West Bengal HS Exam 2027 Syllabus

From the official West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) documents · last checked 14 October 2026

Physics

Sem III – Unit 1: Electrostatics (স্থির তড়িৎ)

Electric charges and conservation of charge
Coulomb's law, forces between multiple charges, superposition principle, continuous uniform charge distribution
Electric field of a point charge, electric field lines
Electric dipole: field on its axis, on its perpendicular bisector and at any point; torque on a dipole in a uniform field
Electric flux; Gauss's theorem and its use for an infinitely long straight wire, an infinite plane sheet and a thin spherical shell
Electric potential and potential difference; relation between field and potential; potential due to a point charge, a dipole and a system of charges
Equipotential surfaces; potential energy of two point charges and of a dipole in an electrostatic field
Conductors and insulators; free and bound charges; dielectrics and electric polarisation
Capacitors and capacitance; series and parallel combination; parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric; solid and hollow spherical capacitors
Energy stored in a capacitor; capacitors in daily life (qualitative)

Sem III – Unit 2: Current Electricity (তড়িৎপ্রবাহ)

Electric current; drift velocity, mobility and their relation with current
Ohm's law; resistance, resistivity and conductivity; V-I characteristics; temperature dependence of resistance
Series, parallel and mixed grouping of resistances
Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell; combinations of cells
Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications
Wheatstone bridge and metre bridge (end error correction not required)
Potentiometer: principle and uses (comparing emfs, measuring internal resistance)

Sem III – Unit 3: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism (তড়িৎপ্রবাহের চৌম্বক ক্রিয়া ও চুম্বকত্ব)

Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment
Biot-Savart law: field of straight and circular conductors
Ampere's circuital law: infinitely long straight wire and straight solenoid
Lorentz force; motion of a charged particle in a perpendicular magnetic field (cyclotron frequency)
Force on a current-carrying conductor; force between two parallel conductors; definition of ampere
Torque on a current loop; moving coil galvanometer and its current sensitivity; conversion into ammeter and voltmeter
Current loop as a magnetic dipole; magnetic moment of a revolving electron
Field of a bar magnet on its axis and perpendicular to it; torque on a bar magnet; magnetic field lines
Magnetic permeability, susceptibility, intensity of magnetisation, retentivity and coercivity; B-H loop (qualitative)
Earth's magnetic field and magnetic elements; dia-, para- and ferromagnetic substances; electromagnets

Sem III – Unit 4: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current (তড়িৎচুম্বকীয় আবেশ ও পরিবর্তী প্রবাহ)

Magnetic flux; Faraday's laws; induced emf and current; Lenz's law; eddy current
Self and mutual inductance; inductance of a solenoid and of two coaxial solenoids (qualitative)
Alternating current: peak and RMS values, reactance and impedance
Phasor diagram; purely resistive, inductive and capacitive circuits; LR, CR and LCR series circuits; resonance
LC oscillator (qualitative); power in AC circuits, power factor, wattless current
AC generator and transformer

Sem III – Unit 5: Electromagnetic Waves (তড়িৎচুম্বকীয় তরঙ্গ)

Displacement current (basic idea)
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative); transverse nature
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves to gamma rays) and uses

Sem IV – Unit 6: Optics (আলোকবিজ্ঞান)

Reflection at spherical mirrors, mirror formula; refraction; total internal reflection and optical fibres
Refraction at spherical surfaces; thin lens formula; lens maker's formula; displacement method; magnification and power of a lens
Combination of thin lenses and of lens and mirror
Refraction and dispersion through a prism; scattering of light (blue sky, red sun at sunrise and sunset)
Human eye, image formation and accommodation; myopia and hypermetropia (qualitative)
Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers
Wavefront and Huygens' principle; reflection and refraction of plane waves
Interference: Young's double slit experiment, coherent sources, conditions for maxima and minima, fringe width
Diffraction due to a single slit (Fraunhofer), width of central maximum; resolving power of microscope and telescope
Polarisation, plane polarised light, Brewster's law, uses of polaroids

Sem IV – Unit 7: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter (বিকিরণ ও পদার্থের দ্বৈত প্রকৃতি)

Dual nature of radiation; photoelectric effect
Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein's photoelectric equation; particle nature of light
Matter waves; de Broglie relation and simple applications

Sem IV – Unit 8: Atoms and Nuclei (পরমাণু ও নিউক্লিয়াস)

Alpha-particle scattering; Rutherford's model; Bohr model of hydrogen-like atoms, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum
X-ray production, continuous and characteristic X-rays; Moseley's law
Composition and size of nucleus; atomic mass, isotopes, isobars, isotones
Radioactivity: alpha, beta and gamma rays; radioactive decay law
Mass-energy relation, mass defect, binding energy per nucleon; nuclear fission and fusion

Sem IV – Unit 9: Electronic Devices (ইলেকট্রনিক ডিভাইস)

