in India: Unit 03

• Land reforms, green revolution and agrarian society

Sociology-change and development in India: Unit 04

• From planned industrialization to liberalization, changes in the class structure

Sociology-change and development in India: Unit 05

• Class-based movements: Workers, peasants
• Caste-based movements: Dalit movement, backward castes, trends in upper caste
• Responses
• Women’s Movements in Independent India
• Tribal Movements
• Environmental Movements

Mathematics: Unit 01

• Relations and functions: Types of relations: reflexive, symmetric, transitive and equivalence relations. One to one and onto functions. Binary operations
• Inverse trigonometric functions: Definition, range, domain, principal value branches

Mathematics: Unit 02

• Matrices: Concept, notation, order, equality, types of matrices, zero matrix, transpose of a matrix, symmetric and skew symmetric matrices. Addition, multiplication and scalar multiplication of matrices, simple properties of addition
• Matrices: Multiplication and scalar multiplication. Non-commutativity of multiplication of matrices (restrict to square matrices of order 2). Invertible matrices (here all matrices will have real entries)
• Determinants: Determinant of a square matrix (up to 3 x 3 matrices), minors, cofactors and applications of determinants in finding the area of a triangle. Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix
• Determinants: Solving system of linear equations in two or three variables (having unique solution) using inverse of a matrix

Mathematics: Unit 03

• Continuity and differentiability: Continuity and differentiability, derivative of composite functions, chain rule, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions, derivative of implicit function
• Continuity and differentiability: Concept of exponential and logarithmic functions and their derivative. Logarithmic differentiation. Derivative of functions expressed in parametric forms. Second order derivative
• Applications of derivatives: Applications of derivatives-increasing/ decreasing functions, tangents and normals, maxima and minima (first derivative test motivated geometrically and second derivative test given as a provable tool)
• Applications of derivatives: Simple problems (that illustrate basic principles and understanding of the subject as well as real-life situations)
• Integrals: Integration as inverse process of differentiation. Integration of a variaty of functions by substitution, by partial fractions and by parts, only simple integrals of the type- ∫ dx/ x²±a², ∫ dx/ √x²±a², ∫ dx/ √a²-x², ∫ dx/ ax²+bx²+c
• Integrals: Only simple integrals of the type- ∫ dx/ √ax²+bx+c, ∫ (px+q)/ ax²+bx+c .dx , ∫ (px+q)/ √ax²+bx+c dx, ∫ √a²± x² dx and ∫ √x²-a² dx to be evaluated. Fundamental theorem of alculus (without proof)
• Integrals: Basic properties of definite integrals and evaluation of definite integrals
• Applications of the integrals: Applications in finding the area under simple curves, especially lines, areas of circles/ parabolas/ ellipses (in standard form only), (the region should be clearly identifiable)
• Differential equations: Definition, order and degree, general and particular solutions of a differential equation. Solution of differential equations by method of separation of variables, homogeneous differential equations of first order and first degree
• Differential equations: Solutions of linear differential equation of the type- dy/ dx + py= q where p and q are functions of x

Mathematics: Unit 04

• Vectors: Vectors and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector. Direction cosines/ ratios of vectors. Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero, parallel, and collinear vectors), position vector of a point, negative of a vector, components of a vector
• Vectors: Addition of vectors, multiplication of a vector by a scalar, position vector of a point dividing a line segment in a given ratio. Scalar (dot) product of vectors, projection of a vector on a line. Vector (cross) product of vectors
• Three-dimensional geometry: Direction cosines/ ratios of a line joining two points. Cartesian and vector equation of a line, coplanar and skew lines, shortest distance between two lines. Cartesian and vector equation of a plane
• Three-dimensional geometry: Distance of a point from a plane

Mathematics: Unit 05

• Linear programming: Introduction, definition of related terminology such as constraints, objective function, optimization, different types of linear programming (L.P.) problems, graphical method of solution for problems in two variables
• Linear programming: Feasible and infeasible regions, feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal feasible solutions (up to three non-trivial constraints)

