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Class -X
Syllabus 2012-13
1st Unit Assesment:50 Marks[40
assessment,10 Project]
English Language:
Q.1. Candidates will be required to write a
composition from a choice of subjects which will
Assessment their ability to: organise, describe,
narrate, report or argue coherently. [20 marks]
Q.2. Candidates will have to write a letter from a
choice of two subjects requiring either a formal or
an informal mode of treatment. [10 marks]
Q.3. A question on transformation of sentences,
functional grammar or structure and usage of the
language will be set. [10 marks]
Project [10 marks]
1st Term: 100 marks [80 assessment, 20
project]
Q.1. Candidates will be required to write a
composition from a choice of subjects which will
Assessment their ability to: organise, describe,
narrate, report or argue coherently. [25 marks]
Q.2. Candidates will have to write a letter from a
choice of two subjects requiring either a formal or
an informal mode of treatment. [10 marks]
Q.3. An unseen passage of prose will be given one
question will be set to Assessment vocabulary.
Candidates will be Assessmented to see that they
understand the words/ phrases used in the context.
A number of questions requiring short answers will
also be asked on the passage. The last question
will be a summary that will Assessment the
candidate‟s knowledge of distinguishing main ideas
from supporting details. Candidates will be given
clear instructions as to what they have to
summarise and the length of the summary. [25
marks]
Q.4. There will be a number of short answer
questions to Assessment the candidates‟ knowledge
of functional grammar, structure and usage of the
language. All the items in this question will be
compulsory. They will consist of sentence
completion, multiple choices or other short answer
type of questions. [20 marks]
Project: [20 marks]
Pre-board exam: 100 marks [80 assessment, 20
project]
Project Work
Q.1. Write a Composition (300 -350 words) on:
“With audio, video and media invading the homes,
newspaper have become outdated “Give your views
regarding the above statement.
Q.2. Two relatives have offered you a vacation
during the summer holidays, one at the farm house
and the other at the seaside. Write a letter to your
friend telling him which invitation you have
accepted and why.
English Literature.
1st Unit Assessment: [50 marks 40
assessment, 10 project]
Drama: Loyalties Act III: London, Sc. 1, Jacob
Twisden‟s office.
1st Term: [100 marks 80 assessment, 20
project]
Scene 2: The same, next morning.
Pre-Board Exam: [100 marks, 80 assesment,
20 project]
Scene 3: Dancy‟s Flat.
N.B. (In this exam candidates will be examined on
all three acts of the Drama – ActI, II, and III)
Poetry: The Golden Lyre
1st Unit Assessment: [50 marks: 40
assessment, 10 project]
Poems:
1. Our Casuarina Tree – Toru Dutt
2. La Belle Dame Sans Merci – John Keats
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1st Term:
project]
[100 marks: 80 assessment, 20
Poems:
1. The Ballad of Father Gilligan – W.B. Yeats
2. Laugh and be Merry – John Masefield
Pre-Board Exam: [100 marks: 80
assessment, 20 project]
Poems:
1. The Slave‟s Dream – H.W. Longfellow
2. The Frog and the Nightingale – Vikram Seth
N.B. ( In this exam candidates will be examined on
all 15 poems done in classes 9-10)
A Treasure Trove of Short Stories
1st Unit Assessment: [50 marks: 40
assessment, 10 project]
1. The Gift of Magi – O. Henry.
2. Marriage is a private affair – Chinua Achebe
1st Term:
[100 marks: 80 assessment, 20
project]
1. A Fishy Story - Jerome K. Jerome
2. Rikki Tikki Tayi – Rudyard Kipling
Pre-Board Exam: [100 marks : 80
assessment, 20 project]
1. The Monkey‟s Paw – W.W. Jones
2. A Day‟s Wait – Ernest Hemingway
N.B. ( In this exam candidates will be examined on
all 15 short stories done in classes 9-10)
Project
“LOYALITIES”
Read the Extract given and answer the questions
based on it;
GILMAN: I want you to mark the time, so as you‟ll
see I „aven‟t wasted a minute. I took a cab and I
drove straight to my customer‟s private residence in
Putney, where he lives with his daughter.
(I)To whom is t he speaker talking? Why is he
here? Whom does he want to help?
(i) What has he brought with him and why? Which
private customer is he talking about?
(iii) How is the customer a threat to Ronald Dancy?
How does Dancy try to find a solution to this
problem?
(iv) What does Mr. Jacob Twisden decide to do
after hearing the story of customer? Why?
“Treasure Trove Short Stories”.
Ques: In about 150 words discuss okeke‟s
character with reference to the story „” marriage is
a private affair.
“GOLDEN LYREW”.
Ques: Read the extract given and answer the
question based on it :
And far and near Kokilas hail the day;
And to their pastures wend our sleepy cows;
And in the shadow, on the board tank cast.
By that hoar tree, so beautiful and vast .
The water lilies spring, like snow enmassed.
