Pre-Study: What to Study
13 Subtopics · 78 ConceptsDescribing Motion
Scalar and Vector Quantities (Velocity and Acceleration)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyMomentum and Its Conservation
Importance 4/5 What to StudyForces and Motion
Newton's Laws of Motion
Importance 5/5 What to StudyFriction and Its Types
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCircular Motion: Centripetal and Centrifugal Force
Importance 4/5 What to Study
Pressure
Pressure and the Factors Affecting It
Importance 3/5 What to StudyPressure, Altitude and Boiling Point
Importance 4/5 What to StudyHydraulic Lift, Drinking Straw and Aeroplane Lift
Importance 3/5 What to StudyPressure Differences in Weather (Breezes, Clouds, Deserts)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyFluid Flow and Particle Movement
Laminar and Turbulent Flow
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDiffusion and Brownian Motion
Importance 2/5 What to StudySurface Tension and Capillarity
Surface Tension
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCapillary Action and the Meniscus
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Heat, Temperature and Cryogenics
Temperature and Heat
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCryogenics and Its Applications
Importance 3/5 What to StudyHeat Transfer
Conductors, Insulators and Modes of Heat Transfer
Importance 3/5 What to StudyNewton's Law of Cooling
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBlack Body Radiation
Importance 2/5 What to StudyGreenhouse Effect and Cloudy Nights
Importance 3/5 What to StudyThermal Properties of Water
Specific Heat Capacity of Water
Importance 3/5 What to StudyLatent Heat and the Density Anomaly of Water
Importance 4/5 What to Study
Light and Reflection
Nature and Speed of Light
Importance 3/5 What to StudyReflection and Mirrors
Importance 3/5 What to StudyRefraction and Its Effects
Refraction, Refractive Index and Lenses
Importance 5/5 What to StudyTotal Internal Reflection (Optical Fibres, Diamonds, Mirage)
Importance 5/5 What to StudyDispersion and the Rainbow
Importance 3/5 What to StudyScattering of Light and the Colour of the Sky
Importance 4/5 What to StudyEye and Optical Instruments
Human Eye, Vision Defects and Bionic Eyes
Importance 3/5 What to StudyOptical Instruments (Microscopes, Telescopes, Periscopes, Prism Binoculars)
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Nature and Properties of Sound
Nature of Sound Compared with Light
Importance 2/5 What to StudySpeed of Sound in Different Media
Importance 4/5 What to StudyLoudness, Frequency and the Audible Range
Importance 4/5 What to StudySound in Motion and Its Uses
Mach Number, Hypersonic Speed and Sonic Boom
Importance 4/5 What to StudyDoppler Effect (Sound and Light)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyOrgan Pipes and Standing Waves
Importance 2/5 What to StudyApplications of Sound (Ultrasound, Sonar, Acoustic Levitation)
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Electricity
Electric Charge and Current (AC and DC)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyVoltage, Resistance and Ohm's Law
Importance 4/5 What to StudySeries and Parallel Circuits
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMagnetism and Electromagnetism
Magnetic Field and Earth's Magnetism
Importance 2/5 What to StudyElectromagnetic Induction and Its Applications
Importance 4/5 What to StudyAuroras and Lightning
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Classification of Drugs
Chemotherapy and the Bases of Drug Classification
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDrug-Target Interaction (Enzymes and Receptors)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyTherapeutic Action of Drugs
Antacids and Proton Pump Inhibitors
Importance 2/5 What to StudyAntihistamines
Importance 2/5 What to StudyNeurologically Active Drugs (Tranquilizers and Analgesics)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyAntifertility Drugs
Importance 2/5 What to StudyAntimicrobials
Antibiotics (Broad-Spectrum and Last-Resort Drugs)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyAntiseptics and Disinfectants
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Artificial Sweeteners (Aspartame, Saccharin, Sucralose, Stevia)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyFood Preservatives
Importance 2/5 What to StudyTitanium Dioxide in Food and Products
Importance 2/5 What to StudyEpichlorohydrin and the BIS Tea Bag Standard
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Soaps and Synthetic Detergents
Importance 3/5 What to StudyEnvironmental Concerns of Cleansing Agents (Phosphates, Microbeads)
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Chemicals in Consumer Products
Bisphenol A (BPA) and Phthalates
Importance 4/5 What to StudyTriclosan
Importance 4/5 What to StudyFormaldehyde
Importance 2/5 What to StudyOxybenzone and Coral Reefs
Importance 3/5 What to StudyPlastic Types and Resin Identification Codes (Codes 1 to 6)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyPersistent and Agricultural Chemicals
PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyGlyphosate
Importance 2/5 What to StudyElements and Compounds in the News
Helium
Importance 3/5 What to StudySulphur
Importance 2/5 What to StudyWhite Phosphorus
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure
Importance 4/5 What to StudyDialysis
Importance 2/5 What to StudyReverse Osmosis
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Household and Laboratory Purification (RO, UV, Activated Carbon, Distillation)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMembrane Filtration Beyond RO (Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration, Carbon Nanotubes, Membrane Bioreactors)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyIon Exchange and Water Softening
Importance 3/5 What to StudyHydrogels in Water Treatment
Importance 2/5 What to StudyLow Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD)
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Indian Standard Time and Its Reference Meridian
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCSIR-NPL, Atomic Clocks and UTC(NPLI)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyLegal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026
Importance 4/5 What to StudyDissemination of IST (NTP, PTP, NavIC, White Rabbit)
Importance 2/5 What to Study