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Syllabus for

IISER Aptitude Test 2013

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Biology
Diversity in the living world, Biological classification, Plant kingdom, Animal kingdom, Morphology of flowering plants, Anatomy of flowering plants, Structural organization in animals, Cell the unit of life, Bio! molecules, Cell cycle and cell division, "ransport in plants, Mineral nutrition, Photosynthesis in plants, Plant growth and development, Digestion and a#sorption, Breathing and e$change of gases, Body fluids and circulation, %$cretory products and their elimination, &ocomotion and movement, 'eural control and co! ordination, Chemical co!ordination and integration, (eproduction in organisms, Se$ual reproduction in flowering plants, )uman reproduction, (eproductive health, Principles of inheritance and variation, Molecular #asis of inheritance, %volution, )uman health and disease, Strategies for enhancement in food production, Micro#es in human welfare, Biotechnology principles, processes and applications, *rganisms and populations, %cosystems, Biodiversity and conservation, %nvironmental issues+ ____________________________________________________

Chemistry
Some #asic concept of Chemistry, Structure of Atom, Classification of %lements and Periodicity in Properties, Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure, States of Matter, "hermodynamics, %,uili#rium, (edo$ (eactions, )ydrogen, "he s!#lock %lements, "he p!#lock %lements, *rganic Chemistry ! Some Basic Principles and "echni,ues, )ydrocar#ons, %nvironmental Chemistry, "he solid state, Solutions, %lectrochemistry, Chemical -inetics, Surface chemistry, .eneral principles and processes of isolation of elements, "he p!#lock elements, "he d! / f!#lock elements, Coordination compounds, haloalkanes and haloarenes, alcohols, phenols and ethers, aldehydes, ketones and car#o$ylic acids, *rganic compounds containing nitrogen, amines, Bio!molecules, Polymers, Chemistry in everyday life+ ____________________________________________________

athemati!s
Sets, (elations and functions, "rigonometric 0unctions, 1nverse "rigonometric 0unctions, Principle of Mathematical 1nduction, Comple$ 'um#ers and 2uadratic %,uations, &inear 1ne,ualities, Permutations and Com#inations, Binomial "heorem, Se,uences and Series, Straight &ines, Conic Sections, Basic "hree Dimensional .eometry, Mathematical (easoning, Statistics, Pro#a#ility, Matrices, Determinants, &imits, Continuity and Differentia#ility, Application of Derivatives, 1ntegrals, Applications of integrals, 3ectors and vector alge#ra+ ____________________________________________________

"hysi!s
Physical 4orld, 5nits and Measurement, Motion in straight line, Motion in a plane, &aws of Motion, 4ork, %nergy and Power, Motion of Systems of particles and (igid #ody, .ravitation, Mechanical properties of solids, Mechanical properties of fluids, "hermal properties of matter, "hermodynamics, Behavior of perfect gas and kinetic energy, *scillations, 4aves, %lectric charges and fields, %lectrostatic potential and capacitance, Magnetic effect of current and magnetism, %lectromagnetic 1nduction, Alternating Current, %lectromagnetic 4aves, (ay optics and optical instruments, 4ave optics, Dual 'ature of (adiation and Matter, Atoms, 'uclei, Semiconductor electronics materials, devices and simple circuits, Communication Systems+

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