ENGLISH CORE
SECTION
A
READING COMPREHENSION
Reading Unseen Passages and Note making
Two unseen passages with
a variety of very short answer / short answer or MCQ type questions to test comprehension,
interpretation and inference. Vocabulary such as word formation and inference
of meaning will also be tested.
The total length of the
two passages will be between 1100 - 1200 words. The passage will include two of
the following:
a) Factual passages,
e.g., instructions, descriptions, reports.
b) Descriptive passages
involving opinion, e.g., argumentative, persuasive or interpretative text.
c) Literary passages,
e.g., extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography. A poem could be
of 28-35 lines.
The passages can be
literary, factual or discursive to test comprehensions. The length of one passage
should be between 600-700 words.
A third passage of
400-500 words for note-making and abstraction.
SECTION
B
WRITING SKILLS
Short Answer Questions, e.g., advertisement and notices,
designing or drafting posters, writing formal and informal invitations and
replies.
Long Answer Questions:
Letters based on verbal / visual input.
Letter types include
Business or official
letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information,
placing orders and sending replies)
Letters to the editor
(giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest)
Application for a job
Very Long Answer Questions: Two compositions based on visual and/or
verbal Input may be descriptive or argumentative in nature such as an article,
a debate or a speech.
SECTION
C
LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT
Flamingo and Vistas
Very Short Answer Questions - Based on an extract from poetry to
test comprehension and appreciation.
Short Answer Questions - Based on prose / drama / poetry from
both the texts.
MATHEMATICS
Unit-I: Relations
and Functions
1. Relations and Functions
Types of relations:
reflexive, symmetric, transitive and equivalence relations. One to one and onto
functions, composite functions,
inverse of a function. Binary operations.
2. Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Definition,
range, domain, principal value branch. Graphs of inverse
trigonometric functions. Elementary properties of
inverse trigonometric functions.
Unit-II:
Algebra
1. Matrices
Concept, notation,
order, equality, types of matrices, zero and identity matrix, transpose of a
matrix, symmetric and skew symmetric matrices. Operation on matrices: Addition
and multiplication and multiplication with a scalar. Simple
properties of addition, multiplication and scalar multiplication. Noncommutativity
of multiplication of matrices and existence of non-zero matrices whose product
is the zero matrix (restrict to square matrices of order 2).Concept of
elementary row and column operations. Invertible matrices and proof of
the uniqueness of inverse, if it exists; (Here all matrices will have real entries).
2. Determinants
Determinant of a square
matrix (up to 3 x 3 matrices), properties of determinants, minors, co-factors and
applications of determinants in finding the area of a triangle. Adjoint and
inverse of a square matrix. Consistency, inconsistency and number of
solutions of system of linear equations by examples, solving system of linear
equations in two or three variables (having unique solution) using inverse of a
matrix.
Unit-III:
Calculus
1. Continuity and Differentiability
Continuity and
differentiability, derivative of composite functions, chain rule, derivatives
of inverse trigonometric functions, derivative of implicit functions. Concept of exponential and logarithmic functions. Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions.
Logarithmic differentiation, derivative of functions expressed in parametric
forms. Second order derivatives. Rolle's and Lagrange's Mean Value Theorems (without proof) and their
geometric interpretation.
2. Applications of Derivatives
Applications of
derivatives: rate of change of bodies, increasing/decreasing functions,
tangents and normals, use of derivatives in
approximation, maxima and minima (first derivative test motivated
geometrically and second derivative
test given as a provable tool). Simple problems (that
illustrate basic principles and understanding of the subject as well as
real-life situations).
3. Integrals
Integration
as inverse process of differentiation.Integration of
a variety of functions by substitution, by partial fractions and by parts,
Evaluation of simple integrals of the following types and problems based on
them.
Definite
integrals as a limit of a sum, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (without
proof).Basic propertiesof definite integrals and
evaluation of definite integrals.
4. Applications of the Integrals
Applications in finding
the area under simple curves, especially lines, circles/parabolas/ellipses (in standard
form only), Area between any of the two above said curves (the region should be
clearly
identifiable).
