JEE 2013 Preparation – Week 8

Following is the plan for this week :

MATHEMATICS :

Since we have already finished theory and Worked Out Examples of the chapter Quadratic Equations, we will finish the exercises of the same chapter from the book Eduwiser’s Algebra by Prof. K. C. Sinha. (The Prof. K. C. Sinha series by Eduwiser Publishing Group is ow available on www.flipkart.com). You need to solve each question. Try not asking for help until the last day of this week. However, if you are unable to solve any question by the end of this week, you should ask for help at your school/coaching classes.

Once you are done with the exercises of the book, try solving only new pattern questions from any Coaching Classes material. You do not need to go through subjective questions from sources other than your textbook.

Also solve questions of the same chapter from Eduwiser’s Mathematics for AIEEE by taking timed tests as you did with the chapter on Complex Numbers. This should take about fifteen hours of your time in all.

After you are done with Quadratic Equations, allocate time for the chapter on Matrices from the same book. Be thorough with the theory portion because one that is clear, solving problems will be very easy. Also try to solve Worked Out Examples from the same book. This should take about six hours of your time.

CHEMISTRY :

In Physical Chemistry, we will cover the following topics of Solid State : Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, α, β, γ), close packed structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic compounds, point defects.

Do not bother too much about this chapter if you are finding it very difficult. As a general feedback that I have received from students about this chapter, it is a boring one and students normally leave this chapter. However, it will not harm to go through this chapter once so that, in case a simple question is asked from this chapter, you do not get stumped.

You could refer your Coaching Classes notes as well as any foreign author book for this purpose. Clarify your doubts as soon as you have them.

Try to work out new pattern questions from your Coaching Classes material as well as questions that have been asked in previous years’ IIT-JEE and AIEEE. All this should consume about ten hours of your time.

For Organic Chemistry, cover the following topics of Phenols : Acidity, electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation, nitration and sulphonation); Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe reaction.

After you are done with this, you can cover characteristic reactions of the following :  Alkyl halides: rearrangement reactions of alkyl carbocation, Grignard reactions,  nucleophilic substitution reactions;  Alcohols: esterification, dehydration and oxidation, reaction with sodium, phosphorus halides, ZnCl2/concentrated HCl, conversion of alcohols into aldehydes and ketones; Ethers : Preparation by Williamson’s  Synthesis.

Study the above from your Coaching Classes course material or Prof. S. Lal’s Organic Chemistry from Good Books publishers. You should again refer Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd for any concept that you do not understand. Remember one thing with the above topics : you should memorize all the reactions and should be able to close your notes/books and still be able to recall all the reactions. You could try revising the reactions while traveling or while in your school whenever you get some free time.

Organic Chemistry will take eleven hours of your time.

In Inorganic Chemistry this week, you can cover Principles of qualitative analysis: Groups I to V (only Ag⁺, Hg²⁺, Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺, Bi³⁺, Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, Al³⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mn²⁺ and Mg²⁺); Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide from your Coaching Classes course material or NCERT books. This should take another eight hours of your time.

PHYSICS :

In Physics, you must have already started the chapter on Magnetic Field. You should finish Biot-Savart’s law and Ampere’s law; Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight wire, along the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field from Dr. H. C. Verma’s Concepts of Physics – Vol. 2.

Also finish Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop; Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions from the same book.

Pay attention to the theory of the above topics because it can make or break things for you. Any doubt in the theory should be clarified at once without any delay and before solving questions. You will have to solve each question from the book.

You will also need to try out new pattern questions from your Coaching Classes material. If you are not able to solve any question, you can try it again next week by yourself. Physics will take about twenty hours of your time this week.

Until next week, all the best !