UP PGT Chemistry Syllabus in English & Hindi PDF 2021




UP PGT chemistry Syllabus in English PDF 2021

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A) Physical chemistry    

Gaseous State                   

  • Molecular kinetic theory of gases 
  • Derivation of kinetic equations and verification of gas laws
  • Details of molecular velocity
  •  heat absorption of gases
  •  energy Distribution rules
  •  molecular collision and Transport phenomena
  •  mean free path
  •  collision diameter
  •  non-ideal gases van der Waals equation and other state equations
  •  the corresponding State Law of  liquefaction of gases 

Liquid state

  • Molecular force in liquids
  •  vapour pressure of liquids and effect of temperature on vapour pressure
  •  the surface tension and viscosity of liquids and effect of temperature on them

 solid state

  • crystal shape and symmetry space conductor and unit cell
  •  Miller Indices
  •  different crystal system
  •  bragg equation
  • NaCl  – structure,  bonding of atoms in cubic bodies,  arrangement of atom in cubic crystal system and crystal defects.

colloidal state

  • hydrophilic and hydrophobic colloids
  • formation and properties of colloids
  • charge on colloidal particles
  • emulsions 
  • Preservation and use of colloids  aerosols
  • forms and  emulsions 




molecular structure and spectroscopy

  •  dipole moment and its application in molecular structure representation
  •  infrared and Raman spectroscopy and its application in structure presentation of molecules
  • nuclear Magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance Spectroscopy and its application in structure representation of molecules

Thermodynamics and thermochemistry

  •  the zero and first laws of Thermodynamics  enthalpy 
  • Internal energy
  •  first law of Thermodynamics and its application
  •  the work done by an ideal gas in isothermal reversible expansion
  •  Joule Thomson coefficient
  • reaction enthalpy( heat of combustion,  heat of transmission,  enthalpy of neutralization,  enthalpy of atomisation  and heat exchange etc.) 
  • Hess’s Law of constant heat addition and its applications
  •  bond energy
  •  second law of thermodynamics –  carrot cycle,  entropy change, Physical interpretation of Entropy,  entropy change in isothermal reversible expansion of ideal gas,  entropy change in Irreversible processes
  •  free energy( Gibbs and Helmholtz) Maxwell relationship
  •  partial molar quantities( chemical potentials) Gibbs Duhen relation
  • Clausius- Clapeyron Equation and Gibbs- Helmholtz equation.

Molecular/ statistical thermodynamics

  •  partition functions and their significance
  •  relation between partition function and thermodynamic function:  translational,  rotational,  vibrational and electronic partition functions, 
  • derivation of thermodynamic properties translational, rotational, vibrational and electronic for ideal gases 

Surface chemistry adsorption – 

  • Physical and chemical adsorption,
  • langmuir adsorption isotherm
  • isotherm curves
  • BET  equation and its uses

 physical photochemistry –

  •  primary and secondary processes
  •  Einstein’s law of photochemical equivalence
  •  phosphorescence and fluorescence
  •  photochemical decomposition of hydrogen iodide
  •  principles of chemical laser
  •  catalytic  homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
  • Enzyme catalysis




 Solution

  •  ideal and non ideal solution
  •  molecular properties of Roult’s-Law 
  • qualitative properties of solutions( osmotic pressure, relative lowering in vapour pressure,  elevation in boiling point and depression in freezing point).
  •  determination of molecular weight of insoluble solute in a solution
  •  abnormal colligative properties