5. Differential Equations
Definition, order and
degree, general and particular solutions of a differential equation.Formation
of differential equation whose general solution is given.Solution
of differential equations by method of separation of variables solutions of
homogeneous differential equations of first order and first degree. Solutions of linear differential equation.
Unit-IV:Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry
1. Vectors
Vectors
and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector.Direction
cosines and direction ratios of a vector. Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero,
parallel and collinear vectors), position vector of a point, negative of a
vector, components of a vector, addition of vectors, multiplication of a vector
by a scalar, position vector of a point dividing a line segment in a given
ratio. Definition, Geometrical Interpretation, properties and application of
scalar (dot) product of vectors, vector (cross) product of
vectors, scalar triple product
of vectors.
2. Three - dimensional Geometry
Direction cosines and
direction ratios of a line joining two points.Cartesian
equation and vector equation of a line, coplanar and skew lines, shortest
distance between two lines.Cartesian and vector
equation of a plane.Angle between (i) two lines, (ii) two planes, (iii) a line and a plane. Distance of a point from a plane.
Unit-V:
Linear Programming
1. Linear Programming
Introduction, related
terminology such as constraints, objective function, optimization, different
types of linear programming (L.P.) problems, mathematical formulation of L.P.
problems, graphical method of solution for problems in two variables, feasible
and infeasible regions(bounded and unbounded), feasible and infeasible
solutions, optimal feasible solutions (up to three non-trivial constraints).
Unit-VI:
Probability
1. Probability
Conditional probability,
multiplication theorem on probability, independent events, total probability, Bayes’ theorem, Random variable and its probability
distribution, mean and variance of random variable. Repeated
independent (Bernoulli) trials and Binomial distribution.
PHYSICS
Unit
I: Electrostatics
Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields
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 fleld. Electric
flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its applications to find field due to
infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly
charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside).
Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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.
Unit
II: Current Electricity
Chapter–3: Current Electricity
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, Carbon resistors, colour code for
carbon resistors; series and parallel combinations of resistors; 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.
Unit
III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magetism
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 (only qualitative treatment), force on a moving
charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields, Cyclotron. 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.
Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter
Current loop as a magnetic
dipole and its magnetic dipole moment, magnetic dipole moment of a revolving
electron, magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along
its axis and perpendicular to its axis, torque on a magnetic dipole (bar
magnet) in a uniform magnetic field; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid,
magnetic field lines; earth's magnetic field and magnetic elements.
Para-,
dia- and ferro - magnetic
substances, with examples. Electromagnets and
factors affecting their strengths, permanent magnets.
Unit
IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction
Electromagnetic
induction; Faraday's laws, induced EMF and current; Lenz's Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual induction.
Chapter–7: Alternating Current
Alternating
currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/voltage; reactance and impedance;
LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance;
power in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and
transformer.
Unit
V: Electromagnetic waves
Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves
Basic idea of
displacement current, Electromagnetic waves, their characteristics, their
Transverse
nature (qualitative ideas only). Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves,
microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including
elementary facts about their uses.
Unit
VI: Optics
Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
Ray Optics: Reflection
of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal
reflection and its applications, optical fibres, refraction at spherical
surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lensmaker's
formula, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact,
combination of a lens and a mirror, refraction and dispersion of light through a
prism. Scattering of light - blue colour of sky and reddish apprearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset. Optical
instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and
refracting) and their magnifying powers.
Chapter–10: Wave Optics
Wave optics: Wave
front and Huygen's principle, reflection and
refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts. Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen's 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 microscope and astronomical telescope,
polarisation, plane polarised light, Brewster's law, uses of plane polarised
light and Polaroids.
Unit
VII: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Chapter–11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Dual
nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's
observations; Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light.
Matter waves-wave nature
of particles, de-Broglie relation, Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be
omitted; only conclusion should be explained).
Unit
VIII: Atoms and Nuclei
Chapter–12: Atoms
Alpha-particle
scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen
spectrum.
