Deck Online Entrance Test and Interview
SYLLABUS
Total marks: 100
Duration: 120 minutes
S.No. Subject
1. English
• Sentence Completion
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Essay writing (300 words) at the time of the interview.
2. Mathematics
Number and operations
• Operations, ratio and proportion, averages, percentage, elementary number theory, fractions and decimals.
• Squares and square roots, cubes and cube roots, exponents and powers, H.C.F. and L.C.M.
• Arithmetic Progressions, nth term, sum of first n terms of A.P. and their application in solving problems.
Algebra and functions
• Expressions (up to cubic level), equations (up to quadratic level), properties of functions (linear, polynomial,
rational)
Linear Equations in Two Variables
• Focus on linear equations of the type ax + by + c = 0
• Applications in solving problems
Geometry and mensuration
• Plane Geometry (Lines and angles, triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelogram, trapezium, rhombus, quadrilaterals
and circles)
• Co-ordinate Geometry (Lines and circles)
• Three-dimensional Solids (Surface area and volume of cubes, cylinders, cones, spheres and combination of
shapes)
Trigonometry
• Trigonometric ratios of an acute angle of a right-angle triangle.
• Heights and Distances: Angle of elevation, angle of depression and problems based on these.
Permutations and Combinations
• Fundamental principle of counting.
• Factorial n. (n!), Permutations (nPr) and Combinations (nCr), simple applications
Probability
• Events; occurrence of events, Probability of an event and related problems
• Bayes’ theorem
3. General Knowledge
• Geography (Capitals, Oceans, Ports, Waterways, produce of countries etc.)
4. Aptitude
• Qualitative reasoning
• Quantitative reasoning,
• Abstract reasoning,
• Spatial reasoning,
• Logical reasoning
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5. Physics Mechanics
• Kinematics, such as velocity, acceleration and motion in one dimension.
• Dynamics, such as force, Newton’s laws, statics and friction
• Energy and Momentum, such as potential and kinetic energy, work, power, impulse and conservation laws
• Circular Motion, such as uniform circular motion and centripetal force
• Simple Harmonic Motion, such as pendulum
• Gravitation, such as the Universal law of gravitation, Kepler’s laws, force of gravitation of the earth (gravity),
acceleration due to gravity, mass and weight.
Electricity and magnetism
• Electric Fields, Forces, and Potentials, such as Coulomb’s law, induced charge, field and potential of groups of point
charges, and charged particles in electric fields.
• Capacitance, such as parallel-plate capacitors and time-varying behavior in charging/ discharging
• Circuit Elements and DC Circuits, such as resistors, light bulbs, series and parallel networks, Ohm’s law, and Joule’s
law
• Magnetism, such as permanent magnets, fields caused by currents, particles in magnetic fields, Faraday’s law, and
Lenz’s law.
Waves and optics
• General Wave Properties, such as wave speed, frequency, wavelength, superposition, standing wave diffraction,
Doppler effect and Young’s double slit experiment.
• Reflection and Refraction, such as Snell’s law and changes in wavelength and speed
• Ray Optics, such as image formation using pinholes, mirrors, and lenses.
Heat and thermodynamics
• Thermal Properties, such as temperature, heat transfer, specific and latent heat, and thermal expansion
• Laws of Thermodynamics, such as first and second laws, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and heat engine
efficiency
Floatation
• Thrust and pressure, Archimedes’ Principle, Buoyancy
Mechanical properties of Solids
• Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio.
Mechanical properties of fluids
• Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications, effect of gravity on fluid pressure. Viscosity,
Stokes' law, streamline and turbulent flow, Bernoulli's theorem and its applications.
Thermal properties of matter
• Heat, temperature, thermal expansion.
• Heat transfer – conduction, convection and radiation, Stefan’s law
6. Chemistry
Structure of Atom
• Atomic number, isotopes and isobars
• De Broglie’s equation, Heisenberg uncertainty principle
States of Matter
• Gases, including the kinetic molecular theory, Charles law, Boyle’s law, the gas laws/relationships, molar volumes and
density.
• Liquids and Solids
Materials
• Metals and Non-metals
Reaction types
• The chemistry of acids, bases and salts
• Conjugate acid-base pairs
Periodic table
• Present form of the periodic table
• Periodic trends in properties of elements – atomic radii, valency etc.
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