Thermionic emission; basic idea of vacuum diode and triode
Energy bands in conductors, insulators and semiconductors (qualitative); intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors
P-N junction diode: forward and reverse bias, I-V characteristics
LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator
Junction transistor (npn, pnp), transistor action and characteristics; transistor as an amplifier (common emitter) and as a switch
Analogue and digital signals; decimal and binary numbers
Logic gates OR, AND, NOT, NAND, NOR; truth tables; simple combinations of gates

Sem IV – Unit 10: Communication System (যোগাযোগ ব্যবস্থা)

Elements of a communication system (block diagram)
Amplitude and frequency modulation
Bandwidth of signals (speech, TV, digital data) and of transmission media
Propagation of electromagnetic waves: sky wave and space wave (qualitative)

Chemistry

Sem III – Unit 1: Liquid State (তরল অবস্থা – দ্রবণ ও কোলয়েড)

Solubility of gases in liquids, solid solutions
Vapour pressure and Raoult's law
Colligative properties: relative lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure
Molecular mass from colligative properties; abnormal molecular mass; van't Hoff factor
Colloids: true solutions, colloids and suspensions; lyophilic, lyophobic and multimolecular colloids
Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation; emulsions and their types

Sem III – Unit 2: p-Block Elements, Groups 15 to 18 (p-ব্লক মৌল)

Group 15: electronic configuration, oxidation states; NH3, HNO3, NCl3; oxides of nitrogen (structure); white and red phosphorus; phosphine, PCl3, PCl5; oxoacids (elementary)
Group 16: oxides; ozone; allotropes of sulphur; oxides, oxoacids and peracids of sulphur
Group 17: trends; oxides, oxoacids and interhalogen compounds; pseudohalogens and polyhalides (elementary)
Group 18: uses of noble gases; XeO2, XeO3, XeF2, XeF4, XeF6, XeOF2

Sem III – Unit 3: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (হ্যালোঅ্যালকেন ও হ্যালোঅ্যারিন)

Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, physical and chemical properties
Substitution reaction mechanism; stability of carbocations; R/S and D/L configurations
Uses and environmental effects of dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, iodoform, freons and DDT
Haloarenes: substitution reactions, directive influence of halogen (monosubstituted compounds)

Sem III – Unit 4: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (অ্যালকোহল, ফেনল ও ইথার)

Alcohols: nomenclature, preparation, properties; identifying primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of dehydration; uses of methanol and ethanol
Phenols: nomenclature, preparation, properties, acidic nature, electrophilic substitution, uses
Ethers: nomenclature, preparation, properties, uses

Sem III – Unit 5: Biomolecules (জৈব অণু)

Carbohydrates: aldoses and ketoses; glucose and fructose; D/L configuration; sucrose; starch and cellulose
Proteins: alpha-amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, primary structure, denaturation; enzymes
Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA (basic idea)

Sem III – Unit 6: Polymers (পলিমার)

Natural and synthetic polymers; addition and condensation polymerisation; copolymerisation
Polythene, nylon, polyesters, bakelite and rubber
Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers

Sem IV – Unit 1: Electrochemistry (তড়িৎ-রসায়ন)

Redox reactions; conductance in electrolytic solutions; specific and molar conductivity; variation with concentration; Kohlrausch's law
Electrolysis and laws of electrolysis (elementary); dry cell
Electrolytic and galvanic cells; emf; standard electrode potential
Nernst equation; relation between Gibbs energy change and emf
Fuel cells; Li-ion battery

Sem IV – Unit 2: Chemical Kinetics (রাসায়নিক গতিবিদ্যা)

Average and instantaneous rate; factors affecting rate
Order and molecularity; rate law and rate constant
Integrated rate equations and half-life (zero and first order)
Collision theory (elementary); activation energy; Arrhenius equation
Homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzyme catalysis

Sem IV – Unit 3: d- and f-Block Elements (d- ও f-ব্লক মৌল)

Transition metals: configuration, occurrence, trends in the first row (ionic radii, ionisation enthalpy, oxidation states, colour, catalytic and magnetic properties)
Preparation and properties of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4
Lanthanoids: configuration, oxidation states, lanthanoid contraction and its effects, uses
Actinoids: configuration, oxidation states, comparison with lanthanoids, uses

Sem IV – Unit 4: Coordination Compounds (সন্নিবেশ যৌগ)

Ligands and their classification (denticity, field strength); coordination number; colour, magnetic properties and shape
IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear complexes; EAN rule
Bonding: Werner's theory, VBT and CFT; CFSE
Structural and stereo-isomerism
Importance in qualitative analysis, metal extraction and biological systems

Sem IV – Unit 5: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (অ্যালডিহাইড, কিটোন ও কার্বক্সিলিক অ্যাসিড)