Chapter–13: Nuclei
Composition
and size of nucleus, Radioactivity, alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and
their properties; radioactive decay law.
Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding
energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission, nuclear
fusion.
Unit
IX: Electronic Devices
Chapter–14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple
Circuits
Energy bands in
conductors, semiconductors and insulators (qualitative ideas only)
Semiconductor diode -
I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier;
Special purpose p-n
junction diodes: LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener
diode and their
characteristics, zener
diode as a voltage regulator.
Junction transistor,
transistor action, characteristics of a transistor and transistor as an amplifier
(common emitter configuration), basic idea of analog
and digital signals, Logic gates
(OR, AND, NOT, NAND and
NOR).
Unit
X: Communication Systems
Chapter–15: Communication Systems
Elements
of a communication system (block diagram only); bandwidth of signals (speech,
TV and digital data); bandwidth of transmission medium. Propagation
of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere, sky and space wave propagation,
satellite communication. Need for modulation, amplitude modulation and
frequency modulation, advantages of frequency modulation over amplitude
modulation. Basic ideas about internet, mobile telephony and global positioning
system (GPS)
Chemistry
Unit
I: Solid State
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, calculation of density of unit
cell, packing in solids, packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit
cell in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electrical and magnetic properties. Band theory of metals, conductors, semiconductors and insulators and
n and p type semiconductors.
Unit
II: Solutions
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, Raoult's
law, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmotic
pressure, determination of molecular masses using colligative
properties, abnormal molecular mass, Van't Hoff
factor.
Unit
III: Electrochemistry
Redox reactions,
conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity,
variations of conductivity with concentration, Kohlrausch's
Law, electrolysis and law 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,
Relation between Gibbs energy change and EMF of a cell, fuel cells, corrosion.
Unit
IV: Chemical Kinetics
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), concept
of collision theory (elementary idea, no mathematical treatment). Activation energy, Arrhenious equation.
Unit
V: Surface Chemistry
Adsorption - physisorption and chemisorption, factors affecting
adsorption of gases on solids, catalysis, homogenous and heterogenous activity
and selectivity; enzyme catalysis colloidal state distinction between true
solutions, colloids and suspension; lyophilic, lyophobic multi-molecular and
macromolecular colloids; properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian
movement, electrophoresis, coagulation, emulsion - types of emulsions.
Unit
VI: 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 and iron.
Unit
VII: "p"-Block Elements
Group -15 Elements: General introduction, electronic configuration,
occurrence, oxidation states, trends in physical and chemical properties;
Nitrogen preparation properties and uses; compounds of Nitrogen, preparation
and properties of Ammonia and Nitric Acid, Oxides of Nitrogen(Structure only) ;
Phosphorus - allotropic forms, compounds of Phosphorus: Preparation and
Properties of Phosphine, Halides and Oxoacids
(elementary idea only).
Group 16 Elements: General introduction, electronic configuration,
oxidation states, occurrence, trends in physical and chemical properties, dioxygen: Preparation, Properties and uses, classification
of Oxides, Ozone, Sulphur -allotropic forms; compounds of Sulphur: Preparation Properties
and uses of Sulphur-dioxide, Sulphuric Acid: industrial process of manufacture,
properties and uses; Oxoacids of Sulphur (Structures only).
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, interhalogen compounds, Oxoacids of halogens (structures only).
Group 18 Elements: General introduction, electronic configuration,
occurrence, trends in physical and chemical properties, uses.
Unit
VIII: "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.
Lanthanoids - Electronic configuration, oxidation
states, chemical reactivity and lanthanoid contraction
and its consequences.
Actinoids - Electronic configuration, oxidation
states and comparison with lanthanoids.
Unit
IX: Coordination Compounds
Coordination compounds -
Introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and
shapes, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds. Bonding,
Werner's theory, VBT, and CFT; structure and stereoisomerism, importance of
coordination compounds (in qualitative inclusion, extraction of metals and
biological system).
Unit
X: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes.
Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C–X bond,
physical and chemical properties, mechanism of substitution reactions, optical
rotation.
