JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) Advanced 2020:

JEE Advanced is the second phase of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Mains). The top 2,50,000 qualifiers of JEE Mains can apply for JEE Advance 2020 for admission in B.E / B.Tech courses offered by all the IITs. The exam is conducted by one of the seven zonal IITs (IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, and IIT Guwahati) under the guidance of the Joint Admission Board (JAB). It is a national level entrance exam held every year by IITs on a rotational basis. In 2020, it will be conducted by IIT, Delhi.

Important dates for JEE Advanced 2020:

  • Starting Date for Apply Online:12/09/2020
  • Last Date for Apply Online: 17/09/2020 up to 05 PM Only.
  • Last Date Fee Payment: 18/09/2020
  • The exam will be held:27/09/2020
  • Admit Card Available for Exam: September 2020
  • Declaration of JEE (Advanced) 2020 Results: 05-10-2020
  • Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT): 08-10-2020
  • Declaration of AAT results: 11-10-2020

Click here to Download Admit Card for JEE Advanced

Application Fee

  • General / OBC: 2800/-
  • SC / ST / PH: 1400/-
  • All Category Female: 1400/-

Eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2020:

Nationality: All Indian National (including OCI/PIO) and foreign national candidates are eligible to apply.

Performance in 12th Standard for Qualifying JEE advanced 2020: Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 (including all categories) in Paper-1 of JEE mains 2020 The number of candidates that are selected from each of the categories is as follows:

  1. Must have secured a minimum of 75% aggregate marks in class 12 (or equivalent) Board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST and PwD candidates should be at least 65% with Physics, chemistry maths as compulsory subjects in the Class XII Board examination in 2019 or 2020.
  2. Must be within the highest (top) 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective class 12 (or equivalent) board examination in 2019 or 2020 with physics, chemistry, and mathematics as mandatory subjects. 

If a Board gives letter grades without the equivalent percentage, the candidate should present a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks against the grades. The marks scored in the following 5 subjects will be considered for calculating the aggregate marks and the cut-off marks for fulfilling the highest (top) 20 percentile criterion:

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • A language (if the candidate has taken more than one language, then the language with the higher marks will be considered)
  • Any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).

Performance in JEE Mains 2020: It is essential for the candidates to have qualified JEE Main 2020 (Paper 1) and be among the top 2,50,000 (including all categories) candidates. Among the top 250,000 JEE Main qualified candidates, the categories will be divided as follows:

  • GEN-EWS - 10%
  • OBC-NCL - 27%
  • SC - 15%
  • ST - 7.5%
  • OPEN - 40.5%
  • PwD - 5% (horizontal reservation in all above)

Age limit: Age limit to appear for JEE Advanced 2020.

  • Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995 (01-10-1995).
  • 5 years relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1990 (01-10-1990).

Total Number of Attempts: Candidates can appear for the examination, twice for 2 consecutive years irrespective of whether or not he/she passed the qualifying exam.

Appearance in Class 12 (or equivalent) examination: The candidates should have appeared for 12th standard (or equivalent) qualifying examination in 2019 or 2020, for the first time

However, a candidate who have appeared in the 10+2 exam in 2018, and their result has been declared after June 2018, can also appear for JEE Advanced 2020, given that they qualify the other eligibility criteria.

Compulsory subject a candidate must have in 10+2: Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

For the B.Arch Aspirants:

  • To take admission in the architecture courses in the IITs, the candidates need to qualify the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT).
  • The candidates who qualify JEE Advanced can apply to appear in AAT.
  • B. Arch. program is available only at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee.

Earlier Admissions at IITs:

 Candidates who have been admitted in an IIT won't be eligible for JEE Advanced 2020, irrespective of whether he/she continued in the programme or not. Those candidates who accepted an IIT seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past will also not be eligible. Along with the above-mentioned criteria, those candidates whose admissions at IITs was cancelled after joining will also not be eligible for JEE Advanced 2020.

