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Chemistry (CY)

• Organic Chemistry 
• Inorganic Chemistry 
• Physical Chemistry

Geology (GG)

• Planet Earth
• Geomorphology 
• Structural Geology
• Palaeontology 
• Stratigraphy 
• Mineralogy 
• Petrology 
• Economic Geology
• Applied Geology 

Mathematics (MA)

• Sequence and Series of Real Numbers
• Functions of One Real Variable
• Functions of Two or three Real Variables
• Integral Calculus 
• Differential Equations 
• Vector Calculus 
• Group Theory 
• Linear Algebra 
• Real Analysis

Mathematical Statistics (MS)

• Sequence and Series
• Differential Calculus 
• Integral Calculus 
• Matrices
• Probability 
• Random Variables
• Standard Distributions 
• Random Distributions 
• Joint Distributions 
• Sampling Distributions 
• Limit Theorems 
• Estimation 
• Testing of Hypothesis

Physics (PH)

• Mathematical Methods 
• Mechanics and General Properties of Matter 
• Oscillation, Wave, and Optics
• Electricity and Magnetism 
• Kinetic Theory 
• Thermodynamics
• Modern Physics
• Solid State Physics 
• Devices & Electronics

Economics (EN)

• Micro-Economics
• Macro-Economics
• Statistics for Economics 
• Indian Economy 
• Mathematics for Economics

Biotechnology(BT)

• Biology: Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, Plant Biology
• Chemistry: Bonding in molecules, Structure and properties of atoms, Chemistry of organic compounds
• Mathematics: Statistics, Probability, Logarithms, Mathematical induction, Vectors
• Physics: Conservation of energy, Units and Measurements, Optics, Laws of Motion, Work and Kinetic Energy

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Cell Biology

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure; membrane function and structure; Organelles and the eukaryotic cell's internal structure trafficking in proteins within a eukaryotic cell; Endocrine and paracrine signalling are two signalling pathways involved in cell communication.

Apoptosis and the extracellular matrix; Cell cycle: phases of meiosis and mitosis, as well as regulation of the cycle of cell division.

Biochemistry

The composition and roles of biological macromolecules; Allostery Enzymes: Michaelis-Menten kinetics, basic mechanisms of enzyme catalysis, inhibition of enzymes, vitamins as coenzymes, and regulation; Bioenergetics: biological oxidation-reduction reactions, reduction potential, high-energy compounds, and free-energy change. 

Metabolism includes nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis, TCA cycle regulation, and photosynthesis.

Genetics

Mendel's laws, polygenic trait inheritance patterns, and Mendelian inheritance patterns related to human disorders genealogy analysis the genetic foundation of inheritance; Recombination of genes; using linkage analysis to map genes on chromosomes; cultivate plants.

Molecular Biology

Important studies that demonstrated DNA is the genetic material include DNA replication, DNA recombination, DNA proofreading and repair, transcription, RNA processing, and translation.

Differential gene expression in multicellular eukaryotes and operons in bacteria are examples of gene expression regulation.

Evolution

Darwinian theory: fossil record, natural selection, and modified descent; sources of genetic variation, gene pools and allele frequencies, the Hardy-Weinberg equation, genetic drift, gene flow, and adaptive evolution are all covered in population genetics.

Various forms of speciation phylogenetic arrangement; Origins of multicellularity, protocells, abiotic synthesis of biological macromolecules, and dating of fossils are all part of the story of life.

Microbiology

Pathogenic microorganisms; nutrition-based classification of microbes; isolation; cultivation; structural characteristics of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa; Microbial genetics; submerged fermentation techniques; growth kinetics; and metabolism.

Plant Biology

Classification of tissues and organs; growth, both primary and secondary; morphogenesis; transport in vascular plants; nourishment of plants; growth of flowering plants: gametophytic and sporophytic generations, distinct stages of development, incompatibility in gametogenesis, gametogenesis, dormancy, germination, and environmental stimulus; photosbiology; hormones in plants; Plant reaction to external factors, both biotic and abiotic.

Animal Biology

Systems of digestion, circulation, respiration, excretion, nervous system, reproduction, and endocrine function; Immunology fundamentals: innate and adaptive immunity, immune cells, and immunoglobulins; Animal development includes cellular differentiation, morphogenesis, cleavage, gastrulation, fertilisation, and the formation of embryonic patterns.