Nomenclature and nature of the carbonyl group
Preparation and properties of aldehydes and ketones; nucleophilic addition mechanism; reactivity of alpha-hydrogen; uses
Carboxylic acids: nomenclature, acidic nature, preparation, properties, uses

Sem IV – Unit 6: Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen (নাইট্রোজেনযুক্ত জৈব যৌগ)

Nitro compounds: preparation and reduction
Amines: nomenclature, classification, structure, preparation, properties, uses; identifying primary, secondary and tertiary amines
Cyanides and isocyanides: preparation, hydrolysis and reduction
Diazonium salts: preparation, reactions and importance in synthesis

Biological Science

Sem III – Chapter 1: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants (সপুষ্পক উদ্ভিদের যৌন জনন)

Flower structure; development of male and female gametophytes
Pollination: types, agencies, examples; outbreeding devices; pollen-pistil interaction
Double fertilisation; development of endosperm and embryo, seed and fruit
Apomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony; seed dispersal

Sem III – Chapter 2: Human Reproduction (মানুষের জনন)

Male and female reproductive systems; histology of testis and ovary
Gametogenesis: spermatogenesis and oogenesis; menstrual cycle
Fertilisation, embryo development up to blastocyst, implantation
Pregnancy and placenta; parturition and its neuroendocrine control; lactation

Sem III – Chapter 3: Reproductive Health (জনন স্বাস্থ্য)

Need for reproductive health; prevention of STDs
Birth control, contraception and MTP; amniocentesis
Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies: IVF, ZIFT, GIFT (elementary)

Sem III – Chapter 4: Principles of Inheritance and Variation (বংশগতি ও প্রকরণের নীতি)

Mendelian inheritance; incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple alleles and blood groups, pleiotropy, polygenic inheritance
Chromosome theory of inheritance; sex determination in humans, birds and honeybees
Linkage and crossing over; sex-linked inheritance: haemophilia, colour blindness
Thalassemia; pedigree analysis; Down's, Turner's and Klinefelter's syndromes

Sem III – Chapter 5: Molecular Basis of Inheritance (বংশগতির আণবিক ভিত্তি)

DNA as genetic material: Griffith; Avery, MacLeod and McCarty; Hershey and Chase
Structure of DNA and RNA; DNA packaging; DNA replication
Central dogma; transcription; genetic code; translation
Gene expression and regulation: lac operon
Genome; Human and Rice Genome Projects; DNA fingerprinting

Sem III – Chapter 6: Evolution (অভিব্যক্তি)

Origin of life; evidences of evolution (palaeontology, comparative anatomy, embryology, molecular)
Darwin's contribution; modern synthetic theory
Variation (mutation, recombination) and natural selection; types of natural selection
Gene flow and genetic drift; Hardy-Weinberg principle; adaptive radiation; human evolution

Sem IV – Chapter 7: Human Health and Diseases (মানব স্বাস্থ্য ও রোগ)

Immune system, antigen, antibody, antigen-antibody reaction; types of immunity; vaccines
Malaria, filariasis, chikungunya, dengue, ascariasis, typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ringworm, SARS (COVID): causes, transmission, prevention
Allergy and autoimmune disorders; cancer, HIV and AIDS
Adolescence: drug and alcohol abuse

Sem IV – Chapter 8: Improvement in Food Production (খাদ্য উৎপাদনের উন্নতি)

Plant breeding
Tissue culture
Single cell protein

Sem IV – Chapter 9: Microbes in Human Welfare (মানবকল্যাণে জীবাণু)

Microbes in food processing and industrial production
Sewage treatment and energy generation
Bio-control agents and biofertilisers
Antibiotics: production and judicious use

Sem IV – Chapter 10: Biotechnology and its Applications (জীবপ্রযুক্তি ও তার প্রয়োগ)

Principles and process of genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology)
Applications in health and agriculture; human insulin and vaccine production; stem cell therapy; gene therapy
Genetically modified organisms: Bt crops; transgenic animals
Biosafety, biopiracy and patents

Sem IV – Chapter 11: Organisms and Populations (জীব ও পপুলেশন)

Environment, habitat and niche
Population interactions: mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism
Population attributes: growth, birth rate, death rate, age distribution

Sem IV – Chapter 12: Ecosystem (বাস্তুতন্ত্র)

Ecosystem pattern and components
Productivity and decomposition; energy flow
Pyramids of number, biomass and energy
Ecological succession

Sem IV – Chapter 13: Biodiversity and its Conservation (জীববৈচিত্র্য ও তার সংরক্ষণ)

Biodiversity: concept, patterns, importance; loss of biodiversity
Conservation; hotspots; endangered organisms; extinction; Red Data Book
Sacred groves, biosphere reserves, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, Ramsar sites

Sem IV – Chapter 14: Environmental Issues (পরিবেশগত সমস্যা)

Solid waste management; radioactive waste management
Chipko movement, Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal, Silent Valley movement, Amrita Devi Bishnoi movement

