Syllabus
KEAM Syllabus: Sections and Topics Covered
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Mathematics is half this paper and the coverage reflects the weighting: 75 questions against 45 for Physics and 30 for Chemistry. Everything below stays inside the Plus Two syllabus, so a topic list is more useful here as a checklist than as a ranking, because the difficulty is not what makes KEAM hard. Volume is, at 225 questions in 180 minutes. The one structural thing to carry in from elsewhere on this site: KEAM sets five options a question rather than four, which its own prospectus states.
Sections official, topics ours. The section names and counts below are from the official pattern. The topics under them are what this site's own tests cover, not a list the exam body publishes.
Mathematics
75 questions · 300 marks- • Integral calculus
- • Differential equations
- • Differentiation
- • Matrices
- • Sequences
- • Vectors
- • 3D geometry
- • Algebra
- • Applications of derivatives
- • Binomial theorem
- • Complex numbers
- • Definite integrals
- • Functions
- • Limits
- • Probability
- • Quadratic equations
- • Series
- • Statistics
Showing 18 of 42 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 75 questions built here.
Physics
45 questions · 180 marks- • Capacitance
- • Current electricity
- • Gravitation
- • Kinematics
- • Ray optics
- • Simple harmonic motion
- • AC circuits
- • Atoms
- • Circular motion
- • Elasticity
- • Electric field
- • Electric power
- • Electromagnetic induction
- • Electromagnetic waves
- • Electrostatics
- • Errors
- • Fluids
- • Friction
Showing 18 of 39 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 45 questions built here.
Chemistry
30 questions · 120 marks- • Atomic structure
- • Chemical bonding
- • Alcohols
- • Aldehydes and ketones
- • Amines
- • Biomolecules
- • Carboxylic acids
- • Chemical kinetics
- • Chemistry in everyday life
- • Coordination chemistry
- • d-Block elements
- • Electrochemistry
- • Equilibrium
- • Haloalkanes
- • Hydrocarbons
- • Ionic equilibrium
- • Isomerism
- • Metallurgy
Showing 18 of 28 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 30 questions built here.
Section pattern source: the official notice, checked 2 September 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What sections does the KEAM syllabus cover?
There are 3 sections: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Those names, and the question counts and marks beside them, come from the official pattern, checked 2 September 2026. What sits under each of them on this page is a different thing: 109 topic labels drawn from the 150 questions built here for this exam, which is a map of what you can practise rather than a list the exam body published.
Is this the official KEAM syllabus?
No, and the page says so rather than leaving you to work it out. The section pattern is official and linked to the notice it came from; the topics beneath it are the ones this site's own tests cover. They are useful for two things: seeing what you can practise here, and checking a syllabus you already have for gaps. For the syllabus itself, read the exam body's own document, because a topic list assembled from a question bank can be narrower than the syllabus and never wider in a way you should trust.
How many questions are there in the KEAM paper, and how long is it?
The paper is 150 questions for 600 marks in 180 minutes. Wrong answers are penalised 1 per question. Knowing that alongside the syllabus is what turns a topic list into a plan: it tells you how many marks each section is actually worth and how many minutes you can afford per question.
How do I practise the KEAM syllabus?
Sit a full mock before working down any topic list. A list tells you what can be asked; it does not tell you which parts are costing you marks, and that is rarely where a candidate expects. There are 4 free tests for KEAM here, and the sectional ones let you rebuild a single section once the full paper has shown you which one needs it.