 Nuclear chemistry 

  • Basic particles and their classification
  •  nuclear force
  •  fluid of atomic nuclei
  •  droplet and base  model
  •  nuclear stability
  •  energy transformation in nuclear reactions
  •  concept of nuclear fragmentation
  •  Nuclear Fission and fusion reactions

 chemical kinetics-

  •  order and molecularity of chemical reactions and derivation of rate constants for first and second order reaction and its unit
  •  effect of temperature on rate constants( Arrhenius  equation)
  •  methods of determining the order of reaction
  •  factors affecting rate of chemical reactions and active-hybrid theory

 chemical equilibrium-

  •  relationship between Kp and K
  • Law of mass action and its application for dissociation of PC15
  •  formation of HI and HN3 , and dissociation of CaCO3, NH4HS.
  • Le Chatelier’s Principle- Its application in chemical and physical equilibrium
  • Vant’s  hoff equation

 phase equilibrium

  •  Phase rule
  •  phase diagram for one component system and its applications

 Electrochemistry

  •  electrolytic conductance
  • Arrhenius  theory of electrolysis
  •  Ostwald  dilution law
  •  the theory of strong  electrolytes
  • Debye-Falkenhage n and Wien effects.
  • Accessibility and its determination
  • Kohlrausch  law of independent Migration of ions
  •  applicability of conductivity measurement
  •  mobility and ionic strength
  •  mean ionic activity coefficient
  • Debye-Huckle limiting  law
  • electrochemical cell
  •  electromotive force of reversible and Irreversible electrode in a single compartment
  • Nernst  equation
  • Standard electrode potential
  •  applications of electromotive force
  •  oxygen hydrogen fuel cell

 Ionic Equilibrium

  •  solubility product
  •  water dissociation of salts
  •  pH, pOH and pK (pKa and pKb ) of Buffer solutions
  •  theory of indicators



B) Inorganic chemistry

  Atomic structure-

  •  wave particle dualism
  • Heisenberg’s  uncertainty principle
  • Schrodinger  wave equation
  •  atomic orbitals
  •  Quantum numbers
  •  linear and angular potential distribution curves
  •  s, p  and the shape of D orbitals
  • Aufbau’s  rule and the exclusion principle of Pauli
  •  the electronic configuration of the Hund’s law  elements
  •  the study of the long form of the periodic table-   characteristic features,  
  • periodic properties-  atomic and ionic radii,  ionization energies,  electron affinity and electronegativity and their tendency in the periodic table 
  • Chemical bonding-  ionic bonding- lattice energy, Born-Haber cycle, solvation energy, Solubility of ionic solids,  covalent nature of ionic bonding(Fajans’ Rule) covalent bonding-  valence bonding and molecular orbital theory of covalency
  •  molecular orbital analysis
  •  hybridization and morphology of simple inorganic molecules and ions of homogeneous nuclear and heterogeneous nuclear molecules (CO, HFNO only).
  • Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory(VSEPR)  and its application in NH3, H3O+, SF6 and IF7 

Elements of S- block – 

  •  general characteristics
  •  chemistry of Lithium and beryllium
  •  exceptional behaviour and diagonal relationships

 Elements of P-block-

  • electronic configuration and general trend of periodic properties
  •  composition and structure of Nitrogen Phosphorus and sulphur oxides and their oxy  acids
  •  chemistry of phosphagens silicates, silicones, diboranes, inter halogens, and poly halides
  • Formation,  properties and uses of the following compounds-  heavy water, microcosmic salts, plaster of Paris, potassium dichromate, potassium permanganate, sodium thiosulphate, hydrogen,  hydroxyl amine, albumen and bleaching powder 

 Elements of D-block –

  • Characteristic properties of elements of 3D block
  •  comparison of elements of 4D and 5D Block with elements of 3D block

chemistry of coordination compounds

  • Werner theory
  • IUPAC naming
  •  coordination isomerism
  •  principles of metal ligand bonding in transition metal complexes
  •  effective atomic number(EAN) rules and valence bond theory
  • crystal field theory
  •  crystal field splitting in tetrahedral and octahedral complexes
  •  crystal field stabilization energy(CFSE) only  for d1 – d9 Configuration(  magnetic behaviour of transition metal complexes), L-coupling and orbital contribution of magnetic moment
  •  a brief thermodynamic profile of the stability of metal complexes
  •  substitution reactions in square planar complexes
  •  electronic spectrum
  •  types of electronic transition
  •  selection rules for d-d transition
  •  spectroscopic ground state and spectrochemical range
  •  Orgel energy level diagram for d1 – d9 states.

