ICSE (10th) Exam 2025 - Exam Dates (Out), Syllabus, Question Papers, Result

Ao-Naga: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Ao-Naga: Unit 02

Assamese: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Assamese: Unit 02

Bengali: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Bengali: Unit 02

Dzongkha: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Dzongkha: Unit 02

Garo: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Garo: Unit 02

Gujarati: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Gujarati: Unit 02

Hindi: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Hindi: Unit 02

Kannada: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Kannada: Unit 02

Khasi: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Khasi: Unit 02

Lepcha: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Lepcha: Unit 02

Malayalam: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Malayalam: Unit 02

Manipuri: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Manipuri: Unit 02

Marathi: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Marathi: Unit 02

Mizo: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Mizo: Unit 02

Nepali: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Nepali: Unit 02

Odia: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Odia: Unit 02

Punjabi: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Punjabi: Unit 02

Sanskrit: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Sanskrit: Unit 02

Tamil: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Tamil: Unit 02

Tangkhul: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Tangkhul: Unit 02

Telugu: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Telugu: Unit 02

Urdu: Unit 01

• Composition: Composition in the language which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives
• Letter writing
• Comprehension: Unseen passage
• Grammar: Language vocabulary, syntax and idioms, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentence

Urdu: Unit 02

Civics: Unit 01

• Meaning of the federal setup in India: (i) Lok Sabha-term, composition, qualifications for membership. Parliamentary procedures: A brief idea of sessions, quorum, question hour, adjournment and no-confidence motion. Speaker-election
• Meaning of the federal setup in India: (ii) Rajya Sabha-composition, qualifications for membership, election, term, presiding officer. Powers and functions of union parliament (control over executive). Exclusive powers of the two house

Civics: Unit 02

• The president: Qualifications for election, composition of electoral college, reason for indirect election, term of office, procedure for impeachment. Powers (executive, legislative, discretionary and emergency)
• Prime minister and council of ministers: Appointment, formation of council of ministers, tenure; position and powers of the prime minister. Collective and individual responsibility of the members of the cabinet
• Prime minister and council of ministers: Distinction between the council of ministers and the cabinet

Civics: Unit 03

• The supreme court: Composition, qualifications of judges, appointment; jurisdiction and functions: Original, appellate, advisory, revisory, judicial review and court of record. Enforcement of fundamental rights and writ

History: Unit 01

• The first war of independence, 1857: Only the causes (political, socio-religious, economic and military)
• Factors leading to the growth of nationalism: Socio-religious reform movements (brief mention of contribution of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Jyotiba Phule) and role of the press
• Factors leading to the growth of nationalism: Foundation of the Indian national Congress-the Indian n national association (Surendranath Banerjee) and the east India association (Dadabhai Naoroji) as precursors
• Factors leading to the growth of nationalism: 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. 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
• Second phase of the Indian national movement (1905-1916): Contributions of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Lala Lajpat Rai
• The muslim league: Objectives of the muslim league

History: Unit 02

• Mahatma Gandhi: Non-cooperation movement-causes (Khilafat movement, Rowlatt act, Jallianwala bagh tragedy), programme and suspension-Chauri Chaura incident and impact of the movement
• Mahatma Gandhi: The civil disobedience movement-causes (reaction to the Simon commission, declaration of Purna Swaraj at the Lahore session of 1929), Dandi march, Gandhi-Irwin pact and the second round table conference
• Mahatma Gandhi: 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: The Mountbatten plan (clauses and its acceptance); and the Indian independence act of 1947 (clauses only)

History: Unit 03

• The first world war: Causes (nationalism and imperialism, division of Europe and Sarajevo crisis) and results (treaty of Versailles)
• 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.: Organs of the united nations-general assembly, the security council, and the international court of justice. (ii) Major agencies of the united nations: UNICEF, WHO, and UNESCO

Geography: Unit 01

• Interpretation of topographical maps: (a) Locating features with the help of a four-figure grid reference. b) Definition of contour and contour interval
• Interpretation of topographical maps: (b) Identification of landforms marked by contours (steep slope, gentle slope), triangulated height, spot height, benchmark, relative height/ depth
• Interpretation of topographical maps: (c) Interpretation of colour tints used on a topographical survey of India map. (d) Identification and definition of types of scale given on the map
• Interpretation of topographical maps: (d) Measuring direct/ shortest distances and calculating area using the scale given therein. (e) Marking directions between different locations, using eight cardinal points
• Interpretation of topographical maps: (f) Identify-site of prominent villages and/ or towns, types of land use/ land cover and means of communication with the help of the index given at the bottom of the sheet
• Interpretation of topographical maps: (g) Identification of drainage (direction of flow and pattern) and settlement patterns. (h) Identification of natural and man-made features
• Map of India: Mountains, peaks and plateaus-Himalayas, Karakoram, Aravali, Vindhyas, Satpura, western and eastern ghats, Nilgiris, Mount Godwin Austin (K2). Deccan plateau, Chota Nagpur plateau
• Map of India: Plains-gangetic plains and coastal plains-Konkan, Kanara, Malabar, Coromandel, northern Circars. Desert: Thar (the great Indian desert)
• Map of India: Rivers-Indus, Jhelum, Sutlej, Ganga, Yamuna, Ghaghra, Gomti, Chambal, Betwa, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Tapti, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri, Tungabhadr
• Map of India: Water bodies-Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambhat, Gulf of Mannar, Chilka Lake
• Map of India: Passes-Karakoram pass. Latitude and longitudes: Standard meridian (82°30’E). Direction of winds: South west monsoons (Arabian sea and bay of Bengal branches), north east monsoons
• Map of India: Distribution of minerals-oil-Mumbai high (offshore oil field), coal-Jharia. Soil distribution-alluvial and black soil. Cities-Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Allahabad
• Map of India: Population-distribution of population (dense and sparse)

Geography: Unit 02

• Location, extent, and physical features: Position and extent of India (through map only). The physical features of India-mountains, plateaus, plains and rivers (through map only)
• Climate: Distribution of temperature, rainfall, winds in summer and winter, and factors affecting the climate of the area. Monsoon and its mechanism. Season: March to may-summer; june to september-monsoon; october to november-retreating monsoon
• Climate: Season-december to february-winter
• Soil resources: Types of soil (alluvial, black, red, and laterite) distribution, composition, and characteristics such as colour, texture, minerals, and crops associate. Soil erosion-causes, prevention and conservation
• Natural vegetation: Importance of forests. Types of vegetation (tropical evergreen, tropical deciduous, tropical desert, littoral and mountain), distribution and correlation with their environment. Forest conservation
• Water resources: Sources (surface water and ground water). Need for conservation and conservation practices (rainwater harvesting and its importance). Irrigation: Importance and methods
• Mineral and energy resources: Iron ore, manganese, copper-uses and their distribution. Conventional sources: Coal, petroleum, (distribution, advantages and disadvantages)
• Mineral and energy resources: Non-conventional sources-solar, wind, nuclear and biogas (generation and advantages)
• Agriculture: 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
• Agriculture: Sugarcane. Cotton and tea
• Manufacturing industries: Importance and classification. Agro based industry-sugar and textile (cotton). Mineral based industry-iron and steel (TISCO, Rourkela), petro chemical and electronics
• Transport: Importance and modes-roadways, railways, airways, and waterways advantages and disadvantages
• Waste management: Need for waste management. Methods of safe disposal-segregation, dumping and composting. Need and methods for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste

Mathematics: Unit 01

• Goods and services tax (GST): Computation of tax including problems involving discounts, list-price, profit, loss, basic/ cost price including inverse cases
• Goods and services tax (GST): Price paid by the consumer after paying state goods and service tax (SGST) and central goods and service tax (CGST)-the different rates as in vogue on different types of items will be provided
• Goods and services tax (GST): Corresponding inverse cases
• Banking: Recurring deposit accounts-computation of interest and maturity value using the formula-1=P n(n+1)/2 x12 x r/100 MV=P x n+1

