ANNEXURE - I

SYLLABUS FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS,2024

(See Clause 9.5.1)

MATHEMATICS

UNIT I: ALGEBRA

Sets, Relations and Functions

Sets and their representations: Finite and Infinite sets; Empty set; Equal sets; Subsets;
Universal set; Venn Diagrams; Complement of a set; Operations on Sets (Union, Intersection
and Difference of Set); Applications of sets: Ordered Pairs, Cartesian Product of Two sets;
Relations, reflexive, symmetric, transitive and equivalence relations. Domain, Co-domain
and Range: Functions: into, onto, one - one into, one-one onto Functions; Constant Function;
Identity Function; composition of Functions; Invertible Functions.

Complex Numbers
Complex Numbers in the form a  i b ; Real and Imaginary Parts of a complex Number;
Complex Conjugate, Argand Diagram, Representation of Complex Number as a point in the
plane; Modulus of a Complex Number; Algebra of Complex Numbers.

Sequences and Series

Geometric Progression (G.P): first Term, Common Ratio and nth term, Sum to n Terms.
Geometric Mean (G.M); Insertion of Geometric Means, Relation between AM and GM.
between any two given numbers.

Permutations, Combinations, Binomial Theorem

Fundamental Principle of Counting; The Factorial Notation; Permutation as an Arrangement;
Meaning of P(n, r); Combination: Meaning of C(n,r); Applications of Permutations and
Combinations. Statement of Binomial Theorem; Proof of Binomial Theorem for positive
integral Exponent using Principle of Mathematical Induction and also by combinatorial
Method; General and Middle Terms in Binomial Expansions; Properties of Binomial
Coefficients.

Matrices and Determinants

Concept of a Matrix; Types of Matrices; Equality of Matrices (only real entries may be
considered): Operations of Addition, Scalar Multiplication and Multiplication of Matrices;
Statement of Important Results on operations of Matrices and their Verifications by
Numerical Problem only; Determinant of a Square Matrix; Minors and Cofactors; singular
and non-singular Matrices; Applications of Determinants in finding the Area of a Triangle.
Transpose, Adjoint and Inverse of a Matrix; Consistency and Inconsistency of a system of
Linear Equations; Solving System of Linear Equations in Two or Three variables using
Inverse of a Matrix (only up to 3X3 Determinants and Matrices should be considered).
Linear Inequalities
Solutions of Linear Inequalities in one variable and its Graphical Representation; solution of
system of Linear Inequalities in one variable.

UNIT II : TRIGONOMETRY

Trigonometric functions and Inverse Trigonometric functions

Degree measures and Radian measure of positive and negative angles; relation between
degree measure and radian measure, definition of trigonometric functions with the help of a
unit circle, periodic functions, concept of periodicity of trigonometric functions, value of
   
, 3 2  ; trigonometric
trigonometric functions of x for x = 0, 6 , 4, 3 , 2, 2,

functions of sum and difference of numbers.

Tan x  Tan y
Tan x  y  
Sin x  y  Sin x Cos y  Cos x Sin y ; Cos x  y  Cos x Cos y  Sin x Sin y ; 1  Tan x Tan y ;

Sin 2  x   Sin x , Cos 2  x  Cos x ; Cos x  Cos x , Sin x   Sin x ; Cos  2  x   Sin x  
Sin  2

; Cos   x  Cos x , Sin   x   Sin x
 x  Cos x

Trigonometric functions of multiple and submultiples of numbers.

Sin 2 x  2 Sin x Cos x ; Sin 3 x  3 Sin x - 4 Sin 3 x ; Cos 2x  Cos 2 x  Sin 2 x  1  2 Sin 2 x  2 Cos 2 x  1 ;
Cos 3x  4 Cos 3 x  3 Cos x

3 Tan x - Tan3 x xy x y xy x-y

Tan 3x  Sin x  Sin y  2 Sin   Cos   Cos x  Cos y  2 Cos  Cos  
1  3Tan x
2
;  2   2 ;  2   2 

xy x-y xy x-y

Sin x  Sin y  2 Cos  Sin   Cos x  Cos y  - 2 Sin   Sin  
 2   2 ;  2   2 

Inverse Trigonometric functions. Range, domain, principal value branch and graphs of
inverse trigonometric functions.

(i) Sin -1 Sin x   x and other similar formula (ii) Sin -1 1 x   Co sec 1
x
and other similar formula.
Sin 1  x    Sin 1 x , Tan 1  x   Tan 1 x ; Co sec 1  x   Co sec 1 x , Cos 1  x     Cos 1 ( x) ;

Sec 1  x     Sec 1 ( x) , Cot 1  x     Cot 1 ( x)

Sin 1 x  Cos 1 x   , Tan-1 x  Cot 1 x   Co sec 1 ( x)  Sec 1 ( x)  

2 2; 2 ;
 x y 
Tan 1 x  Tan 1 y  Tan 1  , xy  -1
 1  xy 

 x y  1 1 2 x 
 2
1 1  x   2x 
Tan 1x  Tan 1 y  Tan 1 ; xy  1 2 Tan x  Sin  
  Cos  Tan 1 , x  1
1 x   2
1 x   1  x2 
2
 1  xy  ;

Simple problems
Graph of the following trigonometric functions;
y = Sin x ; y = Cos x ; y = Tan x
UNIT III: GEOMETRY

Lines
Cartesian system of coordinates in a plane. Distance formula, Slope of line, parallel and
perpendicular lines. Various forms of equations of a line parallel to axes, slope-intercept
form, The Slope point form, Intercept form, Normal form, General form, Intersection of lines.
Angles between two lines, condition for concurrency of three lines, Distance of a point from
a line.