F block elements

  •  lanthanides electronic configuration
  •  oxidation States comparative study in terms of atomic and ionic radii and complex formation
  •  the principle of separation of lanthanides
  •  magnetic and spectroscopic properties of Lanthanide compounds
  •  antinides general characteristics  and Chemistry of antinides
  •  chemistry of separation of Np, Pu, Am, F m, and U

Organometallic chemistry

  •  definition, nomenclature and classification

 Bio inorganic chemistry

  •  biological role of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions( Ca2 + with special reference)
  •  metal porphyrin complex- hemoglobin and myoglobin



C) Organic chemistry

 General organic chemistry

  •  orbital diagram of general organic molecules- methane, ethane, ethene ethyne and Benzene
  •  inductive effect, hyperconjugation effect, mesomeric effect, resonance and their effect on the acidity and basicity of organic compounds 
  • Classification and nomenclature of organic compounds( both aliphatic and aromatic)

 Reaction mechanism-

  •  methods of organic reactions homogeneous and heterogeneous cleavages, Electrophile, nucleophile and free radical.
  • Mechanism of aliphatic substitution, addition and elimination reactions

 Stereochemistry

  •  structural isomers and stereoisomers
  •  conformational analysis of isomerism( Ethane and n-butane only)

organic synthesis-

  •  properties of synthesis of  alkyl, alkene, alkyne, alkyl  halide, Alcohols, aldehydes, Ketone and carboxylic acids and their derivatives (methodology should  also be given at the appropriate place )
  • Method of preparation of Grignard reagent and its application
  •  active methylene compounds-  aceto acetic Ester  and malonic Ester and keto-enol taut omerism.

Carbohydrate-

  •  classification of ring structure and configuration of glucose and fructose
  •  mutarotation carbohydrate, interconversion of functional groups

 aromatic compounds-

  •  common methods of synthesis of aromatic compounds-  aromatic Hydrocarbons, electrophilic aromatic substitution-Nitration, halogenation, sulfonation, Friedel-Crafts reactions( alkylation and acylation reactions).
  • Formation and properties of chlorobenzene, nitrobenzene, aniline, phenol  benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, benzene sulphonic acid, thallic acid, salicylic acid and cinnamic acid organic compounds.

Heterocyclic- 

  •  asymmetric cyclic compounds-  synthesis, furan,  pyrole, thiophene, pyridine, quinoline and Aromatic characteristics of Isoquinoline, Poly-nuclear Aromatic Compounds- Naphthalene, Anthracene and Phenanthracene

Alicyclic Compounds– Cycloalkanes- Normal Synthesis Bayer’s Deformation.

Cyclohexane : Boat and chair form

Reactive intermediate-  preparation, structure and reaction of carbocation, carbanion, free radical, carbene nitrene and benzynes. 



Alkaloid- 

  •  Basicity of general Organic compounds, Hoffman  methylation, structure and synthesis of nicotine And Piperine,  amino acids, peptides, and protein formation and its properties

 Polymer-

  •  type of Polymers and polymerization process
  •  manufacture and use of following polymers-  natural and synthetic rubber, Teflon, fricyan and polystyrene,  palamidrush Synthesized  fibre polyesters, polyacylates and rayon , dyes-color, modern ideas malachite green, synthesis of chlorencin and methylarenchose, composition and synthesis of indigo and structure and synthesis of alizarin.

Drugs, Medicines, Antibiotics & Agro-chemicals- 

  • Classification of drugs, antibiotics and agrochemicals, aspirin, Paracetamol, phenylbutazone, sulphanilamide, sulphagunidine, sulphapyridine, sulphathiazole, chloroquine, primaquine P.A.S., chlorapamycin and streptomycin, patathion, malathion, gamazine, DDT synthesis and its use.

Vitamins and hormone-

  •  chemical composition and animal Botanical work of Vitamin A, B and C and thyroxine and estrone and their biological importance.




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