Mathematics: Unit 06

• Probability: Multiplication theorem on probability. Conditional probability, independent events, total probability, Baye's theorem, random variable and its probability distribution, repeated independent (Bernoulli) trials

Physics: Unit 01

• Electric charges; conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law-force 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 uniform electric field
• Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet
• Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic field
• Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor
• Dielectrics and electric polarisation, capacitors and capacitance, 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

Physics: Unit 02

• Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current; Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, 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 and simple applications
• Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge
• Potentiometer-principle and its applications to measure potential difference and for comparing EMF of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell

Physics: Unit 03

• Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment
• Biot-Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop
• Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight and toroidal solenoids
• Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields
• 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
• Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron
• Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic element

Physics: Unit 04

• Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced EMF and current; Lenz’s Law, eddy currents
• Self and mutual inductance
• Need for displacement current
• Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/ voltage; reactance and impedance; LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance; AC generator and transformer

Physics: Unit 05

• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only)
• Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves
• Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses

Physics: Unit 06

• Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications, optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula
• Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact. Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism
• Wave optics: Wave front and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts
• Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ principle
• Interference, Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light
• Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum
• Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes

Physics: Unit 07

• Dual nature of radiation
• Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation-article nature of light
• Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation

Physics: Unit 08

• 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
• Mass energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, nuclear fusion

Physics: Unit 09

• Semiconductors; semiconductor diode-I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell
• Logic gates (or, and, not, nand and nor)

Chemistry: Unit 01

• Classification of solids based on different binding forces: Molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, amorphous and crystalline solids (elementary idea), unit cell in two dimensional and three dimensional lattices
• Classification of solids based on different binding forces: Calculation of density of unit cell, packing in solids, voids, number of atoms per unit cell in a cubic unit cell, point defects

Chemistry: Unit 02

• Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, solubility of gases in liquids, solid solutions, colligative properties-relative lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point
• Osmotic pressure, determination of molecular masses using colligative properties

Chemistry: Unit 03

• Redox reactions, conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity variations of conductivity with concentration, Kohlrausch’s Law, electrolysis, EMF of a cell, standard electrode potential
• Nernst equation and its application to chemical cells

Chemistry: Unit 04

• 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)

Chemistry: Unit 05

• Adsorption-physisorption and chemisorption; factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids; colloidal state: Distinction between true solutions, colloids and suspensions; lyophilic, lyophobic, multimolecular and macromolecular colloids
• Properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation

Chemistry: Unit 06

• Group 15 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, oxidation states, trends in physical and chemical properties; nitrogen-preparation, properties and uses
• Group 15 elements: Compounds of nitrogen-preparation and properties of ammonia and nitric acid
• Group 16 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence, trends in physical and chemical properties; dioxygen: Preparation, properties and uses; simple oxides; ozone
• Group 16 elements: Sulphur-allotropic forms; compounds of sulphur: Preparation, properties and uses of sulphur dioxide
• Group 17 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration, oxidation states, occurrence, trends in physical and chemical properties; compounds of halogens: Preparation, properties and uses of chlorine and hydrochloric acid
• Group 17 elements: Interhalogen compounds, oxoacids of halogens (structures only)
• Group 18 elements: General introduction, electronic configuration. Occurrence, trends in physical and chemical properties, uses

Chemistry: Unit 07

• 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
• Lanthanoids-electronic configuration, oxidation states and lanthanoid contraction

Chemistry: Unit 08

• Coordination compounds-introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and shapes, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds
• Bonding; isomerism

Chemistry: Unit 09

• Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, physical and chemical properties, mechanism of substitution reactions
• Haloarenes: Nature of C-X bond, substitution reactions (directive influence of halogen for monosubstituted compounds only)

Chemistry: Unit 10

• Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary alcohols only); identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration
• Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature of phenol, electrophillic substitution reactions, uses of phenols
• Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses

Chemistry: Unit 11

• 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

Chemistry: Unit 12

• Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses, identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines
• Cyanides and isocyanides-will be mentioned at relevant places in context

