BCECE Exam 2024: Counselling Date (Out), Result, Eligibility, Admit Card, Syllabus, Pattern, Cutoff

Diversity in living world
Diversity of living organism
Classification of the living organisms (five kingdom classification, major groups principles of classification with in each kingdom)
Systematics and binomial system of nomentlature
Salient features of animal (non chlordates up to phylum level, and chlordates up to class level)
Plant (major groups; angiosperms up to subclass) classification
Botanical garden
Herbaria
Zoological parks museums

Structural organisation in animals and plants
Tissues in animals and plants
Morphology, anatomy and functions of different parts of flowering plants : root, stem, leaf, inflorensence, flower, fruit and seed
Morphology
Anatomy
Functions of different systems of an annelid (earthworm)
Insect
Amphibian

Structure and function of cell
Cell
cell wall
cell membrane
Cell organelles (plastids, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi bodies/dictyosomes, ribosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles, centrioles)
Nuclear organisation
Mitosis
Meiosis
Cell cycle
Basis chemical constituents of living bodies
Structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids
Types, properties and function of enzymes

Plant physiology
Movement of water, food, nutrients and gases
Mineral nutrition in plants and water
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Plant growth and development

Human physiology
Digestion and absorption
Breathing and Respiration
Body fluids and circulation
Excretory products and elimination
Locomotion and Movement
Control and coordination

Sexual reproduction
Pollination and fertilization in flowering plants
Development of seeds and fruits
Human Reproduction
Reproductive system in male and female
Menstrual cycle
Production of gametes
Fertilization
Implantation
Embryo development
Pregnancy
Parturation
Reproductive health-birth control
Contraception
Sexually transmitted diseases

Genetics and evolution
Mendelian inheritance
Chromosome theory of inheritance
Deviations from mendelian ratio (gene interaction-incomplete dominance, co-dominance, complementary genes, multiple alleles)
Sex determination in human beings: xx, xy
Linkage and crossing over
Inheritance pattern of haemophilia
Blood groups in human beings
Dna
Replication
Transcription
Translation
Gene expression
Regulation
Genome
Human genome project
DNA fingerprinting
Theories and evidences of evolution

Biology and human welfare
Animal husbandry
Basic concepts of immunology
Vaccines
Pathogens
Parasites
Plant breeding
Tissue culture
Food production
Microbes in household food processing
Industrial Production
Sewage Treatment
Energy generation
Cancer and aids
Adolescene and drug/alcohol abuse

Biotechnology and its applications
Recombinant DNA Technology
Applications in health
Agriculture
Industry
Genetically modified (gm) organism
Biosafety issues
Insulin and bt cotton

Ecology and environment
Ecosytems
Components
Energy flow
Species
Population
Community
Ecological adaptations
Centres of diversity
Conservation of biodiversity
National parks
Sanctuaries
Environmental issues

Some basic concepts of chemistry
General introduction
Importance
Scope of chemistry
Historical approach to particulate 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
Calculations based on stoichiometry

Structure of atom
Discovery of electron
Proton and neutron and their characteristics
Atomic Number
Sotopes and isobars
Thomson's model and its limitation
Rutherford's model and its limitations
Bohr's model and its limitations
Concept of shells and subshells
Dual nature of matter and light
De broglic's relationship
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Concepts of orbits
Quantum numbers
Shapes of s.p. and d orbitals
Rule for filling electrons in orbitals aufbau principle
Pauli exclusion principle and hund's rule
Electronic configuration of atoms
Stability of half filled
Completely filled orbitals

Classification of elements and periodicity in properties
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
Ionization enthaply
Electron gain enthalpy
Electro negativity
Valence

Chemical bonding and molecular structure
Valence electrons
Ionic bond
Covalent bond
Bond parameters
Lewis structure
Polar character of covalent bond
Covalent characters 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 bonding

States of matter - gases and liquids
Three states of matter
Intermolecular interactions
Type of bonding
Melting and boiling points
Role of gas laws in elucidating the concept of the molecule
Boyle's law
Charle's law
Gay lussac's law avogadro's law
Ideal behaviour
Empirical derivation of gas equation
Avogadro's number
Ideal gas equation
Derivation from ideal behaviour
Liquification of gases
Critical temperature
Vapour pressure and viscosity of liquid state
Surface tension (qualitative idea only, no mathematical derivations) of liquid state

