JAM 2016 Syllabus

JAM 2016 Syllabus - Candidates appearing for the Joint Admission Test for M.Sc (JAM) 2016 must check the Syllabus of JAM 2016 given to prepare for the entrance exam. The JAM 2016 exam will be conducted in 7 papers for the various M.Sc, Dual Degree programmes and Ph.D in Science. Candidates must appear for the paper as specified by the JAM authorities to avail admissions as per the JAM 2016 Eligibility Criteria.

JAM 2016 will be organized by IIT Madras and is scheduled tentatively on February 7, 2016. A total of 1629 seats are available at the various IITs and IISc Bangalore that are participating in JAM 2016 exam.

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Candidates may note that the JAM 2016 Syllabus is given for the 7 papers namely Biologocal Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics and Physics. The JAM 2016 exam will be completely online.

The JAM 2016 Syllabus for the seven Papers can be broadly specified as follows:

Biological Sciences (BL)

• General Biology

• Basics of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology

• Microbiology, Cell Biology and Immunology

• Mathematical Sciences

Biotechnology (BT):

• The Biotechnology test paper comprises of Biology (44% weightage), Chemistry (20% weightage), Mathematics (18% weightage) and Physics (18% weightage).

• The syllabus will be of 10+2+3 level

Chemistry (CY)

• Physical Chemistry

• Organic Chemistry

• Inorganic Chemistry

Geology (GG)

• The Planet Earth

• Geomorphology

• Structural Geology

• Palaeontology

• Stratigraphy

• Mineralogy

• Petrology

• Economic Geology

• Applied Geology

Mathematics (MA)

• Sequences and Series of Real Numbers

• Functions of Two Real Variables

• Differential Equations

• Vector Calculus

• Group Theory

• Linear Algebra

• Real Analysis

Mathematical Statistics (MS):  The Mathematical Statistics (MS) test paper comprises of Mathematics (40% weightage) and Statistics (60% weightage).

Mathematics

• Sequences and Series

• Differential Calculus

• Integral Calculus

• Matrices

• Differential Equations

Statistics

• Probability

• Random Variables

• Standard Distributions

• Joint Distributions

• Sampling distributions

• Estimation

• Testing of Hypotheses

Physics (PH)

• Mathematical Methods

• Mechanics and General Properties of Matter

• Oscillations, Waves and Optics

• Electricity and Magnetism

• Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics

• Modern Physics

• Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics

• Simple Oscillators

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