Chemistry: Unit 13

• Carbohydrates-classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccahrides (glucose and fructose)
• Proteins-elementary idea of α-amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, proteins, structure of amines-primary, secondary, tertiary structure, and quaternary structures (qualitative idea only), denaturation of proteins
• Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA

Biology: Unit 01

• Reproduction in organisms: Sexual reproduction in flowering plants-structure of flower, pollination, fertilization, development of seeds and fruits, apomixis, and polyembryony
• Human reproduction: Reproductive system in male and female, menstrual cycle, production of gametes, fertilization, implantation, embryo development, pregnancy, parturition, and lactation
• Reproductive health: Population and birth control, contraception and MTP; sexually transmitted diseases, infertility

Biology: Unit 02

• Mendelian inheritance
• Chromosome theory of inheritance, deviations from mendelian ratio (gene interaction-incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple alleles)
• Sex determination in human beings: xx, xy
• Linkage and crossing over
• Inheritance pattern: Mendelian disorders and chromosomal disorders in humans
• DNA and RNA, search for genetic material, replication, transcription, genetic code, translation
• Gene expression and regulation
• Genome and human genome project
• DNA fingerprinting

Biology: Unit 03

• Basic concepts of immunology, vaccines
• Pathogens, parasites, cancer, and AIDS
• Adolescence and drug/ alcohol abuse
• Mircobes in household food processing, industrial production, sewage treatment, energy generation, biocontrol agents and biofertilizers

Biology: Unit 04

• Principles and processes; recombinant DNA technology; application in health and agriculture; genetically modified (GM) organisms; biosafety issues

Biology: Unit 05

• Organism and population: Organisms and its environment, population and ecological adaptations
• Centres of diversity and conservation for biodiversity, biosphere reserves, national parks, and sancturaries

Accountancy-Accounting for not-for-profit organisations, partnership firms, and companies: Unit 01

• Meaning and features of not for profit organisations
• Receipts and payments account, preparation of income and expenditure account

Accountancy-Accounting for not-for-profit organisations, partnership firms, and companies: Unit 02

• Nature of partnership firm, partnership deed-meaning, importance
• Partners' capital accounts: Fixed vs fluctuating capital, division of profit among partners, profit and loss appropriation account

Accountancy-Accounting for not-for-profit organisations, partnership firms, and companies: Unit 03

• Changes in profit sharing ratio among the existing partners-sacrificing ratio and gaining ratio
• Accounting for revaluation of assets and liabilities and distribution of reserves (accumulated profits)
• Goodwill: Nature, factors affecting and methods of valuation-average profit, super profit
• Admission of a partner: Effect of admission of partner, change in profit sharing ratio, accounting treatment for goodwill (as per AS 10), revaluation of assets and liabilities, adjustment of capitals
• Retirement of a partner: Change in profit sharing ratio, accounting treatment of goodwill, revaluation of assets and liabilities, dissolution of a partnership firm

Accountancy-Accounting for not-for-profit organisations, partnership firms, and companies: Unit 04

• Share capital: Meaning and types
• Accounting for share capital: Issue and allotment of equity shares; public subscription of shares: Over subscription and under subscription; issue at par, premium, and at discount; calls in arrears, issue of shares for consideration other than cash
• Forfeiture of shares: Accounting treatment, re-issue of forfeited shares
• Issue of debentures at par; premium and at discount; writing of discount and loss on issue of debentures; issue of debentures for consideration other than cash

Accountancy-financial statement analysis: Unit 01

• Financial statements of a company: Preparation of simple balance sheet of a company in the prescribed form with major headings only
• Financial statement analysis: Meaning, significance, limitations
• Tools for financial statement analysis: Accounting ratios-meaning and objectives, types of ratios: Liquidity ratios- current ratio, liquid ratio, solvency ratios: Debt to equity, proprietary ratio
• Tools for financial statement analysis: Accounting ratios-meaning and objectives, types of ratios: Activity ratios-inventory turnover, debtors turnover, payables turnover
• Tools for financial statement analysis: Accounting ratios-meaning and objectives, types of ratios: Profitability ratio- gross profit, operating, net profit, return on investment