Ecology

Patterns of the climate; biomes of land and sea; factors influencing population density; environmental restrictions on species distribution; interactions between different communities, ecological systems; Ecological remediation.

Biotechnology

Plant tissue culture; Animal cloning via somatic cell nuclear transfer; Uses of recombinant DNA technology in forensic, medical, and agricultural fields.

Methods in Biology

Cell biology includes light and electron microscopy, protein staining with antibodies, and GFP reporter visualisations.

Biochemical techniques

Western blotting, UV spectrophotometry, centrifugation-based cell fractionation, electrophoresis, and biomolecular chromatography. Methods used in molecular biology DNA sequencing; polymerase chain reaction; expression of cloned eukaryotic genes in bacteria; hybridisation methods; plasmid vectors and restriction enzymes for DNA cloning.

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Structure and Properties of Atoms

Chemical bonding; Complex formation; Physical and chemical basis of molecular interactions.

Bohr's theory; Periodicity in properties.

Chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium

Bonding in molecules

Chemical equilibrium; Chemical thermodynamics (first and second law); and Chemical kinetics (zero and first order reactions).

Physical and chemical properties of compounds: Chemical catalysis; Acid-base concepts.

Concepts of pH and buffer; Conjugative effects and resonance; Inductive effects; Electromeric effects; Photochemistry; and Electrochemistry.

Instrumental techniques - Spectroscopy: fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy, emission and absorption spectroscopy.

UV-Vis, IR and 1-D proton NMR spectroscopy, basics of mass spectrometry; Basics of calorimetry; Basic concepts of crystallography.

Chemistry of organic compounds: Hydrocarbons; Alkyl halides; Alcohols; Aldehydes; Ketones; Carboxylic acids; Amines and their derivatives; Aromatic hydrocarbons, halides, nitro and amino compounds, phenols, diazonium salts, carboxylic and sulphonic acids; Soaps and detergents; Stereochemistry of carbon compounds.

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Sets; Relations and Functions; Mathematical Induction; Logarithms; Complex numbers; Linear and Quadratic equations; Sequences and Series; Trigonometry; Cartesian System of Rectangular

Coordinates; Straight lines and Family; Three Dimensional Geometry; Permutations and Combinations; Binomial Theorem; Vectors; Matrices and Determinants; Boolean Algebra; Functions; Limits and Continuity.

Differentiation; Ordinary Differential Equations; Application of Derivatives; Integration as inverse process of differentiation; Definite and indefinite integrals; Methods of Integration; Integration by parts.

Measures of dispersion; Mean Deviation for grouped and ungrouped data; Variance and Standard Deviation; and Analysis of Frequency Distribution.

Random Experiments; Event; Axiomatic Approach to Probability; Conditional Probability and its properties; Multiplication Theorem on Probability; Independent Events; Bayes’ Theorem.

Random Variables and its Probability Distributions; Bernoulli Trails and Binomial Distributions.

Statistics

Probability

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Units and measurements; Motion in one and two dimensions; Laws of motion; Work and kinetic energy; Conservation of energy; System of particles and rotational motion; Mechanical properties of solids and fluids.

Thermal properties of matter; Heat and laws of thermodynamics; Kinetic theory of gases; Electric charge and field; Electric potential and capacitance

Current, resistance and simple circuits; Moving charges and magnetic field; Magnetism and matter; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic waves; Alternating currents

Optics: Geometrical Optics – Reflection by spherical mirrors, Refraction at spherical surfaces and lenses, Total internal reflection and Optical instruments.

Wave optics – Reflection and refraction of plane waves, Interference, Diffraction

Polarization, and Young’s experiment: Dual nature of radiation and matter; Atoms, nuclei and nuclear physics; Semiconductor materials, devices, and simple circuits.

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Atomic and Molecular Structure

The photoelectric effect, Bohr's theory, the de Broglie postulate, the uncertainty principle of Heisenberg, and Planck's black body radiation; Schrödinger’s wave equation (including its mathematical treatment), quantum mechanical postulates, normalised and orthogonal wave functions, and the meaning of ̰Ѱ2.