Mathematics: Unit 02

• Linear inequations: Linear inequations in one unknown for x N, W, Z, R. Solving-algebraically and writing the solution in set notation form, representation of solution on the number line
• Quadratic equations in one variable: (a) Nature of roots-two distinct real roots if b– 4ac > 0, two equal real roots if b – 4ac = 0, no real roots I b - 4ac < 0, (b) solving quadratic equations by: Factorisation, using formula
• Quadratic equations in one variable: (c) Solving simple quadratic equation problems
• Ratio and proportion: a) Proportion, continued proportion, mean proportion, (b) componendo, dividendo, alternendo, invertendo properties and their combinations
• Factorisation of polynomials: (a) Factor theorem, (b) remainder theorem, (c) factorising a polynomial completely after obtaining one factor by factor theorem (note: f (x) not to exceed degree 3)
• Matrices: (a) Order of a matrix. Row and column matrices, (b) compatibility for addition and multiplication, (c) null and identity matrices, (d) addition and subtraction of 2×2 matrices
• Matrices: (e) Multiplication of a 2×2 matrix by-a non-zero rational number, a matrix
• Arithmetic progression: Finding their general term, finding sum of their first ‘n’ terms
• Coordinate geometry: (a) Reflection-(i) reflection of a point in a line: x=0, y=0, x=a, y=a, the origin, (ii) reflection of a point in the origin, (iii) invariant points
• Coordinate geometry: (b) Coordinates expressed as (x, y), section formula, midpoint formula, concept of slope, equation of a line, various forms of straight lines
• Coordinate geometry: (i) Section and mid-point formula (internal section only, coordinates of the centroid of a triangle included)
• Coordinate geometry: (ii) Equation of a line-slope-intercept form y=mx +c, two-point form (y-y) = m(x-x)-geometric understanding of ‘m’ asslope/ gradient/ tanθ where θ is the angle the line makes with the positive direction of the x-axis
• Coordinate geometry: (ii) Equation of a line-two-point form (y-y)=m(x-x), geometric understanding of ‘c’ as the y-intercept/ the ordinate of the point where the line intercepts the y axis/ the point on the line where x=0

Mathematics: Unit 03

• Similarity: Similarity, conditions of similar triangles-(i) comparison with congruency, keyword being proportionality, (ii) three conditions: SSS, SAS, AA. Simple applications (proof not included)
• Similarity: Similarity, conditions of similar triangles-(iii) applications of basic proportionality theorem, (iv) areas of similar triangles are proportional to the squares of corresponding sides
• Circles: (i) Angle properties-the angle that an arc of a circle subtends at the centre is double that which it subtends at any point on the remaining part of the circle (without proof). Angles in the same segment of a circle are equal (without proof)
• Circles: (i) Angle properties-angle in a semi-circle is a right angle (without proof)
• Circles: (ii) Cyclic properties-opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary (without proof). The exterior angle of a cyclic quadrilateral is equal to the opposite interior angle (without proof)
• Circles: (iii) Tangent and secant properties-the tangent at any point of a circle and the radius through the point are perpendicular to each other (without proof)
• Circles: (iii) Tangent and secant properties-from any point outside a circle, two tangents can be drawn, and they are equal in length (without proof). If a line touches a circle and from the point of contact, a chord is drawn
• Circles: (iii) Tangent and secant properties-the angles between the tangent and the chord are respectively equal to the angles in the corresponding alternate segments (without proof)

Mathematics: Unit 04

• Area and volume of solids: Cylinder, and cone
• Three-dimensional solids-right circular cylinder, right circular cone: Area (total surface and curved surface) and volume
• Three-dimensional solids-right circular cylinder, right circular cone: Direct application problems including cost, inner and outer volume and melting, and recasting method to find the volume or surface area of a new solid. Combination of solids included

Mathematics: Unit 05

• Using identities to solve/ prove simple algebraic trigonometric expressions: sinA+cosA = 1, 1+tanA = secA, 1+cotA = cosecA; 0 ≤A ≤90°
• Heights and distances: Solving 2-D problems involving angles of elevation and depression using trigonometric tables. (Note: Cases involving more than two right angled triangles excluded

Mathematics: Unit 06

• Statistics: Basic concepts, mean, median, mode. Histograms and ogive
• Computation of: Measures of central tendency-mean, median, mode for raw and arrayed data. Mean*, median class and modal class for grouped data. (both continuous and discontinuous)
• Computation of: *Mean by any one of the following methods-direct: ∑ fx/ ∑f, short-cut: A + ∑ fd / ∑ f where d = x-A, step-deviation: ∑ ft / ∑ f x i where t=x-a/ i
• Graphical representation. Histograms and less than ogive: Finding the mode from the histogram, the upper quartile, lower quartile and median etc. From the ogive. Calculation of inter quartile range

Mathematics: Unit 07

• Random experiments
• Sample space
• Events
• Definition of probability
• Simple problems on single events

Physics: Unit 01

• Turning forces concept; moment of a force; forces in equilibrium; centre of gravity; (discussions using simple examples and simple numerical problems)
• Elementary introduction of translational and rotational motions; moment (turning effect) of a force, also called torque and its CGS and SI units; common examples-door, steering wheel, bicycle pedal, etc; clockwise and anticlockwise moments
• Conditions for a body to be in equilibrium (translational and rotational); principle of moment and its verification using a meter rule suspended by two spring balances with slotted weights hanging from it; simple numerical problems
• Centre of gravity (qualitative only) with examples of some regular bodies and irregular lamina
• Uniform circular motion: As an example of constant speed, though acceleration (force) is present. Differences between centrifugal and centripetal force
• Work, energy, power, and their relation with force: Definition of work. W=FS cosθ; special cases of θ=0º, 90º. W=mgh. Defination of energy, energy as work done. Various units of work and energy, and their relation with SI units. (erg, calorie, kWh and Ev)
• Work, energy, power, and their relation with force: Definition of power, P=W/t; SI and CGS units; other units, kilowatt (kW), megawatt (MW) and gigawatt (GW); and horsepower (1hp=746W) (simple numerical problems on work, power, and energy)
• Different types of energy (e.g. chemical energy, mechanical energy, heat energy, electrical energy, nuclear energy, sound energy, light energy)
• Mechanical energy: Potential energy U=mgh (derivation included) gravitational PE, examples; kinetic energy K= ½ mv (derivation included); forms of kinetic energy: Translational, rotational, and vibrational-only simple examples
• Mechanical energy: Numerical problems on K and U only in case of translational motion; qualitative discussions of electrical, chemical, heat, nuclear, light and sound energy, conversion from one form to another; common examples
• Machines as force multipliers; load, effort, mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and efficiency; pulley systems showing the utility of each type of machine
• Functions and uses of simple machines: Terms-effort E, load L, mechanical advantage MA = L/E, velocity ratio VR = VЕ/VL = dЕ/ dL, input (W¡), output (Wo), efficiency (η), relation between η and MA, VR (derivation included)
• Functions and uses of simple machines: For all practical machines η<1; MA < VR
• Pulley system: Single fixed, single movable, block and tackle (using single tackle); MA, VR and η in each case
• Principle of conservation of energy: Statement of the principle of conservation of energy; theoretical verification that U+K= constant for a freely falling body. Application of this law to simple pendulum (qualitative only); (simple numerical problems)

Physics: Unit 02

• Refraction of light through a glass block and a triangular prism-qualitative treatment of simple applications such as real and apparent depth of objects in water, and apparent bending of sticks in water
• Applications of refraction of light
• Partial reflection and refraction due to change in medium
• Laws of refraction; the effect on speed (V), wavelength (λ) and frequency (f) due to refraction of light; conditions for a light ray to pass undeviated
• Values of speed of light (c) in vacuum, air, water, and glass; refractive index μ = c/V, V = fλ
• Values of μ for common substances such as water, glass, and diamond; experimental verification; refraction through glass block; lateral displacement; refraction through a glass prism
• Simple applications: Real and apparent depth of objects in water; apparent bending of a stick under water (simple numerical problems and approximate ray diagrams required)
• Total internal reflection: Critical angle; examples in triangular glass prisms; comparison with reflection from a plane mirror (qualitative only). Applications of total internal reflection
• Transmission of light from a denser medium (glass/ water) to a rarer medium (air) at different angles of incidence; critical angle (C) μ = 1/sinC
• Essential conditions for total internal reflection
• Total internal reflection in a triangular glass prism; ray diagram, different cases-angles of prism (60º, 60º, 60º), (60º,30º,90º), (45º,45º,90º); use of right angle prism to obtain δ= 90º and 180º (ray diagram)
• Comparison of total internal reflection from a prism and reflection from a plane mirror
• Lenses (converging and diverging) including characteristics of the images formed (using ray diagrams only); magnifying glass; location of images using ray diagrams and thereby determining magnification
• Types of lenses (converging and diverging), convex and concave, action of a lens as a set of prisms; technical terms; centre of curvature, radii of curvature, principal axis, foci, focal plane and focal length
• Detailed study of refraction of light in spherical lenses through ray diagrams; formation of images-principal rays or construction rays; location of images from ray diagram for various positions of a small linear object on the principal axis
• Characteristics of images
• Sign convention and direct numerical problems using the lens formula are included (derivation of formula not required)
• Power of a lens (concave and convex); only definition and basic understanding based on the curvature or thickness of lens
• Applications of lenses
• Using a triangular prism to produce a visible spectrum from white light; electromagnetic spectrum
• Deviation produced by a triangular prism; dependence on colour (wavelength) of light; dispersion and spectrum; electromagnetic spectrum: Broad classification (names only arranged in order of increasing wavelength)
• Electromagnetic spectrum: Properties common to all electromagnetic radiations; properties and uses of infrared, and ultraviolet radiation

