Basic Science (25 Marks)

Units and Measurement:

Ideas of various systems of units, SI units - Basic, Supplementary and Derived Units

Mechanics:

Speed, velocity, work, power and energy

Heat:

Concept of heat, temperature, different scales of temperature, specific heat, heat capacity, boiling point and melting point of different metals and non-metals.

Basic Electricity:

Introduction and uses of electricity, electric current, AC, DC and their comparison. Voltage, resistance and their units, Ohm's law. Series and parallel combination of Resistance, power, and heating effect of current.

Elasticity:

Elastic and plastic materials, stress, strain, their units, and elastic constants.

Light:

Laws of reflection, image formation by spherical mirrors and related terminologies, image formation, mirror formula, magnification. Refraction of light, optical density and refractive index, laws of refraction, Snell's law. Refraction of light by spherical lens, image formed by spherical lenses, lens formula, magnification, power of a lens.

Renewable Energy:

Solar, hydro, wind, nuclear, geothermal, ocean and bioenergy. The environmental consequences and importance of using non-conventional sources of energy.

Basic Mathematics (25 Marks)

Algebra:

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebraic formulae and related problems.

Linear Equations:

Various Methods of Solving a Pair of Linear Equations.

Quadratic Equations:

Solution of a Quadratic Equation by Factorization, Solution of a Quadratic Equation by Completing the Square, Nature of Roots

Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions:

nth Term series, Sum of First n Terms

Triangles:

Similar Figures, Similarity of Triangles, Criteria for Similarity of Triangles, Areas of Similar Triangles, Pythagoras Theorem

Coordinate Geometry:

Distance Formula, Section Formula, Area of a Triangle

Trigonometry and its Applications:

Trigonometric Ratios, Trigonometric Ratios of Some Specific Angles, Trigonometric Ratios of Complementary Angles, Trigonometric Identities, Heights and Distances

Surface Areas and Volumes:

Surface Area of a Combination of Solids, Volume of a Combination of Solids, Conversion of Solid from one Shape to another

Computer Awareness: (25 Marks)

Basics of Computer:

Components of a computer system, input and output devices, computer memory, the concept of software and hardware, concepts of computing data and information, binary and decimal systems, and basics of operating systems.

Basic of Microsoft office:

Basic uses of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Networking:

Basics of Computer Networks, Internet, search Engine, URLs, How to use web browser.

Communication and Collaboration:

Basics of email, how to use email, and format an email.

English Communication: (25 Marks)

GRAMMAR:

The Sentences: Types, Question Tags/Tags Questions, Nouns, Use of Tenses, Non Finite Verbs, The Agreement of verbs with subjects, Adverbs- Position and its Special Use, Comparisons, Prepositions, Co-ordinations and Sub-ordination, Conditionals, Transformation of Sentences, Voice-Active and Passive, Joining of Sentences (Synthesis), Direct and Indirect Speech, The Sequence of Tenses, The Same Word used as Different parts of Speech, Punctuation and Capital Letters.

Vocabulary and Usage:

Diminitives, Synonyms, Antonyms, One Word Substitutes, Making Verbs from Nouns and Adjectives, Making Adjectives from Nouns, Making Nouns from verbs, Words followed by Appropriate Prepositions, Proverbs, Verbal Phrases, Miscellaneous Idiomatic expressions, Legal terms, terms used in technology, Words Often Confused/Misused, Common Errors.

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