UPSC Exam- SCRA Exam 2013 Notification - Part 10
Paper-II
(I) PHYSICS
Length measurements
using vernier, screw gauge, spherometer and optical lever. Measurement of time
and mass.
Straight line motion
and relationships among displacement, velocity and acceleration. Newton
Equilibrium of bodies
under action of forces. Moment of a force, couple. Newton
Mass and Weight;
Centre of gravity, Uniform circular motion, centripetal force, simple Harmonic
motion. Simple pendulum.
Pressure in a fluid
and its variation with depth. Pascal’s Law. Principle of Archimedes. Floating
bodies, Atmospheric pressure and its measurement.
Temperature and its
measurement. Thermal expansion, Gas laws and absolute emperature. Specific heat, la tent heats and
their measurement. Specific heat of gases. Mechanical equivalent of heat.
Internal energy and First law of thermodynamics,
Isothermal and adiabatic changes. Transmission of heat; thermal conductivity.
Wave motion;
Longitudinal and transverse waves. Progressive and stationary waves, Velocity
of sound in gas and its dependence on various factors. Resonance phenomena (air
columns and strings).
Reflection and
refraction of light. Image formation by curved mirrors and lenses, Microscopes and
telescopes. Defects of vision.
Prisms, deviation and
dispersion, Minimum deviation. Visible spectrum.
Field due to a bar
magnet, Magnetic moment, Elements of Earth’s magnetic field.
Magnetometers. Dia,
para and ferromagnetism.
Electric charge,
electric field and potential, Coulomb’s Law.
Electric current;
electric cells, e.m.f. resistance, ammeters and voltmeters. Ohm’s law;
resistances in series and parallel, specific resistance and conductivity.
Heating effect of current. Wheatstone’s bridge, Potentiometer.
Magnetic effect of
current; straight wire, coil and solenoid electromagnet; electric bell. Force
on a current-carrying conductor in magnetic field; moving coil galvanometers; conversion
to ammeter or voltmeter.
Chemical effects of
current; Primary and storage cells and their functioning, Laws of electrolysis.
Electromagnetic
induction; Simple A.C. and D.C. generators. Transformers, Induction coil,
Cathode rays,
discovery of the electron, Bohr model of the atom. Diode and its use as a
rectifier.
Production, properties and
uses of X-rays.
Radioactivity; Alpha,
Beta and Gamma rays.
Nuclear energy;
fission and fusion, conversion of mass into energy, chain reaction.
(II) CHEMISTRY
Physical Chemistry
1. Atomic structure;
Earlier models in brief. Atom as at three dimensional model. Orbital concept.
Quantum numbers and their significance, only elementary treatment. Pauli’s
Exclusion Principle. Electronic configuration. Aufbau Principle, s.p.d. and f. block
elements.
Periodic
classification only long form. Periodicity and electronic configuration. Atomic
radii, Electro-negativity in period and groups.
2. Chemical Bonding,
electro-valent, co-valent, coordinate covalent bonds. Bond Properties, sigma and
Pie bonds, Shapes of simple molecules like water, hydrogen sulphide, methane
and ammonium chloride. Molecular association and hydrogen bonding.
3. Energy changes in
a chemical reaction. Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions. Application of First
Law of Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law of constant heat summation.
4. Chemical
Equilibria and rates of reactions. Law of Mass action. Effect of Pressure, Temperature
and concentration on the rates of reaction. (Qualitative treatment based on Le
Chatelier’s Principle). Molecularity; First and Second order reaction. Concept
of Energy of activation. Application to manufacture of Ammonia and Sulphur
5. Solutions : True
solutions, colloidal solutions and suspensions. Colligative properties of
dillute solutions and determination of Molecular weights of dissolved
substances. Elevation of boiling points. Depressions of freezing point, osmotic
pressure. Raoult’s Law (non-thermodynamic treatment only).
6. Electro-Chemistry
: Solution of Electrolytes, Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis, ionic equilibria,
Solubility product. Strong and weak electrolytes. Acids and Bases (Lewis and
Bronstead concept). pH and Buffer solutions.
7. Oxidation —
Reduction; Modern, electronics concept and oxidation number.
8. Natural and
Artificial Radioactivity: Nuclear Fission and Fusion. Uses of Radioactive isotopes.
Inorganic Chemistry
Brief Treatment of
Elements and their industrially important compounds:
1. Hydrogen :
Position in the periodic table. Isotopes of hydrogen. Electronegative and electropositive
character. Water, hard and soft water, use of water in industries, Heavy water
and its uses.
2. Group I Elements:
Manufacture of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and
sodium chloride.
3. Group II Elements:
Quick and slaked lime. Gypsum, Plaster of Paris. Magnesium sulphate and
Magnesia.
4. Group III
Elements: Borax, Alumina and Alum.
5. Group IV Elements
: Coals, Coke and solid Fuels, Silicates, Zolitis semi-conductors. Glass
(Elementary treatment).
6. Group V Elements.
Manufacture of ammonia and nitric acid. Rock Phosphates and safety matches.
7. Group VI Elements.
Hydrogen peroxide, allotropy of sulphur, sulphuric acid. Oxides of sulphur.
8. Group VII
Elements. Manufacture and uses of Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine, Hydrochloric
acid. Bleaching powder.
9. Group O. (Noble
gases) Helium and its uses.
10. Metallurgical Processes:
General Methods of extraction of metals with specific reference to copper,
iron, aluminium, silver, gold, zinc and lead. Common alloys of these metals;
Nickel and manganese steels.
Organic Chemistry
1. Tetrahedral nature
of carbon, Hybridisation and sigma pie bonds and their relative strength.
Single and multiple bonds. Shapes of molecules. Geometrical and optical
isomerism.
2. General methods of
preparation, properties and reaction of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, Petroleum
and its refining. Its uses as fuel. Aromatic hydrocarbons :
Resonance and
aromaticity. Benzene and Naphthalene and their analogues. Aromatic substitution
reactions.
3. Halogen
derivatives : Chloroform, Carbon Tetrachloride, Chlorobenzene, D.D.T. and Gammexane.
4. Hydroxy Compounds
: Preparation, properties and uses of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary alcohols,
Methanol, Ethanol, Glycerol and Phenol, Substitution reaction at aliphatic
carbon atom.
5. Ethers; Diethyl
ether.
6. Aldehydes and
ketones : Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, Benzaldehyde, acetone, acetophenone.
7. Nitro compounds
amines: Nitrobenzene TNT, Anlline, Diazonium Compounds, Azodyes.
8. Carboxylic acid :
Formic, acetic, denezoic and salicylic acids, acetyl salicylic acid.
9. Esters :
Ethylacerate, Methyl salicylates, ethylbenzoate.
10. Polymers :
Polythene, Teflon, Perpex, Artificial Rubber, Nylon and Polyester fibers.
11. Nonstructural
treatment of Carbohydrates, Fats and Lipids, amino acids and proteins -
Vitamins and hormones.
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