Physics: Unit 03

• Reflection of sound waves; echoes: Their use; simple numerical problems on echoes
• Production of echoes, condition for formation of echoes; simple numerical problems; use of echoes by bats, dolphins, fishermen, medical field
• Sonar
• Natural vibrations, damped vibrations, forced vibrations, and resonance-a special case of forced vibrations
• Meaning and simple applications of natural, damped, forced vibrations, and resonance
• Loudness, pitch and quality of sound
• Meaning of the terms and the factors affecting them (no examples)

Physics: Unit 04

• Ohm’s law; concepts of EMF, potential difference, resistance; resistances in series and parallel, internal resistance
• Concepts of pd (V), current (I), resistance (R) and charge (Q)
• Ohm's law: Statement, V=IR; SI units; graph of V vs. I and resistance from slope; Ohmic and non-Ohmic resistors, factors affecting resistance (including specific resistance) and internal resistance; super conductors, electromotive force (EMF)
• Ohm's law: Combination of resistances in series and parallel. Simple numerical problems using the above relations. (simple network of resistors involving not more than four external resistors in a circuit)
• Electrical power and energy: Electrical energy; examples of heater, motor, lamp, loudspeaker, etc. Electrical power; measurement of electrical energy, W = QV = VIt from the definition of pd
• Electrical power and energy: Combining with Ohm’s law W = VIt = I, Rt = (V/R)t and electrical power P = (W/t) = VI = IR = V/R. Units: SI and commercial; power rating of common appliances, household consumption of electric energy
• Electrical power and energy: Calculation of total energy consumed by electrical appliances; W = Pt (kilowatt × hour = kW h), (simple numerical problems)
• Household circuits-main circuit; switches; fuses; earthing; safety precautions; three-pin plugs; colour coding of wires
• Main circuit (3 wires-live, neutral, earth) with fuse/ MCB, main switch and its advantages, need for earthing, fuse, 3-pin plug and socket; conventional location of live, neutral and earth points in 3 pin plugs, and sockets
• Safety precautions, colour coding of wires

Physics: Unit 05

• Calorimetry: Meaning, specific heat capacity; principle of method of mixtures; numerical problems on specific heat capacity using heat loss and gain, and the method of mixtures
• Heat and its units (calorie, joule), temperature and its units (oC, K)
• Thermal (heat) capacity C' = Q/ T (SI unit of C'): Specific heat capacity C = Q/m T (SI unit of C) mutual relation between heat capacity and specific heat capacity, values of C for some common substances (ice, water, and copper)
• Thermal (heat) capacity C' = Q/ T (SI unit of C'): Principle of method of mixtures including mathematical statement. Natural phenomenon involving specific heat. Consequences of high specific heat of water. (simple numerical problems)
• Latent heat; loss and gain of heat involving change of state for fusion only
• Change of phase (state); heating curve for water; latent heat; specific latent heat of fusion (SI unit)
• Common physical phenomena involving latent heat of fusion

Physics: Unit 06

• Radioactivity and changes in the nucleus; background radiation and safety precautions
• Brief introduction (qualitative only) of the nucleus, nuclear structure, atomic number (Z), mass number (A)
• Radioactivity as spontaneous disintegration. α, β, and γ- their nature and properties; changes within the nucleus
• One example each of αand β decay with equations showing changes in Z and A
• Uses of radioactivity-radio isotopes
• Harmful effects
• Safety precautions
• Background radiation
• Radiation: X-rays; radioactive fallout from nuclear plants and other source
• Nuclear energy: Working on safe disposal of waste. Safety measures to be strictly reinforced

Chemistry: Unit 01

• Periodic properties and their variations in groups, and periods
• Definitions and trends of the following periodic properties in groups, and periods should be studied: Atomic size, metallic character, non-metallic character, ionisation potential, electron affinity, electronegativity
• Periodicity on the basis of atomic number for elements: The study of modern periodic table up to period 3. Periodicity and other related properties to be explained on the basis of nuclear charge, and shells (not orbitals)

Chemistry: Unit 02

• Electrovalent, covalent and coordinate bonding, structures of various compounds, electron dot structure
• Electrovalent bonding: Electron dot structure of electrovalent compounds NaCl, MgCl, CaO
• Electrovalent bonding: Characteristic properties of electrovalent compounds-state of existence, melting and boiling points, conductivity (heat and electricity), dissociation in solution and in molten state to be linked with electrolysis
• Covalent bonding: Electron dot structure of covalent molecules on the basis of duplet and octet of electrons (example: Hydrogen, chlorine, nitrogen, ammonia, carbon tetrachloride, methane)
• Covalent bonding: Polar covalent compounds-based on difference in electronegativity: Examples-HCL and HO including structures
• Covalent bonding: Characteristic properties of covalent compounds-state of existence, melting and boiling points, conductivity (heat and electricity), ionisation in solution
• Covalent bonding: Comparison of electrovalent and covalent compounds
• Coordinate bonding: Definition. The lone pair effect of the oxygen atom of the water molecule and the nitrogen atom of the ammonia molecule to explain the formation of HO+ and OH¯ ions in water and NH+ ion

Chemistry: Unit 03

• Simple definitions in terms of the molecules and their characteristic properties
• Ions present in mineral acids, alkalis and salts, and their solutions; use of litmus and pH paper to test for acidity, and alkalinity
• Examples with equation for the ionisation/ dissociation of ions of acids, bases and salt
• Acids form hydronium ions (only positive ions) which turn blue litmus red, alkalis form hydroxyl ions (only negative ions) with water which turns red litmus blue
• Salts are formed by partial or complete replacement of the hydrogen ion of an acid by a metal (to be explained with suitable examples)
• Introduction to pH scale to test for acidity, neutrality, and alkalinity by using pH paper or universal indicator
• Definition of salt; types of salts
• Types of salts: Normal salts, acid salt, basic salt, definition and examples

Chemistry: Unit 04

• Action of ammonium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide on solution of salts: Colour of salt and its solution; formation and colour of hydroxide precipitated for solutions of salts of Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Pb
• Action of ammonium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide on solution of salts: Special action of ammonium hydroxide on solutions of copper salt and sodium hydroxide on ammonium salts
• On solution of salts: Colour of salt and its solution. Action on addition of sodium hydroxide to solution of Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Pb salts drop by drop in excess. Formation and colour of hydroxide precipitated to be highlighted with the help of equations
• On solution of salts: Action on addition of ammonium hydroxide to solution of Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Pb salts drop by drop in excess. Formation and colour of hydroxide precipitated to be highlighted with the help of equations
• On solution of salts: Special action of ammonium hydroxide on solutions of copper salts and sodium hydroxide on ammonium salts
• Action of alkalis (NaOH, KOH) on certain metals, their oxides, and hydroxide
• The metal aluminium, its oxide and hydroxide, which react with caustic alkalis (NaOH, KOH), showing the amphoteric nature of this substance

Chemistry: Unit 05

• Vapour density and its relation to relative molecular mass
• Molecular mass = 2×vapour density (formal proof not required)
• Deduction of simple (empirical) and molecular formula from: (a) The percentage composition of a compound, (b) the masses of combining element

Chemistry: Unit 06

• Electrolytes and non-electrolytes
• Definitions and examples
• Substances containing molecules only, ions only, both molecules and ions
• Examples: Relating their composition with their behaviour as strong and weak electrolytes as well as non-electrolyte
• Definition and explanation of electrolysis, electrolyte, electrode, anode, cathode, anion, cation, oxidation and reduction (on the basis of loss and gain of electrons)
• An elementary study of the migration of ions, with reference to the factors influencing selective discharge of ions illustrated by the electrolysis of: Molten lead bromide. Acidified water with platinum electrodes
• An elementary study of the migration of ions, with reference to the factors influencing selective discharge of ions illustrated by the electrolysis of: Aqueous copper (II) sulphate with copper electrodes; electron transfer at the electrodes
• Applications of electrolysis: Electroplating with nickel and silver, choice of electrolyte for electroplating. Electro refining of copper