Operators; A single-dimensional particle, the radial probability distribution, and the angular and radial wave functions for the hydrogen atom; determining distribution function maxima (maxima and minima ideas), hydrogen atom energy spectrum; orbitals with the shapes of s, p, d, and f; The Principle of Exclusion by Pauli The maximal multiplicity rule of Hund.

Gaseous State

A gas's kinetic molecular model includes information on the mean free path, viscosity, collision frequency, and collision diameter. The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution includes the following topics: ideal gases and their behaviour that deviates from ideal gas behaviour, van der Waals equation of state, critical state, law of corresponding states, and molecular velocities and the law of equipartition of energy.

Liquid State

Liquid physical properties include vapour pressure, surface tension, viscosity coefficient, and applications; solute concentration affects surface tension and viscosity; temperature affects liquid viscosity.

Solid State

Basic vector applications to crystal systems, unit cells, Miller indices, crystal systems, and Bravais lattices; The structures of NaCl, CsCl, and KCl, diamond, graphite, and X-ray diffraction; Bragg's Law; Heat capacity of solids; crystal defects; lattice energy; isomorphism; close packing in metals and metal compounds; semiconductors; insulators.

Chemical Thermodynamics

The cyclic rule, partial derivatives, Euler's reciprocity, and exact and inexact differentials are all treated mathematically. both irreversible and reversible procedures; thermodynamic functions, including enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy, as well as the laws governing thermochemistry and thermodynamics; The Gibbs Duhem equation, partial molar quantities, composition-dependent thermodynamic parameters, and chemical potential and its applications.

Equations of Phase and Chemistry: Kn, Kp, Kc, Kx, and Law of Mass Action; The Le-Chatelier principle; the impact of temperature on K solutions with ionic equilibria buffer and pH solutions; salt hydrolysis compatibility and compatibility result; Indicators; Acid-Base Titration Curves diluted liquids the uses of Raoult's and Henry's laws; characteristics of collation; the Gibbs phase rule phase diagrams for single and two components; phase equilibria.

Electrochemistry

Conductivity, as well as the characteristics of molar, equivalent, and Kohlrausch law Debye–Hückel–Onsager formula Ionic transference numbers, mobilities, and velocities; uses for conductance measurement Faraday's laws of electrolysis in quantitative terms, and the uses of electrolysis in metallurgy and industry Nernst equation for a cell's electromotive force; the electrochemical series' standard electrode potential; concentration cells, both transference-free and with; EMF measurement applications, such as potentiometric titrations.

Chemical Kinetics

The fundamental concepts of integration and differentiation, including the order and molecularity of a reaction and the differential and integrated form of rate expressions; the kinetics of reactions that are opposite, parallel, and consecutive.

Approximation of steady state in reaction mechanisms sequences of events Lindemann mechanism in unimolecular reaction temperature-dependent reaction rates, activation energy, and the Arrhenius equation reaction rate collision theory.

Kinds of catalysts, their mechanisms of catalysed reactions at solid surfaces, and their selectivity and specificity; Acid-base catalysis and the Michaelis-Menten mechanism are two examples of enzyme catalysis.

Adsorption

Surface area of adsorbents; surface films on liquids; types of adsorption; Gibbs adsorption equation; adsorption isotherm.

Spectroscopy

Basic ideas of rotational, vibrational, electronic, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Beer-Lambert's law.

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Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry and Stereochemistry

Optical isomerism in compounds with and without any stereocenters (allenes, biphenyls); conformation of acyclic systems (substituted ethane/n-propane/n-butane) and cyclic systems, substituted cyclohexanes, and polycyclic (cis and trans decalins); electronic effects (resonance, inductive, hyperconjugation), and steric effects and its applications (acid/base property).

Organic Reaction Mechanism and Synthetic Applications

Reactive intermediate chemistry, including nucleophilic substitution, elimination reactions and mechanisms, carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes, nitrenes, and benzynes.

The rearrangements that occur in organic chemistry include the Pinacolpinacolone, Favorskii, benzilic acid rearrangement, Baeyer-Villeger reaction, Wolff rearrangement, Simmons-Smith, Reimer-Tiemann, Michael, Darzens, Wittig, and McMurry reactions; oxidation and reduction reactions.