Mathematics

Sem III – Relations and Functions (সম্বন্ধ ও অপেক্ষক)

Reflexive, symmetric, transitive and equivalence relations
One-one and onto functions; composite functions; inverse of a function

Sem III – Inverse Trigonometric Functions (বিপরীত ত্রিকোণমিতিক অপেক্ষক)

Definition, range, domain, principal value branches
Graphs and elementary properties

Sem III – Matrices (ম্যাট্রিক্স)

Types of matrices; transpose; symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices
Addition, multiplication and scalar multiplication and their properties; non-commutativity
Non-zero matrices with zero product (order 2); invertible matrices and uniqueness of inverse

Sem III – Determinants (নির্ণায়ক)

Determinants up to 3 × 3; properties; minors and cofactors
Area of a triangle using determinants
Adjoint and inverse of a matrix; consistency of linear equations; solving equations in two or three variables using the inverse

Sem III – Continuity and Differentiability (সন্ততা ও অবকলনযোগ্যতা)

Continuity and differentiability; chain rule
Derivatives of inverse trigonometric, implicit, exponential and logarithmic functions
Logarithmic differentiation; parametric forms; second order derivatives

Sem III – Application of Derivatives (অবকলজের প্রয়োগ)

Rate of change of quantities
Increasing and decreasing functions
Tangents and normals
Maxima and minima (first and second derivative tests); real-life problems

Sem III – Probability (সম্ভাবনা)

Conditional probability; multiplication theorem; independent events
Total probability; Bayes' theorem
Random variable and its probability distribution; mean and variance

Sem IV – Vectors (ভেক্টর)

Magnitude and direction; direction cosines and ratios; types of vectors; position vector
Addition and scalar multiplication; section formula
Scalar (dot) and vector (cross) products: meaning, properties, uses

Sem IV – Three-Dimensional Geometry (ত্রিমাত্রিক জ্যামিতি)

Coordinate axes and planes; distance between two points
Direction cosines and direction ratios of a line
Cartesian and vector equations of a line; skew lines; shortest distance; angle between two lines

Sem IV – Integrals (সমাকলন)

Integration as inverse of differentiation
Integration by substitution, partial fractions and by parts
Standard integrals of the forms listed in the syllabus (x² ± a², a² − x², ax² + bx + c and related forms)
Fundamental theorem of calculus (without proof); properties and evaluation of definite integrals

Sem IV – Application of Integrals (সমাকলনের প্রয়োগ)

Area under simple curves: lines, circles, parabolas and ellipses (standard form)

Sem IV – Differential Equations (অবকল সমীকরণ)

Order and degree; general and particular solutions
Variable separable method; homogeneous equations of first order and first degree
Linear equations dy/dx + Py = Q and dx/dy + Px = Q

Sem IV – Linear Programming (রৈখিক প্রোগ্রামিং)

Constraints, objective function, optimisation
Graphical method for two variables; feasible and infeasible regions (bounded or unbounded)
Optimal feasible solutions (up to three non-trivial constraints)

Accountancy

Sem III – Unit 1: Accounting for Partnership Firms – I (অংশীদারি কারবারের হিসাব – I)

Partnership: features, partnership deed; Indian Partnership Act 1932 provisions without a deed
Fixed and fluctuating capital accounts
Profit and Loss Appropriation Account; guarantee of profits; interest on partner's loan as a charge
Past adjustments: interest on capital and drawings, salary, profit-sharing ratio
Goodwill: meaning, nature, factors; average profit, super profit and capitalisation methods; Accounting Standard on goodwill

Sem III – Unit 2: Accounting for Company – I (কোম্পানির হিসাব – I)

Features and types of companies; shares and share capital
Debentures: meaning and types; issue at par, premium and discount
Issue for consideration other than cash; issue with terms of redemption
Writing off discount or loss on issue of debentures (AS 16)

Sem III – Unit 3: Analysis of Financial Statements (আর্থিক বিবরণীর বিশ্লেষণ)

Meaning, significance, objectives and limitations of financial statement analysis
Liquidity ratios: current, quick
Solvency ratios: debt to equity, total assets to debt, proprietary, interest coverage, debt to capital employed
Activity ratios: inventory, trade receivables, trade payables, fixed asset, net asset and working capital turnover
Profitability ratios: gross profit, operating, operating profit, net profit, return on investment
Comparative statements, common size statements

Sem IV – Unit 1: Accounting for Partnership Firms – II (অংশীদারি কারবারের হিসাব – II)

Change in profit-sharing ratio: sacrificing and gaining ratio; revaluation; reserves and accumulated profits and losses
Admission of a partner: goodwill, revaluation, capital adjustment, balance sheet
Retirement and death of a partner: goodwill, revaluation, loan account of retiring partner, deceased partner's share of profit, executor's account
Dissolution of a firm: Realisation Account and related accounts (no piecemeal distribution, sale to a company or insolvency)

