NEET Deleted Syllabus 2024 - NEET Subject-Wise Reduced & Added Topics

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Physics and measurement

Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology, and society Need for measurement: Length, mass, and time measurements, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments.

Kinematics

Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number

Laws of Motion

Equilibrium of concurrent forces, lubrication

Rotational Motion

Momentum conservation, centre of mass of uniform rod

Gravitation

Geostationary satellites

Properties of Solids and Liquids

Shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy, Reynold’s number, Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect, Cp, Cv, Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law

Thermodynamics

Heat engines and refrigerators

Oscillations and Waves

Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), Resonance, Doppler effect

Electrostatics

Free charges and bound charges inside a conductor, Van de Graaff generator

Current Electricity

The flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, Carbon resistors, color code for carbon resistors, Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell

Magnetic effects of current and magnetism

Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment, Cyclotron, Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron, Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements, Permanent magnets

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current

LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only)

Optics

Reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts, Scattering of light- blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset, Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses, Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained)

Atoms and Nuclei

Isotopes, isobars; isotones, Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law

Electronic Devices

Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators, Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator, Transistor as a switch

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Gravitation

Motion of a satellite, time period and energy of a satellite

Properties of Solids and Liquids

Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications. Effect of gravity on fluid pressure

Kinetics Theory of Gases

RMS speed of gas molecules, Avogadro's number

Magnetic effects of current and magnetism

Effect of temperature on Magnetic Properties

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Dual nature of radiation

Experimental Skills

Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments and activities:

1. Vernier callipers-its use to measure the internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel.

2. Screw gauge-its use to determine thickness diameter of thin sheet/wire.

3. Simple pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between the square of amplitude and time.

4. Metre Scale - the mass of a given object by the principle of moments.

5. Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire.

6. Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents.

7. Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body.

8. Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube.

9. Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures.

10. The resistivity of the material of a given wire using a metre bridge.

11. The resistance of a given wire using Ohm's law.

12. Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.

13. The focal length of;

(i) Convex mirror

(ii) Concave mirror, and

(iii) Convex lens, using the parallax method.

14. The plot of the angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism.

15. Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope.

16. Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias.

17. Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse breakdown voltage.

18. Identification of Diode. LED,. Resistor. A capacitor from a mixed collection of such item

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Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

General Introduction: Important and scope of chemistry

Atomic Structure

Atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of light

Chemical Thermodynamics

Third law of thermodynamics- Brief introduction

Some p-Block Elements

Atomic number, isotopes and isobars, Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of matter and light

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Cyanides and Isocyanides- will be mentioned at relevant places

Environmental Chemistry

Environmental pollution: Air, water and soil pollution, chemical reactions in atmosphere, smogs, major atmospheric pollutants; acid rain ozone and its reactions, effects of depletion of ozone layer, greenhouse effect and global warming-pollution due to industrial wastes; green chemistry as an alternative tool for reducing pollution, strategy for control of environmental pollution.

Polymers

Classification- Natural and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation), copolymerization. Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polyesters, bakelite; rubber, Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers.

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Chemicals in medicines- analgesics, tranquillisers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines.

Chemicals in food- preservatives, artificial sweetening agents, elementary ideas of antioxidants.

Cleansing agents- soaps and detergents, cleansing action

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Atomic Structure

Nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect; Spectrum of the hydrogen atom. Bohr model of a hydrogen atom - its postulates, derivation of the relations for the energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr's model

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, the concept of ionic and covalent bonds, Elementary idea of metallic bonding, Fajan's rule

Chemical Thermodynamics

Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties' state functions, types of processes

Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry

Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance and their in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivities variation with concentration: Kohlrausch's law and its applications

Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic Cell and its measurement: Nernst equation and its applications, Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs' energy change: Dry cell and lead accumulator, Fuel cells

Chemical Kinetics

Pressure, collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation)

d and f Block Elements

Transition Elements

Purification and Characterization of Organic Compounds

Purification - Crystallisation. sublimation, distillation, differential extraction, chromatography - principles and their applications

Qualitative analysis - Detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and halogens

Quantitative analysis (basic principles only) - Estimation of carbon. hydrogen. nitrogen. halogens. sulphur. phosphorus.

Calculations of empirical formula and molecular formulae: Numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis

Hydrocarbons

Classification of isomerism. IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions

Organic Compounds Containing Halogens

General methods of preparation, properties, and reactions; Nature of C-X bond: Mechanisms of substitution reactions

Uses; Environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform freons, and DDT

Principles Related to Practical Chemistry

Detection of extra elements (Nitrogen, sulphur, halogens), in organic compounds; Detection of the following functional group, hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketones) carboxyl, and amino groups in organic compounds.

The chemistry involved in the preparation of the following:

Inorganic compounds: Mohr's salt. potash alum

Organic compounds: Acetanilide. p-nitro acetanilide, aniline yellow, iodoform

• The chemistry involved in the titrimetric exercises - Acids. bases and the use of indicators. oxalic-acid vs KMnO4. Mohr's salt vs KMnO4

• Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis
  Cations
  Anions
  Chemical principles involved in the following experiments:
  1. Enthalpy of solution of CuSO4
  2. Enthalpy of neutralisation of strong acid and strong base
  3. Preparation of lyophilic and lyophobic sols
  4. Kinetic study of the reaction of iodide ions with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature.

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Diversity in Living World

Three domains of life, Tools for study of Taxonomy – Museums, Zoos, Herbaria, Botanical gardens, Angiosperms, Angiosperms classification up to class, characteristic features and examples

Structural Organization in Animals and Plants

Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach). (Brief account only)

Plant Physiology

Transport in plants: Movement of water, gases and nutrients; Cell to cell transport-Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport; Plant – water relations – Imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis; Long distance transport of water – Absorption, apoplast, symplast, transpiration pull, root pressure and guttation; Transpiration-Opening and closing of stomata; Uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients-Transport of food, phloem transport, Mass flow hypothesis; Diffusion of gases (brief mention)

Mineral nutrition: Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role; Deficiency symptoms; Mineral toxicity; Elementary idea of Hydroponics as a method to study mineral nutrition; Nitrogen metabolism-Nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation

Seed dormancy; Vernalisation; Photoperiodism

Human Physiology

Digestion and absorption; Alimentary canal and digestive glands; Role of digestive enzymes and gastrointestinal hormones; Peristalsis, digestion, absorption and assimilation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Caloric value of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Egestion; Nutritional and digestive disorders – PEM, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrhea

Reflex action; Sense organs; Elementary structure and function of eye and ear

Reproduction

Reproduction in organisms: Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of species; Modes of reproduction – Asexual and sexual; Asexual reproduction; Modes-Binary fission, sporulation, budding, gemmule, fragmentation; vegetative propagation in plants

Biology and Human Welfare

Tobacco abuse, Improvement in food production; Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, Biofortification; Apiculture and Animal husbandry

Ecology and Environment

Habitat and niche, Population and ecological adaptations, Nutrient cycling (carbon and phosphorous); Ecological succession; Ecological Services-Carbon fixation, pollination, oxygen release

Environmental issues: Air pollution and its control; Water pollution and its control; Agrochemicals and their effects; Solid waste management; Radioactive waste management; Greenhouse effect and global warning; Ozone depletion; Deforestation; Any three case studies as success stories addressing environmental issues.

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Structural Organization in Animals and Plants

Family (malvaceae, Cruciferae, leguminoceae, compositae, graminae)

Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (frog). (Brief account only)

Cell Structure and Function

Classification and nomenclature of enzymes

Genetics and Evolution

Protein biosynthesis

Biology and Human Welfare

Dengue, Chikungunya