Biomolecules : Classification and structural properties of carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, proteins and nucleic acids.
Carbohydrates : Monosaccharides, digosaccharides, and polysaccharides (starch, glycogen, cellulose).
Proteins : Simple (albumins, globulins, collagen) and conjugated proteins (only examples).
Nucleic acids : Structure of DNA, RNA, types of RNA.
Unit of Life : Definition of life, Cell as the basic unit of life. Cell theory, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell –structure and differences.
Modern Physics : Bohr’s atomic model for hydrogen like atom, hydrogen spectrum, x-ray emission, Moseley’s law, wave particle duality, de Broglie’s hypothesis, photo-electric effect.
Constituents of atoms, isotopes, mass defect, mass-energy equivalence, binding energy. radioactivity - α, β, γ radiation, half life, mean life, fission, fusion.
Energy bands in solids, intrinsic and doped semiconductors, p-n junction diode, rectifier, pnp and npn transistors, common emitter characteristics.
