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Syllabus
Mathematics
Algebra
Sets,
Relations and Functions : Sets
and their Representations, Union, intersection and complements of sets,
and their algebraic properties, Relations, equivalence relations,
mappings, one-one, into and onto mappings, composition of mappings.
Complex
Numbers : Complex
numbers in the form a+ib and their representation in a plane. Argand diagram. Algebra of complex numbers,
Modulus and Argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, square root of a
complex number. Cube roots of
unity, triangle inequality.
Matrices
and Determinants : Determinants
and matrices of order two and three, properties of determinants,
Evaluation of determinants. Area of triangles using determinants, Addition
and multiplication of matrices, adjoint and inverse of matrix. Test of consistency and solution
of simultaneous linear equations using determinants and matrices.
Quadratic Equations : Quadratic equations in real and complex number
system and their solutions. Relation between roots and co-efficients, nature
of roots, formation of quadratic equations with given roots; Symmetric functions
of roots, equations reducible to quadratic equations application to practical
problems
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
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 Co-efficients. Simple applications for
approximations.
Sequences
and Series : Arithmetic,
Geometric and Harmonic progressions. Insertion of Arithmetic Geometric and
Harmonic means between two given numbers. Relation between A.M., G.M. and
H.M.Special series: Σn, Σn2, Σn3 .
Arithmetico-Geometric
Series, Exponential and Logarithmic series.
Calculus
Differential
Calculus : 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 upto two. Applications of derivatives: 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.
Integral
Calculus : Integral
as an anti-derivative. Fundamental integrals involving algebraic,
trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Integration by substitution, by
parts and by partial fractions.
Integration using trigonometric identities. Integral as limit of a sum.
Properties of definite integrals. Evaluation of definite integrals; Determining areas of the regions
bounded by simple curves.
Differential
Equations : Ordinary
differential equations, their order and degree. Formation of differential
equations. Solution of differential equations by the method of
separation of variables. Solution of homogeneous and linear differential equations, and
those of the type d2y/dx2 = f(x)
Two and Three Dimensional Geometry
Two
dimensional Geometry : Recall
of Cartesian system of rectangular co-ordinates in a plane, distance
formula, area of a triangle, condition for the collinearity of three
points and section formula, centroid and in-centre 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.
The
straight line and pair of straight lines : Various
forms of equations of a line, intersection of lines, angles between two
lines, conditions for concurrence of three lines, distance of a point from
a line Equations of internal and external bisectors of angles between two
lines, coordinates of centroid, orthocentre and circumcentre of a
triangle, equation of family of lines passing through the point of
intersection of two lines, homogeneous equation of second degree in x and
y, angle between pair of lines through the origin, combined equation of
the bisectors of the angles between a pair of lines, condition for the
general second degree equation to represent a pair of lines, point of
intersection and angle between two lines represented by S=O and the
factors of S.
Circles and Family of Circles
:
Standard
form of equation of a circle, 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 end points 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, length of the tangent,
equation of the tangent, equation of a family of circles through the
intersection of two circles, condition for two intersecting circles to be
orthogonal.
Conic Sections
: Sections
of cones, equations of conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola) in
standard forms, condition for y = mx + c to be a tangent and point(s) of
tangency.
Three
Dimensional Geometry : Coordinates
of a point in space, distance between two points; Section formula,
direction ratios and direction cosines, angle between two intersecting
lines. Skew lines, the
shortest distance between them and its equation. Equations of a line and a plane in
different forms; intersection of a line and a plane, coplanar lines,
equation of a sphere, its centre and radius. Diameter form of the equation of a
sphere.
Vectors
Vector
Algebra : Vectors
and Scalars, addition of vectors, components of a vector in two dimensions
and three dimensional space, scalar and vector products, scalar and vector
triple product. Application
of vectors to plane geometry.
Statistics
Measures
of Central Tendency and Dispersion : Calculation
of Mean, median and mode of grouped and ungrouped data. Calculation of standard deviation,
variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data.
Probability
: Probability
of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of probability and their
applications; Conditional probability; Bayes’ Theorem, Probability
distribution of a random variate; Binomial and Poisson distributions and
their properties.
Trigonometry : Trigonometrical
identities and equations.
Inverse trigonometric functions and their properties. Properties of triangles, including
centroid, incentre, circum- centre and orthocentre, solution of
triangles. Heights and
Distances
Statics and Dynamics
Statics
: Introduction,
basic concepts and basic laws of mechanics, force, resultant of forces
acting at a point, parallelogram law of forces, resolved parts of a force,
Equilibrium of a particle under three concurrent forces, triangle law of
forces and its converse, Lami’s theorem and its converse, Two parallel
forces, like and unlike parallel forces, couple and its moment.
Dynamics
:
Speed
and velocity, average speed, instantaneous speed, acceleration and
retardation, resultant of two velocities. Motion of a particle along a
line, moving with constant acceleration. Motion under gravity. Laws of motion, Projectile
motion.
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