Haloarenes: Nature of C–X bond, substitution
reactions (Directive influence of halogen in monosubstituted
compounds only). Uses and environmental effects of -
dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane,
iodoform, freons, DDT.
Unit
XI: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
Alcohols: Nomenclature,
methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary alcohols
only), identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, mechanism of
dehydration, uses with special reference to methanol and ethanol.
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.
Unit
XII: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
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.
Unit
XIII: Organic compounds containing Nitrogen
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
text.
Diazonium salts: Preparation, chemical reactions and importance in
synthetic organic chemistry.
Unit
XIV: Biomolecules
Carbohydrates - Classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccahrides (glucose and fructose), D-L configuration
oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose), polysaccharides (starch,
cellulose, glycogen); Importance of carbohydrates.
Proteins -Elementary
idea of - amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, proteins, structure of proteins
- primary, secondary, tertiary structure and quaternary structures (qualitative
idea only), denaturation of proteins; enzymes. Hormones - Elementary idea
excluding structure.
Vitamins - Classification
and functions.
Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA.
Unit
XV: Polymers
Classification - natural
and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation), copolymerization,
some important polymers: natural and synthetic like
polythene, nylon polyesters, bakelite, rubber. Biodegradable
and non-biodegradable polymers.
Unit
XVI: Chemistry in Everyday life
Chemicals in medicines - analgesics, tranquilizers antiseptics,
disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs,
antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines.
Chemicals in food - preservatives, artificial sweetening agents,
elementary idea of antioxidants.
Cleansing agents- soaps and detergents, cleansing action.
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Unit
1: Networking and Open Standards
Computer Networking:
Networking: a brief overview,
Communication Media: Wired Technologies – Co-Axial, Ethernet Cable,
Optical Fiber; Wireless
Technologies – Blue
Tooth, Infrared, Microwave, Radio Link, Satellite Link;
Network Devices: Hub, Switch, Repeater, Gateway – and their
functions
Types of network: LAN, MAN, WAN, PAN;
Network Topologies: Star, Bus, Tree
Network Protocols: HTTP, TCP/IP, PPP,Remote access software such as Team Viewer;
Identifying computers and users over a network:Basic concept of domain name,
MAC (Media Access Control), and IP Address, domain name resolution
Network security: denial of service, intrusion problems, snooping
Internet Applications: SMS, Voice Mail, Electronic Mail,
Chat, Video Conferencing
Wireless/Mobile Communication: GSM, CDMA, WLL, 3G, 4G
Network Security Concepts: Cyber Law, Firewall, Cookies, Hackers
and Crackers
Open Source Concepts:
Open Source Software
(OSS), common FOSS/FLOSS examples (GNU/Linux, Firefox,
OpenOffice, Java, Netbeans, MySQL), common open
standards (WWW, HTML, XML, ODF, TCP, IP)
Indian Language Computing: character encoding, UNICODE,
different types of fonts (open
type vs
true type, static vs dynamic), entering Indian
Language Text – phonetic and key map based, Inscript.
Unit
2: Programming
Review of Class XI;
Programming Fundamentals
(Refer to Appendix A for
Swing Control Methods & Properties, and Appendix B
for sample
guidelines of GUI Programming)
Basic concept of Access
specifier for class members (data members and methods)
Basic concept of
Inheritance
Commonly used libraries:
Ř String class and methods: toString(),
concat(), length(), toLowerCase(),
toUpperCase(),
trim(), substring()
Ř Math class methods: pow(), round()
Accessing MySQL database using ODBC/JDBC to connect with database.
Web application development: URL, Web server, Communicating
with the web server,
concept of Client and Server
Side
HTML based web pages
covering basic tags – HTML, TITLE, BODY, H1..H6,
Paragraph (P), Line
Break (BR), Section
Separator (HR), FONT, TABLE, LIST (UL, OL), FORM
Creating and accessing
static pages using HTML and introduction to XML
Unit
3: Relational Database Management System
Review of RDBMS from Class XI
Database Fundamentals
Concept of Database
transaction, Committing and revoking a transaction using COMMIT and
ROLLBACK.