Accountancy-financial statement analysis: Unit 02

• Cash Flow Statement: Meaning and objectives, Preparation, adjustments related to depreciation, dividend and tax, sale and purchase of non-current assets (as per revised standard issued by ICAI)

Accountancy-financial statement analysis: Unit 03

Accountancy-Computerised accounting: Unit 01

• Concept and types of computerised accounting system (CAS), features of a computerized accounting system

Accountancy-Computerised accounting: Unit 02

• Concept of DBMS, objects in DBMS: Tables, queries, forms, reports, creating data tables for accounting, using queries, forms and reports for generating accounting information
• Applications of DBMS in generating accounting information such as shareholders’ records, sales reports, customers’ profile, suppliers’ profile, payroll

Accountancy-Computerised accounting: Unit 03

• Concept of an electronic spreadsheet (ES), features offered by electronic spreadsheet, applications of electronic spreadsheet in generating accounting information

Accountancy-Computerised accounting: Unit 04

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 01

• Management-concept, objectives, importance, management as science, art, profession
• Levels of management, nanagement functions-planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling, coordination-nature and importance

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 02

• Principles of Management-meaning, nature and significance, Fayol’s Principles of management, Taylor’s Scientific Management-Principles and techniques

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 03

• Business environment-meaning and importance, dimensions of business environment-economic, social, technological, political and legal

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 04

• Meaning, features, importance, limitations, planning process

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 05

• Meaning and importance
• Steps in the process of organising
• Structure of organization-functional and divisional
• Delegation: Meaning, elements and importance
• Decentralization: Meaning and importance

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 06

• Meaning and importance of staffing, staffing process, recruitment-meaning and sources, selection-meaning and process, training and development-meaning and need
• Methods of training

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 07

• Meaning, importance, and principles, elements of directing: Supervision-meaning and importance, motivation-meaning and importance, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs; financial and non-financial incentives, leadership-meaning, importance
• Elements of directing: Leadership-qualities of a good leader, communication-meaning and importance, formal and informal communication

Business studies-principles and functions of management: Unit 08

• Meaning and importance, steps in the process of control, techniques of controlling: Budgetary control

Business studies-business finance and marketing: Unit 01

• Meaning, role, objectives of financial management, financial decisions: Meaning and factors affecting, financial planning-meaning and importance, capital structure-meaning and factors
• Fixed and working capital-meaning and factors affecting its requirements

Business studies-business finance and marketing: Unit 02

• Concept of financial market: Money market and its instruments
• Capital market and types-primary and secondary market, distinction between capital market and money market
• Stock exchange-meaning, functions, NSEl, OCTEI, trading procedure
• Securities and exchange board of India (SEBI)-objectives, functions

Business studies-business finance and marketing: Unit 03

• Marketing-meaning, functions and role, marketing and selling, marketing management philosophies
• Marketing mix-elements: Product-nature, classification, branding, labeling and packaging, price-factors determining fixation of price, promotion-elements of promotion mix; advertising-role, limitations, objections against advertising
• Marketing mix-elements: Personal selling-meaning, importance; sales promotion-merits, limitations, methods; publicity-meaning and role

Business studies-business finance and marketing: Unit 04

• Consumer rights, consumer responsibilities, ways and means of consumer protection-legal redressal with reference to consumer protection act

