1.The Living World

• Classification of Higher Plants
  • Plantae
    • Nonvascular plants – Higher algae and Bryophytes
    • Vascular plants – Pteridophyte, Spermatophyte-Habitat, General Characteristics and Economic importance of the above mentioned groups
  • Life cycle of Bryophytes and Pteridophytes
  • Classification of flowering plants monocots and dicots
• Chordates
  • Animalia
    • Characteristics of chordate, differences between chordates and non-chordates – subphyla, proto chordate (hemi, uro and cephalochordates) and vertebrata
  • General characteristics of Pisces
    • Cartilage and Bonyfishes
    • Blue revolution
  • General characteristics of Amphibia
    • Transition from water to land, parental care
  • General characteristics of reptiles
    • Terrestrial adaption
    • Economic importance
    • Poisonous apparatus of snake​
  • General characteristics of Aves
    • Reptiles to birds (Archaeopteryx)
    • Flight adaption
    • Bird migration​
  • General characteristics of mammals
    • Echo location in bats
• Plant Tissues
  • Meristematic Tissue
    • Apical
    • Intercalary
    • Lateral
• Simple permanent tissue
  • Parenchyma
  • Collenchyma
  • Sclerenchyma
• Complex permanent tissues
  • Xylem and Phloem
  • Arrangement of Vascular bundles in monocot & dicot stems
• Animal Tissues
  • Structure, Type, Location and function of the following
    • Epithelial tissue
    • Squamous, cuboidal, columnar and stratified
    • Connective tissue
    • Areolar,  Adipose, Fibrous, Elastic, Cartilage, Bone, Blood and Lymph
    • Nervous tissue – Structure and function of a neuron

2.Materials

• Electronics
  • Semi-conductors types, application
  • Diode
  • Transistors
  • Doping
  • Super conductivity
• Synthetic materials
  • Manufacture of
    • Paper
    • Ceramics
    • Glass
    • Silicon and uses
  • Optical fibres
    • Composition
    • Properties
    • Uses

3.How Things work

• Radio transmission
• TV
• Electromagnetic Induction
• Faraday’s laws
• DC Motor
• AC & DC Dynamo
• Heat Engines
• External, internal efficiency
• Ultrasound scanners
• MRI
• Metallurgy
  • Periodic classification
  • Metallurgy – Properties of metals, Occurrence
  • Concentration of ores and methods
  • Refining of metals
  • Alloys of Cu, Fe, Al and uses
  • Extraction of Fe and Aluminium
• Organic Chemistry
  • Manufacture of Sugar
  • Fermentation of Sugar
  • Manufacture of alcohol
  • Organic compounds
    • Aliphatic
    • Alicyclic
    • Aromatic
    • Functional group NH₂, CHO, COOH, OH
  • Polyfunctional compounds, hydrogenation of oils

4.Food

• Plant Breeding Techniques
  • Common breeding techniques
  • Hybridization
  • Tissue Culture – Application and limitations
  • Genetically modified plants
  • Hydroponics
  • Aeroponics
  • Roof gardening
• Role of biotechnology in Food Industries
  • Preservation
  • Odorants
  • Colorants
• Animal breeding techniques
  • Animal husbandry
  • Animal breeding techniques

5.Microbes and Man

• Microbial Diseases
  • Causes – Symptoms and preventive measures of
    • Chikungunya
    • Bird flu and dengue
• Sexually Transmittable Infections
  • Syphilis
  • Gonorrhoea
  • Genital herpes
  • Genital warts
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Hepatitis – B

6.Environmental Science

• Environmental Problems
• Causes, effects and Prevention of the following
  • Air pollution
    • Acid rain
    • Global warming
    • Ozone depletion
  • Water pollution
    • Thermal Pollution
    • Soil Pollution
    • Noise Pollution
    • Radiation Pollution
• Waste Disposal
  • Disposal of biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes
• Natural Resources
  • Solar energy and devices
  • Wind energy
  • Tidal energy
  • Geothermal energy
  • Alternative sources of energy
  • Biofuels

7.Life Processes

• Control and coordination in plants
  • Chemical coordination in plants
  • Irribility in plants
  • Plant hormones
    • Auxins, Gibberellins, Cyto Kines, Abscise acid, Ethylene
    • Role and uses of plant hormones in agriculture
    • Bonsai Culture
• Chemical coordination in animals
  • Homeostasis
  • Endocrine glands
  • Hormones-Steroids and no steroids
  • Location, function and effect of hyper and hypo secretions
• Nervous Coordination in animals
  • Nervous system in Man
  • Conduction of nerve impulses – CNS – PNS – ANS Brain mapping ill effects of drugs
  • Sense organs in man. Eye-Ear-Stru & function Nose, Tongue-Skin Defects & care of sense organs

8.Reproduction and Heredity

• Heredity and Variation
• Mendels’s experiments
  • Principle of dominance
  • Laws of segregation
  • Law of independent assortement
• Deviation from the principle of dominance – incomplete dominance
• Sex determination
• Sex linked inheritance
• Sex abnormalities
• DNA – Hereditary Material components and structures
• Brief account of Watson & Krick’s contributions DNA technology
  • DNA finger print technology
  • Recombinant DNA technology
  • Cloning – stem cell culture

9.Motion

• Types of motion
  • Linear motion
  • Circular motion
  • Wave motion
  • Simple harmonic motion
  • Applications and examples
• Faraday’s law of electrolysis, Electrolytes & Types and examples
• Gas laws
• Boyle – Charl’s law Grahm laws of diffusion
• Electrolysis
  • Electrolytes and non-electrolytes
  • Applications
• Types of reactions
  • Exothermix and Endothermic reaction
    • Definition
    • Examples

10.Energy, Work and Force

• Sound
  • Properties
  • Echo
  • Wave Velocity V-nλ
  • Ultrasonics
  • Sonar
  • Radar
• Nuclear energy
  • Fission
  • Fusion
  • Nuclear reactor

11.Space Science

• Birth – Life – Death of a star
• Black hole
• Colour of Star
• Bigbang theory
• Galaxies & types
  • Work of Rockets
  • Multistage Rockets
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Orbital Velocity
  • Escape Velocity
  • Indian contribution to space science
  • Chadrayan

12.Evolution of Life

• Human Evolution
  • Evolution of man
    • Trends in human evolution
    • Human ancestors
    • Distinct features of each stage