Thermodynamics
Concepts of system
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 transformation
Ionization and solution
Introduction of entropy as a state function
Free energy change for spontaneous and non-sponteneous process
Criteria for equilibrium

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
Concept of pH
Hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea)
Buffer solutions
Solubility product
Common ion effect (with illustrative examples)

Redox reactions
Concept of oxidation and reduction
Redox reactions
Oxidation number
Balancing redox reactions
Applications of redox reactions

Hydrogen
Position of hydrogen in periodic table
Occurrence, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen
Isotopes
Preparation
Properties and uses of hydrogen
Hydrides - ionic, covalent and interstitial
Physical and Chemical properties of water
Heavy Water
Hydrogen peroxide - preparation, reactions and structure
Hydrogen as a fuel

S-block elements of alkali and alkaline earth metals
General introduction of group 1 and group 2 elements
Electronic configuration
Occurrence, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen
Anomalous properties of the first element of each group
Diagonal Relationship
Trends in the variation of properties trends in chemical reactivity with oxygen, water, hydrogen and halogens
Uses
Preparation and Properties of Some important Compounds
Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Chloride
Sodium hydroxide
Sodium hydrogen carbonate
Biological importance of Sodium and Potassium
Cao, caco3 and industrial use
Lime and limestone
Biological importance of Mg and Ca

General introduction p-block elements
General introduction of group 3 elements
Electronic configuration
Occurrence, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen
Variation of properties
Oxidation states
Trends in chemical reactivity
Anomalous properties of first element of the group
Boron-physical and chemical properties
some important compounds
Borax, boric acids, boron hydrides
Aluminium and their uses
Aluminium reactions with acids and alkalies

Some p-block elements
General introduction of group 4 elements
Electronic configuration
Occurrence, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen
Variation of properties
Oxidation states
Trends in chemical reactivity
Anomalous properties of first element
Carbon - catenation, allotropic forms
Physical and Chemical properties
Uses of some important compounds : oxides
Important compounds of silicon and a few uses
Silicon tetrachloride
Silicons
Silicates
Zeolite

Organic chemistry - some basic principles and techniques
General introduction
Methods of 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
Hemolytic and heterolytic fission of a covalent bond
Free radicals
Carbocations
Carboanions
Electrophiles and Nucleophiles
Types of organic reactions

Classification of hydrocarbons
Nomenclature of Alkanes
Isomerism - Structural and stereoisomerism
Conformations of ethane
Methods of Preparation
Physical properties
Chemical reactions including halogenation
Free radical mechanism
Combustion and Pyrolysis
Nomenclature of alkenes
Structure of double bond ethane
Geometrical isomerism
Chemical reaction
Addition of Hydrogen
Halogen
Water
Markovnikov's addition and peroxide effect of hydrogen halides
Ozonolysis
Oxidation
Mechanism of electrophyllic addition
Nomenclature of Alkynes
Structure of triple bond ethyne
Chemical reactions
Acidic character of Alkynes
Addition reactions of hydrogen
Halogenes
Hydrogen halides and water
Introduction of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
IUPAC nomenclature
Benzene
Resonance
Aromaticity
Chemical properties
Nitration of mechanism of electrophilec substitution
Sulphonation
Halogenation
Friedal craft's alkylation and acylation
Directive influence of functional group in mono-substituted benzene
Carcinogenicity and toxicity

Environmental chemistry
Air of environmental pollution
Water and soil pollution
Chemical reactions in atmosphere smogs
Major atmospheric pollutants
Acid rain
Ozone and its reactions
Effects of depletion of ozone layer
Pollution due to industrial wastes of greenhouse effect and global warming
Green chemistry as an alternative tool for reducing pollution
Strategy for control of environmental pollution
Classification of solids based on different binding forces of solid state
Molecular
Molecular, ionic covalent and metallic solids
Amorphous and crystalline solids
Unit cell in two dimensional and three dimensional lattices
Calculation of density of unit cell
Packing in solids
Voids
Number of atoms per unit cell in a cubic unit cell
Point defects
Electrical and Magnetic properties

Solutions
Types of solutions
Expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids
Solubility of gases in liquids
Solid solutions
Colligative properties of 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

