VTUEEE Phase 2 Slot 1 2025 Syllabus

Chapters 

Topics in the Chapters 

Mechanics 

• Uniform and non-uniform motion 
• Motion in a plane 
• Newton’s first, second, and third law of motion 
• Law of friction 
• Angular momentum 

Properties of matter 

• Universal law of gravitation 
• Escape/orbital velocity 
• Geostationary satellites 
• Kepler’s law of planetary motion
• Hooke’s law 

Heat and thermodynamics 

• Kinetic theory of gases 
• Kinetic energy and temperature 
• RMS speed of gas molecules 
• Stokes law 

Optics 

• Reflection of light 
• Spherical mirrors 
• Refraction of light 
• Thin lens formula 
• Magnification 
• Polarized light

Electricity 

• Electric current 
• Ohm’s law 
• Kirchoff’s law 
• Lenz’s law 
• Electromagnetic induction 

Magnetism 

• Biot-Savart law (its application)
• Ampere’s law (its application)
• Magnetic field lines 

Atomic physics 

• Atomic structure 
• Rutherford’s atomic model 
• Bohr’s model 
• Particle nature of light

Nuclear Physics 

• Nuclear properties 
• Radioactivity, alpha, beta and gamma rays (their properties) 
• Nuclear fission & fusion 

Electronic devices 

• Semiconductors 
• Characteristics of transistor 
• Transistor as an amplifier & oscillator 

Laser and optic fiber 

• Interaction of radiation with matter 
• Essentials and types of laser 
• Semiconductor laser 
• Application of laser

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Topics in the Chapters 

Basic concepts of chemistry 

• Matters, its nature 
• Chemical combination laws
• Atomic/molecular masses 

P, D, S and F block elements 

• 1 and 2 group elements 
• Electronic configuration 
• Physical and chemical properties general trends 
• Actinides 
• Lanthanides

Solid state chemistry and coordination chemistry 

• IUPAC nomenclature 
• Isomerism 
• Coordination compounds theories
• Imperfection in solids 

Chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics 

• First and second law of thermodynamics 
• Gibb’s free energy 
• Mass action law 

Redox reactions and electrochemistry 

• Redox reactions 
• Oxidation number 
• Kohlrausch’s law 
• Nernst equation (its application)
• Cell potential & gibbs energy change relationship 

Characterization and purification of organic compounds 

• Purification 
• Organic quantitative analysis (numerical problems)
• Calculations of empirical formulae 

Basic principles of organic chemistry 

• Shapes of simple molecules 
• Hybridization 
• Organic compounds classification 
• Types of organic reactions 

Hydrocarbons 

• Alkanes 
• Alkynes 
• Aromatic hydrocarbons 
• Isomerism 

Organic compounds containing oxygen 

• Mechanism of substitution reactions 
• Nature, properties, preparation of C-X bond 

Biomolecules 

• Aldoses/ketones 
• Classification and function of vitamins 
• Enzymes

Polymers 

• General methods and classification of polymerization 
• Synthetic and natural rubber 

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Topics in the Chapters 

Partial functions 

• Non repeated and repeated linear factors 
• Non repeated irreducible quadratic factors 

Complex numbers 

• Algebra of complex numbers 
• Argument and modulus of complex number 
• Square root of a complex number 

Quadratic equations 

• Nature of roots 
• Roots and coefficients relationship 
• Formation of quadratic with given roots

Matrices and determinants 

• Matrices 
• Orthogonal matrices 
• Properties of determinants 
• Types of matrices 

Trigonometry 

• Trigonometric identities/functions 
• Inverse trigonometric functions (their properties)

Permutations and combinations 

• Counting and its fundamental principles 
• Meaning of NPR and NCR simple problems 

Binomial theorem for a positive index 

• Binomial coefficients (their properties)
• General and middle term 

Two dimensional coordinate geometry 

• Equation of a circle 
• Parallel/perpendicular lines 
• Equation of a tangent 

Vector algebra 

• Scalars/vectors 
• Vector/scalar products 
• Parallel/perpendicular vectors 

Limit, differentiability and continuity 

• Simple functions graphs 
• Quotient and product of 2 functions 
• Applications of derivatives 

Integration 

• Integration by partial function 
• Bernoulli rule 
• Definite integrals (its properties)

Ordinary differential equations 

• Formation of differential equations 
• Solution of differential equations 

Probability and set theory 

• Sets and their representatives 
• Bernoulli trials 
• Binomial distribution