As per the eligibility criteria, those candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2019 will be able to appear for JEE Advanced 2020. Similarly, those candidates who paid the seat acceptance fee in 2019 will be eligible for JEE Advanced 2020 if they meet the subsequent conditions:

  • Did not report at any reporting centres OR
  • Withdrew before the last round of seat allotment OR
  • Had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the final round of seat allotment

Accepting colleges-JEE Advanced 2020:

Sr no.

Institute

Place

1.

Institute of Science (IISc)

Bangalore

 

2.

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE)

Visakhapatnam

 

3.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)

Bhopal

 

4.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) -

Mohali

5.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)

Kolkata

6.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)

Pune

 

7.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER

Thiruvananthapuram

 

8.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)

Thiruvananthapuram

 

9.

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT)

Rae Bareli

 

10.

All IITs(Indian Institute of Technology)

Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati, Roorkee, Ropar, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Patna, Indore, Mandi,(BHU) Varanasi, Palakkad, Tirupati, Dhanbad, Bhilai, Goa, Jammu and Dharwad.

 

Exam pattern for JEE advanced 2020:

  • Mode of exam: Computer-based (CBT) mode
  • Language of exam: English or Hindi language
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Paper: There will be two compulsory papers – Paper I and Paper-II
  • Questions Type: Objective type of questions
  • Subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
  • Marking Scheme: There will be negative marking in the paper.

JEE Advanced paper 1 exam pattern 2020:

Sections

No. of Questions

Total no. of marks

Marking (per question)

Negative Marking (-)

Physics

5

15

3

1

Chemistry

8

32

4

2

Mathematics

5

15

3

1

 JEE Advanced paper 2 exam pattern 2020:

Sections

No. of Questions

Total no. of marks

Marking (per scheme)

Negative Marking

Physics

6

18

3

1

Chemistry

8

32

4

2

Mathematics

4

12

3

0

Exam pattern for Architecture Aptitude Test (Paper 2):

  • Mode of exam: AAT exam will hold via offline (pen-paper) mode.
  • Number of papers: Only 1 paper
  • Questions Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Language of exam: English language
  • Sections: There will be questions from Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test.

Distribution of a number of questions & a total number of marks from each section is:

Subjects

No. of Questions

Total no. of marks

Mathematics

30

120

Aptitude Test

50

200

Drawing Test

2

70

Syllabus for JEE Advanced 2020:

PHYSICS -

General

Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least count, significant figures; Methods of 

measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following 

experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier callipers and screw gauge 

(micrometre), Determination of g using a simple pendulum, Young’s modulus by Searle’s 

the method, Specific heat of a liquid using a calorimeter, the focal length of a concave mirror and 

a convex lens using the u-v method, Speed of sound using resonance column, Verification of 

Ohm’s law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific resistance of the material of a wire 

using meter bridge and post office box. 

Mechanics 

Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles; Uniform 

circular motion; Relative velocity. 

Newton’s laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference; Static 

and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy; Work and power; Conservation of 

linear momentum and mechanical energy. 

Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse; Elastic and inelastic 

collisions. 

Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration due to gravity; Motion 

of planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape velocity. 

Rigid body, a moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, a moment of 

the inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; Torque; 

Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation; 

Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies; 

The collision of point masses with rigid bodies. 

Linear and angular simple harmonic motions. 

Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus. 

Pressure in a fluid; Pascal’s law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, capillary 

rise; Viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded), Stoke’s law; Terminal velocity, 

Streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications. 

Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of 

waves; Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration of strings and air columns; 

Resonance; Beats; Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound). 

Thermal physics 

Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases; Calorimetry, latent heat; Heat conduction 

in one dimension; Elementary concepts of convection and radiation; Newton’s law of 

cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cv and Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic processes, the bulk modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and 

work; First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases); Blackbody 

radiation: absorptive and emissive powers; Kirchhoff’s law; Wien’s displacement law, 

Stefan’s law. 