Sem IV – Unit 2: Accounting for Company – II (Share Capital) (কোম্পানির হিসাব – II)

Issue and allotment of equity and preference shares, including simple pro-rata allotment
Over- and under-subscription; issue at par and premium; calls in advance and in arrears (no interest); issue for consideration other than cash
Forfeiture and reissue of shares
Disclosure of share capital in the balance sheet (Schedule III, Part I, Companies Act 2013)

Sem IV – Unit 3: Cash Flow Statement (নগদ প্রবাহ বিবরণী)

Indirect method of AS-3 (Revised), without adjustments
Meaning, objectives and benefits; cash and cash equivalents
Classification of activities and preparation of the statement

Business Studies

Sem III – Unit 1: Nature and Significance of Management (ব্যবস্থাপনার প্রকৃতি ও তাৎপর্য)

Concept, objectives and importance
Management as science, art and profession; levels of management
Functions: planning, organising, staffing, directing, controlling
Coordination: characteristics and importance

Sem III – Unit 2: Principles of Management (ব্যবস্থাপনার নীতি)

Concept, nature and significance
Fayol's principles
Taylor's scientific management: principles and techniques

Sem III – Unit 3: Business Environment (ব্যবসায়িক পরিবেশ)

Concept and importance; economic, social, technological, political and legal dimensions
Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation and their impact on business

Sem III – Unit 4: Planning (পরিকল্পনা)

Concept, importance, limitations; planning process
Types of plans: objective, strategy, policy, procedure, method, rule, budget, programme

Sem III – Unit 5: Organising (সংগঠন)

Concept, importance and steps
Functional and divisional structure; formal and informal organisation
Delegation and decentralisation

Sem III – Unit 6: Marketing Management – 1 (বিপণন ব্যবস্থাপনা – ১)

Marketing: meaning, functions; marketing vs selling; marketing philosophies
Marketing mix; product, branding, labelling, packaging
Factors determining price; physical distribution and channels

Sem III – Unit 7: Consumer Protection (ক্রেতা সুরক্ষা)

Concept and importance
Consumer Protection Act, 2019: consumer, rights and responsibilities, who can complain, redressal machinery, remedies
Role of consumer organisations and NGOs

Sem IV – Staffing (কর্মী সংস্থান)

Concept and importance; staffing as part of human resource management
Recruitment (meaning, sources) and selection process
Training and development; on-the-job and off-the-job methods: vestibule, apprenticeship, internship

Sem IV – Directing (নির্দেশনা)

Concept, importance and elements
Supervision; motivation, Maslow's hierarchy, financial and non-financial incentives
Leadership and qualities of a good leader
Communication: formal and informal; barriers and how to overcome them

Sem IV – Controlling (নিয়ন্ত্রণ)

Concept and importance
Relationship between planning and controlling
Steps in the control process

Sem IV – Financial Management (আর্থিক ব্যবস্থাপনা)

Concept and objectives; investment, financing and dividend decisions
Financial planning; financial structure and its factors
Fixed and working capital and their factors

Sem IV – Financial Markets (আর্থিক বাজার)

Money market and its instruments; capital market (primary and secondary)
Stock exchange: functions, trading and settlement
Dematerialisation and depositories (NSDL, CDSL); NSEI and BSE objectives
SEBI: objectives and functions

Sem IV – Marketing Management – 2 (বিপণন ব্যবস্থাপনা – ২)

Promotion and its elements
Advertising: concept, role, objections
Personal selling and qualities of a good salesman
Sales promotion techniques; publicity

Economics

Sem III – Unit 1: National Income Accounting (জাতীয় আয় পরিমাপ)

Stocks and flows; transfer payments; closed and open economy
GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP, NI; factor cost and market price; intermediate and final goods; real and nominal income
Product (value added), income and expenditure methods with simple numericals
Difficulties in measuring national income

Sem III – Unit 2: Simple Keynesian System (সরল কেইনসীয় মডেল)

Consumption and saving functions; MPC, APC, MPS, APS
Cross-diagonal model; equilibrium income and effects of investment, government spending and taxes
Paradox of thrift; basic idea of government budget and taxation
Investment, government expenditure, tax and balanced budget multipliers

Sem III – Unit 3: Balance of Payments and Exchange Rate (লেনদেন ব্যালান্স ও বিনিময় হার)

Current and capital account; autonomous and accommodating transactions
Balance of payments vs balance of trade; causes and remedies of disequilibrium
Fixed, flexible and managed float exchange rates; merits and demerits

Sem III – Unit 4: Brief Reference to Colonial Past (ঔপনিবেশিক অতীতের সংক্ষিপ্ত পরিচয়)

British rule and agriculture: stagnation, land revenue system, forced commercialisation
Decay of handicrafts; railways
Foreign trade under British rule; drain of wealth (Dadabhai Naoroji)