Grouping Records: GROUP BY, Group functions - MAX(),
MIN(), AVG(), SUM(), COUNT(); using
COUNT(*), DISTINCT clause with
COUNT; Group Functions and Null Values.
Displaying Data From Multiple Tables: Cartesian product,
Union, Intersection concept of
Foreign Key, Equi-Join
Creating a Table with
PRIMARY KEY and NOT NULL constraints,Viewing
Constraints, Viewing
the Columns Associated with
Constraints using DESC command.
ALTER TABLE for
Ř deleting column(s), modifying data
type(s) of column(s),
Ř adding a constraint,
enabling constraints, dropping constraints.
DROP Table for deleting
a table
Unit
4: IT Applications
Front-end Interface: Introduction; content and features; identifying
and using appropriate
component (Text Box,
Radio Button, CheckBox, List etc. as learnt in Unit 2
(Programming)) for
data entry, validation and
display.
Back-end Database: Introduction and its purpose, exploring the
requirement of tables and its essential attributes.
Front-End and Database Connectivity: Introduction, requirement and
benefits
Demonstration and
development of appropriate Front-end interface and Back-end Database
for e-Governance,
e-Business and e-Learning applications
Impact of ICT on society: Social, environmental and Economic
benefits.
In each of the above
domains, identify at least two real-life problems, list the expected outputs
and the input(s) required
for the output, and describe the problem solving approach and develop
relevant front-end interface and
back-end database.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Unit
1: Object Oriented Programming with Python
REVIEW: Python
covered In Class-XI
Concept of Object Oriented Programming: Data Hiding, Data
Encapsulation, Class and Object,
Polymorphism,
inheritance, advantages of Object Oriented Programming over earlier programming
methodologies,
Classes: Defining
classes (attributes, methods), creating instance objects, accessing attributes
and methods, using built in
class attributes (dict, doc, name, module, bases),
Constructor( _
_init()_
_, _ _del()_ _ and _ _ str()_ _) methods in a class,
private attributes (limited support),
importance of “self” (acts
as a pointer to current calling object) operator overloading with methods.
Inheritance:
Concept of base class and derived class: Single, multilevel and
multiple inheritance- Overriding
methods, using super( ) in
derived class to invoke _ _init()_ _ or overridden methods of parent
class.
Unit
2: Advance Programming with Python
Linear List Manipulation: Sequential allocation, traversal,insertion of an element
in a sorted list, deletion of an element from the list, searching (linear,
binary), sorting (insertion, selection, bubble).
Stacks (List Implementation): Introduction to stack (LIFO Operations ), operations on stack (PUSH
and POP ) and its
implementation in python. Converting expression from infix to
postfix notation and evaluation of postfix expression.
Queues (List implementation) – Introduction to Queue(FIFO)
, Operations on Queue (INSERT and DELETE) and its implementation in Python.
Data File
Need for non bold for data file, types of data file–text and binary,opening and closing filesopen(
), close(
), access modes (output, input, default), file object, access_modes,
reading and
writing a file Read(), readline(), readlines(), write(),
writeliness file positions (seek(), tell()),
renaming and deleting a file.,flush();
Implementation of basic file operations on text and binary file in
Python:
Creating/writing data into file, reading and displaying data from file,
searching for particular data from a file, insertion and deletion of data from
an already existing file, modification of data in file.
Error and Exceptions – NameError, IndexError, TypeError, IO Error, ImportError, ValueError, EOFError.
Generator function
using Yield.
Unit
3: Databases and SQL
Data base Concepts: Introduction to data base concepts and its need.