Electricity and magnetism 

Coulomb’s law; Electric field and potential; Electrical potential energy of a system of 

point charges and of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field; Electric field lines; 

The flux of electric field; Gauss’s law and its application in simple cases, such as, to find 

field due to infinitely long straight wire uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and 

uniformly charged thin spherical shell. 

Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics; Capacitors in series 

and parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor. 

Electric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and cells; 

Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications; Heating effect of current. 

Biot–Savart’s law and Ampere’s law; Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight 

wire, along the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a 

moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field. 

The magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop; 

Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions. 

Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law; Self and mutual inductance; RC, 

LR and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources. 

Optics 

Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; 

Total internal reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses; 

Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses; Magnification. 

Wave nature of light: Huygen’s principle, interference limited to Young’s double-slit 

experiment. 

Modern physics 

Atomic nucleus; α, β and γ radiations; Law of radioactive decay; Decay constant; Half- 

life and mean life; Binding energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion processes; 

Energy calculation in these processes. 

Photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous 

X-rays, Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves. 

 

MATHEMATICS - 

Algebra

Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar representation,

properties of modulus and principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity,

geometric interpretations.

Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and coefficients,

formation of quadratic equations with given roots, symmetric functions of roots.

Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic

means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series,

sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural numbers.

Logarithms and their properties.

Permutations and combinations, binomial theorem for a positive integral index,

properties of binomial coefficients.

Matrices

Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers, equality of matrices, addition,

multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a matrix, determinant of

a square matrix of order up to three, the inverse of a square matrix of order up to three,

properties of these matrix operations, diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices

and their properties, solutions of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables.

Probability

Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem,

independence of events, computation of probability of events using permutations and

combinations.

Trigonometry

Trigonometric functions, their periodicity and graphs, addition and subtraction formulae,

formulae involving multiple and sub-multiple angles, general solution of trigonometric

equations.

Relations between sides and angles of a triangle, sine rule, cosine rule, half-angle formula

and the area of a triangle, inverse trigonometric functions (principal value only).

Analytical geometry

Two dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, the distance between two points, section formulae,

the shift of origin.

Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, a distance of a point

from a line; Lines through the point of intersection of two given lines, equation of the

bisector of the angle between two lines, concurrency of lines; Centroid, orthocentre,

incentre and circumcentre of a triangle.

Equation of a circle in various forms, equations of tangent, normal and chord.

Parametric equations of a circle, the intersection of a circle with a straight line or a circle,

equation of a circle through the points of intersection of two circles and those of a circle

and a straight line.

Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form, their foci, directrices and

eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal.

Locus problems.

Three dimensions: Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight line in

space, equation of a plane, a distance of a point from a plane.

Differential calculus

Real valued functions of a real variable, into, onto and one-to-one functions, sum,

the difference, product and quotient of two functions, composite functions, absolute value,

polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.

Limit and continuity of a function, limit and continuity of the sum, difference, product

and quotient of two functions, L’Hospital rule of evaluation of limits of functions.

Even and odd functions, the inverse of a function, continuity of composite functions,

intermediate value property of continuous functions.

A derivative of a function, derivative of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two

functions, chain rule, derivatives of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, inverse

trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.

Derivatives of implicit functions, derivatives up to order two, geometrical interpretation

of the derivative, tangents and normals, increasing and decreasing functions, maximum

and minimum values of a function, Rolle’s theorem and Lagrange’s mean value theorem.

Integral calculus

Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, indefinite integrals of standard

functions, definite integrals and their properties, fundamental theorem of integral

calculus.

Integration by parts, integration by the methods of substitution and partial fractions,

application of definite integrals to the determination of areas involving simple curves.

Formation of ordinary differential equations, solution of homogeneous differential

equations, separation of variables method, linear first-order differential equations.

Vectors

Addition of vectors, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, scalar triple products

and their geometrical interpretations.

 

CHEMISTRY -

Physical chemistry:

General topics 

Concept of atoms and molecules; Dalton’s atomic theory; Mole concept; Chemical 

formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole concept) involving 

common oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement reactions; Concentration 

in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality. 

