BSEB 12th Chemistry Syllabus 2025
Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) releases Chemistry syllabus for Class 12th for the session: 2024-2025 on the official website of the Bihar Board in portable document format (pdf). Students can download pdf.
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Unit 1: Solid State |
Electrical and magnetic properties, Packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit cell in a cubic unit cell, point defects, etc. |
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Unit 2: Solutions |
Osmotic pressure, determination of molecular masses using colligative properties, Elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, abnormal molecular mass, etc. |
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Unit 3: Electrochemistry |
Kohlrausch’s Law, lead accumulator, Conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific, variations of conductivity with concentration, etc. |
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Unit 4: Chemical Kinetics |
Integrated rate equations and half-life, the concept of collision theory (elementary idea, no mathematical treatment), etc. |
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Unit 5: Surface Chemistry |
Brownian movement, electrophoresis, Lyophobic multimolecular and macromolecular colloids; properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, coagulation, emulsion-types of emulsions, etc. |
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Unit 6: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements |
Occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminium, copper, zinc and iron, Principles and methods of extraction – concentration, oxidation, reduction – electrolytic method and refining; etc |
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Unit 7: p-block Elements |
Halides PCl3, Ozone, Sulphur-allotropic forms; Phosphorus – allotropic forms, Preparation properties and uses of sulphur-dioxide, etc. |
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Unit 8: d and f-block Elements |
Magnetic properties, interstitial compounds, Metallic character, ionization enthalpy, preparation and properties of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4, etc. |
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Unit 9: Coordination Compounds |
IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds. Bonding, Introduction, ligands, coordination number, Werner's theory, VBT, and CFT; structure and stereoisomerism, etc. |
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Unit 10: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes |
Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, physical and chemical properties, substitution reactions, etc. |
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Unit 11: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers |
Mechanism of dehydration, physical and chemical properties, uses, uses with special reference to methanol and ethanol, etc. |
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Unit 12: Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids |
Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation, physical, uses, methods of preparation, etc. |
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Unit 13: Amines (Organic Compounds and containing Nitrogen) |
Classification, structure, methods of preparation, secondary and tertiary amines, etc. |
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Unit 14: Biomolecules |
Monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), polysaccharides (starch, cellulose, glycogen) importance, etc. |
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Unit 15: Polymers |
Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers, etc, Some important polymers: natural and bakelite, rubber, etc. |
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Unit 16: Chemistry in Everyday Life |
Tranquillizers antiseptics, disinfectants, antacids, antihistamines, artificial sweetening agents, etc |
