ICSE BOARD CLASS 10

Semester 1

November 29 to December 16, 2021 (Completed)

Semester 2

April 25, 2022 to May 23, 2022

I

(i) History, Civics, Geography

(ii) English

(iii) Second Language (one/two)

80

20

II

(iii) Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

(iv) Mathematics

(v) Commercial Studies

(vi) Economics

(vii) Environmental Science

(viii) A Classical Language

(ix) A Modern Foreign Language

80

20

III

(i) Arts

(ii) Performing Arts

(iii) Computer Applications

(iv) Economic Applications

(v) Commercial Applications

(vi) Fashion Designing

(vii) Physical Education

(viii) Yoga

(ix) Cookery

(x) Home Science

(xi) A Modern Foreign Language

(xii)Technical Drawing Applications

(xiii) Environmental Applications

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50

Date

Time

Exam

Duration

April 25, 2022

Monday

11:00 am

English Language – English Paper I

1.5 Hours

April 26, 2022

Tuesday

11:00 am

Literature in English - English Paper 2

1.5 Hours

April 28, 2022

Thursday

11:00 am

History & Civics - H.C.G. Paper 1 History & Civics - H.C.G. Paper 1 (Thailand)

1.5 Hours

April 29, 2022

Friday

11:00 am

Environmental Science (Group II Elective)

1.5 Hours

May 2, 2022

Monday

11:00 am

Mathematics

1.5 Hours

May 4, 2022

Wednesday

11:00 am

Geography - H.C.G. Paper 2 Geography - H.C.G. Paper 2 (Thailand) 

1.5 Hours

May 6, 2022

Friday

11:00 am

Hindi

1.5 Hours

May 9, 2022

Monday

11:00 am

Physics – Science Paper 1

1.5 Hours

May 11, 2022

Wednesday

11:00 am

Second Languages: 

Ao-Naga, Assamese, Bengali, Dzongkha, Garo, Gujarati, Kannada, Khasi, Lepcha, Mizo, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Tangkhul, Telugu, Urdu 

Modern Foreign Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Modern Armenian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Tibetan 

1.5 Hours

May 13, 2022

Friday

11:00 am

Chemistry – Science Paper 2

1.5 Hours

May 17, 2022

Tuesday

11:00 am

Biology – Science Paper 3

1.5 Hours

May 19, 2022

Thursday

11:00 am

(Group III Elective) 

Carnatic Music, Commercial Applications, Computer Applications, Cookery, Drama, Economic Applications, Environmental Applications, Fashion Designing, French, German, Hindustani Music, Home Science, Hospitality Management, Indian Dance, Mass Media & Communications, Physical Education, Spanish, Western Music, Yoga 

Technical Drawing Applications 

1.5 Hours

May 20, 2022

Friday

11:00 am

Economics (Group II Elective) 

Sanskrit / French (Group II Elective)

1.5 Hours

May 23, 2022

Monday

11:00 am

Commercial Studies (Group II Elective)

1.5 Hours

• Candidates will be required to write a composition of about 300-350 words from a choice of subjects which will test their ability to: organise, describe, narrate, report, explain, persuade or argue, present ideas coherently with accuracy and precision, compare and contrast ideas and arrive at conclusions, present relevant arguments and use correct style and format.
• The subjects will be varied and may be suggested by language or by other stimuli such as pictures. The subjects will be chosen so as to allow the candidates to draw on first-hand experience or to stimulate their imagination.
• With one subject, a number of suggestions about the content of the composition will be given, but the use of the suggestions will be optional and a candidate will be free to treat the subject in any way that he/she chooses.
• The organisation of subject matter, syntax, punctuation, the correctness of grammatical constructions and spelling will be expected to be appropriate to the mode of treatment required by the subject.

• Candidates will have to write a letter from a choice of two subjects requiring either a formal or an informal mode of treatment. Suggestions regarding the content of the letter may be given.
• The layout of the letter with address, introduction, conclusion, etc., will form part of the assessment. Special attention must be paid to the format of the letter with emphasis on vocabulary appropriate to the context.

