KCET Syllabus 2025 - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology, Check Expected Weightage & More

PUC 1 Topics

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PUC 2 Topics

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Motion in a Straight Line

3-4%

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

1-2%

Mechanical Properties of Solids

1-2%

Wave Optics

3-4%

Thermodynamics

4-5%

Electromagnetic Waves

2-3%

Work, Energy & Power

3-4%

Moving Charges and Magnetism

1-2%

Waves

3-4%

Electromagnetic Induction

3-4%

Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion Gravitation

1-2%

Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

2-3%

Physical World

0-1%

Current Electricity

4-5%

Kinetic Theory

2-3%

Atoms

1-2%

Motion in a Plane

3-4%

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

1-2%

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

2-3%

Alternating Current

3-4%

Laws of Motion

3-4%

Electric Charges and Fields

2-3%

Units and Measurements

1-2%

Semiconductor Electronics

3-4%

Oscillations

3-4%

Magnetism and Matter

3-4%

Kinetic Theory

4-5%

Communication Systems

4-5%

PUC 1 Topics

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PUC 2 Topics

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Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

1-2%

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

2-3%

Equilibrium

1-2%

Chemistry in Everyday Life

1-2%

Gases and Liquids Thermodynamics

2-3%

Phenols and Ethers

1-2%

Environmental Chemistry

1-2%

Aldehydes

3-4%

Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles & Techniques

2-3%

p-Block Elements

4-5%

Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

3-4%

Alcohols

2-3%

Redox Reactions

4-5%

Phenols and Ethers

2-3%

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

3-4%

Coordination Compounds

4-5%

States of Matter

3-4%

d and f Block Elements

4-5%

s – Block Elements

3-4%

Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry

3-4%

Some p – Block Elements

3-4%

General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

2-3%

Structure of Atom

2-3%

Solid State

2-3%

Hydrogen

3-4%

Polymers

1-2%

Hydrocarbons

3-4%

Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

3-4%

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Electrochemistry

4-5%

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Solutions

1-2%

PUC 1 Topics

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PUC 2 Topics

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Introduction to 3D-Geometry

2-3%

Differential Equations

3-4%

Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Linear

4-5%

Integrals

2-3%

Statistics

3-4%

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

5-6%

Conic Sections

1-2%

Relations & Functions

4-5%

Limits & Derivatives

4-5%

Matrices

3-4%

Probability

2-3%

Linear Programming

3-4%

Sets, Relations & Functions

4-5%

Determinants

2-3%

Trigonometric Functions

2-3%

Application of Derivatives

4-5%

Mathematical Reasoning

1-2%

Continuity and Differentiability

3-4%

Inequalities

2-3%

Probability

2-3%

Binomial Theorem

2-3%

Three Dimensional Geometry

4-5%

Permutations and Combination

3-4%

Vector Algebra

5-6%

Principle of Mathematical Induction

1-2%

Application of Integrals

4-5%

Straight Lines

3-4%

Differential Equations

4-5%

PUC 1 Topics

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PUC 2 Topics

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Plant Kingdom

1-2%

Evolution

1-2%

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

1-2%

Environmental Issues

3-4%

Plant Growth and Development

1-2%

Microbes in Human Welfare

1-2%

Body Fluids and Circulation

2-3%

Biodiversity and Conservation

3-4%

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

3-4%

Organism and Population

1-2%

Anatomy and Flowering Plants

2-3%

Reproduction in Organisms

4-5%

Excretory Products and their Elimination

3-4%

Human Reproduction

5-6%

Neural Control and Coordination

4-5%

Ecosystem

3-4%

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

5-6%

Reproductive Health

2-3%

Locomotion and Movement

2-3%

Biotech: Principles and Processes

1-2%

Digestion and Absorption

3-4%

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Morphology of Flowering Plants