Chemistry: Unit 07

• Occurrence of metals in nature: Mineral and ore-meaning only. Common ores of aluminum
• Extraction of aluminium: (a) Chemical method for purifying bauxite by using NaOH- Baeyer’s process
• Extraction of aluminium: (b) Electrolytic extraction-Hall Heroult’s process-structure of electrolytic cell-the various components as part of the electrolyte, electrodes and electrode reactions

Chemistry: Unit 08

• Hydrogen chloride: Preparation of hydrogen chloride from sodium chloride; refer to the density and solubility of hydrogen chloride (fountain experiment); reaction with ammonia; acidic properties of its solution
• Hydrogen chloride: The laboratory method of preparation can be learnt in terms of reactants, product, condition, equation, diagram or setting of the apparatus, procedure, observation, precaution, collection of the gas and identification
• Hydrogen chloride: Simple experiment to show the density of the gas (hydrogen chloride)-heavier than air. Solubility of hydrogen chloride (fountain experiment); setting of the apparatus, procedure, observation, inference
• Hydrogen chloride: Method of preparation of hydrochloric acid by dissolving the gas in water-the special arrangement and the mechanism by which the back suction is avoided should be learnt. Reaction with ammonia
• Hydrogen chloride: Acidic properties of its solution-reaction with metals, their oxides, hydroxides and carbonates to give their chlorides; decomposition of carbonates, hydrogen carbonates, sulphides, sulphites
• Hydrogen chloride: Precipitation reactions with silver nitrate solution and lead nitrate solution
• Ammonia: Its laboratory preparation and collection from ammonium chloride; ammonia from ammonium salts. Manufacture by Haber’s Process; density and solubility of ammonia (fountain experiment)
• Ammonia: Aqueous solution of ammonia; its reactions with hydrogen chloride and with hot copper (II) oxide and chlorine; the burning of ammonia in oxygen
• Ammonia: Laboratory preparation from ammonium chloride and collection; (the preparation to be studied in terms of, setting of the apparatus and diagram, procedure, observation, collection and identification)
• Ammonia: Ammonia from ammonium salts using alkalies. Manufacture by Haber’s Process. Density and solubility of ammonia (fountain experiment). The burning of ammonia in oxygen. The catalytic oxidation of ammonia (with conditions and reaction)
• Ammonia: Its reactions with hydrogen chloride and with hot copper (II) oxide and chlorine (both chlorine in excess and ammonia in excess)
• Ammonia: Aqueous solution of ammonia-reaction with sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and solutions of iron (III) chloride, iron (II) sulphate, lead nitrate, zinc nitrate and copper sulphate
• Nitric acid: One laboratory method of preparation of nitric acid from potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate. Large scale preparation. Nitric acid as an oxidizing agent
• Nitric acid: Laboratory preparation of nitric acid from potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate
• Nitric acid: The laboratory method to be studied in terms of reactants, products, conditions, equations, setting up of apparatus, diagram, precautions, collection and identification
• Nitric acid: Manufacture of nitric acid by Ostwald’s process (only equations with conditions where applicable). As an oxidising agent: Its reaction with copper, carbon, sulphur
• Sulphuric acid: Its behaviour as an acid when dilute, as an oxidizing agent when concentrated-oxidation of carbon and sulphur; as a dehydrating agent-dehydration of sugar and copper (II) sulphate crystals; its non-volatile nature
• Sulphuric acid: Its behaviour as an acid when dilute-reaction with metal, metal oxide, metal hydroxide, metal carbonate, metal bicarbonate, metal sulphite, metal sulphide
• Sulphuric acid: Concentrated sulphuric acid as an oxidizing agent-the oxidation of carbon and sulphur. Concentrated sulphuric acid as a dehydrating agent-(a) the dehydration of sugar (b) copper (II) sulphate crystals
• Sulphuric acid: Non-volatile nature of sulphuric acid-reaction with sodium or potassium chloride and sodium or potassium nitrate

Chemistry: Unit 09

• Introduction to organic compounds: Unique nature of carbon atom-tetra valency, catenation. Formation of single, double, and triple bonds, straight chain, branched chain, cyclic compounds (only benzene)
• Structure and isomerism: Structure of compounds with single, double, and triple bonds. Structural formulae of hydrocarbons. Structural formula must be given for: Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes up to 5 carbon atoms
• Structure and isomerism: Isomerism-structural (chain, position)
• Homologous series-characteristics with examples: Alkane, alkene, alkyne series and their gradation in properties, and the relationship with the molecular mass or molecular formula
• Simple nomenclature: Simple nomenclature-of the hydrocarbons with simple functional groups-(double bond, triple bond, alcoholic, aldehydic, carboxylic group) longest chain rule and smallest number for functional groups rule-trivial
• Simple nomenclature: IUPAC names (compounds with only one functional group)
• Hydrocarbons: Alkanes-general formula; methane (green house gas) and ethane, complete combustion of methane and ethane, reaction of methane and ethane with chlorine through substitution
• Hydrocarbons: Alkenes-(unsaturated hydrocarbons with a double bond); ethene as an example
• Hydrocarbons: Alkynes-(unsaturated hydrocarbons with a triple bond); ethyne as an example of alkyne

Biology: Unit 01

• Cell cycle and cell division: Cell cycle-interphase (G1, S, G2) and mitotic phase
• Cell cycle and cell division: Cell division-mitosis and its stages. A basic understanding of meiosis as a reduction division (stages not required). A brief idea of homologous chromosomes and crossing over leading to variations
• Cell cycle and cell division: Cell division-significance and major differences between mitotic and meiotic division
• Structure of chromosome: Basic structure of chromosome with elementary understanding of terms such as chromatin, chromatid, gene structure of DNA and centromere

Biology: Unit 02

• Absorption by roots, imbibition, diffusion and osmosis; osmotic pressure, root pressure; turgidity and flaccidity; plasmolysis and deplasmolysis; the absorption of water and minerals; active and passive transport (in brief)
• The rise of water up to the xylem; forces responsible for ascent of sap
• Understanding of the processes related to absorption of water by the roots
• Characteristics of roots, which make them suitable for absorbing water
• Structure of a single full-grown root hair
• A general idea of cohesive, adhesive forces and transpirational pull
• Experiments to show the conduction of water through the xylem
• Transpiration: Process and significance. Ganong’s potometer and its limitations. The factors affecting rate of transpiration. Experiments on transpiration. A brief idea of guttation and bleeding
• Transpiration: Concept of transpiration and its importance to plants. Experiments related to transpiration: (a) Loss in weight of a potted plant or a leafy shoot in a test tube as a result of transpiration
• Transpiration: Experiments related to transpiration-(b) use of cobalt chloride paper to demonstrate unequal rate of transpiration in a dorsiventral leaf. Mechanism of stomatal transpiration on the basis of potassium ion exchange theory
• Transpiration: Adaptations in plants to reduce transpiration. A brief idea of guttation and bleeding
• Photosynthesis: The process and its importance to life in general; experiments to show the necessity of light, carbon dioxide, chlorophyll, formation of starch and release of oxygen; carbon cycle. The process and significance of photosynthesis
• Photosynthesis: The internal structure of chloroplast to be explained to give an idea of the site of light and dark reactions. Opening and closing of stomata based on potassium ion exchange theory
• Photosynthesis: Overall balanced chemical equation to represent photosynthesis. Introduction of the terms "photochemical" for light phase and "biosynthetic" for dark phases
• Photosynthesis: Light reaction-activation of chlorophyll followed by photolysis of water, release of O2, formation of ATP (photophosphorylation) and NADPH
• Photosynthesis: Dark reaction-only combination of hydrogen released by NADP with CO2 to form glucose. (detailed equations are not required). Adaptations in plants for photosynthesis
• Photosynthesis: Experiments with regard to the factors essential for photosynthesis; emphasis on destarching and the steps involved in starch test. A diagrammatic representation of “carbon cycle”