• An unseen prose passage of about 450 words will be given. Uncommon items of vocabulary, or structure will be avoided. One question will be set to test vocabulary. Candidates will be required to show an understanding of the words/phrases in the context in which they have been used.
• A number of questions requiring short answers will also be asked in the passage. These questions will test the candidates' ability to comprehend the explicit content and organisation of the passage and to infer information, intention and attitude from it.
• The last question will consist of a summary that will test the candidates' ability to distinguish main ideas from supporting details and to extract salient points to rewrite them in the form of a summary. Candidates will be given clear indications of what they are to summarise and of the length of the summary.

• There will be a number of short answer questions to test the candidates' knowledge of functional grammar, structure and use of the language.
• All the items in this question will be compulsory. They will consist of correct use of prepositions, verbs and transformation of sentences.

• Questions set will be central to the text. Candidates will be required to show that they have understood the passage and are able to clearly give their interpretation of the questions set, which should be in their own words and relevant to the text.
• Excerpts may be given from the drama and prose texts leading to questions on the specific book.

• A poem, or passages from poems, will be given and questions will be set to test the candidates' responses to the poem.
• The questions will focus on the content, understanding and the personal response of candidates to the poem as a whole.

• I know why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
• The Patriot - Robert Browning
• Abu Ben Adhem - Leigh Hunt
• Nine Gold Medals - David Roth

• The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen
• The Blue Bead-Norah Burke
• My Greatest Olympic Prize- Jesse Owens
• All Summer in a Day - Ray Douglas Bradbury

• Listening Skills: 10 marks
• Speaking Skills: 10 marks

• Lok Sabha - term, composition, qualifications for membership. Parliamentary procedures: a brief idea of sessions, quorum, question hour, adjournment and no-confidence motion. Speaker – election.
• Rajya Sabha – composition, qualifications for membership, election, term, Presiding Officer. Powers and functions of Union Parliament – (legislative, financial and control over the executive). Exclusive powers of the two Houses.

• The President: Qualifications for election, the composition of Electoral College, the reason for indirect election, term of office, the procedure for impeachment. Powers (executive, legislative, discretionary and emergency).
• The Vice-President: Qualifications for election and term of office.
• Prime Minister and Council of Ministers: Appointment, formation of Council of Ministers and their tenure. Position and powers of the Prime Minister. Collective and individual responsibility of the members of the Cabinet. The distinction between the Council of Ministers and the Cabinet.

• The Supreme Court: Composition, qualifications of judges, and their appointment; Jurisdiction and functions: Original, Appellate, Advisory, Revisory, Judicial Review and Court of Record. Enforcement of Fundamental Rights and Writs.
• The High Courts: Composition, qualifications of judges and their appointment.
• Subordinate Courts: Distinction between Court of the District Judge and Sessions Court. Lok Adalats: meaning and advantages.

• The First War of Independence, 1857 Only the causes (political, socio-religious, economic and military). [The events, however, need to be mentioned in order to maintain continuity and for a more comprehensive understanding.]
• Factors leading to the growth of Nationalism – socio-religious reform movements (brief mention of the contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy and Jyotiba Phule) and role of the Press. Indian National Congress - Immediate objectives of the Indian National Congress - the first two sessions and their Presidents should be mentioned.
• First Phase of the Indian National Movement (1885-1907) Objectives and methods of struggle of the Early Nationalists. Any two contributions of Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendranath Banerjee and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
• Second Phase of the Indian National Movement (1905-1916) Brief mention of the causes of the Partition of Bengal and its perspective by the Nationalists. Objectives and methods of struggle of the Radicals. Any two contributions of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai. The Muslim League and its objectives.

