KCET Exam Syllabus 2025 (Revised): Check Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology Topics & Download Syllabus PDF

KCET Syllabus 2025 Physics First Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Motion in a Straight Line

3-4%

Mechanical Properties of Solids

1-2%

Thermodynamics

4-5%

Work, Energy & Power

3-4%

Waves

3-4%

Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion Gravitation

1-2%

Physical World

0-1%

Kinetic Theory

2-3%

Motion in a Plane

3-4%

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

2-3%

Laws of Motion

3-4%

Units and Measurements

1-2%

Oscillations

3-4%

Kinetic Theory

4-5%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Physics Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

1-2%

Wave Optics

3-4%

Electromagnetic Waves

2-3%

Moving Charges and Magnetism

1-2%

Electromagnetic Induction

3-4%

Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

2-3%

Current Electricity

4-5%

Atoms

1-2%

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

1-2%

Alternating Current

3-4%

Electric Charges and Fields

2-3%

Semiconductor Electronics

3-4%

Magnetism and Matter

3-4%

Communication Systems

4-5%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Chemistry First Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

1-2%

Equilibrium

1-2%

Gases and Liquids Thermodynamics

2-3%

Environmental Chemistry

1-2%

Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles & Techniques

2-3%

Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

3-4%

Redox Reactions

4-5%

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

3-4%

States of Matter

3-4%

s – Block Elements

3-4%

Some p – Block Elements

3-4%

Structure of Atom

2-3%

Hydrogen

3-4%

Hydrocarbons

3-4%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Chemistry Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

2-3%

Chemistry in Everyday Life

1-2%

Phenols and Ethers

1-2%

Aldehydes

3-4%

p-Block Elements

4-5%

Alcohols

2-3%

Phenols and Ethers

2-3%

Coordination Compounds

4-5%

d and f Block Elements

4-5%

Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry

3-4%

General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

2-3%

Solid State

2-3%

Polymers

1-2%

Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

3-4%

Electrochemistry

4-5%

Solutions

1-2%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Mathematics First Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Introduction to 3D-Geometry

2-3%

Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Linear

4-5%

Statistics

3-4%

Conic Sections

1-2%

Limits & Derivatives

4-5%

Probability

2-3%

Sets, Relations & Functions

4-5%

Trigonometric Functions

2-3%

Mathematical Reasoning

1-2%

Inequalities

2-3%

Binomial Theorem

2-3%

Permutations and Combination

3-4%

Principle of Mathematical Induction

1-2%

Straight Lines

3-4%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Mathematics Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Differential Equations

3-4%

Integrals

2-3%

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

5-6%

Relations & Functions

4-5%

Matrices

3-4%

Linear Programming

3-4%

Determinants

2-3%

Application of Derivatives

4-5%

Continuity and Differentiability

3-4%

Probability

2-3%

Three Dimensional Geometry

4-5%

Vector Algebra

5-6%

Application of Integrals

4-5%

Differential Equations

4-5%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Biology First Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Plant Kingdom

1-2%

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

1-2%

Plant Growth and Development

1-2%

Body Fluids and Circulation

2-3%

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

3-4%

Anatomy and Flowering Plants

2-3%

Excretory Products and their Elimination

3-4%

Neural Control and Coordination

4-5%

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

5-6%

Locomotion and Movement

2-3%

Digestion and Absorption

3-4%

Morphology of Flowering Plants

1-2%

Living World

2-3%

Biomolecules

1-2%

Respiration in Plants

2-3%

Biological Classification

1-2%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Biology Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Evolution

1-2%

Environmental Issues

3-4%

Microbes in Human Welfare

1-2%

Biodiversity and Conservation

3-4%

Organism and Population

1-2%

Reproduction in Organisms

4-5%

Human Reproduction

5-6%

Ecosystem

3-4%

Reproductive Health

2-3%

Biotech: Principles and Processes

1-2%

KCET Deleted Syllabus 2025

Subject

Deleted Portion

Physics

Physics- Scope and excitement

Physics- Technology and society

Nature of physical laws

NIL

Frame of reference: Position-time graph, speed and velocity

NIL

Intuitive concept of forces

Inertia

Newton's first law of motion, momentum

Newton's second law of motion, the impulse

Newton's third law of motion

NIL

Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorem and their applications

Kepler’s law of planetary motion

Acceleration due to gravity

Elastic behavior

Shear modulus of rigidity

Poisson’s ratio

KCET Chemistry Deleted Syllabus 2025

Chemistry

Nature of matter

Laws of Chemical Combination

Dalton’s atomic theory

Discovery of subatomic particles

Atomic models

Significance of classification, a brief history of the development of the periodic table

