CSS-Chemistry-Syllabus-2025 Multan Kitab Ghar

CSS Chemistry Syllabus 2025

CSS Chemistry 2025 Group 2

CSS Chemistry Syllabus 2025

This article covers the CSS Chemistry complete Syllabus 2025.

The syllabus of CSS Chemistry consists of 2 parts of a collective 200 marks i.e.100 marks each. 

The examination for CSS Physics is the Group 2 exam for CSS candidates.

CSS Chemistry Syllabus 2025

CSS Chemistry Paper-I

(Marks-100)

Atomic Structure and Quantum Chemistry:

    • The Electromagnetic Spectrum 
    • Photoelectric effect 
    • Bohr’s atomic model
    • Wave and particle nature of light-matter 
    • De Broglie’s equation 
    • Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle 
    • Wave functions and Born interpretation of wave functions 
    • Probability density 
    • Eigenfunctions and Eigen values 
    • Hamiltonian operator 
    • Schrödinger Wave Equation and its solution for a particle in one and three dimensional box.

Electrochemistry:

    • Ions in solution 
    • Measurement of conductance and Kohlrausch’s Law 
    • Mobility of ions and transport number 
    • Conductometric titrations 
    • Debye-Hückel theory 
    • Activity coefficient & determination of activities 
    • Redox reactions & Spontaneous reactions 
    • Electrochemical cells, standard electrode potentials, liquid junction potential, & electrochemical series 
    • Nernst’s equation
    • Measurement of pH
    • Electrolytic cells, potentiometry, reference and indicator electrodes
    • Fuel cells, corrosion and its prevention.

Thermodynamics:

    • Equation of states 
    • Ideal and Real Gases 
    • The Van der Waals equation for Real Gases 
    • Critical phenomena and Critical constants 
    • Four laws of thermodynamics and their applications 
    • Thermochemistry & Calorimetry 
    • Heat capacities and their dependence on temperature, pressure and volume
    • Reversible and non-reversible processes 
    • Spontaneous and non-spontaneous processes 
    • Hess’s law 
    • The Born-Haber cycle 
    • Relations of entropy and Gibbs free energy with equilibrium constant 
    • Gibbs Helmholtz equation 
    • Fugacity and Activity

Chemical Kinetics:

    • The Rate and Molecularity of reactions 
    • Factors affecting the rate of a chemical reaction 
    • Zero, first, second and third-order reactions with same initial concentrations
    • Half-lives of reactions 
    • Experimental techniques for determination of the order of reaction: integration, half-life, initial rate and graphical methods 
    • Collision theory & Transition state theory 
    • Arrhenius equation and rate equations of complex reactions.

Surface Chemistry and Catalysis:

    • Properties of liquids 
    • Physical and chemical properties of surface 
    • Determination of the surface area 
    • Adsorption and absorption: physical adsorption and chemisorption, adsorption isotherms, Langmuir adsorption isotherm and Freundlich Adsorption isotherm.
    • Colloids: properties, classification and preparation of colloidal systems.
    • Surfactants 
    • Phase rule & Gibbs equation of phase rule 
    • One-component systems, two-component systems and their examples 
    • Catalysis: homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, acid-base and enzyme catalysis.

Fundamentals of Chemometrics:

    • Sampling, significant figures, stoichiometric calculations, measurement errors, analysis of variance (ANOVA), arithmetic mean, median, mode, standard deviation/relative standard deviation, confidence limits, Gaussian distribution, least square method, Statistical tests.

Separation Methods:

    • Solvent extraction 
    • Theory of solvent extraction 
    • Solvent extraction of Metals 
    • Analytical separations 
    • Multiple batch extraction and counter-current distribution 
    • Chromatography; theory of chromatography, classification and overview of chromatographic techniques (paper, thin layer, column and ion-exchange chromatography) 
    • Principle of electrophoresis and its application as separation and characterization of proteins

Basic Inorganic Chemistry:

    • Types of chemical bonding 
    • Ionic and Covalent bonding 
    • Localized bond approach 
    • Theories of chemical bonding 
    • Valence Bond Theory (VBT) 
    • Hybridization and Resonance 
    • Prediction of molecular shapes using Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) model 
    • Molecular Orbital Theory (MOT) applied to diatomic molecules 
    • Delocalized approach to bonding 
    • Bonding in electron-deficient compounds 
    • Hydrogen bonding 
    • Physical and chemical properties of p-block elements with emphasis on oxygen, carbon, chlorine, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus and some of their representative compounds.

Acids and Bases:

    • Brief concepts of chemical equilibrium 
    • Acid-base theories including soft and hard acid and base (SHAB) concept 
    • The relative strength of acids and bases 
    • Significance of pH, pKa, pKb and buffer solutions 
    • Theory of indicators 
    • Solubility & solubility product, common ion effect and their industrial applications.

Chemistry of d and f-block Elements:

    • General characteristics of d-block elements 
    • Historical background of Coordination Chemistry 
    • Nomenclature and structure of coordination complexes with coordination number 2-10 
    • Chelates and chelate effect 
    • Theories of coordination complexes: Werner's theory, Valence bond theory (VBT), Crystal field theory (CFT) and Molecular orbital theory (MOT).
    • Jahn-Teller theorem 
    • Magnetic properties & Spectral properties 
    • Isomerism, Stereochemistry and stability constants of coordination complexes 
    • Lanthanides: General characteristics, occurrence, extraction and general principles of separation, electronic structure and position in the periodic table, lanthanide contraction, oxidation states, spectral and magnetic properties and uses.
    • Actinides: General characteristics, electronic structure, oxidation state and position in the periodic table, half-life and decay law. 

