Presidency College Admission Test 2010 Syllabus

ADMISSION TEST 2010

INFORMATION REGARDING ADMISSION TESTS
(The syllabus to the tests would be of Higher Secondary (10+2) or equivalent standard)

SUBJECT	NATURE OF TEST
BENGALI	Substance writing or amplification, short notes on important books and essay writing.
BOTANY	Objective and short answer type questions.
CHEMISTRY and BIOCHEMISTRY	Objective and short-answer type questions and problems on Chemistry.
ECONOMICS	Group A: Two comprehension passages and essay writing. Group B: Mathematics (Algebra, Trigonometry, Co-ordinate geometry), Differential and Integral Calculus.
ENGLISH	Grammar component, Essay, An unseen poem/verse passage with questions designed to test powers of comprehension and appreciation.
GEOGRAPHY	Practical of 10 marks. Objective and short answer type questions on: Earth and its Environment, Geography of India including Map study, General Science, and Elementary Mathematics (for all). Physical-, Economic-, Human- and Practical Geography (for Arts students). Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics (for Science students without Geography).
GEOLOGY	Objective and short answer type questions on Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics on the basis of a syllabus notified on the Departmental notice board.
HINDI	Essay, literary appreciation, comprehension, expansion in Hindi, grammatical questions.
HISTORY	General comprehension, substance, passage writing and comments, multiple-choice/objective questions, dialogue.
MATHEMATICS	Multiple choice type and comprehensive type questions on Algebra, Trigonometry, Co-ordinate geometry (2D), Calculus, differential equation, Probability theory and vector algebra.
PHILOSOPHY	Objective and conceptual questions, summary and essay writing.
PHYSICS	Part I: Objective (multiple choice) question. Part II: Problems and short questions on Physics.
PHYSIOLOGY	Objective and short-answer type questions on Biology (mainly on Human Physiology), basic numerical problems of Physics and Chemistry, Comprehension in English on Physiology of 5/10 marks, elementary mathematics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE	Essay (English or Bengali) and Comprehension test (English); basic concepts in Political Science (English or Bengali), recent developments in the World (English or Bengali).
SOCIOLOGY	Essay in English or Bengali; concepts on recent social issues (English or Bengali); comprehension test (English) or an English passage; short answer type questions on Indian society and concepts.
STATISTICS	Short answer and objective type questions on H.S. Mathematics (excluding Statics and Dynamics) questions on data interpretation to be answered in English.
ZOOLOGY	Objective type and short discussion type questions; drawing of labeled diagrams of Zoological features.