Gaseous and liquid states 

The absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation; Deviation from ideality, van der Waals 

equation; Kinetic theory of gases, average, root mean square and most probable velocities 

and their relation with temperature; Law of partial pressures; Vapour pressure; Diffusion 

of gases. 

Atomic structure and chemical bonding 

Bohr model, the spectrum of the hydrogen atom, quantum numbers; Wave-particle duality, de 

Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of 

the hydrogen atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic configurations of elements (up 

to atomic number 36); Aufbau principle; Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule; 

Orbital overlap and covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals only; 

Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species; Hydrogen bond; Polarity in 

molecules, dipole moment (qualitative aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of 

molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, 

trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral). 

Energetics 

The first law of thermodynamics; Internal energy, work and heat, pressure-volume work; 

Enthalpy, Hess’s law; Heat of reaction, fusion and vapourization; Second law of 

thermodynamics; Entropy; Free energy; Criterion of spontaneity. 

Chemical equilibrium 

Law of mass action; Equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier’s principle (effect of 

concentration, temperature and pressure); Significance of ΔG and ΔG0 in chemical 

equilibrium; Solubility product, common ion effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and 

bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts. 

Electrochemistry 

Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Nernst equation 

and its relation to ΔG; Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws of 

electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, 

Kohlrausch’s law; Concentration cells. 

Chemical kinetics 

Rates of chemical reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant; First order reactions; 

Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation). 

Solid-state 

Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, α, 

β, γ), close-packed structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest 

neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic compounds, point defects. 

Solutions 

Raoult’s law; Molecular weight determination from lowering of vapour pressure, 

elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point. 

Surface chemistry 

Elementary concepts of adsorption (excluding adsorption isotherms); Colloids: types, 

methods of preparation and general properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions, 

surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples). 

Nuclear chemistry 

Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars; Properties of α, β and γ rays; Kinetics of radioactive 

decay (decay series excluded), carbon dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to proton- 

neutron ratio; Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions. 

 

Inorganic chemistry:

Isolation/preparation and properties of the following non-metals 

Boron, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and halogens; Properties of 

allotropes of carbon (only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur. 

Preparation and properties of the following compounds 

Oxides, peroxides, hydroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and sulphates of 

sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium; Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax; 

Aluminium: alumina, aluminium chloride and alums; Carbon: oxides and oxyacid 

(carbonic acid); Silicon: silicones, silicates and silicon carbide; Nitrogen: oxides, 

oxyacids and ammonia; Phosphorus: oxides, oxyacids (phosphorus acid, phosphoric 

acid) and phosphine; Oxygen: ozone and hydrogen peroxide; Sulphur: hydrogen 

sulphide, oxides, sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid and sodium thiosulphate; Halogens: 

hydrohalic acids, oxides and oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder; Xenon fluorides. 

Transition elements (3d series) 

Definition, general characteristics, oxidation states and their stabilities, colour (excluding 

the details of electronic transitions) and calculation of spin-only magnetic moment; 

Coordination compounds: nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, cis- 

trans and ionisation isomerism, hybridization and geometries of mononuclear 

coordination compounds (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral). 

Preparation and properties of the following compounds 

Oxides and chlorides of tin and lead; Oxides, chlorides and sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and 

Zn2+; Potassium permanganate, potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver 

thiosulphate. 

Ores and minerals 

Commonly occurring ores and minerals of iron, copper, tin, lead, magnesium, aluminium, 

zinc and silver. 

Extractive metallurgy 

Chemical principles and reactions only (industrial details excluded); Carbon reduction 

method (iron and tin); Self-reduction method (copper and lead); Electrolytic reduction 

method (magnesium and aluminium); Cyanide process (silver and gold). 

Principles of qualitative analysis 

Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ 

and Mg2+); Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide. 