Biology: Unit 03

• Circulatory system: Blood and lymph, the structure and working of the heart, blood vessels, circulation of blood (only names of the main blood vessels entering and leaving the heart, liver and kidney will be required). Lymphatic system
• Circulatory system: Composition of blood (structure and functions of RBC, WBC, and platelets). Brief idea of tissue fluid and lymph. Increase in efficiency of mammalian red blood cells due to absence of certain organelles; reasons for the same
• Circulatory system: A brief idea of blood coagulation. Structure and working of the heart along with names of the main blood vessels entering and leaving the heart, the liver, and the kidney. Concept of systole and diastole; concept of double circulation
• Circulatory system: Brief idea of pulse and blood pressure. Blood vessels: Artery, vein and capillary to be explained with the help of diagrams to bring out the relationship between their structure and function
• Circulatory system: Brief idea of the lymphatic organs: Spleen and tonsils. ABO blood group system, Rh factor. Significance of the hepatic portal system
• Excretory system: A brief introduction to the excretory organs; parts of the urinary system; structure and function of the kidneys; blood vessels associated with kidneys; structure and function of nephron
• Excretory system: A brief idea of different excretory organs in the human body. External and internal structure of the kidney
• Excretory system: Parts of the urinary system along with the blood vessels entering and leaving the kidney; functions of various parts of the urinary system (emphasis on diagram with correct labelling)
• Excretory system: A general idea of the structure of a kidney tubule/ nephron
• Excretory system: A brief idea of ultra-filtration (emphasis on the diagram of malpighian capsule); selective reabsorption and tubular secretion in relation to the composition of blood plasma and urine formed
• Nervous system: Structure of neuron; central, autonomous, and peripheral nervous system (in brief); brain and spinal cord; reflex action and how it differs from voluntary action
• Nervous system: Sense organs-eye: Structure, functions, defects, and corrective measures: Ear-parts and functions of the ear
• Nervous system: Parts of a neuron. Various parts of the external structure of the brain and its primary parts: Medulla oblongata, cerebrum, cerebellum, thalamus, hypothalamus and pons; their functions
• Nervous system: Reference to the distribution of white and gray matter in brain, and spinal cord. Voluntary and involuntary actions-meaning with examples. Diagrammatic explanation of the reflex arc, showing the pathway from receptor to effector
• Nervous system: A brief idea of the peripheral and autonomic nervous system in regulating body activities. Differences between natural and acquired reflex. External and internal structure and functions of the eye and ear, and their various parts
• Nervous system: A brief idea of stereoscopic vision, adaptation and accommodation of eye. Defects of the eye (myopia, hyperopia hypermetropia, presbyopia, astigmatism and cataract) and corrective measures (diagrams included for myopia and hyperopia only)
• Nervous system: The course of perception of sound in human ear. Role of ear in maintaining balance of the body
• Endocrine system: General study of the following glands-adrenal, pancreas, thyroid and pituitary. Endocrine and exocrine glands. Differences between endocrine and exocrine glands. Exact location and shape of the endocrine glands in the human body
• Endocrine system: Hormones secreted by the following glands-pancreas: Insulin and glucagon; thyroid: Only thyroxin; adrenal gland: Cortical hormones and adrenaline; pituitary: Growth hormone, tropic hormones, ADH and oxytocin
• Endocrine system: Effects of hypo secretion and hyper secretion of hormone. A brief idea of feedback mechanism with reference to TSH

Commercial studies: Unit 01

• Meaning of stakeholder, types: Internal (shareholder, employee and employer-meaning of each) and external stakeholders (supplier, creditor, government and society-meaning of each); differences between internal and external stakeholders
• Expectations of employers (owners and managers), employees, creditors, and suppliers, government and society from a commercial organization

Commercial studies: Unit 02

• Marketing: Meaning and objectives of marketing. Difference between marketing and sales
• Product and service: Meaning and difference between a product and a service (with examples)
• Pricing: Meaning and objectives
• Advertising and sales promotion: Advertising-meaning, importance of advertising; merits and demerits, difference between advertising and publicity. Advertising agency; meaning and functions only, social advertising media-concept and examples only
• Advertising and sales promotion: Sales promotion-meaning and techniques; difference between advertising and sales promotion
• Consumer protection: Consumer protection act (1986); features of the act, rights of a consumer, consumer exploitation; meaning and types, importance of consumer awareness
• E-commerce: Introduction and benefits over traditional methods of transactions, e-tailing, e-advertising, e-marketing and e-security (meaning only). ERP and its modules (brief concept)

Commercial studies: Unit 03

• Capital and revenue: Capital and revenue receipts, capital and revenue expenditure (meaning, difference and examples) deferred revenue expenditure (meaning and examples)
• Final accounts of sole proprietorship: Meaning and preparation of trading account, profit and loss account, and balance sheet based on the given trial balance with the adjustment of closing stock only
• Final accounts of sole proprietorship: Preparation of manufacturing account, profit and loss on sale of assets, intangible and fictitious assets, prepaid and accrued expenses, and incomes are excluded)
• Sources of finance: (I) Capital market-meaning and functions of capital market. (II) Sources of raising capital-long term: Meaning of shares (types; preference and equity) and debentures, differences between the two
• Sources of finance: (II) Sources of raising capital-short term: Loans from commercial banks (cash credit, overdraft, discounting of bills-meaning only)

Commercial studies: Unit 04

• Central bank: Meaning and functions, difference between the central bank and commercial banks
• Internet banking: Modes of transferring money/ net banking: NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, mobile wallets: Meaning only. ATM, credit and debit cards-meaning and difference, caution to be taken while using these cards
• Financial fraudulent practices: Credit card fraud, false accounting, insurance fraud, intellectual property fraud, internet and cyber fraud. A brief understanding of these types of financial fraud

Economics: Unit 01

• Factors of production: Land, labour, capital and entrepreneur-their impact on the production structure in an economy
• Factors of production: (I) Land-meaning and characteristics, productivity of land-meaning only; factors affecting productivity of land
• Factors of production: (II) Labour-meaning and characteristics; division of labour: Meaning, type and advantages; efficiency of labour; meaning, reasons for low efficiency of Indian labour
• Factors of production: (III) Capital-meaning and characteristics and types: Physical and financial capital-meaning with examples; capital formation; meaning, process of capital formation; need for capital formation
• Factors of production: (IV) Entrepreneur-meaning, functions and role of entrepreneur in economic development

Economics: Unit 02

• Meaning and concept of demand and supply
• Determinants of demand and supply
• Meaning of demand and supply; the concept of demand, types of demand, and concept of supply to be explained (with examples)
• Determinants of demand and supply are to be specified

Economics: Unit 03

• Money: A basic understanding of the inconvenience of the barter system and the evolution of money; legal definition of money; functions of money: Medium of exchange, measure of value; standard of deferred payment, store of value
• Commercial banks: Meaning and functions. Meaning. Functions of commercial banks: Accepting deposits (a brief understanding of the types of deposits); advancing loans (a brief understanding of the types of loans, methods of advancing loans)
• Commercial banks: Credit creation (a brief understanding of credit creation on the basis of primary and derivative deposits)
• Central bank: Meaning. Functions of central bank: Monopoly of note issue; bankers bank; banker, agent, and advisor to the government; custodian of foreign exchange; lender of the: Last resort: A brief understanding of the functions
• Demonetisation: A brief understanding
• Public finance: (a) Meaning of public finance, (b) sources of public revenue: Tax revenue. Direct tax (meaning, merits and demerits); indirect tax (meaning, merits and demerits); difference between direct and indirect taxes
• Public finance: (b) Sources of public revenue-goods and services tax (GST)-meaning and objectives; progressive, proportional, regressive and degressive taxes-meaning only. Non-tax revenue: Meaning with examples
• Public finance: (c) Public expenditure-meaning of public expenditure, revenue and capital expenditure with examples; reason for growth of public expenditure in India
• Public finance: (d) Public debt-meaning and types of public debts

Economics: Unit 04

• Inflation: Meaning of the above
• Stages of inflation: Creeping, walking, running, and hyper-meaning only

Economics: Unit 05

• Consumer exploitation and consumer awareness: Meaning of consumer exploitation; a brief understanding of the forms of consumer exploitation; reasons for exploitation of consumers in India-a brief understanding. Meaning of consumer awareness
• Consumer rights and duties: A brief understanding of the above. COPRA-meaning and features; RTI-meaning and significance
• Food adulteration: Meaning and harmful effects
• Technical and administrative measures for consumer protection: A brief understanding of-public distribution system (PDS); bureau of Indian standards (BIS); AGMARK, ECOMARK

Computer application: Unit 01

• Introduction to object oriented programming concepts, elementary concept of objects and classes, values and data types, operators in java, input in java, mathematical library methods, conditional constructs in java, iterative constructs in java
• Nested for loops

Computer application: Unit 02

• Objects and classes: Objects encapsulate state and behaviour-numerous examples; member variables; attributes or features. Variables define state; member methods; operations/ methods/ messages/ methods define behaviour
• Objects and classes: Classes as abstractions for sets of objects; class as an object factory; primitive data types, composite data types. Variable declarations for both types; difference between the two types. Objects as instances of a class
• Objects and classes: Consider real life examples for explaining the concept of class and object

