NEST 2024 Exam Pattern, Check Exam Mode, Question Paper Pattern, Marking Scheme and Practice Papers

NEST 2024 Syllabus

The syllabus for NEST 2024 follows the rationalised science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics) syllabus of class XI–XII as per NCERT. You can check the syllabus at https://ncert.nic.in/syllabus.php

NEST 2024 Physics Syllabus

• General: Dimensional analysis, Units, and dimensions, significant figures, least count, measurement of length, time, mass, temperature, potential difference, Methods of measurement (Direct, Indirect, Null), current, and resistance. 
• Mechanics: Projectiles. Uniform circular motion. Relative velocity. Newton’s laws of motion. Inertial and uniformly accelerated (linear only) frames of reference, Kinetic, and potential energy, Impulse, Systems of particles, Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only).
• Fluids: Rigid body, Stoke’s and Poiseuille’s law, Reynolds number, Buoyancy, Surface energy, and surface tension. Pressure in a fluid, Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation, Pascal’s law, capillary rise. Viscosity –Terminal velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem, Qualitative understanding of turbulence, Streamline flow, equation of continuity.
• Rotational Dynamics: Moment of inertia, a moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes. Angular momentum, Torque, Equilibrium of rigid bodies, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, Young’s modulus.
• Sound: Longitudinal and transverse waves, Resonance (qualitative understanding), superposition of waves. Progressive and stationary waves, Plane-wave motion, Beats, Vibration of strings and air columns, Speed of sound in gases, Doppler Effect.
• Thermal physics: Blackbody radiation - absorptive and emissive powders, liquids and gases. Calorimetric Problems, Stefan’s law, latent heat. Heat conduction in one dimension, Newton’s law of cooling.

NEST 2024 Mathematics Syllabus

• Algebra:  Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar representation, properties of modulus and principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretations.  
• Quadratic equations with real coefficients, Logarithms, and their properties, computation of probability of events using permutations and combinations, formation of quadratic equations with given roots, relations between roots and coefficients solutions of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables, symmetric functions of roots.  
• Arithmetic, Permutations and combinations, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series.
• Probability: Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices and their properties, independence of events.
• Binomial theorem for positive integral index, properties of binomial coefficients.
• Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers, equality of matrices, addition, multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a matrix, Determinant of a square matrix of order up to three.

NEST 2024 Chemistry Syllabus

Organic Chemistry Syllabus for NEST 2024 Exam

• Hybridizations of carbon, hyperconjugation, Sigma and pi-bonds,  Representation of organic compounds, Shapes of simple organic molecules, electromeric effect, resonance effect, Inductive effect, Determination of empirical and molecular formulae.
• Reactive intermediates: structure and stability of - carbocation, carbanion and free radical, Formation, Homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavages.
• Isomerism: Geometrical isomerism, Racemic mixture, Chirality Structural and stereoisomerism, Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections), Optical isomerism of compounds.
• Nomenclature: IUPAC of only hydrocarbons, mono-functional and bi-functional compounds, including benzene derivatives, IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds. 
• Alkanes: Wurtz reaction, Preparation, Combustion and halogenation of alkanes, properties and reactions, Idea of homologous series, Mechanism of photo-halogenation.
• Alkenes and Alkynes: Acid-catalyzed hydration of alkenes and alkynes (excluding the stereochemistry), Ozonolysis, Markownikoff rule, Reduction of alkenes and alkynes, Addition reactions of alkynes, Isomerization.
• Aromatic compounds: Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation (No mechanism) Huckel theory of aromaticity, Aromaticity, Structure of benzene, Isomerism in substituted benzenes.
• Haloalkanes (Alkyl halides): Alcohols, Halogen exchange reaction, olefins, Nucleophilic substitution reactions of alkyl halides with different nucleophilic species, Grignard reagent, and its reaction.

NEST 2024 Biology Syllabus