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Chandigarh University has decided to conduct an entrance cum scholarship test named as Chandigarh University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) for admission to various programs so as to provide an opportunity to bright and inquisitive young minds from across the country to study in most challenging and diverse academic environment.
CUCET Syllabus has been released by the authorities of Chandigarh University. Candidates can check the syllabus of CUCET 2023 to know the subjects, units and topics that have to be studied for the upcoming entrance examination. The subject-wise CUCET syllabus will allow the candidates to become familiar with the topics that they have to prepare to excel in the examination. Read to know more about CUCET Syllabus 2023.CUCET Chemistry (Lateral Entry) Syllabus
Chemistry (Lateral Entry)
Unit-1: Basic Concept of Chemistry
- Physical Classification of matter –solids, liquids, gases.
- Chemical Classification of matter – element, compounds and mixtures
- Symbols of elements and valency, writing of chemical formulae of simple compounds.
- Calculation of percentage of elements in the following compounds using atomic and molecular masses of CaCO3, NaCl, CuSO4, NaOH, Ca(OH)2, H2SO4, C2H2O4. (Atomic mass of elements should be provided)
- Chemical equations, thermo-chemical equations, balancing of chemical equations (hit and trial method)
Unit-2: Atomic Structure, Periodic Table and Chemical Bonding
- Fundamental particles- mass and charges of electrons, protons and neutrons with names of the scientists who discovered these fundamental particles.
- Bohr’s model of atom and successes and drawbacks of Bohr’s Model of atom (qualitative treatment only).
- Atomic number, atomic mass number isotopes and isobars.
- Definition of orbit and orbitals, shapes of s and p orbitals only, quantum numbers and their significance,
- Aufbau’s principle, Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule electronic configuration of elements with atomic number (Z) = 30 only. (Electronic configurations of elements with atomic number greater than 30 are excluded).
- Modern periodic law and periodic table, groups and periods, classification of elements into s, p, d and f blocks (periodicity in properties – excluded)
- Chemical bonding and cause of bonding and types of chemical bonding; Ionic bond (example NaCl) and Covalent bond (sigma (σ) and pi (π) bonds) with examples of H2, O2 ,N2 and CH4. Elementary idea of hybridization and its types (sp3, sp2 & sp) with examples of CH4 BF3 & BeCl2.
- Metallic bonding- explanation with the help of electron gas (sea) model.
Unit-3: Solutions
- Definition of solution, solute and solvent with examples
- Methods to express the concentration of solution- molarity (M), molality
- (m) and normality (N) and numericals based on calculation of M, m and N
- Introduction to pH of solution, simple numericals on pH and industrial applications of pH.
- Definition of buffer solution and types of buffer solutions with examples and industrial applications of buffers solutions.
Unit-4: Water
- Demonstration of water resources on Earth using pie chart.
- Classification of water – soft water and hard water, action of soap on hard water, types of hardness, causes of hardness, units of hardness – mg per liter (mgL-1) and part per million (ppm) and simple numericals.
- Disadvantages caused by the use of hard water in domestic and boiler feed water.
- Removal of hardness -Permutit process and Ion-exchange process.
- Chemical analysis of water for estimation of
- Total dissolved solids (TDS)
- Alkalinity of water
- Drinking water and characteristics of drinking water.
- Natural water sterilization by chlorine and UV radiation and reverse osmosis (elementary idea).
Unit-5: Electro Chemistry
- Electronic concept of oxidation, reduction and redox reactions
- Definition of terms: electrolytes, non-electrolytes with suitable examples
- Faradays laws of electrolysis and simple numerical problems.
- Industrial Application of Electrolysis – Electroplating, electrolytic refining and electrometallurgy.
- Application of redox reactions in electrochemical cells – commercial dry cell (Primary), commercially used lead storage battery (Secondary cell).
Unit-6: Organic Chemistry
- Tetra valency and catenation property of carbon to produce huge organic compounds.
- Classification of organic compounds on the bases of functional groups
- Nomenclature of simple organic compounds in accordance with I.U.P.A.C. (compounds having two carbon atoms in a molecule belongs to alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl chlorides, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines) (compounds containing more than one functional groups are excluded) and their common names (if any)