• Mahatma Gandhi - Non-Cooperation Movement: causes (Khilafat Movement, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy), programme and suspension – Chauri Chaura incident and impact of the Movement; the Civil Disobedience Movement: causes (reaction to the Simon Commission, Declaration of Poorna Swaraj at the Lahore Session of 1929), Dandi March, programme and impact of the Movement, Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Second Round Table Conference; the Quit India Movement: causes (failure of the Cripps Mission, Japanese threat), Quit India Resolution and the significance of the Movement.
• Forward Bloc (objectives) and INA (objectives and contribution of Subhas Chandra Bose).
• Independence and Partition of India – Mountbatten Plan (clauses and its acceptance) and the Indian Independence Act of 1947 (clauses only).

• The First World War Causes (Nationalism and Imperialism, division of Europe and Sarajevo crisis) and Results (Treaty of Versailles).
• Rise of Dictatorships Similarity between the ideologies of Fascism and Nazism.
• The Second World War Causes (Dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles, Rise of Fascism and Nazism, Japanese invasion of China, Failure of League of Nations and Hitler’s invasion of Poland).
• United Nations: (i)The objectives of the U.N. The composition and any four functions of the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the International Court of Justice. (ii) Major agencies of the United Nations: UNICEF, WHO and UNESCO – any four functions only.
• Non-Aligned Movement Brief meaning; objectives; Names of the architects of NAM. [Jawaharlal Nehru, President Nasser, Joseph Broze Tito].

Any one project/assignment related to the syllabus.

Suggested assignments are:

• Compare the Parliamentary and Presidential forms of Government with reference to India and the U.S.A.
• Conduct a mock Court and record the proceedings.
• Present a life sketch and contributions of any one of the following Presidents of India –
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (or any other).
• Present a book review of any one of the following works: Dadabai Naoroji’s ‘Poverty and un-British rule in India’, Gandhi’s ‘The Story of my Experiments with Truth’, Nehru’s ‘Discovery of India’, Bhagat Singh’s ‘Why I am an Atheist', Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s ‘The Scope of Happiness: A Personal Memoir’, Abdul Kalam’s ‘Wings of Fire’.
• Discuss the relevance of any one of the following films to understand the history of 20th Century Europe: The Book Thief, Schindler’s List, Escape to Victory, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Life is Beautiful, The Sound of Music, Gandhi (Richard Attenborough), Sardar (Ketan Mehta), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose - The Forgotten Hero (Shyam Benegal).
• Highlight the work and achievements of any one Nobel Laureate - Malala Yousafzai or Kailash Satyarthi.
• Make a PowerPoint presentation on India’s Independence and Partition.
• Make a presentation on the influence of Gandhian principles on Martin Luther King / Nelson Mandela.
• Prepare a report on the contributions of any one of the following agencies of the United Nations – UNESCO / WHO / UNICEF / ILO / UNDP / FAO.
• Present a case study of any recent human rights violations and redressal mechanisms available to prevent such instances in the future.

• Locating features with the help of a four-figure grid reference.
• Definition of contour and contour interval. Identification of landforms marked by contours (steep slope and gentle slope), triangulated height, spot height and benchmark.
• Interpretation of colour tints used on a topographical survey of India map.
• Identification and definition of types of scale given on the map. Measuring direct distance and calculating area using the scale given therein.
• Marking directions between different locations, using eight cardinal points.
• Identify: Site of prominent villages and/or towns, types of occupation and means of communication with the help of the index given at the bottom of the sheet.
• Identification of drainage patterns (Dendritic, Trellis, Radial, and Disappearing) and settlement patterns (Scattered and Compact). Identification of direction of flow, left bank and right bank of a river.
• Identification of natural and man-made features.
• Meaning of important terms- Relative height / depth, broken ground, surveyed tree, fireline, causeway, aqueduct and diggi.

