Karnataka Common Entrance Test for admission to engineering and other professional courses in Karnataka.

KCET

Official 2025 syllabus extracted from http://kea.kar.nic.in/

Physics

Physical world and measurement

Kinematics

Laws of motion

Work, energy and power

Motion of system of particles and rigid body

Gravitation

Properties of bulk matter

Thermodynamics

Behaviour of perfect gas and kinetic theory

Oscillations and waves

Electrostatics

Current electricity

Magnetic effects of current and magnetism

Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents

Electromagnetic waves

Optics (ray and wave)

Dual nature of matter and radiation

Atoms and nuclei

Electronic devices and semiconductor physics

Communication systems (basic)

Physics (Class 11-12)

Chemistry

Some basic concepts of chemistry

Atomic structure

Classification of elements and periodicity

Chemical bonding and molecular structure

States of matter: gases and liquids

Equilibrium (chemical and ionic)

Redox reactions

Hydrogen

s-block elements

p-block elements

d- and f-block elements

Coordination compounds

Solid state

Solutions

Electrochemistry

Chemical kinetics

Surface chemistry

General principles of metallurgy

Organic chemistry: basic principles, hydrocarbons

Haloalkanes and haloarenes

Alcohols, phenols, ethers

Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids

Organic compounds containing nitrogen

Biomolecules

Polymers

Chemistry in everyday life

Chemistry (Class 11-12)

Mathematics

Sets, relations and functions

Complex numbers and quadratic equations

Matrices and determinants

Permutations and combinations

Mathematical induction

Binomial theorem

Sequences and series

Limit, continuity and differentiability

Applications of derivatives

Integral calculus

Differential equations

Coordinate geometry (2D and 3D)

Vector algebra

Probability

Trigonometry

Mathematical reasoning

Statistics: measures of central tendency and dispersion

Linear programming (selected states)

Mathematics (Class 11-12)

Biology

Diversity in living world

Structural organization in animals and plants

Cell structure and function

Plant physiology

Human physiology

Reproduction

Genetics and evolution

Biology and human welfare

Biotechnology and applications

Ecology and environment

Biology (Class 11-12)

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