Sem III – Unit 5: Evolving Features of Indian Economy (ভারতীয় অর্থনীতির পরিবর্তনশীল বৈশিষ্ট্য)

Sectoral composition and occupational distribution before and after liberalisation
Types of unemployment; employment programmes; jobless growth
India and its neighbours: comparison with China

Sem III – Unit 6: Agriculture (কৃষি)

Problems after independence; First Plan and Green Revolution
Land reforms and Operation Barga; rural credit reforms
Reforms after liberalisation; impact of globalisation
Food security and Public Distribution System

Sem IV – Unit 1: Money, Banking and Inflation (অর্থ, ব্যাংক ব্যবস্থা ও মুদ্রাস্ফীতি)

Concept and functions of money; money supply; credit creation; money multiplier
Inflation: demand-pull, cost-push, stagflation
Central bank functions; credit control: CRR, SLR, repo rate, bank rate, prime lending rate

Sem IV – Unit 2: Financing of Government Budget (সরকারি বাজেটের অর্থসংস্থান)

Public vs private finance
Tax and non-tax revenue; progressive, proportional, direct and indirect taxes; GST
Budget deficits: revenue, fiscal, primary; monetisation of deficit; balanced budget multiplier
Public debt: internal and external, short and long term

Sem IV – Unit 3: Industry (শিল্প)

Second Five-Year Plan and the Mahalanobis model
Industrial liberalisation of 1991 and its impact
Shift from import substitution to export promotion; India in the WTO
Small-scale and village industries

Sem IV – Unit 4: Service Sector (পরিষেবা ক্ষেত্র)

Growth of the service sector in India
Trade in services: finance, information technology, outsourcing
Impact of liberalisation and globalisation

Sem IV – Unit 5: Inclusive Growth (অন্তর্ভুক্তিমূলক বৃদ্ধি)

Definition and measurement; sustainable development and the 17 SDGs
Inequality and poverty: head count ratio, poverty gap, Lorenz curve; programmes with reference to West Bengal
Environmental problems of growth; Human Development Index
NITI Aayog: concept, objectives, functions

Geography

Sem III – Physical: Geotectonics – Continental Drift (মহীসঞ্চরণ তত্ত্ব)

Wegener's continental drift theory: concept, evidence, forces, criticism

Sem III – Physical: Geomorphic Processes (ভূমিরূপ প্রক্রিয়া: পুঞ্জক্ষয়, হিমবাহ, ভৌমজল)

Mass wasting: definition and types
Glaciers: types, erosional and depositional landforms
Groundwater: sinkholes, dolines, caves, karst lakes; stalactites, stalagmites, pillars

Sem III – Physical: Climate – Water in the Atmosphere (ঘনীভবন ও অধঃক্ষেপণ)

Condensation: formation and types
Precipitation: formation and types

Sem III – Physical: Hydrosphere – Oceans (বারিমণ্ডল: সমুদ্রতল ও সমুদ্রজল)

Ocean floor topography
Temperature, salinity and density of ocean water
Marine resources: minerals, food, power; ocean deposits

Sem III – Physical: Biosphere – Ecosystem (বাস্তুতন্ত্র)

Nature, concept and types of ecosystem
Trophic levels, food chain and food web

Sem III – Human: Population (জনসংখ্যা)

Demography; world distribution and density
Birth rate, death rate, migration (types)
Age-sex pyramid

Sem III – Human: Settlement (জনবসতি)

Types and patterns of settlement; factors of rural settlement
Functional classification of towns; problems of rural and urban settlements

Sem III – India: Population of India (ভারতের জনসংখ্যা)

Distribution, density, growth and composition

Sem III – India: Water Resources (জলসম্পদ)

Water conservation and management; watershed management; rainwater harvesting
Irrigation systems; sustainable use of water

Sem III – India: Mineral and Energy Resources (খনিজ ও শক্তি সম্পদ)

Iron ore, manganese, bauxite, copper, mica
Coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear energy
Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas, OTEC

Sem III – India: Agriculture (কৃষি)

Crop calendar, crop rotation, crop combination, cropping intensity
Green, White and Blue revolutions
Jute, cotton, sugarcane and tea

Sem III – India: Transport and Communication (পরিবহণ ও যোগাযোগ)

Modes of transport and their importance
Personal and mass communication

Sem III – India: Trade and Economy (বাণিজ্য)

Concept, classification, bases and importance of trade
Role of the WTO

Sem IV – Physical: Geotectonics – Sea-floor Spreading and Plates (সমুদ্রবক্ষ বিস্তার ও পাত সংস্থান)

Sea-floor spreading: definition, evidence, causes
Plates; types of plate boundaries and landforms

Sem IV – Physical: Geomorphic Processes (নদী, সমুদ্রতরঙ্গ ও বায়ুর কাজ)