Conic sections
Sections of a cone. Circles, standard form of the equation of a circle, its radius and centre.
Equations of conic sections [Parabola, Ellipse and Hyperbola] in standard form and simple
properties.

Vectors
Vectors and scalars, Magnitude and Direction of a vector, Types of vectors (Equal vectors,
unit vector, Zero vector). Position vector of a point, Localized and free vectors, parallel and
collinear vectors, Negative of a vector, components of a vector, Addition of vectors,
multiplication of a vector by a scalar, position vector of point dividing a line segment in a
given ratio, Application of vectors in geometry. Scalar product of two vectors, projection of a
vector on a line, vector product of two vectors.

Three-Dimensional Geometry

Coordinate axes and coordinate planes in three dimensional space, coordinate of a point in
space, distance between two points, section formula, direction cosines, and direction ratios of
a line joining two points, projection of the join of two points on a given line, Angle between
two lines whose direction ratios are given, Cartesian and vector equation of a line through (i)
a point and parallel to a given vector (ii) through two points, coplanar and skew lines,
Shortest distance between two lines, Condition for the intersection of two lines,

Unit IV: STATISTICS

Statistics and probability

Mean deviation, variance, standard deviation for grouped an ungrouped data. Random
experiments and sample space, Events as subset of a sample space, occurrence of an event,
sure and impossible events, Exhaustive events, Algebra of events, Meaning of equality likely
outcomes, mutually exclusive events. Probability of an event; Theorems on probability;
Addition rule, Multiplication rule, Independent experiments and events. Finding P (A or B),
P (A and B), Bayes' theorem.
UNIT V : CALCULUS

Functions, Limits and continuity

Concept of a real function; its domain and range; Modulus Function, Greatest integer
function: Signum functions; Trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions and
their graphs; composite functions, Inverse of a function.
Limit of a function; meaning and related notations; Left and right hand limits; Fundamental
xn  an Sin x
lim  na n 1 , a  0; lim  1;
x a xa x 0 x

theorems on limits without proof (without proof);

Continuity of a function at a point, Sum, Product and quotient of continuous functions;
Continuity of special functions- Polynomial, Trigonometric, exponential, Logarithmic and
Inverse trigonometric functions.
Differentiation
Derivative of a function; its geometrical and physical significance; Relationship between
continuity and differentiability; Derivatives of polynomial, basic trigonometric, exponential,
logarithmic and inverse trigonometric functions from first principles; derivatives of sum,
difference, product and quotient of functions; derivatives of polynomial, trigonometric,
exponential, logarithmic, inverse trigonometric and implicit functions; Logarithmic
differentiation; derivatives of functions expressed in parametric form; chain rule and
differentiation by substitution; Derivatives of Second order.
Application of Derivatives
Rate of change of quantities; increasing and decreasing functions and sign of the derivatives;
maxima and minima; Greatest and least values;
Indefinite Integrals

Integration as inverse of differentiation; properties of integrals; Integrals involving algebraic,

trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions; Integration by substitution; Integration
by parts; Integrals of the type:

x a    ax
dx dx dx dx dx
, , , , ,
2
a 2 2
x 2
x a
2 2
a x
2 2 2
 bx  c
px  q px  q
 ax  
dx
dx , , dx.
2
 bx  c ax 2  bx  c ax 2  bx  c
Integration of rational functions; Partial fractions and their use in integration; Integrals
of the type

 x 2  a 2 dx ,  a 2  x 2 dx ,  ax 2
 bx  c dx 

Definite Integrals
Fundamental theorems of integral calculus without proof; Evaluation of definite integrals by
substitution and by using the following properties.

b a b c b


a
f ( x ) dx  

b
f ( x ) dx ;

a
f ( x ) dx 

a
f ( x ) dx 
 f ( x) dx
c
b b a a

b b a a  f ( x) dx 
 f (a  b  x) dx ;
 f ( x) dx 
 f (a  x) dx

a
f ( x ) dx 

a
f ( a  b  x ) dx ;
0
f ( x ) dx 

0
f ( a  x ) dx a a 0 0

b b a a


a
f ( x) dx 

a
f (a  b  x) dx ;

0
f ( x) dx 
 f (a  x) dx
0

2a a a 2a a


0
f ( x) dx 

0
f ( x) dx 

0
f (2a  x) dx ; 

0
f ( x) dx  2
 f ( x)dx, if
0
f ( 2a  x )  f ( x )

2a

 f ( x) dx  0, if f (2a  x)   f ( x)
0

 a

 f ( x) dx, if
a
2

f ( x ) is even
f ( x ) dx  
a
 0

0 if f(x) is odd

Application of definite integrals in finding areas bounded by a curve, circle, parabola and
ellipse in standard form between two ordinates and x-axis; Area between two curves, line and
circle; line and parabola: line and ellipse.
Differential Equations
Definition; order and degree; general and particular solutions of a differential equation;
solution of differential equations by method of Separation of variables; Homogeneous
differential equations of first order and their solutions; Solution of linear differential
dy
 P( x) y  Q( x)
equations of the type dx where P (x), Q (x) are functions of x or constants.

Linear Programming
Introduction, related terminology such as constraints, 0bjective function, optimisation,
different types of linear programming problems, graphical method of solution for problems in
two variables, feasible and infeasible regions, feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal
feasible solutions ( up to three non-trivial constraints).