Relational data model: Concept of domain, tuple,
relation, key, primary key, alternate key,
candidate key;
Relational algebra : Selection, Projection,
Union and Cartesian product;
Structured Query Language:
General Concepts: Advantages of using SQL, Data Definition Language
and Data Manipulation
Language;
Data Types:
NUMBER/DECIMAL, CHARACTER/VARCHAR/VARCHAR2, DATE;
SQL COMMANDS: CREATE
TABLE, DROP TABLE, ALTER TABLE, UPDATE ….SET….,
INSERT, DELETE;
SELECT, DISTINCT, FROM,
WHERE, IN, BETWEEN, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY;
SQL functions:
SUM ( ), AVG ( ), COUNT ( ), MAX ( ) AND MIN ( ); Obtaining results (SELECT
query)
from 2 tables using
equi-join, Cartesian product and Union
Note:
Implementation of the above mentioned commands could be done on any SQL
supported
software on one or two tables.
Unit
4: Boolean Algebra
Role of Logical Operations in Computing.
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, Idempotent Law, Distributive Law, Absorption Law,
Involution Law, DeMorgan‟s
Law and their applications; Obtaining Sum of Product (SOP) and Product of Sum
(POS) form the Truth Table, Reducing Boolean Expression (SOP and POS) to its
minimal form, Use of Karnaugh Map for minimization of
Boolean expressions (up to 4 variables); Application of Boolean Logic: Digital
electronic circuit design using basic Logic Gates (NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR) Use
of Boolean operators (NOT, AND, OR) in SQL SELECT statements Use of Boolean
operators (AND, OR) in search engine queries.
Unit
5: Communication Technologies
Evolution of Networking: ARPANET, Internet, Interspace Different
ways of sending data across the network with reference to switching techniques
(Circuit and Packet switching).
Data Communication terminologies: Concept of Channel, 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, Router,
Switch, Gateway, wifi card.
Network Topologies and types: Bus, Star, Tree, PAN, LAN, WAN, MAN.
Network Protocol: TCP/IP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), PPP, SMTP,
POP3 Remote Login (Talent),
and Internet
Wireless/Mobile Communication protocol such as GSM, CDMA, GPRS, and WLL.
Mobile Telecommunication Technologies : 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G
Electronic mail
protocols such as SMTP, POP3 Protocols for Chat and Video Conferencing VOIP Wireless
technologies such as Wi-Fi and WiMax
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.
Introduction To Web services: WWW, Hyper Text Markup
Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML);
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP); Domain Names; URL; Website, Web
browser, Web Servers; Web
Hosting, Web Scripting – Client side (VB Script, Java Script, PHP) and
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Economics
Part
A: Introductory Microeconomics
Unit 1: Introduction
Meaning of
microeconomics and macroeconomics What is an economy?
Central problems of an economy: what, how and for whom to produce;
concepts of production
possibility frontier and opportunity cost.
Unit 2: Consumer's Equilibrium and Demand 34 Periods
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 and its slope, 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) percentagechange method and (b) geometric method (linear
demand curve); relationship between price elasticity of demand and total
expenditure.
Unit 3: Producer Behaviour and Supply
Production function –
Short-Run and Long-Run
Total
Product, Average Product and Marginal Product. Returns to a Factor Cost:
Short run costs - total cost, total fixed cost, total variable cost; Average
cost; Average fixed cost, average variable cost and marginal cost-meaning and
their relationships. Revenue - total, average and marginal
revenue - meaning and their relationships.
Producer's
equilibrium-meaning and its conditions in terms of marginal revenue-marginal
cost.
Supply, market supply,
determinants of supply, supply schedule, supply curve and its slope, movements
along and shifts in supply curve, price elasticity of supply; measurement of
price elasticity of supply - (a) percentage-change method and (b) geometric
method.
Unit 4: Forms of Market and Price Determination under Perfect
Competition with simple applications.
Perfect
competition - Features; Determination of market equilibrium and effects of
shifts in demand and supply. Other Market Forms - monopoly,
monopolistic competition, oligopoly - their meaning and features. Simple
Applications of Demand and Supply: Price ceiling, price floor.
Part
B: Introductory Macroeconomics
Unit 5: National Income and Related Aggregates
Some basic concepts:
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. 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, Personal Income and Personal Disposable Income; Real
and Nominal GDP.GDP and Welfare
Unit 6: Money and Banking
Money - its meaning and
functions.
Supply
of money - Currency held by the public and net demand deposits held by
commercial banks.