Diels-Alder, electrocyclic, and sigmatropic reactions; functional group inter-conversions; structural issues utilising chemical reactions; and organometallic reagents in organic synthesis (Grignard, organolithium, organocopper, and organozinc (Reformatsky only).

Qualitative Organic Analysis

Chemical tests are used to identify functional groups, and basic spectroscopic methods such as UV, IR, and 1 H NMR are employed to clarify the structure of simple organic molecules.

Natural Products Chemistry

The chemical composition of alkaloids, peptides, steroids, terpenes, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.

Aromatic and Heterocyclic Chemistry

Aromaticity, electrophilic and nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions, synthesis, characteristics, and reactivity of monocyclic, bicyclic, and tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as monocyclic compounds with a single heteroatom.

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Periodic Table

Aufbau's principle, periodicity, orbital energy variations, effective nuclear charge, atomic, covalent, and ionic radii, ionisation enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, and electronegativity with atomic number, and the electronic configuration of diatomic molecules (first and second row elements) are all discussed in the periodic classification of elements.

Extractions of Metals

Ellingham diagram applications and principles; general techniques for element isolation and purification.

Chemical Bonding and shapes of molecules

The radius ratio rule, ion packing in crystals, and lonic bonds Madelung constant, Kapustinskii expression, Born-Landé equation, Fajan's rules, the Born-Haber cycle, solvation energy, polarising power, and polarisability Lewis structure and valence bond theory apply to covalent bonds. Blending.

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Sequences and Series of Real Numbers

Real number sequences, their convergence, bounded and monotone sequences, convergence requirements for real number sequences, Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, Cauchy sequences, and subsequences.

Real number series, absolute convergence, Leibniz test for alternating series convergence, and tests of convergence for positive term series, such as comparison, ratio, and root tests.

Functions of One Real Variable

Differentiation, limit, continuity, and intermediate value property The L'Hospital rule, Taylor's theorem, Rolle's theorem, mean value theorem, maxima, and minima.

Functions of Two or Three Real Variables

Differentiability, limit, continuity, partial derivatives, maxima, and minima. Integral Calculus: Differentiation as the inverse process of integration, definite integrals and their characteristics, the calculus fundamental theorem.

Double and triple integrals; switching the order of integration; using double integrals to calculate volumes and surface areas; and using triple integrals to calculate volumes.

Differential Equations

Variable separable equations, homogeneous differential equations, Bernoulli's equation, exact differential equations, orthogonal trajectories, second-order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, method of variation of parameters, and Cauchy-Euler equation are examples of first-order ordinary differential equations in the form y'=f(x,y).

Vector Calculus

Green, Stokes, and Gauss theorems; scalar and vector fields; gradient; divergence; curl; line integrals; surface integrals.

Group Theory

Lagrange's Theorem for finite groups, group homomorphism, cyclic groups, normal subgroups, Abelian groups, non-Abelian groups, and fundamental ideas of quotient groups are among the topics covered in this course.

Linear Algebra

Vector spaces with finite dimensions, linear independence of vectors, matrix representation, basis, dimension, linear transformations, range space, null space, and rank-nullity theorem.

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices, determinant, consistency conditions, solutions of systems of linear equations, and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem are some examples of mathematical concepts.

Real Analysis

Completeness of R, interior points, limit points, open sets, closed sets, bounded sets, connected sets, compact sets, and so on. Real variable power series; Taylor's series; radius and convergence interval; term-wise differentiation; and power series integration.

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Mathematical Methods

Partial derivatives, calculus of single and multiple variables, differentials that are perfect and imperfect in Jacobian Fourier series and Taylor expansion.

Calculus of vectors, vector algebra, numerous integrals, Three theorems: Stokes', Green's, and divergence. first-order equations and linear differential equations with constant coefficients in the second order. Calculants and matrices, Compound number algebra.

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter

The applications of Newton's laws of motion, Acceleration and velocity in polar, cylindrical, and Cartesian coordinate systems; uniform rotation of the frame; Coriolis and centrifugal forces; Kepler's laws, motion under a central force, gravitational field and law, forces that are conservative and non-conservative.

Particle system, Centre of mass, CM's equation of motion, energy conservation, angular and linear momentum conservation, and variable mass systems. Collisions that are inelastic and elastic.