Electrochemistry
Redox reactions
Conductance in electrolytic solutions
Specific and molar conductivity variations of conductivity with concentration
Kohlrausch's law
Electrolysis and laws of electrolysis (elementary idea)
Dry cell-electrolytic cells and galvanic cells
Lead accumulator
EMF of a cell
Standard electrode potential
Nernst equation and its application to chemical cells
Fuel cells
Corrosion

Chemical kinetics
Average and instantaneous rate of a reaction
Factors affecting rates of reaction
Concentration
Temperature
Calatyst
Order and molecularity of a reaction
Rate law and specific rate constant
Integrated rate equations and half life
Concept of collision theory

Surface chemistry
Adsorption of hysisorption and chemisorption
Factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids
Catalysis of homogenous and heterogeneous
Activity and Selectivity
Enzyme Catalysis
Colloidal state
Distinction between true solutions
Colloids and suspensions
Lyophilic
Lyophobic
Multimolecular and macromolecular colloids
Properties of colloids
Tyndall effect
Brownian movement
Electrophoresis
Coagulation
Emulsion and their types

General principles and processes of isolation of elements
Principles and methods of extraction
Concentration
Oxidation
Reduction electrolytic method and refining
Occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminium
Copper
Zinc
Iron

P-block elements
General introduction of group 5 elements
Electronic configuration
Occurrence, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen
Oxidation states
Trends in Physical and Chemical properties
Preparation and uses of nitrogen
Preparation and uses of compound of nitrogen
Preparation and uses of ammonia and nitric acid
Only structure of oxides of nitrogen
Allotropic forms of phosphorous
Compounds of Phosphorous
Preparation and Properties of Phosphine
Halides (pcl3, pcl5)
Elementary idea of oxoacids
General introduction of group 6 elements
Preparations and uses of dioxygen
Simple oxdides
Ozone
Allotropic forms of sulphur
Preparations and uses of sulpher dioxides
Industrial process of manufacture of sulphuric acid
Properties and uses of sulphuric acid
Structures only of oxoacids of sulphur
General introduction of group 7 elements
Compounds of Halogens
Preparations and uses of chlorine and hydrochloric acid
Interhalogen compounds
Structures only of oxoacids of halogens
General introduction of group 8 elements
Uses

D- and f- block elements
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
Electronic configuration of lanthanoids
Chemical Reactivity
Lanthanoid contraction
Electronic configuration of actinoids
Introduction of coordination compounds
Ligands
Coordination number
Magnetic properties and shapes
IUPAC Nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds
Bonding
Isomerism - Structural and stereoisomerism
Substitution reactions
Directive influence of halogen for mono-substituted compounds

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 mono-substituted compounds
Uses and environmental effects of dichloromethane
Trichloromethane
Tetrachloromethane
Iodoform
Freons
DDT

Alcohols
Nomenclature
Methods of Preparation
Physical and chemical properties of primary alcohols only
Identification of primary alcohols
Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols
Mechanism of dehydration
Uses of methanol and ethanol

Phenols
Nomenclature
Methods of preparation
Physical and chemical properties
Acidic nature of phenol
Electrophillic substitution reactions
Uses of phenols, uses with special reference to methanol and ethanol

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

Organic compounds containing nitrogen
Nomenclature of amines
Classification
Structure
Methods of Preparation
Physical and Chemical properties
Uses
Identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines
Cyanides and Isocyanides
Preparation of diazonium salts
Chemical reactions
Importance in synthetic organic chemistry

Biomolecules - carbohydrates
Classification of Aldoses and Ketoses
Monosaccahrides of glucose and fructose
Oligosaccharides of sucrose, lactose, maltose
Polysaccharides of starch, cellulose, glycogen
Importance

Biomolecules - proteins
Elementary idea of a of amino acids
Peptide Bond
Polypeptides proteins
Primary structure
Secondary structure
Tertiary structure
Qualitative idea of quaternary structure
Denaturation of Proteins
Enzymes

Biomolecules - vitamins
Classification and functions

Biomolecules - nucleic acids
DNA and RNA

Polymers
Classification of natural and synthetic
Addition and condensation of polymerization methods
Copolymerization
Polythene, nylon, polyesters, bakelite, rubber