Computer application: Unit 03

• Need of methods, syntax of methods, forms of methods, method definition, method calling, method overloading, declaration of methods, ways to define a method
• Ways to invoke the methods-call by value (with programs) and call by reference (only definition with an example), object creation-invoking the methods with respect to use of multiple methods with different names to implement modular programming
• Using data members and member methods, actual parameters and formal parameters, declaration of methods-static and non-static, method prototype/ signature, pure and impure methods
• Pass by value (with programs) and pass by reference (only definition with an example), returning values from the methods, use of multiple methods and more than one method with the same name (polymorphism-method overloading)

Computer application: Unit 04

• Definition of constructor, characteristics, types of constructors, use of constructors, constructor overloading
• Default constructor, parameterized constructor, constructor overloading, difference between constructor and method

Computer application: Unit 05

• Introduction to wrapper classes, methods of wrapper class and their usage with respect to numeric and character data types
• Autoboxing and unboxing in wrapper classes
• Class as a composite type, distinction between primitive data type and composite data type or class types
• Class may be considered as a new data type created by the user, that has its own functionality
• The distinction between primitive and composite types should be discussed through examples
• Show how classes allow user defined types in programs
• All primitive types have corresponding class wrappers
• Introduce autoboxing and unboxing with their definition and simple example
• The following methods are to be covered: Int parse int (string s), long parse long (string s), float parse float (string s), double parse double (string s), Boolean is digit (char ch), Boolean is letter (char ch), Boolean is letter or digit (char ch)
• The following methods are to be covered: Boolean is lower case (char ch), Boolean is upper case (char ch), Boolean is white space (char ch), char to lower case (char ch) char to upper case (char ch)

Computer application: Unit 06

• Definition of an array, types of arrays, declaration, initialization, and accepting data of single dimensional array, accessing the elements of single dimensional array
• Arrays and their uses, sorting technique-bubble sort; search technique-linear search, array as a composite type, length statement to find the size ofthe array (sorting and searching techniques using single dimensional array only)

Computer application: Unit 07

• String class, methods of string class; the following string class methods are to be covered: String trim (), string to lowercase (), string to uppercase (), int length (), char char at (int n), int index of (char ch), int last index of (char ch)
• The following string class methods are to be covered: String concat (string str), Boolean equals (string str), Boolean equals ignorecase (string str), int compare to (string str), int compare to ignore case (string str)
• The following string class methods are to be covered: String replace (char old char, char new char) string substring (int begin index), string substring (int begin index, intend index) boolean starts with (string str), boolean ends with (string str)
• The following string class methods are to be covered: String value of (all types), only syntax, purpose, working examples with output

Economics application: Unit 01

• Demand and supply; law of demand and supply, demand and supply schedule and curve (both individual and market); movement and shift of the demand and supply curve; determinants of demand and supply; exceptions to the law of demand
• Meaning of demand and supply
• A basic understanding of the law of demand and supply in which demand and supply schedules are to be used to explain the demand and supply curves
• The individual demand and supply curves must be distinguished from market demand and supply curves
• Determinants of demand and supply are to be specified
• Exceptions to the law of demand are to be discussed
• Elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply: Meaning and types

Economics application: Unit 02

• Factors of production: Land, labour, capital, and entrepreneur
• Land: Meaning and characteristics, functions and its importance
• Labour: Meaning and characteristics. Division of labour-meaning, efficiency of labour-meaning, reasons for low efficiency of Indian labour
• Capital: Meaning, types and characteristics. Capital formation-meaning
• Entrepreneur: Meaning and functions

Economics application: Unit 03

• Nature and structure of markets: Perfectly competitive market, monopoly market, monopolistically competitive market, concept of product differentiation
• The main features of the following market structures are to be discussed in the context of present business scenario: Perfectly competitive market, monopoly market, monopolistically competitive market

Economics application: Unit 04

• Instruments of state intervention-fiscal policy
• The meaning of fiscal policy
• Direct and indirect taxes (meaning), types of taxes (progressive, regressive, proportional and degressive-meaning with examples

Economics application: Unit 05

• Money: Meaning; inflation-meaning, effects of inflation on the functioning of the economy (in brief)
• Banking: Commercial banks-functions; central bank-functions; quantitative and qualitative credit control measures adopted by RBI

Commercial application: Unit 01

• Definition of markets and marketing-with examples from consumer goods, consumer services: A clear understanding of markets (wherever a buy and sell takes place is a market)
• Definition of markets and marketing-with examples from consumer goods, consumer services: Examples of non-traditional markets such as catalogues, direct sales, telemarkets, etc. Definition and stages of marketing
• Difference between a product and a service (with examples): With service becoming important, the distinctions between products and services must be clearly understood
• Understanding 4 'P's-product, price, place and promotion: Product life-cycle, pricing strategies such as skimming, penetration, parity, cost plus, place-distribution channels, promotional strategies, concept of advertising, direct selling, publicity
• Advertising and brand promotion: Definition, concept and types of advertising. Definition of brand, how to bring about brand promotion
• Sales and the selling process, including the difference between marketing and sales; qualities of a good salesman

Commercial application: Unit 02

• Principles of financial accounting and reporting: A simple understanding of receipt and payment account, income and expenditure account, balance sheet. Concept of balance sheet
• Banking: Functions of the central bank and commercial banks, types of accounts and banking transactions. Function of commercial banks and central bank

Commercial application: Unit 03

• Importance of human resource in a commercial organization: Role of human resources in any organization. Functions of human resources
• Commonly used methods of recruitment, selection and training: Definition, types and methods of recruitment, selection and training

Commercial application: Unit 04

• Consumer education: Consumer rights, making correct choices while buying different items; food adulteration
• Understanding the importance of educating consumers of their rights-awareness of food adulteration and its harmful effects

Environmental science: Unit 01

• From domestic combustion: Reducing pollution from domestic cooking; clean cooking-kerosene as a desirable cooking fuel in rural areas
• From industries: Measures for controlling industrial air pollution-technological measures (energy efficient devices, clean technologies), meteorological controls; zoning strategy; penalties and subsidies; case study: The Taj trapezium
• From vehicles: Vehicle emission control-modify engine design (catalytic converters, four stroke engines), clean fuels, public transport options, traffic management, economic policy measures

Environmental science: Unit 02

• The link between growing population and environmental degradation: UN’s population projections for 2050, the climate link, the choice of alternative futures. Growing population in the developing countries and rising consumption in the developed countries
• Strategies for controlling growth of population: Strategies to include family planning and birth control, health care, education, economic development; women-centered human development

Environmental science: Unit 03

• Urbanisation-a challenge to the future: Sustainable cities: the need of the hour
• Planning environmental improvement: Efficient land use, planning energy, shelter and transport; water supply management, wastewater and sanitary waste management, construction activities
• Rural development to counter migration
• Development of secondary cities to counter migration
• Community participation: Community participation in keeping surroundings clean

Environmental science: Unit 04

• Conserving soil: Erosion control techniques-terracing, contour ploughing, dry farming, tree planting, bunds, gullies, wind-breaks, use of organic fertilizers
• Conserving soil: Soil conservation techniques-land-use management, vegetative and mechanical practices, conserving soil and water together; appropriate cropping systems-cropping patterns (strip cropping), tree crops, and foliage crops
• Role of women and community in conservation
• Combating deforestation: Reforestation, energy plantations, forest harvesting of non-timber forest products, exploring alternative sources of livelihood, change in consumption patterns
• Alternatives to timber: Recycling of timber and paper

Environmental science: Unit 05

• Sustainable agriculture: Integrated pest management-understanding the term, aims, advantages, disadvantages. Genetically modified organisms, application inplants and animals and environmental risks
• Sustainable agriculture: New crop strains-high yielding varieties and their viability, hybrid varieties. Mixed cropping-advantages and disadvantages
• Sustainable agriculture: Regenerative farming techniques-intercropping, crop rotation, agro forestry,social forestry, polyvarietal cultivation and polyculture. Conservation tillage farming-meaning of conservation tillage, advantages and disadvantages
• Sustainable agriculture: Trickle drip irrigation-need for a trickle drip irrigation system; operation of a drip irrigation system; advantages and disadvantages
• Sustainable agriculture: New organic fertilizers-integrated nutrient supply programme, organic fertilizers-bulky organic manures, green manures, bio-fertilizers, and sewage sludge. Gene banks-what are gene banks; objectives of maintaining gene banks
• Problem of global food security, food aid: Global food imbalance, distributional inequality; role of food aid in achieving global food security