Fluvial landforms
Coastal landforms
Aeolian landforms; combined work of exogenic processes

Sem IV – Physical: Cycle of Erosion (ক্ষয়চক্র)

W. M. Davis's concept of landform evolution
Rejuvenation and resulting landforms

Sem IV – Physical: Atmosphere (বায়ুমণ্ডলীয় গোলযোগ ও জলবায়ু)

Tropical and temperate cyclones; anticyclones
Köppen's climatic classification
Causes and evidence of climate change

Sem IV – Physical: Hydrosphere – Ocean Currents (সমুদ্রস্রোত)

Movement of ocean currents and their effects

Sem IV – Physical: Biosphere – Biodiversity (জীববৈচিত্র্য)

Definition, types, significance
Causes of depletion; conservation strategies

Sem IV – Human: Population (জনসংখ্যা তত্ত্ব ও নীতি)

Impact of migration; Malthusian theory
Optimum, under- and over-population; demographic transition model
Population control and policy

Sem IV – Human: Human Development (মানব উন্নয়ন)

Concept and measurement: HDI, human poverty index
Welfare approach; Amartya Sen's capability approach

Sem IV – India: Industries (ভারতের শিল্প)

Food processing; commercial marine fishing; paper
Iron and steel; petrochemicals; automobiles
Information and communication technology

Sem IV – India: Human Settlement and Development (জনবসতি ও উন্নয়ন)

Settlement types in India
Land use and land cover; size of holdings and fragmentation
Sustainable development in India

Sem IV – India: Selected Issues and Problems (নির্বাচিত ভৌগোলিক সমস্যা)

Water pollution in the Ganga basin
Air pollution in Kolkata and the National Capital Region
Arsenic pollution in southern West Bengal
Human-wildlife conflict in the Dooars and Sundarbans
Land degradation in Jangalmahal

History

Sem III – Through the Eyes of the Travellers (পর্যটকদের চোখে ভারত)

Society and polity of India, 10th to 17th centuries, from travellers' accounts
Al-Biruni, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Abdur Razzak, François Bernier
Administration, economy, social and religious life, literature, art and architecture

Sem III – Cultural Amalgamation: Bhakti and Sufi (ভক্তি ও সুফি আন্দোলন)

Bhakti saints: Kabir, Guru Nanak, Chaitanya Dev, Meerabai; impact of Bhakti ideas
Origins of Sufism; Sufi orders in India; impact

Sem III – Imperial Capital: Vijayanagar, Bahmani and Bengal (বিজয়নগর, বাহমনি ও বাংলা)

Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms; Bahmani successor states
Bengal under the Iliyas Shahi and Hussain Shahi dynasties
Administration, society, economy, religion, culture, art, architecture, literature

Sem III – Colonialism and Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries (ঔপনিবেশিকতাবাদ ও সাম্রাজ্যবাদ)

Colonisation in Asia and the New World (17th and 18th centuries)
From mercantile to industrial and finance capital
Political and economic domination of colonies; racism; neo-imperialism

Sem III – The Levers of Colonial Control (ঔপনিবেশিক নিয়ন্ত্রণের হাতিয়ার)

India as a colonised state
Law, legislature, bureaucracy, police and army
Subordination of the colonial economy

Sem IV – Rebels and Raj: Revolt of 1857 (১৮৫৭-র বিদ্রোহ)

Causes, character, failure and impact of the Revolt

Sem IV – Nationalism and Separatism (জাতীয়তাবাদ ও বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ)

Aligarh Movement, Sayyid Ahmed Khan, two-nation theory; Muslim League; Hindu Mahasabha; path to Pakistan
Congress (1885); Moderates; Surat Split (1907); Extremists: Tilak, Pal, Aurobindo Ghosh, Lajpat Rai; revolutionaries in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra
First World War and India; Gandhi and Satyagraha: Champaran, Kheda, Ahmedabad; Non-Cooperation (1921-22); Civil Disobedience (1930)
Quit India (1942); Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA; Naval Mutiny; Cabinet Mission; Mountbatten Plan; Partition and Independence

Sem IV – Framing of the Constitution (সংবিধান রচনা)

Making of the Indian Constitution
Salient features, with emphasis on social, economic and women's empowerment

Sem IV – Nation Formation and Related Aspects (জাতি গঠন)

Five-Year Plans; Nehru and Non-Alignment
Liberalisation of the 1990s
1971 Indo-Pak war; formation of Bangladesh and its impact on India

Political Science

Sem III – Unit 1: International Relations after the Second World War (দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধোত্তর আন্তর্জাতিক সম্পর্ক)

Cold War: bipolarity and its end; NATO and Warsaw Pact
Non-Aligned Movement: origin, aims, leaders, present relevance

Sem III – Unit 2: International Organisations and Institutions (আন্তর্জাতিক সংগঠন)

United Nations: aims and principles
General Assembly, Security Council, Secretary-General
UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO; World Bank and IMF

