SMIT 2026

PHYSICS         

  Newton’s Laws of Motion: First law of motion – force and inertia with examples -momentum – the second law of motion, mention of spring force F=kx, mention of basic forces in nature – impulse and impulsive forces with examples – second law as applied to the variable mass situation – third law of motion etc.

  Fluid Dynamics: Explanation of streamline and turbulent motion – statement and explanation of Bernoulli’s Theorem – mention of the equation of continuity – mention of expressions for PE, KE and pressure energy of an element of a liquid flowing through a pipe etc.

  Work – Power – Energy: Work done by a force – power – units of power – energy – derivation of expression for gravitation potential energy and kinetic energy of a moving body – F.S – unit of work – graphical representation of work done by a constant and variable force – statement of work – energy theorem etc.

  Gravitation: Statement and explanation of Law of Gravitation – definition of G – definition of orbital velocity and escape velocity – mention of expression for variation of g with altitude – statement and explanation of Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion etc.

  Gas Laws: absolute zero – Kelvin scale of temperature – mention of the perfect gas equation – Statement and explanation of Boyle’s Law and Charles’ Law – definition of Pressure and Volume Coefficient of a gas – explanation of isothermal and adiabatic changes etc.

  Mode of heat transfer: Conduction of heat – steady state – temperature gradient – definition of coefficient of thermal conductivity – basic concepts of convection of heat – radiation – properties of thermal radiation – radiant energy etc.

  Waves: Waves around us – a brief note on light waves, sound waves, radio waves, microwaves, seismic waves – wave as a carrier of energy – classification of waves etc.

  Sound: Properties of sound – Doppler Effect – derivation of expression for apparent frequency in general case and discussion to special cases – the speed of sound in a gas – explanation of Newton’s Formula for the speed of sound – correction by Laplace etc.

  Refraction at a plane surface: Refraction through a parallel sided glass slab – deviation produced by a thin prism – dispersive power – derivation of expressions for lateral shift and normal shift etc.

  Introduction to Theories of Light: A brief explanation of Newton’s corpuscular theory, Huygen’s wave theory and Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory etc.

  Diffraction: Explanation of the phenomenon – the distinction between Fresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction -qualitative explanation of diffraction at single slit and analysis of diffraction pattern etc.

CHEMISTRY    

    Stoichiometry: Equivalent mass of elements: definition, principles involved in the determination of equivalent masses of elements by hydrogen displacement method, Expression of the concentration of solutions-ppm, normality, molarity and mole fraction etc.

   Atomic structure: Introduction: constituents of atoms, their charge and mass. Atomic number and atomic mass, Wave nature of light, Electromagnetic spectrum-emission spectrum of hydrogen-Lyman series, Balmer series, Paschen series, Brackett series and Pfund series etc.

  Periodic properties: Periodic table with 18 groups to be used, Variation patterns in atomic radius, ionization energy, electron affinity etc.

  Oxidation number: Oxidation and reduction, rules for computing oxidation number. Calculating the oxidation no. of any particular atom in a specific compound/ion etc.

  Gaseous state: Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Avogadro’s Hypothesis, Dalton’s Law of partial pressures, Graham’s Law of diffusion and Gay Lussac’s Law of combining volumes. Combined gas equation. Kinetic molecular theory of gases-postulates, root mean square velocity etc.

  Chemical bonding: Covalent bonding-molecular orbital theory: linear combination of atomic orbitals (Qualitative approach), energy level diagram, rules for filling molecular orbitals, bonding and antibonding orbitals, bond order, electronic configuration of H2, Li2 and O2 Non-existence of He2 and paramagnetism of O2 etc.

   Acids and Bases: Arrhenius’ concept, limitations. Bronsted and Lowry’s concept, merits and limitations. Lewis concept, Strengths of Acids and Bases – dissociation constants of weak acids and weak bases etc.

MATHEMATICS         

Partial Fractions

Logarithms

Mathematical logic

Binomial Theory

Theory of Equations

Mathematical Induction

Summation of finite series

Coordinate system

Matrices & Determinants

Vector

Elements of Number Theory

Graph Theory

Trigonometry and advanced concepts

Integrations and equations

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