Environmental science: Unit 06

• Biodiversity at risk due to human actions: Reasons for loss of biodiversity; man-the super consumer: Impact of his actions on the earth’s resources; reasons for concern: Economic, ecological and aesthetic
• Conserving our genetic resource: In-situ and ex-situ. In-situ-wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and biosphere reserves. Ex-situ-zoological parks, botanical gardens, gene banks in agricultural research centres and forestry institutions
• Conservation strategies at national and international levels: Wildlife (protection) act, 1972, project tiger 1973, IUCN, the Ramsar convention on wetlands, 1971, CITES, the convention on biological diversity

Environmental science: Unit 07

• Nuclear energy: Nuclear fission, advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy; safety concerns (the Chernobyl disaster); nuclear fusion
• A sustainable energy future: Energy conservation; alternative energy sources-solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectricity, geothermal energy, biomass, liquid fuels from biomass-methanol, ethanol, gasohol, CNG, hydrogen

Environmental science: Unit 08

• Solid waste: The throw away society. Solid waste, biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials; where does the trash go-landfills and incinerators
• Solid waste: Options for the future. Producing less waste, reusing, recycling, composting, vermiculture, biotechnology; finding alternatives to materials we use

Environmental science: Unit 09

• Role of multinational corporations: Definition of MNCs, their contribution to development and debatable contribution to environment; case study-Bhopal gas tragedy; measures to regulate activities of MNCs in developing countries

Environmental science: Unit 10

• International cooperation: The Montreal protocol; the global environmental facility (GEF) support; the Earth summit, UN’s international conference on population and development (Cairo); the Kyoto treaty
• Sustainable development: The concept of sustainable development, sustainable development and developed countries; sustainable development and developing countries
• Technology that sustains: Satellite imagery as a means of monitoring the global environment: Satellite remote sensing, advantages in collecting environmental data, applying data in areas of environmental damage as deforestation, desertification
• Technology that sustains: Satellite imagery as a means of monitoring the global environment: Land degradation, wastelands, mining, ozone layer depletion and predicting droughts and floods
• Technology that sustains: The concept of alternate technology, adopting alternate technology to create self-sustaining societies in the developed and developing world

Home science: Unit 01

• Colour and its application: Dimensions of colour-hue, value and intensity. Prang colour wheel (primary, secondary, and tertiary colours). Colour schemes-related (monochromatic/ one hue colour, analogous/ adjacent)
• Colour and its application: Contrasting (complimentary, double complimentary, split complementary and triad) colour schemes and their applications in the home-living room, bed room, dining room and kitchen
• Lighting in the home: Types of lighting (general/ local and direct/ indirect), choice of adequate lighting for different rooms
• Space organization in the kitchen: Layout and planning of kitchens. An introduction to the design of kitchen space with respect to placement of work centres for preparation, cooking, washing
• Space organization in the kitchen: Service and storage for the most efficient utilization of space and saving time and energy

Home science: Unit 02

• Importance of budgeting and savings: Role of budgeting in the efficient management of money. Steps in making a budget and factors affecting a budget
• Importance of budgeting and savings: An understanding of how budgeting helps in proper planning and judicious utilization of available resources. Need for saving, ways and means of saving
• Fundamentals of banking: Opening and operating a bank account, types of deposit accounts: Savings, recurring, current and fixed deposit account, withdrawal and deposit of cash and cheque, writing a cheque, maintaining a passbook and use of ATM

Home science: Unit 03

• Milestones of development: An introduction to the changes in growth and development that take place between 5-12 years of age with respect to physical, social, emotional development in children between five and twelve years of age

Home science: Unit 04

• Hygiene and personal grooming during adolescence: Awareness on issues such as body odour, appearance of facial and body hair, acne, pimples for both boys and girls
• Emotional concerns and behavioural patterns of adolescents: Introduction to the importance of emotions in influencing physical well-being and behaviour; means of dealing with emotions, eating disorders-food fads, anorexia, bulimia and obesity
• Emotional concerns and behavioural patterns of adolescents: Significance of physical exercise
• Role of the family, peer group and school in the life of an adolescent: An introduction to the interaction of the family, peer group and school for the adolescent; issues of conflict between parental values and those of the peer group
• Role of the family, peer group and school in the life of an adolescent: Developing good communication skills with family and society

Home science: Unit 05

• Concept of balanced diet: Definition of a balanced diet, basic five food groups and their nutritional contribution in the diet. Meal planning for the family: Planning of balanced meals keeping in mind the factors and food groups
• Hygienic handling and storage of food-household methods of preservation of food: Food hygiene at different stages-during purchasing, storage, preparation and serving. Storage of food-perishables, semi-perishables and non-perishables
• Hygienic handling and storage of food-household methods of preservation of food: Household methods of preservation of food-sun drying, freezing, use of salt, sugar, spices, oil and chemical preservatives

Home science: Unit 06

• Laundering of clothes: Steps involved in household methods of laundering of cotton, silk, wool and synthetics

Home science: Unit 07

• Meaning and need for consumer education: Role of consumer education in preparing children to be well informed consumers
• Consumer rights and responsibilities: Awareness of consumer rights as mentioned in consumer protection act, 1986; making them aware that rights and responsibilities will go hand in hand
• Food adulteration: Definition and health hazards of common food adulterants-metanil yellow, argemone seeds, kesari dal (lathyrus sativus)

Cookery: Unit 01

• Choice and cost of seasonal foods: Detailed study of food guides for proper selection and the use of seasonal foods to ensure good nutrition. Advantages of seasonal foods-during season, foods are rich in nutrients and of low cost
• Choice and cost of seasonal foods: Is the cost of foods related to their nutritional values?. Suggestion of cheaper substitutes for expensive food items, e.g. green leafy vegetables, amla, guava etc
• Choice and purchase of perishables, semi-perishables and non-perishables and their hygienic storage: Economical shopping-shopping at supermarkets, wholesale outlets, retail shops, street vendors-merits and demerits
• Choice and purchase of perishables, semi-perishables and non-perishables and their hygienic storage: Provision for hygienic storage of perishables
• Choice and purchase of perishables, semi-perishables and non-perishables and their hygienic storage: Semi-perishables and non-perishables and use of minimum resources for maximum benefit in limited food budgets
• Use of convenient foods, such as tinned, packed, frozen and processed foods: Merits and demerits of using convenience foods in diets; factors for selection of foodS-variety and labour and time saving
• Use of convenient foods, such as tinned, packed, frozen and processed foods: Reading labels of packed convenient foods for brand name, trademark, shelf life, dates of manufacture and expiry
• Use of convenient foods, such as tinned, packed, frozen and processed foods: Food standard/ quality marks such as ISI, FPO and Agmark for right choice of foods
• Use of convenient foods, such as tinned, packed, frozen and processed foods: Encouraging the use of convenience foods sparingly and use more of fresh seasonal foods for obtaining good nutrient values and avoiding preservatives in diets

Cookery: Unit 02

• Objectives of meal planning: Importance of factors like balanced diet (age, gender, occupation and health status), climatic conditions, choosing nutritionally rich but economical foods within the five food groups, storage space
• Objectives of meal planning: Seasonal variations in the diets
• Psychological aspects of food planning: Likes and dislikes, state of mind due to stress, food fads, traditional and cultural influences on meal planning. Planning meals for festivals, special occasions and unexpected visitors
• Planning meals for various age groups: Planning balanced meals according to ICMR nutrient allowances for pre-school, school going children, special needs of adolescents and the elderly, pregnant and lactating women

Cookery: Unit 03

• Definition of diet therapy, reasons for using therapeutic diets, and types of therapeutic diets: Brief foundation on dietetics and diet therapy; types of diets-liquid, semi-liquid, solid and soft
• Definition of diet therapy, reasons for using therapeutic diets, and types of therapeutic diets: Treating illnesses through diets at home under the proper guidance of a medical practitioner/ nutritionist
• Definition of diet therapy, reasons for using therapeutic diets, and types of therapeutic diets: Efforts are to be made to incorporate variety and ingenuity through a discussion on various sample diets
• Obesity-causes and diet therapy: Factors leading to obesity, role of proper dieting habits, right choice of food, exercise and proper meal pattern. Significance of diet counselling
• Planning meals for the invalids and convalescents: Role of diets in treating illnesses such as fever, anaemia, diarrhea, hypertension anddiabetes
• Planning meals for the invalids and convalescents: Suggestions for modification in diets for invalids and convalescents, keeping in mind the health status, likes and dislikes and cultural habits

