BCS written syllabus

SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION     
       
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CHEMISTRY 
(POST RELATED) 
Subject Code: 531 
Total Marks-200 
 
Part-I 
Marks: 100 
 
I. Gas Laws, Kinetic theory of gases, Liquifaction of gases, Energy changes, Enthalpy changes & 
determination, The law of energetics, Elementary principles of thermodynamics, the  nature of S, 
H and G, Electro chemistry -Electrode potentials, Voltace c ells, Redox electrodes, The Nern st 
equation, Colligative properties of solutions, Phase rule, Chemical  equilibria and chemical kinetic s, 
pH and buffer solutions, Conductance Theoret ical aspects of chemical  equilibria and chemical 
kinetics, pH and buffer solutions, Conductance Theoretical aspects of chemical and instrumental 
methods of analyses and their applications. 
 
II. Atomic Structure, Periodic table and Classification of elements, C hemical bonds, Oxidation and 
reductions, detailed group chemistry. 
 
III. Radioactivity, Nuclear reactions and atomic energy, Elementary aspects of environmental chemistry. 
 
IV. Organic compounds -aliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclies, Synthesis and chemical properties of 
different classes of compound, Confirmation, Stereochemistry, Optical activity, General concepts of 
nucleophilic, electrophilic and free radical reactions. 
 
V. Aromatic and heterocyclic compounds and their substitution reactions. 
 
VI. Principles of manufacturing common organic and inorganic industrial products. Disposal of 
Industrial wastes. 
CHEMISTRY 
Part-II 
Marks: 100 
This Paper should contain advanced Topics of Ph ysical, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry including 
Chromatography and Spectroscopy. 
 
I. Acids, Bases, Nucleophiles, Electrophiles. 
 
II. Hard and soft Nucleophiles and electrophiles Molecular or bitals & Frontier or bitals -HOMO & 
LUMO Kinetics and energetics in rea ction mechanism. Comprehensive treatment of solvolytic 
reactions substitution reactions of ambidient nucleophiles, Multicentre addition reactions, Carbonium 
ion rearrangements. 
 
III. Chirality, Molecular dissymmetry, Atomic asymmetry & conformational asymmetry,  Circular 
bifreingence & circular dichroism , Cotton effect, Optical rotatory dispersion and their application, 
Purity of optical analysis, Conformational analysis. 
 
IV. Atropisomerism. 
 
V. UV, IR, Raman, ESR, 1H & 13C NMR, Mass spectrometry-Principles and utility (application). 
 
VI. Different chromatographic techniques- 
 
VII. Principles and applications, Advantages & disadvantages. 
 
VIII. Carbohydrates & Polysaccharides, Starch, Cellulose, Aminoacids, Proteins, Vitamins, Hormones, 
Antibiotics, Alkaloids, Dyes.