Chemistry in everyday life
Analgesics of chemicals in medicines
Tranquilizers
Antiseptics
Disinfectants
Antimicrobials
Antifertility drugs
Antibiotics
Antacids
Antihistamines
Preservatives of chemicals in food
Artificial Sweetening Agents
Soaps and detergents of cleansing agent
Cleansing action of cleansing agent

Sets and functions
Sets and their representations
Empty set
Finite and infinite sets
Equal sets
Subsets
Subsets of the set of real number especially intervals
Power set
Universal set
Venn diagrams
Union and intersection of sets
Difference of sets
Complement of a set
Ordered pairs of relation and functions
Cartesian product of sets
Number of elements in the cartesian product of two finite sets
Cartesian product of the reals with itself (upto r x r x r)
Definition of relation
Pictorial diagrams
Domain
Condomain and range of a relation
Function as a special kind of relation from one set to another
Pictorial representation of a function
Co-domain and range of a function
Real valued function of the real variable
Domain and range of these functions
Constant
Identity
Polynomial
Rational
Modulus
Signum and greatest integer functions with their graphs
Sum
Difference
Product and quotients of functions
Positive and negative angles of trigonometric functions
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 identify sin2x + cos2 x = 1, for all x
Signs of trigonometric functions and sketch of their graphs
Expressing sin (x + y) and cos (x + y) in terms of sin x, sin y, cos x, and cos y
Identities related to sin2x, cos2x, tan2x, sin3x, cos3x and tan3x
General solution of trigonometric equations of the type sin? = sina, cos? = cosa and tan? = tana
Proof and simple application of sine and cosine formula

Algebra - I
Processes of the proof by induction
Motivating the application of the method by looking at natural numbers as the least inductive subset of real numbers
The principle of mathematical induction, simple applications
Need for complex numbers
Especially v-1 is to be motivated by inability to solve every quadratic equations
Brief description of algebraic properties of complex numbers
Argand plane and polar representation of complex numbers
Statement of fundamental theorem of algebra
Solution of quadratic equations in the complex number system
Linear Inequalities
Algebraic solutions of linear inequalities in one variable and their representation on the number line
Graphical solution of linear
Inequalities in two variables
Graphically solutions of system of linear inequalities in two variables
Fundamental principle of counting
Factorial n
(n!) permutation and combinations
Derivation of formulae and their connections
Simple applications
History of bionominal theorem
Statement and proof of the binomial theorem for positive integral indices
Pascal's triangle
General and middle term in binomial expansion and their simple applications
Sequence and series
Arithmetic progression (a.p.)
Arithmetic mean (a.m )
Geometric progression (g.p.)
General term of a g.p
Sum of n terms of a g.p
Geometric mean (g.m.)
Relation between a.m. and g. m.
Sum to n terms of the special series , ?n and ?n2 and ?n3

Co-ordinate geometry
Brief recall of 2d from earlier classes of straight lines
Slope of a line and angle between two lines
Various forms of equations of a line
Parallel to axes
Point-slope form
Slope-intercept form
Two-point form
Intercepts form and normal form
General equation of a line
Distance of a point from a line
Sections of a cone of conic section
Circle
Ellipse
Parabola
Hyperbola
A point
A straight line
Pair of intersecting lines as a degenerated case of a conic section
Standard equations and simple properties of parabola
Standard equations and simple properties of ellipse
Standard equations and simple properties of hyperbola
Standard equation of a circle
Coordinate axes and coordinate planes in three dimensions
Coordinates of a point
Distance between two points and section formula

Calculus - I
Derivative introduced as rate of change both as that of distance function and geometrically
Intuitive idea of limit
Definition of derivative
Relate it to slope of tangent of the curve
Derivative of sum
Derivative of difference
Product and quotients of functions
Derivatives of polynomial and trigonometric functions

Mathematical reasoning
Mathematically acceptable statements
Consolidating the understanding of connecting words / phrases
Mathematics
Validating the statements involving the connecting words
Difference between contradiction
Converse and contrapositive.

Statics and probability
Mean deviation of measure of dispersion
Variance and standard deviation of ungrouped / grouped data
Analysis of frequency distributions with equal means but different variances
Outcomes of random experiments
The sample space of random experments
Occurrence of events
'not', 'and' 'or' events
Exhaustive events
Axioms of probability