CSS Chemistry Paper-II

(Marks-100)

Basic Concepts of Organic Chemistry:

    • Bonding and orbital hybridization 
    • Localized and delocalized bonding 
    • Inductive effect 
    • Dipole moment, Resonance 
    • Hyperconjugation.

  • Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbon: 

    • Nomenclature 
    • Physical properties 
    • Preparation and reactions of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes

Chemistry of Aromatic Compounds:

    • Benzene structure 
    • Aromaticity 
    • Mechanism of electrophilic substitution reaction 
    • Activating and deactivating substituents 
    • Effect of substituents on orientation and reactivity

Chemistry of Functional Groups:

    • Preparation and properties of alcohols, phenols, ethers, and amines with focus on reaction mechanism and applications 
    • Preparation and reactions of alkyl halides 
    • Synthetic applications of Grignard reagent 
    • Carbonyl compounds 
    • Preparations and reaction mechanism of aldehydes and ketones and their applications 
    • Carboxylic acids and their derivatives 
    • Acidity of carboxylic acids and effect of substituents on their acidity 
    • Preparation and reactions of carboxylic acids and their derivatives including acid halides, acid anhydrides, esters and amides.

Aliphatic Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions: 

    • Mechanism of nucleophilic substitution reactions 
    • Elimination reactions 
    • Zaitsev rule and Hofmann rule 
    • Competition between Substitution and elimination reactions

Stereochemistry:

    • Molecular chirality 
    • Types of stereoisomers. 
    • R,S configuration and E,Z designation 
    • Optical activity 
    • Stereoselectivity and stereospecificity 
    • Resolution of racemic mixtures

Organic Spectroscopy: 

    • Theory, Principle, instrumentation and applications of UV/Visible, 1H NMR, IR spectroscopy and Mass spectroscopic techniques

Biomolecules: 

    • Carbohydrates: Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, biological functions of starch, glycogen, cellulose, and cell wall polysaccharides. 
    • Lipids: Classification and biological importance of lipids. Significance of lipids in biological membranes and transport mechanisms.
    • Amino Acids: Classification of amino acids. Physical and chemical properties of amino acids. Biological significance. Proteins; Classification. Properties and biological significance. Primary, secondary tertiary and quaternary structures. 
    • Nucleic Acids: Chemical composition of nucleic acids. Structure and biological significance of nucleic acids. 
    • Enzymes: Enzyme-substrate interactions and nature of active site, mechanism of enzyme action, the kinetics of single substrate reactions, enzyme inhibition, regulatory enzymes and allosteric enzymes. 

Metabolism: 

    • Digestion; absorption and transport of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids. 
    • Glycolysis; citric acid cycle, gluconeogenesis, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis and photosynthesis. 
    • Biosynthesis of triglycerides, phosphides, steroids and bile acids and ketone bodies. 
    • Biochemical reaction of amino acids: decarboxylation, deamination, transamination and transmethylation, etc., urea cycle, creatine and uric acid synthesis. 
    • Catabolism of nucleosides, DNA polymerases and other enzymes involves in metabolism.

Chemical Industries:

    • Manufacturing and processing of sugar, cement, glass, paper, fertilizers, soap and detergents

This is the complete syllabus for preparation of CSS Chemistry.

The Candidates should prepare thoroughly to succeed in the examination.

Therefore, here are a few suggested books you can buy for better learning about CSS Chemistry from your favorite Multan Kitab Ghar online bookstore.

Suggested Reading Books for CSS Chemistry 2025 Group 2

  • Physical Chemistry, 4th ed., 2005 by Silbey, R. J., Alberty, R. A., and Bawendi, M. G.
  • Physical Chemistry – A Molecular Approach, 1st ed. 1997 by McQuarrie, D. A. and Simon, J. D.
  • Atkin’s Physical Chemistry, 9th ed. 2010 by Atkins, P. and Paula, J. D.
  • Physical Chemistry, 4th ed. 1972 by Moore. W. J.
  • Modern Analytical Chemistry, 2000 by Harvey, D.
  • Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 8th ed. 2011 by Harris, D.C.
  • Analytical Chemistry. 6th ed., 2006 by Christian, G. D.
  • CHEMOMETRICS-Statistics and Computed applications in Analytical Chemistry, 2nd ed., 2007 by Matthios, O.
  • Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry, 5th ed. 2005 by Miller, J. and Miller, J
  • Separation Chemistry 2004 by Budhiraja, R.P
  • Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th ed. 2007 by Cotton, F.A. and Wilkinson, G.
  • Inorganic Chemistry, 4th ed. 2010 by Miessler, G. L. and Tarr, D.A.
  • Inorganic Chemistry, 5th ed. 2010 by Shriver, D. and Atkins, P.
  • Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry 2013 by Chaudhary, S. U.
  • Organic Chemistry, 10th ed. 2011 by Solomons, T. W. G., and Fryhle, C. B.
  • Organic Chemistry, 6th ed. 2012 by Brown, W. H., Fotte, C. S., Iverson,B.L. and Anslyn, E. V.
  • Organic Chemistry, 8th ed. 2012 by John, E. M.
  • Introduction to Spectroscopy, 4th ed., 2009 by Pavia, D. L.,Lampman, G. M., Kriz,G.S. and Vyvyan, J. R.
  • Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds 2005 by Silverstein, R. M. Webster, F. X. and Kiemle, D.
  • Organic Spectroscopy 2006 by Younas, M.
  • Stereochemistry (Basic Concepts in Chemistry) 2002 by Morris, D. G.
  • Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries, 5th ed. 1984 by Shreve, R. N. and Austin, G. T.
  • Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry 2003 by Riegel, E. R., and Kent, J. A.
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