Liquefaction of gases

Critical temperature

Kinetic energy and molecular speed

Liquid state-vapour pressure

Viscosity and Surface tension (qualitative idea only, no mathematical derivations)

Heat capacity and specific heat capacity

Criteria for equilibrium

Hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea)

Henderson equation

Applications of redox reaction

KCET Mathematics Deleted Syllabus 2025

Sets

Difference of sets

Complement and properties of sets

Relation and Functions

RxRxR

Sum, Difference, Product and Quotients of functions

Trigonometric functions

The general solution of trigonometric equations of the type: sin y = sin a, cos y = cos a and tan y = tan a

Principal of Mathematical Induction

NIL

Complex numbers and Quadratic equation

Polar representation of complex numbers.

The square root of a complex number

Linear inequalities

NIL

KCET Biology Deleted Syllabus 2025

The living world

Taxonomy and systematics

Tools to study Taxonomy

Biological classification

NIL

Plant Kingdom

Angiosperm – classification up to class, characteristics, features and examples

Animal Kingdom

NIL

Morphology of flowering plants

Morphology and modification: Morphology of different parts of flowering plants – root, stem, leaf, fruit and seed

Description of families – Fabaceae

Anatomy of flowering plants

Anatomy and functions of different tissues and tissue systems in dicots and monocots secondary growth

Subject

Syllabus PDF

Physics

KCET Exam Syllabus- PHYSICS.pdf

Chemistry

KCET Exam Syllabus-CHEMISTRY.pdf

Mathematics

KCET Exam Syllabus- MATHEMATICS.pdf

Biology

KCET Exam Syllabus- BIOLOGY.pdf

Sections

Questions

Duration

Physics

60

80 minutes

Chemistry

60

80 minutes

Mathematics/Biology

60

80 minutes

Physics

Chemistry

Mathematics

• NCERT books of Class 11 and 12 for Physics
• Physics for Karnataka CET and COMEDK
• Physics for 1st Year PUC by AS Govind
• Physics for Karnataka CET and COMEDK by K. L. Gomber and K. L. Gogia
• Fundamentals of Physics by S Chand
• Pradeep’s Fundamental Physics (Class 11 and 12)

• NCERT books of Class 11 and 12 for Chemistry
• Modern’s Abc of Chemistry, Part-1 and Part-2 by S P Jauhar
• Chemistry for First Year PUC by Prof Somashekara Prasad
• Pradeep’s New Course Chemistry

• NCERT books of Class 11 and 12 for Mathematics
• CET by Bosco
• MCQ by Asit Das Gupta
• Mathematics by DineshMathematics for First Year PUC BY Dr. PG Umarani

KCET Syllabus 2025 Chemistry Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

2-3%

Chemistry in Everyday Life

1-2%

Phenols and Ethers

1-2%

Aldehydes

3-4%

p-Block Elements

4-5%

Alcohols

2-3%

Phenols and Ethers

2-3%

Coordination Compounds

4-5%

d and f Block Elements

4-5%

Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry

3-4%

General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

2-3%

Solid State

2-3%

Polymers

1-2%

Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

3-4%

Electrochemistry

4-5%

Solutions

1-2%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Mathematics First Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Introduction to 3D-Geometry

2-3%

Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Linear

4-5%

Statistics

3-4%

Conic Sections

1-2%

Limits & Derivatives

4-5%

Probability

2-3%

Sets, Relations & Functions

4-5%

Trigonometric Functions

2-3%

Mathematical Reasoning

1-2%

Inequalities

2-3%

Binomial Theorem

2-3%

Permutations and Combination

3-4%

Principle of Mathematical Induction

1-2%

Straight Lines

3-4%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Mathematics Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Differential Equations

3-4%

Integrals

2-3%

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

5-6%

Relations & Functions

4-5%

Matrices

3-4%

Linear Programming

3-4%

Determinants

2-3%

Application of Derivatives

4-5%

Continuity and Differentiability

3-4%

Probability

2-3%

Three Dimensional Geometry

4-5%

Vector Algebra

5-6%

Application of Integrals

4-5%

Differential Equations

4-5%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Biology First Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Plant Kingdom