1-2%

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Living World

2-3%

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Biomolecules

1-2%

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Respiration in Plants

2-3%

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Biological Classification

1-2%

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Chapters

Deleted Topics

Physical World

Physics- Scope and excitement

Physics- Technology and society

Nature of physical laws

Units and Measurement

NIL

Motion in a straight line

Frame of reference: Position-time graph, speed and velocity

Motion in a plane

NIL

Laws of Motion

Intuitive concept of forces

Inertia

Newton first law of motion; momentum

Newton second law of motion; impulse

Newton third law of motion

Work, Power, Energy

NIL

System of particles and rotational motion

Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorem and their applications

Gravitation

Kepler's law of planetary motion

Acceleration due to gravity

Mechanical properties of solid

Elastic behavior

Shear modulus of rigidity

Poisson's ratio

Elastic energy

Mechanical properties of fluid

NIL

Thermal properties of matter

Heat and temperature

Heat transfer

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

Thermodynamics

Heat engine

Refrigerator

Kinetic Theory

NIL

Oscillation

NIL

Waves

Doppler effect

Chapters

Deleted Topics

Some basic concepts of chemistry

Nature of matter

Laws of chemical combination

Dalton's atomic theory

Structure of atom

Discovery of subatomic particles

Atomic models

Classification of elements and periodicity properties

Significance of classification, brief history of development of periodic table

Chemical bonding and molecular structure

NIL

States of matter

Liquefaction of gases

Critical temperature

Kinetic energy and molecular speed

Liquid state-vapour pressure

Viscosity and Surface tension (qualitative idea only , no mathematical derivations)

Thermodynamics

Heat capacity and specific heat capacity

Criteria for equilibrium

Equilibrium

Hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea)

Henderson equation

Redox reaction

Applications of redox reaction

Hydrogen

Preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen, hydrogen peroxide preparation, and structure and uses

S-Block Elements

Preparation and properties of some important compounds: Sodium carbonate, Sodium chloride, Sodium hydroxide, Sodium hydrogen carbonate.

Biological importance of Sodium and Potassium.

Calcium oxide and calcium carbonate and their industrial uses

Biological importance of Magnesium and Calcium

P-Block Elements

Some important compounds: Borax, Boric acid, Hydrides

Aluminium reactions with acids and alkalies and uses

Carbon, Silicon and their uses

Organic Chemistry – Some basic principles and techniques

Methods of purification, qualitative and quantitative analysis

Hydrocarbons

Free radical mechanism of halogenation, combustion, and pyrolysis

Environmental Chemistry

Entire unit deleted

Chapters

Deleted Topics

Sets

Difference of sets

Complement and properties of sets

Relation and Functions

RxRxR

Sum, Difference, Product and Quotients of functions

Trigonometric functions

General solution of trigonometric equations of the type: sin y = sin a, cos y = cos a and tan y = tan a

Principal of Mathematical Induction

NIL

Complex numbers and Quadratic equation

Polar representation of complex numbers.

Square root of a complex number

Linear inequalities

NIL

Permutation and Combination

Derivation of formula for nPr and nCr

Binomial Theorem

Entire chapter is deleted

Sequence and series

Formulae for special sums

Straight lines

Shifting of origin, Equation of family of lines passing through the point of intersection of two lines

Conic sections

Entire chapter is deleted

Introduction to 3-D geometry

NIL

Limits and Derivatives

NIL

Mathematics reasoning

Entire chapter is deleted

Statistics

Analysis of frequency distribution with equal means but different variance

Probability

Axiomatic probability, connection with other theories of earlier classes

Chapters

Deleted Topics

The living world

Taxonomy and systematics

Tools to study taxonomy

Biological classification

NIL

Plant Kingdom

Angiosperm – classification upto class, characteristics features and examples

Animal Kingdom

NIL

Morphology of flowering plants

Morphology and modification, Morphology of different parts of flowering plants – root, stem, leaf, fruit and seed

Description of families – Fabaceae

Anatomy of flowering plants

Anatomy and functions of different tissues and tissues systems in dicots and monocots secondary growth

Structural organization in animals

Morphology, Anatomy and functions of different system of an insect

Cell – The unit of life

NIL

Biomolecules

Cell cycle and Cell division

Transport in Plants

Movement of water, gases, and nutrients; cell to cell transport; diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, plan-water relation, imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis, long-distance transport of water, transport of food

Mineral nutrition

Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role, deficiency symptoms, mineral toxicity, elementary idea of hydroponics as a method of study mineral nutrition, nitrogen metabolism, nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation.

Photosynthesis in higher plants

NIL

Respiration in plants

NIL

Plant – Growth and Development

Seed germination, phases of plant growth and plant growth rate, conditions of growth, differentiation, differentiation and redifferentiation, sequence of developmental processes in a plant cell, Seed dormancy, vernalisation, photoperiodism

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, Calorific value of proteins, Carbohydrates and Fats, Egestion, Nutritional and digestive disorders – PEM indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrohea

Breathing and exchange of gases

NIL

Body fluids and circulation

NIL

Excretory products and their elimination

NIL

Locomotion and movement

Types of movement, ciliary flagellar, muscular, Skeletal system and its function joints, disorder of muscular and skeletal system, myasthenia gravis, tetany, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, osteoporosis, gout

Neural control and coordination

NIL

Chemical coordination and integration

Reflex actions, Sensory perception, Sense organs, Elementary structure and functions of eye and ear