Sem III – Unit 3: Security in the Contemporary World (সমকালীন বিশ্বে নিরাপত্তা)

Traditional security: internal and external
Non-traditional security: human security, terrorism, migration, poverty, epidemics, environment

Sem III – Unit 4: Challenges of Nation-Building (জাতি গঠনের চ্যালেঞ্জ)

Partition and the refugee problem
Integration of princely states: Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Hyderabad
Linguistic reorganisation of states; newly created states

Sem III – Unit 5: Political Parties and Party System (রাজনৈতিক দল ও দলব্যবস্থা)

Definition, features and functions of political parties
National and regional parties: criteria

Sem III – Unit 6: India's Foreign Policy (ভারতের বিদেশনীতি)

Relations with neighbours since 2000: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives
Relations with the USA, Russia and China after the Cold War
India's nuclear policy

Sem IV – Unit 1: International Relations – Key Concepts and Political Doctrines (আন্তর্জাতিক সম্পর্কের মূল ধারণা)

Evolution of International Relations as a discipline
Realism, idealism, liberalism, Marxism

Sem IV – Unit 2: Major Regional Organisations (আঞ্চলিক সংগঠন)

European Union
SAARC
ASEAN

Sem IV – Unit 3: Globalisation (বিশ্বায়ন)

Definition and features
Economic, political and cultural consequences
India and globalisation

Sem IV – Unit 4: Organs of the Indian Government (ভারতের সরকারের বিভাগ)

Executive: President, Prime Minister, Governor, Chief Minister, bureaucracy
Legislature: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Sabha; Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Court, PILs, consumer courts

Sem IV – Unit 5: Contemporary Civil Society Movements in India (নাগরিক সমাজ আন্দোলন)

Civil society movements: concept and importance
Narmada Bachao Andolan
Chipko Movement

Sem IV – Unit 6: Constitutional Amendments and Local Self-Government (সংবিধান সংশোধন ও স্থানীয় স্বায়ত্তশাসন)

Amendment methods (Article 368)
73rd Amendment: three-tier panchayat system
74th Amendment: municipalities and corporations

Bengali A (বাংলা – ক)

Units and marks (বিভাগ ও নম্বর)

Semester III (MCQ, 40): গল্প 8, প্রবন্ধ 5, কবিতা 7, ভারতীয় গল্প ও আন্তর্জাতিক কবিতা 5, ভাষা 10, বাংলা শিল্প-সাহিত্য ও সংস্কৃতির ইতিহাস 5
Semester IV (written, 40): গল্প 5, কবিতা 5, নাটক 5, পূর্ণাঙ্গ সহায়ক গ্রন্থ 10, বাংলা শিল্প-সাহিত্য ও সংস্কৃতির ইতিহাস 5, প্রবন্ধ রচনা 10
Only the language (ভাষা) chapters are listed below. Literature texts are prescribed in the official syllabus.

Sem III – Language, Chapter 1: Linguistics and Its Branches (ভাষাবিজ্ঞান ও তার শাখা-প্রশাখা)

ভাষাবিজ্ঞান ও তার শাখা-প্রশাখা (the official syllabus gives the chapter title only)

Sem III – Language, Chapter 2: Phonetics and Phonology (ধ্বনিতত্ত্ব)

ধ্বনিতত্ত্ব (the official syllabus gives the chapter title only)

Sem III – Language, Chapter 3: Semantics (শব্দার্থতত্ত্ব)

শব্দার্থতত্ত্ব (the official syllabus gives the chapter title only)

Sem IV – Essay writing (প্রবন্ধ রচনা)

A short passage gives the opening of an essay; you complete the essay
Or, points and facts are given; you build the essay from them

English B (ইংরেজি – খ)

Units and marks

Semester III (MCQ, 40): Prose 10, Verse 10, Drama 5, Textual Grammar 5, Reading Comprehension (unseen) 10
Semester IV (written, 40): Prose 10, Verse 10, Drama 5, Non-Textual Grammar 5, Writing 10
Only grammar, comprehension and writing are listed below. Literature texts are prescribed in the official syllabus.

Sem III – Textual Grammar (ব্যাকরণ)

Synthesis and splitting of sentences
Change of narration
Correction of errors
Sentences are taken from the Semester III prose and verse texts

Sem III – Reading Comprehension, unseen (অপঠিত অনুচ্ছেদ)

5 questions on grammar and vocabulary items
5 questions on understanding and inference

Sem IV – Non-Textual Grammar (ব্যাকরণ)

Synthesis and splitting of sentences (2 marks, 1 of 2)
Change of narration: fill in the blanks to report a paragraph or conversation (3 × 1 mark)
Correction of errors

Sem IV – Writing (রচনা)

Essay writing (150 words), 10 marks
Or drafting an email (75 words) and blog writing (75 words), 5 marks each

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