1-2%

Breathing and Exchange of Gases

1-2%

Plant Growth and Development

1-2%

Body Fluids and Circulation

2-3%

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

3-4%

Anatomy and Flowering Plants

2-3%

Excretory Products and their Elimination

3-4%

Neural Control and Coordination

4-5%

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

5-6%

Locomotion and Movement

2-3%

Digestion and Absorption

3-4%

Morphology of Flowering Plants

1-2%

Living World

2-3%

Biomolecules

1-2%

Respiration in Plants

2-3%

Biological Classification

1-2%

KCET Syllabus 2025 Biology Second Year PUC

Topic

Expected Weightage

Evolution

1-2%

Environmental Issues

3-4%

Microbes in Human Welfare

1-2%

Biodiversity and Conservation

3-4%

Organism and Population

1-2%

Reproduction in Organisms

4-5%

Human Reproduction

5-6%

Ecosystem

3-4%

Reproductive Health

2-3%

Biotech: Principles and Processes

1-2%

KCET Deleted Syllabus 2025

Subject

Deleted Portion

Physics

Physics- Scope and excitement

Physics- Technology and society

Nature of physical laws

NIL

Frame of reference: Position-time graph, speed and velocity

NIL

Intuitive concept of forces

Inertia

Newton's first law of motion, momentum

Newton's second law of motion, the impulse

Newton's third law of motion

NIL

Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorem and their applications

Kepler’s law of planetary motion

Acceleration due to gravity

Elastic behavior

Shear modulus of rigidity

Poisson’s ratio

KCET Chemistry Deleted Syllabus 2025

Chemistry

Nature of matter

Laws of Chemical Combination

Dalton’s atomic theory

Discovery of subatomic particles

Atomic models

Significance of classification, a brief history of the development of the periodic table

Liquefaction of gases

Critical temperature

Kinetic energy and molecular speed

Liquid state-vapour pressure

Viscosity and Surface tension (qualitative idea only, no mathematical derivations)

Heat capacity and specific heat capacity

Criteria for equilibrium

Hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea)

Henderson equation

Applications of redox reaction

KCET Mathematics Deleted Syllabus 2025

Sets

Difference of sets

Complement and properties of sets

Relation and Functions

RxRxR

Sum, Difference, Product and Quotients of functions

Trigonometric functions

The general solution of trigonometric equations of the type: sin y = sin a, cos y = cos a and tan y = tan a

Principal of Mathematical Induction

NIL

Complex numbers and Quadratic equation

Polar representation of complex numbers.

The square root of a complex number

Linear inequalities

NIL

KCET Biology Deleted Syllabus 2025

The living world

Taxonomy and systematics

Tools to study Taxonomy

Biological classification

NIL

Plant Kingdom

Angiosperm – classification up to class, characteristics, features and examples

Animal Kingdom

NIL

Morphology of flowering plants

Morphology and modification: Morphology of different parts of flowering plants – root, stem, leaf, fruit and seed

Description of families – Fabaceae

Anatomy of flowering plants

Anatomy and functions of different tissues and tissue systems in dicots and monocots secondary growth

Subject

Syllabus PDF

Physics

KCET Exam Syllabus- PHYSICS.pdf

Chemistry

KCET Exam Syllabus-CHEMISTRY.pdf

Mathematics

KCET Exam Syllabus- MATHEMATICS.pdf

Biology

KCET Exam Syllabus- BIOLOGY.pdf

Sections

Questions

Duration

Physics

60

80 minutes

Chemistry

60

80 minutes

Mathematics/Biology

60

80 minutes

Physics

Chemistry

Mathematics

• NCERT books of Class 11 and 12 for Physics
• Physics for Karnataka CET and COMEDK
• Physics for 1st Year PUC by AS Govind
• Physics for Karnataka CET and COMEDK by K. L. Gomber and K. L. Gogia
• Fundamentals of Physics by S Chand
• Pradeep’s Fundamental Physics (Class 11 and 12)

• NCERT books of Class 11 and 12 for Chemistry
• Modern’s Abc of Chemistry, Part-1 and Part-2 by S P Jauhar
• Chemistry for First Year PUC by Prof Somashekara Prasad
• Pradeep’s New Course Chemistry

• NCERT books of Class 11 and 12 for Mathematics
• CET by Bosco
• MCQ by Asit Das Gupta
• Mathematics by DineshMathematics for First Year PUC BY Dr. PG Umarani