Money
creation by the commercial banking system.
Central bank and its
functions (example of the Reserve Bank of India): Bank of issue, Govt. Bank,
Banker's Bank,
Controller of Credit through Bank Rate, CRR, SLR, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate,
Open Market Operations, Margin requirement.
Unit 7: Determination of Income and Employment
Aggregate
demand and its components.
Propensity
to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal). Short-run
equilibrium output; investment multiplier and its mechanism. Meaning of full employment and involuntary unemployment. Problems of excess demand and deficient demand; measures to correct
them - changes in government spending, taxes and money supply.
Unit 8: Government Budget and the Economy
Government
budget - meaning, objectives and components.
Classification
of receipts - revenue receipts and capital receipts; classification of
expenditure – revenue expenditure and capital expenditure. Measures
of government deficit - revenue deficit, fiscal deficit, primary deficit their
meaning.
Unit 9: Balance of Payments
Balance
of payments account - meaning and components; balance of payments
deficit-meaning.
Foreign
exchange rate - meaning of fixed and flexible rates and managed floating. Determination
of exchange rate in a free market.
BUSINESS
STUDIES
Part
A: Principles and Functions of Management
Unit
1: Nature and Significance of Management
Management-concept,
objectives, and importance Efficiency. Management as Science, Art and
Profession Examine the nature of
management as a science, art and profession.Levels of
Management Understand the role of top, middle
and lower
levels of management
Management
functions-planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling Coordination-
concept and importance Discuss the concept and
characteristics of coordination.
Unit
2: Principles of Management
Principles of
Management- concept and significance
Fayol‟s principles of management Discuss the principles of
management developed by Fayol. Taylor‟s Scientific
management- principles and techniques
Unit
3: Management and Business Environment
Business Environment-
concept and importance Dimensions of Business Environment- Economic,
Social, Technological,
Political and Legal
Unit
4: Planning
Concept, importance and limitation Planning
process Describe the steps in
the process of planning. Single use and standing plans.
Objectives, Strategy, Develop an understanding
of single use and Policy, Procedure, method Rule, budget and Programme standing
plans
Unit
5: Organising
Concept and importance
Organising Process Describe the steps in the
process of organising Structure of organisation- functional and divisional concept.
Formal and informal organisation- concept Delegation, concept, elements and
importance Understand the concept of
delegation. Decentralization: concept and importance Understand the concept
of decentralisation.
Unit
6: Staffing
Concept
and importance of staffing. Staffing as a part of Human Resource
Management concept Resource Management Staffing process Describe the steps in
the process of staffing Recruitment process Understand the meaning of recruitment. Selection-
process Understand the meaning
of selection.
Training and
Development- Concept and importance, Methods of training- on the job and off
the job- Induction training, vestibule training, apprenticeship training and
internship training
Unit
7: Directing
Concept and importance Elements
of Directing Motivation-concept, Maslow‟s
hierarchy of needs,
Financial and non
financial incentives Leadership- concept, styles- authoritative, democratic and
laissez faire Communication- concept, formal and informal communication;
barriers to effective communication, how to overcome the barriers
Unit
8: Controlling
Concept and importance
Relationship between
planning and controlling Steps in process of control Discuss the steps in the
process of controlling.
Part
B:Business Finance and Marketing
Unit
9: Financial Management
Concept and objective of
Financial Management Financial
Planning- concept and importance Describe the concept of financial planning and
its objectives. Explain the importance of financial planning.
Capital Structure-
Concept Understand the concept of capital structure. Describe the factors
determining the choice of an appropriate capital structure of a company. Fixed
and Working Capital- Concept and factors affecting their requirements Understand
the concept of fixed and working capital. Describe the factors determining the requirements
of fixed and working capital.
Unit
10: Financial Markets
Financial Markets:
Concept, Functions and types After going through this
unit, the student/ learner would be able to: Understand the concept of
financial market. Explain the functions of financial market.
Understand capital
market and money market as types of financial markets. Money market and its
instruments Understand the concept of money
market. Describe the various money market instruments.