SRMJEEE 2024 Syllabus : Subject - wise Syllabus, Marking Scheme, Preparation Tips

Gravitation: The universal law of gravitation, acceleration due to gravity - a variation of ‘g’ with altitude, latitude and depth - gravitation potential -escape velocity and orbital velocity geostationary satellites - Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. 

Mechanics of solids and fluids: Solids - elastic behaviour, stress-strain - Hooke’s law - Moduli of elasticity-relation between them - surface tension capillarity -applications – viscosity - Poiseuille’s formula - Stokes law applications - streamline and turbulent flow Reynolds number - Bernoulli’s theorem - applications.

Electric charge - Conservation laws - Coulomb’s law-principle of superposition - continuous charge distribution - electric field - electric field lines - electric dipole -electric field due to a dipole - torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field - Electric flux - Gauss’s theorem - field due to infinitely long straight wire - uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.

Electric potential - the potential difference - equipotential surfaces - electrical potential energy - Dielectrics and electric polarization - capacitors and capacitance - a combination of capacitors in series and parallel - capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium - energy stored in a capacitor

Reflection of light - spherical mirrors - mirror formula - refraction of light -total internal reflection- optical fibres - refraction at spherical surfaces – lenses - thin lens formula - lensmaker’s formula – magnification - the power of a lens - a combination of thin lenses in contact - refraction of light through a prism - Scattering of light -Microscopes and astronomical telescopes.

Wavefront and Huygen’s principle - reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface- laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s principle – Interference - Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width - diffraction due to a single slit -width of central maximum – polarization - plane polarised light - Brewster’s law.

Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties (of primary alcohols only), identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, mechanism of dehydration, uses with special reference to methanol and ethanol. 

Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature of phenol, electrophilic substitution reactions, uses of phenols. 

Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses.

Aldehydes and Ketones: Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, mechanism of nucleophilic addition, the reactivity of alpha hydrogen in aldehydes, uses

Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature, acidic nature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties; uses.

Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, uses, identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines.
Cyanides and Isocyanides

Diazonium salts: Preparation, chemical reactions and importance in synthetic organic chemistry.

Carbohydrates - Classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), D-L configuration oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose), polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, glycogen); Importance of carbohydrates. 

Proteins - Elementary idea of - amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, proteins, the structure of proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary structure and quaternary structures (qualitative idea only), denaturation of proteins; enzymes. 

Vitamins - Classification and functions. Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA

Permutations and Combinations: Fundamental principle of counting: permutation as an arrangement and combination as selection, Meaning of P(n,r) and C(n,r). Simple applications

Mathematical Induction and its Applications: Stating and interpreting the principle of mathematical induction. Using it to prove formula and facts.

Binomial theorem and its Applications: Binomial theorem for a positive integral index; general term and middle term; Binomial theorem for any index. Properties of binomial coefficients. Simple applications for approximations.

Sequences and Series: Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions. Insertion of arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means between two given numbers. The relation between A.M., G.M. and H.M. arithmetic, geometric series, exponential and logarithmic series.

Polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions. Inverse functions. Graphs of simple functions. Limits, continuity, differentiation of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, differentiation of trigonometric, inverse
trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions, derivatives of order up to two. 

Applications of Differential Calculus: Rate of change of quantities, monotonic–increasing and decreasing functions, maxima and minima of functions of one variable, tangents and normals, Rolle’s and Lagrange’s mean value theorems. Ordinary differential equations, their order and degree. Formation of differential equations. The solution of differential equations by
the method of separation of variables. Solution of homogeneous and linear differential equations and those of the type dy/dx + p(x)y=q(x)

Straight Lines in Two Dimensions: A cartesian system of rectangular co-ordinates in-plane, distance formula, area of a triangle, condition for the collinearity of three points and section formula, centroid and incentre of a triangle, locus and its equation, translation
of axes, slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, intercepts of a line on the coordinate axes. 

Circles in Two Dimensions: Standard form of the equation of a circle, the general form of the equation of a circle, its radius and centre, equation of a circle in the parametric form, equation of a circle when the endpoints of a diameter are given, points of intersection of a line and a circle with the centre at the origin and condition for a line to be tangent to the circle. 

Conic Sections in Two Dimensions: Sections of cones, equations of conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola) in standard form, condition for y = mx+c to be a tangent and point(s) of tangency.

Trigonometry ratios, compound angles, trigonometrical equations, solution of triangles,
Trigonometrically identities and equations-Inverse trigonometric functions and their properties. 

Properties of triangles, including, incentre, circumcentre and orthocenter, solution of triangles.

Biodiversity, Importance of classifications, Taxonomy & Systematics, Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy, Binomial nomenclature, Tools for study of
Taxonomy. 

Five kingdom classification: Monera, Protista and Fungi into major groups; Lichens; Viruses and Viroids. Salient features of them. 

Classification of plants into major groups - Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperm and Angiosperm - salient and distinguishing features. Angiosperms - classification up to class, characteristic features and examples.

Classification of animals- non-chordate up to phyla level and chordate up to classes level - salient and distinguishing features. 

Plant tissues: Morphology and modifications, Tissues, Anatomy and functions of different parts of flowering plants: Root, stem, leaf, inflorescence, flower, fruit and seed. 

Animal tissues: Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach)

Cell theory, Structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, Plant cell and animal cell. Cell envelop, cell membrane, cell wall. Cell organelles - structure and function: Endomembrane system- endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, lysosomes, vacuoles, mitochondria, ribosomes, plastids, microbodies: Cytoskeleton, cilia, flagella, centrioles. Nucleus –
nuclear membrane, chromatin, nucleolus.

Chemical constituents of living cells: Biomolecules – structure and function of proteins including Enzymes– types, properties, enzyme action, carbohydrates, lipid
and nucleic acids.

Cell division: Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis and their significance.

Transport in plants: Movement of water, gases and nutrients, Cell to cell transport – 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

Mineral nutrition: Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role, Deficiency symptoms, Mineral toxicity, Elementary idea of Hydroponics, Nitrogen metabolism 

Photosynthesis: Significance - site of photosynthesis - Photochemical and biosynthetic phases of photosynthesis, Cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation; Chemiosmotic hypothesis; Photorespiration; C3 and C4 pathways; Factors affecting photosynthesis.

Respiration: Cellular respiration – glycolysis, fermentation (anaerobic), Kreb’s cycle and electron transport system (aerobic); Energy relations – Number of ATP molecules generated; Amphibolic pathways; Respiratory quotient.

Plant growth and development: Seed germination, Phases of plant growth and plant growth rate, Conditions of growth, Differentiation, dedifferentiation and redifferentiation, Sequence of developmental process in a plant cell, Growth regulators: auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, ethylene, ABA. Seed dormancy, Photoperiodism, Vernalisation.