Syllabus : Chemistry

 

          There is no prescribed syllabus for NTSE. However, the standard of items shall be conforming to the level of class X public Exams.

Chemistry

Synopsis, formulae with Chemical Names, Physical Chemistry, Non-Metals & Metals (Inorganic Chemistry), Organic Chemistry.

Minerals from earth, metals and non-metals, use of metals and non-metals. Extraction of Metals: Metals and non-metals, occurrence, general metallurgical operations for extraction of metals (Pure). Extraction of copper, iron and aluminium. Properties of metals and some alloys, use of metals and non metals, their compounds and some alloys at home and in industry. (refer- non metals silicon, sulphur and phosphorus). Account of synthetic fibres, plastics, rubber, soap and detergents. Fuels: Biomass as a fuel-biogas, Fossil fuels-coal, types of coal, petroleum, fractional distillation of petroleum, LPG, Natural gas, Classification of fuels, Solid, Liquid and Gaseous fuels, Characteristics of fuel-Caloric Value of fuels and its determination, ignition temperature, combustion of fuels, combustion of food in living organisms; characteristics of an ideal fuel. Carbon and its compounds: Introduction: Allotropes of carbon and their occurrence, structure, related property, uses. Hydrocaarbons and their elementary structure, related property and uses. Isomerism (elementary idea), preparation of methane and etahane. Simple compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and their uses, petroleum products, introductory