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Service Name : IISER Aptitude Test Syllabus 2021
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IISER Aptitude Test Syllabus
Syllabus for the IISER aptitude test is given below. The syllabus generally follows the NCERT syllabus for classes XI and XII.
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IISER Aptitude Test Mathematics Syllabus
** Sets
** Relations and functions
** Trigonometric Functions
** Inverse Trigonometric Functions
** Principle of Mathematical Induction
** Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
** Linear Inequalities
** Permutations and Combinations
** Binomial Theorem
** Sequences and Series
** Straight Lines
** Conic Sections
** Introduction to Three Dimensional Geometry
** Limits and Derivatives
** Mathematical Reasoning
** Statistics
** Probability
** Matrices
** Determinants
** Continuity and Differentiability
** Application of Derivatives
** Integrals
** Applications of integrals
** Differential equations
** Vectors
** Three dimensional geometry
** Linear Programming
IISER Aptitude Test Physics Syllabus
** Physical World and Measurement
** Kinematics
** Laws of Motion
** Work, Energy and Power
** Motion of Systems of Particles and Rigid body
** Gravitation
** Properties of bulk matter
** Thermodynamics
** Behavior of perfect gas and kinetic energy
** Oscillations
** Waves
** Electrostatics
** Current Electricity
** Magnetic effect of current and magnetism
** Electromagnetic Induction
** Alternating Current
** Electromagnetic Waves
** Optics
** Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
** Atoms
** Nuclei
** Electronic devices
** Communication Systems
IISER Aptitude Test Chemistry Syllabus
** Some Basic Concept of Chemistry
** Structure of Atom
** Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
** Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
** States of Matter
** Thermodynamics
** Equilibrium
** Redox Reactions
** Hydrogen
** The s-block Elements
** The p-block Elements
** Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques
** Hydrocarbons
** Environmental Chemistry
** The solid state
** Solutions
** Electrochemistry
** Chemical Kinetics
** Surface chemistry
** General principles and processes of isolation of elements
** The p-block elements
** The d- & f-block elements
** Coordination compounds
** Haloalkanes and haloarenes
** Alcohols, phenols and ethers
** Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids
** Organic compounds containing nitrogens
** Biomolecules
** Polymers
** Chemistry in everyday life
IISER Aptitude Test Biology Syllabus
** Diversity in the living world
** Structural organization in animals and plants
** Cell structure and function
** Plant physiology
** Human physiology
** Reproduction
** Genetics and evolution
** Biology and human welfare
** Biotechnology and its application
** Ecology and environment
Biology Model Questions:
1. If an interphase cell is treated with cyanide (a metabolic poison), the cell does not divide by mitosis. However, if cyanide is added right after mitosis has started, the same cell completes mitosis. Which of the following explains this observation?
A. Metabolic activity ceases during mitosis
B. Cell division does not require metabolic activity
C. Energy required for mitosis is produced and stored in the cell during interphase
D. Mitotic cells make factors that make them resistant to cyanide
2. The symplast pathway is most easily disrupted when
A. Water transport channels in the plasma membrane of the root hair cells malfunction
B. Water transport channels in the plasma membrane of the root cortex malfunction
C. Water transport channels in the plasma membrane of the root endodermis malfunction
D. Water transport channels in the plasma membrane of the guard cells malfunction
3. Paleontological studies use fossil pollen because
A. Pollen retains viability for long periods of time unlike male gametes in animals
B. The intine of pollen is very hard and stable and can be used in rescuing plant populations on a decline
C. The exine of pollen retains its structure for long periods of time
D. Soil pollen banks, unlike soil seed banks, stay dormant for long periods of time
4. Which of the following is not an assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg principle?
A. Mating is random in the population
B. There are no mutations
C. All individuals have an equal opportunity to survive and reproduce
D. Immigration and emigration occurs in the population
5. The lens of many vertebrate eyes is a crystallized form of a protein that also functions in digestion as a metabolic enzyme. This shows that
A. Vision and digestion co-evolved
B. Digestion necessarily evolved prior to vision since it is a more basic function
C. Evolution in opportunistic
D. Vision and digestion evolved around the same time
6. On which segment of the human chromosome is the enzyme Reverse Transcriptase located?
A. Centromere
B. Telomere
C. Kinetochore