 

Organic chemistry: 

Concepts 

The hybridisation of carbon; σ and π-bonds; Shapes of simple organic molecules; Structural 

and geometrical isomerism; Optical isomerism of compounds containing up to two 

asymmetric centres, (R, S and E, Z nomenclature excluded); IUPAC nomenclature of 

simple organic compounds (only hydrocarbons, mono-functional and bi-functional 

compounds); Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections); Resonance and 

hyperconjugation; keto-enol tautomerism; Determination of empirical and molecular 

formulae of simple compounds (only combustion method); Hydrogen bonds: definition 

and their effects on physical properties of alcohols and carboxylic acids; Inductive and 

resonance effects on acidity and basicity of organic acids and bases; Polarity and 

inductive effects in alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic and 

heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure and stability of carbocations, carbanions 

and free radicals. 

Preparation, properties and reactions of alkanes 

Homologous series, physical properties of alkanes (melting points, boiling points and 

density); Combustion and halogenation of alkanes; Preparation of alkanes by Wurtz 

reaction and decarboxylation reactions. 

Preparation, properties and reactions of alkenes and alkynes 

Physical properties of alkenes and alkynes (boiling points, density and dipole moments); 

The acidity of alkynes; Acid catalysed hydration of alkenes and alkynes (excluding the 

stereochemistry of addition and elimination); Reactions of alkenes with KMnO4 and ozone; Reduction of alkenes and alkynes; Preparation of alkenes and alkynes by 

elimination reactions; Electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes with X2, HX, HOX and H2O (X=halogen); Addition reactions of alkynes; Metal acetylides. 

Reactions of benzene 

Structure and aromaticity; Electrophilic substitution reactions: halogenation, nitration, 

sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation; Effect of o-, m- and p-directing 

groups in monosubstituted benzenes. 

Phenols 

Acidity, electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation, nitration and sulphonation); 

Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe reaction. 

Characteristic reactions of the following (including those mentioned above) 

Alkyl halides: rearrangement reactions of alkyl carbocation, Grignard reactions, 

nucleophilic substitution reactions; Alcohols: esterification, dehydration and oxidation, 

reaction with sodium, phosphorus halides, ZnCl2/concentrated HCl, conversion of alcohols into aldehydes and ketones; Ethers: Preparation by Williamson’s Synthesis; 

Aldehydes and Ketones: oxidation, reduction, oxime and hydrazone formation; aldol 

condensation, Perkin reaction; Cannizzaro reaction; haloform reaction and nucleophilic 

addition reactions (Grignard addition); Carboxylic acids: formation of esters, acid 

chlorides and amides, ester hydrolysis; Amines: basicity of substituted anilines and 

aliphatic amines, preparation from nitro compounds, reaction with nitrous acid, azo 

coupling reaction of diazonium salts of aromatic amines, Sandmeyer and related reactions 

of diazonium salts; carbylamine reaction; Haloarenes: nucleophilic aromatic substitution 

in haloarenes and substituted haloarenes (excluding Benzyne mechanism and Cine 

substitution). 

Carbohydrates 

Classification; mono- and disaccharides (glucose and sucrose); Oxidation, reduction, 

glycoside formation and hydrolysis of sucrose. 

Amino acids and peptides 

General structure (only primary structure for peptides) and physical properties. 

Properties and uses of some important polymers 

Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, Teflon and PVC. 

Practical organic chemistry 

Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and identification of the following 

functional groups: hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), 

carboxyl, amino and nitro; Chemical methods of separation of mono-functional organic 

compounds from binary mixtures. 

 

ARCHITECTURE APTITUDE TEST

Freehand drawing

This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and

proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in

appropriate scale. Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture,

equipment, etc., from memory.

Geometrical drawing

Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals,

polygons, circles, etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple

solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders, etc.

Three-dimensional perception

Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements,

colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.

Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity

Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping. Creativity check through

the innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.

Architectural awareness

General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and

international, places and personalities (architects, designers, etc.) in the related domain.