Computer science: Unit 01

• Object oriented programming: Concept of object oriented programming-data hiding, data encapsulation, class and object, abstract class and concrete class, polymorphism (implementation of polymorphism using function overloading as an example in c++);
• Object oriented programming: Inheritance, advantages of object oriented programming over earlier programming methodologies
• Implementation of object oriented programming concepts in C++: Definition of a class, members of a class-data members and member functions (methods), using private and public visibility modes, default visibility mode (private)
• Implementation of object oriented programming concepts in C++: Member function definition: Inside class definition and outside class definition using scope resolution operator (::); declaration of objects as instances of a class
• Implementation of object oriented programming concepts in C++: Accessing members from object(s), array of type class, objects as function arguments-pass by value and pass by reference
• Constructor and destructor: Constructor-special characteristics, declaration and definition of a constructor, default constructor, overloaded constructors, copy constructor, constructor with default arguments
• Constructor and destructor: Destructor-special characteristics, declaration and definition of destructor
• Inheritance (extending classes): Concept of inheritance, base class, derived class, defining derived classes, protected visibility mode; single level inheritance, multilevel inheritance and multiple inheritance, privately derived
• Inheritance (extending classes): Publicly derived and protectedly derived class, accessibility of members from objects and within derived class(es)
• Data file handling: Need for a data file, types of data files-text file and binary file; text file: Basic file operations on text file: Creating/ writing text into file
• Data file handling: Text file-basic file operations on text file: Reading and manipulation of text from an already existing text file (accessing sequentially); binary file: Creation of file, writing data into file, searching for required data from file
• Data file handling: Binary file-appending data to a file, insertion of data in sorted file, deletion of data from file, modification of data in a file; implementation of above mentioned data file handling in C++
• Data file handling: Components of C++ to be used with file handling-header file: Fstream.h; ifstream, ofstream, fstream classes; opening a text file in in, out, and app modes
• Data file handling: Using cascading operators for writing text to the file and reading text from the file; open(), get(), put(), getline() and close() functions; detecting end-of-file (with or without using eof() function)
• Data file handling: Opening a binary file using in, out, and app modes; open(), read(), write() and close() functions; Detecting end-of-file (with or without using eof() function); tellg(), tellp(), seekg(), seekp() functions pointers

Computer science: Unit 02

• Arrays: One and two dimensional arrays-sequential allocation and address calculation; one dimensional array: Traversal, searching (linear, binary search), insertion of an element in an array, deletion of an element from an array
• Arrays: One dimensional array-sorting (insertion, selection, bubble sort), concatenation of two linear arrays, merging of two sorted arrays; two-dimensional arrays: Traversal, finding sum/ difference of two nxm arrays containing numeric values
• Arrays: Two-dimensional arrays-interchanging row and column elements in a two dimensional array
• Stack (array and linked implementation of stack): Operations on stack (push and pop) and its implementation in c++, converting expressions from infix to postfix notation and evaluation of postfix expression

Computer science: Unit 03

• Database concepts: Relational data model-concept of domain, tuple, relation, key, primary key, alternate key, candidate key
• Structured query language: General concepts-advantages of using SQL, data definition language and data manipulation language; data types: Number, character, date; SQL commands: Create table, drop table, alter table, update...set..., insert, delete
• Structured query language: SQL commands-select, distinct, from, where, in, between, group by, having, order by; SQL functions: Sum, avg, count, max and min
• Note: Implementation of the above mentioned commands could be done on any SQL supported software on one or two tables

Computer science: Unit 04

• Binary-valued quantities, boolean variable, boolean constant and boolean operators: And, or, not; truth tables; closure property, commutative law, associative law, identity law, inverse law, principle of duality, idem potent law, distributive law
• Absorption law, involution law, De Morgan’s law and their applications; use of Karnaugh map for minimisation of Boolean expressions (up to 4 variables); basic logic gates (not, and, or, nand, nor) and their use in circuits

Computer science: Unit 05

• Evolution of networking: Arpanet, internet, interspace; different ways of sending data across the network with reference to switching techniques
• Data communication terminologies: Concept of channel, Baud, Bandwidth (Hz, KHz, MHz) and data transfer rate (bps, kbps, mbps, gbps, tbps)
• Transmission media: Twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, optical fiber, infrared, radio link, microwave link and satellite link
• Network devices: Modem, RJ45 connector, ethernet card, hub, switch, gateway; network topologies and types: Bus, star, tree; concepts of LAN, WAN, MAN
• Network protocol: TCP/ IP, file transfer protocol (FTP), PPP, level-remote login (telnet), internet, wireless/ mobile communication, GSM, CDMA, WLL, 3G, SMS, voice mail, application electronic mail, chat, video conferencing
• Network security concepts: Threats and prevention from viruses, worms, trojan horse, spams use of cookies, protection using firewall; India IT act, cyber law, cyber crimes, IPR issues, hacking

