RBSE Praveshika Science study materials
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RBSE Praveshika Science study plan

RBSE Praveshika Science · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Matter and Its Nature & Motion, Force and Gravitation

  • Classify 20 given substances as element, compound or mixture, and separate physical from chemical changes with a one-line reason for each.

  • Explain states of matter using the particle model, describing interconversion, evaporation, sublimation and latent heat with a labelled temperature–time curve for heating ice to steam.

  • Solve 15 numericals on speed, velocity, acceleration and the three equations of motion, showing the given, formula and unit line for each.

  • State Newton's three laws and apply them to 8 everyday situations, drawing free-body diagrams for 5 of those situations.

  • Compute gravitational force with F = Gm1m2/r^2 and weight with W = mg for 5 masses, comparing values on Earth and on the Moon.

Your checkpoint

A single-page formula sheet plus a 25-problem solved set (10 motion numericals, 5 gravitation numericals, 10 short answers on matter classification and state changes), self-marked to at least 80%.

Week 2

Electricity and Magnetism

  • State Ohm's law and solve 12 numericals finding V, I or R in series and parallel combinations, including mixed networks of three and four resistors.

  • Compute equivalent resistance and electric power using P = VI = I^2R = V^2/R, and calculate the cost of running two appliances using the kWh unit.

  • Draw and label circuits containing a cell, key, ammeter, voltmeter and rheostat in correct positions, and explain the heating effect of current and the choice of fuse rating.

  • Sketch magnetic field lines around a bar magnet and around a straight current-carrying conductor, then apply the right-hand thumb rule to 5 stated current directions.

  • Explain electromagnetic induction and the working of an electric motor and a generator in 5–6 lines each, naming the rule used to find the direction of induced current.

Your checkpoint

A handwritten record of 12 solved circuit numericals with every step of resistance reduction shown, plus a set of 6 labelled circuit and field-line diagrams.

Week 3

Chemical Reactions, Acids, Bases and Salts

  • Write and balance 15 chemical equations with state symbols, and classify each as combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement or redox.

  • Identify the oxidised and reduced species in 10 given equations by tracking loss and gain of oxygen or hydrogen.

  • Write word and symbol equations for the reaction of dilute acids with metals, metal carbonates, hydrogencarbonates, metal oxides and bases, and predict the products.

  • Classify 10 household solutions on the pH scale and explain neutralisation in two applied contexts: antacid action and treatment of acidic soil.

  • Build a table of 8 common salts (sodium chloride, sodium hydrogencarbonate, washing soda, bleaching powder, plaster of Paris, and three others) with formula, preparation equation and one use.

Your checkpoint

A balanced-equation workbook of 30 equations with reaction type, oxidised/reduced species and colour change or gas noted, plus the 8-row salt table, all cross-checked for correctness.

Week 4

Life Processes and Control and Coordination

  • Draw and label from memory the cross-section of a leaf, the human digestive system, a nephron and the human heart, naming at least 10 parts on each.

  • Compare photosynthesis and respiration, writing word and balanced equations with the site, raw materials and products of each.

  • Explain transport in plants through xylem and phloem, and trace double circulation in humans in correct chamber–valve–vessel order.

  • Describe a reflex arc with a labelled pathway diagram and distinguish reflex from voluntary action using two examples.

  • State the functions of auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin and abscisic acid, and of thyroxine, insulin, adrenaline and growth hormone.

Your checkpoint

A 12-sheet biology diagram plate (each of the four core diagrams drawn twice, unlabelled then fully labelled) plus 20 one-line definition cards, scoring at least 85% on a blank-diagram labelling self-test.

Week 5

Work, Energy and Sound & Light and Optics

  • Solve 12 numericals on work, kinetic energy and potential energy, verifying conservation of energy for a freely falling body.

  • Convert between joule and kilowatt-hour in 5 problems and compute power and energy consumption for given appliances.

  • Relate loudness to amplitude and pitch to frequency, and solve 5 problems on echo distance and speed of sound in a given medium.

  • Apply the laws of reflection and refraction with correct sign convention to 10 numericals using the mirror formula and the lens formula.

  • Draw ray diagrams for concave and convex mirrors and lenses for every standard object position, stating the nature, position and size of the image in each case.

Your checkpoint

A ray-diagram chart covering 6 standard cases plus a 20-numerical solved set in which the sign convention is written explicitly at every substitution.

Week 6

Metals, Non-metals and Carbon Compounds

  • Arrange metals in the reactivity series and predict, with equations, the outcome of 10 metal-salt displacement pairs including cases where no reaction occurs.

  • Explain the extraction of iron and aluminium in flow-chart form, covering roasting, calcination, reduction and electrolytic refining.

  • Describe the allotropes of carbon and draw the structures of diamond, graphite and fullerene, linking each structure to one physical property.

  • Draw and name the first six alkanes plus ethanol and ethanoic acid, and write equations for combustion and esterification.

  • Distinguish ionic from covalent bonding with 5 examples each, and explain why graphite conducts electricity while diamond does not.

Your checkpoint

A metal-extraction flow chart for iron and aluminium plus an 8-structure carbon-compound sheet, each structure named and annotated with one property or reaction.

Week 7

Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution & Environment and Natural Resources

  • Compare asexual modes (binary fission, budding, fragmentation, spore formation, vegetative propagation) with sexual reproduction in plants and humans.

  • Draw and label the human male and female reproductive systems, and sequence pollination, fertilisation and the phases of the menstrual cycle.

  • Solve 10 Mendelian genetics problems using Punnett squares, and state the law of dominance and the law of segregation with the 3:1 F2 ratio.

  • Explain sex determination in humans and distinguish inherited from acquired traits using two examples each.

  • Describe the water cycle and the nitrogen cycle (fixation, nitrification, denitrification) and outline the causes and effects of ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect.

Your checkpoint

A 10-cross Punnett-square problem set with genotype and phenotype ratios stated, plus a hand-drawn, fully labelled nitrogen cycle diagram.

Week 8

Matter and Its Nature & Life Processes and Control and Coordination

  • Re-derive from memory the formula sheet for domains 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and solve one numerical from each area under timed conditions.

  • Re-drill the four highest-error diagrams and equations from the week 4 plate, redrawing each until every label is correct.

  • Work through the personal error log, rewriting each wrong answer with the correct reasoning and the topic it belongs to.

  • Sit two full-length mock papers covering all ten domains under strict three-hour timing and mark them against the answer key.

Your checkpoint

Two completed full-length mock papers with a one-page error log listing every mistake, its domain and the corrected statement.

Milestones

Week 4: Score at least 70% on a self-made 40-mark, 60-minute test covering domains 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8, and record every wrong answer with its corrected reasoning.

Week 6: Score at least 75% on a 50-mark mixed test on domains 3, 4, 7 and 9, with no unresolved doubt left on ray diagrams or the reactivity series.

Week 8: Complete both full-length mocks at 80% or above, with zero errors that already appear in the error log.