• On an outline map of India, candidates will be required to locate, mark and name the following:
• Mountains, Peaks and Plateaus: Himalayas, Aravali, Vindhyas, Satpura, Western and Eastern Ghats, Nilgiris, Mount Kanchenjunga. Deccan Plateau, Chota Nagpur Plateau.
• Plains: Gangetic Plains and Coastal plains – (Konkan, Malabar, Coromandel)
• Desert: Thar (The Great Indian Desert)
• Rivers: Indus, Jhelum, Satluj, Ganga, Yamuna, Kosi, Chambal, Betwa, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Tapti, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Tungabhadra.
• Water Bodies: Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambhat, Andaman Sea, Chilka Lake.
• Pass: Karakoram
• Longitude: Standard Meridian (82° 30’E).
• Direction of Winds: South West Monsoons (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal Branches), North East Monsoons.
• Distribution of Minerals: Oil - Mumbai High (Offshore Oil Field), Coal – Jharia.
• Soil Distribution: Alluvial and Black Soil.
• Cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Allahabad.
• Population: Distribution of Population (Dense and sparse).

• Position and Extent of India. (through Map only).
• The physical features of India – mountains, plateaus, plains and rivers. (through Map only).

• Distribution of Temperature, Rainfall, winds in Summer and Winter and factors affecting the climate of the area.
• Monsoon and its mechanism. Seasons: March to May – Summer; June to September – Monsoon; October to November - Retreating Monsoon. December to February – Winter. Study of climatic data.

• Types of soil (alluvial, black, red and laterite) distribution, composition and characteristics such as colour, texture, minerals and crops associated.
• Soil Erosion – meaning, agents (water and wind), types (sheet and gully erosion) causes.
• Soil conservation - Meaning and methods (terrace farming, crop rotation, planting of shelterbelts and afforestation).

• Importance of forests.
• Types of vegetation (tropical evergreen, tropical deciduous, tropical desert, littoral and mountain), distribution and correlation with their environment.
• Forest conservation - meaning and methods (afforestation, reafforestation, social forestry, and farm forestry)

• Sources (Surface water and groundwater).
• Need for conservation and conservation practices (Rainwater harvesting and its importance).
• Irrigation: Importance and methods (wells, canals, tanks, drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation - area, conditions and advantages).

• Iron ore, Manganese, Copper – uses and their distribution.
• Conventional Sources: Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas (distribution, advantages and disadvantages).
• Hydel power (Bhakra Nangal Dam and Hirakud) – location and State benefitted.
• Non-conventional Sources: Solar, wind, nuclear and biogas (location and advantages).

• Indian Agriculture – importance, problems and reforms.
• Agricultural seasons (rabi, kharif, zayad).
• Climatic conditions, soil requirements, methods of cultivation, processing and distribution of the following crops:
  - Rice, wheat and pulses.
  - Sugarcane and oilseeds (groundnut and mustard). - Cotton and tea.

• Importance and classification
• Agro-based Industry - Sugar, Textile (Cotton).
• Mineral-based Industry – Iron & Steel (Tata Steel, Rourkela), Petro Chemical and Electronics.

• Importance and Modes – Roadways (National and State highways, Golden quadrilateral, NSEW corridor), Railways, Airways and Waterways –- Advantages and disadvantages.

• Need for waste management.
• Methods of safe disposal -segregation, dumping and composting.
• Need and methods for reducing, reusing and recycling waste.

1. Local Geography:
   (a) Land use pattern in different regions of India– a comparative analysis.
   (b) The survey of a local market on the types of shops and services offered.
2. Environment: Wildlife conservation efforts in India.
3. Current Geographical Issues: Development of tourism in India.
4. Transport in India: Development of Road, Rail, Water and Air routes.
5. List different types of industries in your state and collect information about the types of raw materials used, modes of their procurement and disposal of wastes generated. Classify these industries as polluting or environment friendly and suggest possible ways of reducing pollution caused by these units.
6. Need for industrialization in India, the latest trends and its impact on the economy of India.
7. Visit a water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant or garbage dumping or vermicomposting sites in the locality and study their working

• Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, median class and modal class for continuous grouped data.
• Mean by any method Direct

1, 2

Very good

3, 4, 5

Credit

6, 7

Pass

8,9

Fail

A

Very good

B

Good

C

Satisfactory

D

Fail

E

Fail