UPSC SCRA Exam Syllabus For Physics

Measurement of Length, time and mass.

Straight line motion and relationships among displacement, velocity and acceleration.

Equilibrium of bodies under action of forces.

Pressure in a fluid and its variation with depth.

Mechanical equivalent of heat.

Reflection and refraction of light.

Microscopes and telescopes. Defects of vision. Prisms, deviation and dispersion

Electric charge, electric field and potential, Coulomb’s Law.

Electric current; electric cells, e.m.f. resistance, ammeters and voltmeters.

Magnetic effect of current; straight wire, coil and solenoid electromagnet; electric bell.

Force on a current-carrying conductor in magnetic field;

Electromagnetic induction

Nuclear energy; fission and fusion, conversion of mass into energy, chain reaction.

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UPSC SCRA Exam Syllabus For Chemistry

Chemistry is mainly divided into three parts. 1st part contains Physical Chemistry, 2nd part contains Inorganic Chemistry and 3rd part contains Organic Chemistry.

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Physical Chemistry

1. Atomic structure

2.Physical and Chemical Bonding

3. Energy changes in a chemical reaction.
4. Chemical Equillibriam and rates of reactions.

5. Solutions:

6. Electro-Chemistry:

7. Oxidation

8. Natural and Artificial Radioactivity

Inorganic Chemistry

Brief Treatment of Elements and their industrially important compounds:

1. Hydrogen:

2. Group I Elements:

3. Group II Elements:

4. Group III Elements:

5. Group IV Elements:

6. Group V Elements:

7. Group VI Elements:

8. Group VII Elements:

9. Group O.

10. Metallurgical Processes:

Organic Chemistry

1. Tetrahedral nature of carbon, Hybridisation and sigma pie bonds and their relative strength. Single and multiple bonds. Shapes of molecules. Geometrical and optical isomerism.

2. General methods of preparation, properties and reaction of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, Aromatic hydrocarbons

3.Halogen derivatives:

4. Hydroxy Compounds:

5. Ethers; Diethyl ether.

6. Aldehydes and ketones:

7. Nitro compounds amines:

8. Carboxylic acid:

9. Esters:

10. Polymers:

11. Nonstructural treatment of Carbohydrates, Fats and Lipids, amino acids and proteins – Vitamins and hormones.