Urdu: Unit 01

• Comprehension of an unseen passage

Urdu: Unit 02

• Essay
• Letter writing (Official connected with daily life and application writing)
• Precis writing
• Sentence making with the help of idiomatic phrases
• Advertisements

Urdu: Unit 03

Urdu: Unit 04

Bengali: Unit 01

• Phonology
• Rhetoric
• Proverbs with Idioms

Bengali: Unit 02

Bengali: Unit 03

Bengali: Unit 04

• Prose
• Poetry and drama
• Novel

Punjabi: Unit 01

• Comprehension of an unseen passage
• Vocabulary

Punjabi: Unit 02

• Essay
• Story building, composing messages and factual description of people, places, or objects
• Letter to the editor

Punjabi: Unit 03

• Idioms
• Proverbs
• Marking punctuation marks in a small paragraph
• Analysis of sentences
• Correction of sentences

Punjabi: Unit 04

• Poetry
• Drama
• Short story
• History of punjabi literature

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 01

• Verna, Grama, Murchchana, Alankar, Gamaka, Khatka, Murki, Kan, Laya, Tala, Gharana

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 02

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 03

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 04

• Brief history of medieval, and modern periods Hindustani music with special reference to Sangeet Parijata and the works of Pt. Bhatkhande

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 05

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 06

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 07

Hindustani music (vocal): Unit 08

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 01

• Gram, Murchana, Varna, Alankar, Gamaka, Kritan, Zamzama

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 02

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 03

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 04

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 05

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 06

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 07

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 08

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 09

Hindustani music (instrumental melodic): Unit 10

• Tansen, Ustad Inayat Khan, Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan, Ustad Alauddin Khan, Pt. Pannalal Ghosh

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 01

• Verna, Alankar, (Gamak, Krintan, Zamzama) Zarab, Kala, Kriya, Anga, Peshkar, Chakkardar, (classification of ragas, time theory of ragas) Rela and Paran, Gharana

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 02

• (a) Chautal–ektal, (b) Jhaptal–sul tal, (c) Dhamar–chautal

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 03

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 04

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 05

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 06

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 07

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 08

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 09

Hindustani music (instrumental percussion): Unit 10

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 01

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 02

• Annamaacharya, Kshetrajna Swati Tirunal Gopala Krishna Bharti, Mahavaidyanatha lyer

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 03

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 04

• Janaka janya system of Ragas, Bhashanga, Upanga, Varja, Varka, Ragas, Gamakas Arudi, Eduppu, Probandhams, Grama, Murchchana Jaati and Vikasha Prayoga

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 05

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 06

Karnatak music (vocal)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 07

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 01

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 02

• Annamaacharya, Swati Tirunal, Kshetrajna, Gopala Krishna Bharti, Maha Vaidyanatha lyer

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 03

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 04

• Janaka janya system of Ragas, Bhushanga, Upanga, Varjavakra, Ragas Gamakas Arudi, Eduppu, Probandhams, Grama Murchchana Jaati and Visksha Prayoga

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 05

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 06

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 07

Karnatak music (instrumental melodic)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 08

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 01

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 02

• Needemangalam Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Tanjore Vaidyanathe Iyer

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 03

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 04

• Padagrabham, Arudi, Eduppu, Gati-bheda Anuloma, Pradiloma, Tisram, Trikalan, Tekka, 108 Tala, Shadangas, Tiruppugazh Tala, Tala Vadya ensemble

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 05

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 06

• Villambra, Madhya, Druta, Atitam, Anagatam, Pharan, Kalapramanam, Ghumki, Konnakkoi Choru, Varu

Karnatak music (instrumental percussion)-History and theory of Indian music: Unit 07

Drawing and paintings (theory): Unit 01

Drawing and paintings (theory): Unit 02

Drawing and paintings (theory): Unit 03