Q1. In about 100 words describe the poet‟s
attachment to the casuarinas tree. Why is she so
attached to it ?
Q.2. Why does the poet want to immortalize the
tree? (100 Words)
Mathematics:
1st Unit Assessment:
1. Linear In equations
2. Compound Interest.(Without using formula)
3. Compound Interest (Using formula
4. Sales Tax & Value Added Tax.
5. Banking.
6. Remainder & Factor theorem.
7. Matrices.
1st Term:8. Shares & Dividend.
9. Quadratic equations.
10. Problems based on quadratic equations.
11. Reflection.
12. Distance & Section formula.
13. Equation of a line.
14. Symmetry.
15. Loci.
16. Graphical representation (Histograms &Ogives).
17. Measures of Central tendency.
Prelims:- Complete I.C.S.E. Syllabus.
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Physics:
1st Unit Assessment:
1. Force.
2. Work, Power & Energy.
3. Machines.
1st Term:
4. Refraction of light on plane surface.
5. Refraction of light through a Lens.
6. Spectrum
7. Sound. + 1st Unit Assessment
Prelims
8. Current Electricity.
9. Electrical Power & Household Circuits.
10. Electro-Magnetism.
11. Calorimetry.
12. Thermionic Emission & Radioactivity + 1st
Term.
Chemistry
1st Unit Assessment:
Ch.1 Modern Periodic Table & Periodic Properties
Ch.2.Chemical Bonding –ionic and covalent Comp.
Ch.4. Mole Concept & Stoichiometry.
Practical Work (Assessment)
1st Term:
Ch.3. Acids, Bases & Salt & Analytical chemistry
Ch.7. HCl gas & HCl acid.
Ch.8. Study of NH3,& HNO3 acid.
Ch.9. H2SO4 acid.
Ch.11.Practical Chemistry
Prelims:
Ch.5 Electrolysis.
Ch.6. Metallurgy.
Ch.10.Organic Chemistry
And all the chapters included in 1st Unit and 1st
Term
Practical work (Assessment)
Biology:
1st Unit Assessment:
1. Ch.1. Cell-The Structure & functional unit of life.
2. Cell Cycle, Cell Division & Structure
Chromosomes.
4. Absorption by roots.
5. Transpiration.
Project Work: Pollution, health organization,
diagrams on cell division.
1st Term:
3.
6.
7.
8.
Genetics – Some Basic Fundamentals
Photosynthesis
The Circulatory System.
The Excretory System.
Project work: Flow chart on Endocrine system,
Diagrams of Ear, and Eye, Reflex action, Practical
work.
Prelims:
9. Nervous System.
10. Endocrine Glands.
11. The Reproductive System.
12. Population.
13. Aids to health.
14. Health Organisations.
15. Pollution.
Project Work: Practical work and internal
assessment.
History/Civics:
1st Unit Assessment: Civics: Ch.1
History: Ch. 1 & 2
1st Term: Civics: Ch. 1, 2 & 3
History: Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
Prelims: The entire syllabus of ICSE.
Computer Application:
1st Unit Assessment: 1. Revision of programming of
class 9th
2. Programming with –while, do-while, library
functions (length, charAt, Concat, substring and
comparision)
3. Project work: OOPs concept – objects and
classes through charts and tables and TOKENS
through charts.
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1st Term:
1. Leftover library functions.
2. User defined functions.
3. Constructor
4. Project work: A file with 2 programs on each
statement.
Prelims:
1. Arrays: Single dimensional
2. Scanner class
3. Project work: A file with 2 programs on each
statement.
- Revision of class 9th & 10th
Geography: *
1st Unit Assessment:
1. Survey Maps
2. Map of India.
3. Climate of India.
4. Soils in India.
1st Term:
6. Natural vegetation of India.
7. Water Resources.
8. Minerals in India.
9. Agriculture in India.
Prelims: The complete ICSE syllabus.
Commerce:
1st Unit Assessment: [ 40 marks]
1. Markets & Marketing.
2. Marketing Mix – 4P‟s.
3. Advertising & Publicity.
Project: [10 marks] Design a marketing plan for the
launch of a new soap in the price rage for Rs. 15 –
20
1st Term:
4.
5.
6.
7.
Sales and Selling Process
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Banking and Bank transactions
Project: [20 marks]
Topic: Study five different advertisements in any
one media (print, television, audio) of FMCG (fast
moving consumer goods) such as Coke, Pepsi, Lux,
Surf, Tide etc. and explain their positive and
negative points.
Prelims: As per ICSE rules full course
8. Fundamental Concepts of cost
9. Importance of Human Resources
10. Recruitment, selection and training.
11. Public Relations
12. Issues of the Environment
Note: Prelims course includes 1st Unit Assessment
and 1st Term exam also.
Project [20 marks]
Topic: Study the working of the Commercial banks
in India by studying the working of the branch
office of any public sector commercial bank such as
Canara Bank, SBI, Bank of Baroda etc.
Entire Syllabus prescribed by the Council for ICSE
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