Theorem of parallel and perpendicular axes; rigid body motion; fixed axis rotations; rotation and translation; moments of inertia and products of inertia. Principal axes and moments. Euler's equation, Bernoulli's theorem, equation of continuity, and kinematics of moving fluids.

Oscillations, Waves and Optics

Simple harmonic oscillator differential equation and general solution. two or more simple harmonic oscillators superposed. Lissajous figures. resonance, forced and damped oscillators. One-dimensional wave equation, travelling waves, and standing waves.

Wave energy density and wave energy transmission, Phase velocity and group velocity, media using sound waves, The Doppler Effect, The Fermat Principle, general theory of how images are formed, Lens combinations, as well as thin and thick lenses, light interference and retardation of the optical path.

Diffraction by Fraunhofer, Rayleigh criterion and power of resolution, Grinders for diffraction, Three types of polarisation exist: elliptic, circular, and linear, Optical rotation and double refraction.

Electricity and Magnetism

The laws of Gauss and Coulomb. Potential and electric field. Electrostatic boundary conditions and basic cases of Laplace's equation solution. capacitors, dielectrics, surface and volume charges, electrostatic energy, and dielectric polarisation. Self and mutual inductance, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, and Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. switching currents.

Basic R, L, and C component circuits in both DC and AC. The following topics are covered: displacement current, Maxwell's equations, plane electromagnetic waves, Poynting's theorem, reflection, refraction, transmission, and reflection coefficients (only for normal incidence). Luentz Charged particle force and motion in electric and magnetic fields.

Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics

Fundamentals of Gas Kinetic Theory. Distribution of velocity and energy equipartition. Specific heat of gases with one, two, and three atoms. Van der Waals gas, ideal gas, and equation of state. imply free path. thermodynamics laws. Thermal equilibrium and the zeroth law theory. The first law and its repercussions. both adiabatic and isothermal processes. quasi-static, reversible, and irreversible processes.

Entropy and second law. cycle of carnot. Basic applications and Maxwell's thermodynamic relations. Applications of thermodynamic potentials. Clausius-Clapeyron equation and phase transitions. Bose-Einstein distributions, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and ensemble concepts.

Modern Physics

Galilean invariance and inertial frames. The special relativity postulates. Lorentz transformations. Time dilation and length contraction. Equivalency of mass and energy, relativistic velocity addition theorem.

Bohr's atomic model, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, blackbody radiation, and X-rays. Wave-particle duality, the Schrödinger equation and its solution for one, two, and three-dimensional boxes; the uncertainty principle; the superposition principle; expectation value computation.

Solution of Schrödinger equation for harmonic oscillator in one dimension. Pauli exclusion principle and reflection and transmission at a step potential. Atomic nucleus structure, mass, and binding energy. Applications of radioactivity. radioactive decay laws.

Solid State Physics, Devices, and Electronics

Bravais lattices, basis, and crystal structure. Miller indexes. Bragg's law, Xray diffraction, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, and resistivity variation with temperature.

Fermi scale. I-V characteristics of p-n junction diodes, Zener diodes and their uses, BJT: features in the CC, CE, and CB modes. R-C coupled amplifiers, single-stage and two-stage. Simple oscillators: sinusoidal oscillators, Barkhausen condition.

OPAMP and its uses: amp that is both inverting and non-inverting. Boolean algebra includes binary addition and subtraction, binary number systems, and system conversions. Logic Blocks Exclusive OR, AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR; De Morgan's theorem; truth tables; a mix of gates.

IIT JAM Subjects

Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry, (CY) Economics (EN), Geology (GG), Mathematics (MA), Mathematical Statistics (MS), and Physics (PY)

IIT JAM Exam Duration

180 Minutes (3 Hours)

Total Number of Questions 

60 Questions

Total Marks 

100

Question Type 

MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) and NAT (Numerical Answer Type)

Paper 

Paper A, Paper B, and Paper C

Paper Pattern 

• Paper A: 30 MCQs
• Paper B: 10 MCQs/MSQs
• Paper C: 20 NAT

Sections

Marks Distributions

Negative Marking

Section A 

1 Mark (10 MCQ))

1/3 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer

2 Marks (20 MCQ)

2/3 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer

Section B 

2 Marks (10 MSQ)

No Negative Marking

Section C

1 Marks (NAT)

No Negative Marking

2 Marks (NAT)