Cookery: Unit 04

• Types of kitchen and work centres: Types of kitchen layouts-one wall, two wall, U-shaped, broken U-shaped and L-shaped kitchens; modular kitchen; detailed study on the four main work centres-preparation, cooking, washing, and serving
• Types of kitchen and work centres: Knowledge of the basic requirements of the planned kitchen layouts, fixtures, equipments and inter-space relationship to provide efficient utilisation of space and to avoid fatigue
• Factors to be considered while planning a kitchen: Contribution of proper lighting, water supply, ventilation, ceiling, floor, walls, storage fixtures and other necessary cooking items for convenient, comfortable and labour saving kitchen features
• Factors to be considered while planning a kitchen: Use of work simplification techniques
• Safety in kitchen: Use of proper materials for floors and walls, avoiding sharp edges on counters and proper storage for equipments, especially for sharp instruments like knives

Cookery: Unit 05

• General cleanliness of kitchen: Regular (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly/ seasonal) cleaning, ways and the materials to be used for maintaining kitchen hygiene, especially on the floors and the storage places
• Household pests: Care of food from food polluters such as cockroaches, ants, lizards and rodents, careful use of insecticide and pesticides at home. The topic creates an awareness of cleanliness within the kitchen and outside
• Household pests: Aiming for a cleaner and safer environment during food preparations and storage

Cookery: Unit 06

• Basic equipment for food preparation and cooking: Detailed study of materials used in cooking utensils, cutting devices, and stirring equipments-selection and care of pressure cookers and pans, microwave oven, non-stick cookware, plastic-ware
• Basic equipment for food preparation and cooking: Microwave-proof cookware. Precautions to be followed while using them to maintain cleanliness and maximum safety in the kitchen

Fashion designing: Unit 01

Fashion designing: Unit 02

• Knowledge of figure measurements, awareness of figure problems, layouts and the sequence or processes in assembling garments
• Methods of pressing

Fashion designing: Unit 03

Physical education: Unit 01

• Growth and development: Meaning of growth and development and difference between the two. A brief understanding of the stages: Infancy (0 to 5 years), childhood (5 to 12 years), adolescence (12 to 19 years), adulthood (19 to 65 years and above)
• Factors that influence human growth and development: Hereditary, environmental, gender, nationality, nutrition

Physical education: Unit 02

• Meaning of physical education
• Objectives of physical education: Physical development, psychological development, social development, emotional development

Physical education: Unit 03

• Endomorph, mesomorph, ectomorph

Physical education: Unit 04

• Meaning of physical fitness and its importance
• Components of physical fitness: Cardiovascular/ respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy
• Factors affecting physical fitness: Hereditary, nutrition, environment, training (facilities and methods), illness, self-motivation, emotional stability, lifestyle, posture

Physical education: Unit 05

• Meaning of sports training
• Importance of sports training and its objectives: Builds up strength and endurance, improves skill levels, builds motivation, ambition and confidence, improves knowledge of the their sport, increases muscle tone, facilitates good circulation
• Importance of sports training and its objectives: Improves agility and flexibility, improves the rate of waste product disposal, speedsup recovery time, more resistant to injury and illness, improves concentration, increases self-esteem
• Principles of sports training: Individuality, specificity, progression, overload, adaptation, recovery, reversibility, variance, frequency, continuity, active participation, periodization, intensity

Physical education: Unit 06

• Sports related injuries: Muscle strain/ pulled muscle, torn ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), torn MCL (medial collateral ligament), shin splints, stress fracture, fracture, plantar fasciitis, sprained ankle, tennis elbow, low back pain
• Sports related injuries: Hip bursitis, concussion, achilles tendonitis, Runner's knee
• Prevention of injuries: Warming up and cooling down to be done; fitness of the participant; use of correct equipment and maintaining equipment; proper knowledge of rules of the game/ sport; wearing the recommended protective gear
• Prevention of injuries: Importance of resting between workouts; supervision of coach/ teacher; proper training of skills and techniques; safe facilities

Physical education: Unit 07

• Knowledge of the game
• Rules of the game: The field of play-diagram of the cricket field and pitch with measurements and specifications; the ball (shape, material, circumference, weight); the bat (length, width, material); stumps and bails (height, width)
• Rules of the game: The players (number of players-playing eleven and substitutes); substitutions; the players’ equipment; compulsory equipment; types of matches (one day, five days, four days and T20)
• Rules of the game: Officials and their duties (2 field umpires, 1 third umpire, 1 match referee and 2 scorers); the ball in and out of play; ways of a batsman getting out
• Fundamental skills and technique: Batting (on drive, off drive, square cut and legglance); fielding (close catching, catching 'in the outfield', long barrier and throwing); bowling (in swing, out swing, yorker and fulltoss)
• Fundamental skills and technique: Wicket-keeping (footwork, catching the ball, and diving)
• Associated terminology: Maiden over, Hat trick, extra, dead rubber, seam bowling, over, no ball, bouncer, sight screen, bump ball, danger area, power play, overthrow, declaration, appeal, bodyline bowling, dot ball, substitute, dead ball
• Associated terminology: Ball-tampering, century, follow-on, golden duck, nick, night watchman, tailender, pull shot,B innings defeat, cover drive, innings, straight drive, sweep shot, hook shot, reverse sweep, upper cut, late cut, leg glance, pull shot
• Associated terminology: Flick shot, beamer, off cutter, leg cutter, short pitch, full length delivery, reverse swing
• National and international governing bodies of cricket: BCCI-Board of control for cricket in India, ICC-International cricket council
• National and international tournaments: National tournament-Ranji trophy, Duleep trophy, Vijay Hazare trophy, Deodhar trophy, Irani trophy, Indian premier league
• National and international tournaments: International tournaments-ICC cricket world cup, ICC champions trophy, ICC world T20, world cricket league

Physical education: Unit 08

• Knowledge of the game
• Laws of the game: The field of play-diagram of the field with measurements and specifications, height and width of goal post, height of corner flags. The ball: Shape, material, circumference, weight, air pressure
• Laws of the game: The players-number of players (playing eleven and substitutes), number of substitutions allowed in a match, substitution procedure. The players’ equipment, compulsory equipment
• Laws of the game: The referee-powers and duties, compulsory equipment, referee signals. Other match officials: Assistant referees-duties and signals; fourth official: Duties; additional assistant referee: Duties; reserve assistant referee: Duties
• Laws of the game: The duration of the match-periods of play, half- time interval, allowance for time lost, penalty kick, abandoned match
• Laws of the game: The start and restart of play-kick-off and its procedure (start, both halves, both halves of extra time and restarts play after a goal), free kicks and its procedure (direct and indirect), penalty kicks and its procedure
• Laws of the game: The start and restart of play-throw-in and its procedure, goal kicks and its procedure, corner kicks and its procedure
• Laws of the game: The ball in and out of play-determining the outcome of a match: Goal scored, winning team, kicks from the penalty mark offside: Offside position, offside offence, no offence
• Laws of the game: Fouls and msconduct-direct free kick, indirect free kick, disciplinary action (yellow card and red card), restart of play after fouls and misconduct
• Fundamental skills and technique: Passing (short pass and long pass); trapping (steptrap inside trap, thigh trap, chest trap and head trap); shooting (instep, swerve shot, chip and toe punt); dribbling; receiving; heading; tackle; goal keeping
• Terminology: Advantage, zonal marking, sliding tackle, through pass, quarter circle, man to man marking, additional time, extra time, nutmeg, one-on-one, stepover, technical area, volley, half volley, attacker, defender, chip, cross, overlap, lob
• Terminology: Banana kick, bicycle kick, wall pass, goal line technology (GLT)
• National and International governing bodies: AIFF-All India football federation, FIFA-Federation internationale de football associationI, FAB-International football association board
• National and international tournaments: National tournaments-Santosh trophy, Subroto cup, Federation cup, Durand Cup, I-league international tournaments: FIFA world cup, UEFA European championship, AFC cup

Physical education: Unit 09

• Knowledge of the game
• Rules of the game: Field of play-diagram of the field with measurements and specifications. Composition of teams: Number of players, substitution rule for field players and goalkeepers. Captains: Identity and responsibility
• Rules of the game: Players’ clothing and equipment-uniform and equipment of field players, goal keepers. Match and result: Duration of the match and halftime, result of match
• Rules of the game: Start and re-start of the match-procedure of start (centre pass) and re-start (bully, free hit, second half). Ball outside the field: Procedure to re-start from different areas, side line, back line, after every goal method of scoring
• Rules of the game: Conduct of play-players, goal keepers and players with goal keeping privileges; umpires (Responsibilities of umpires)
• Rules of the game: Penalties and procedures for taking penalties: Awarding-free hit, penalty corner and penalty stroke; procedures: free hit, penalty corner, penalty stroke
• Rules of the game: Personal penalties-cautions (verbal warning); temporary suspension: Green card-2 minutes suspension, yellow card-5 minutes suspension; permanent suspension (red card)
• Equipment specifications: Field equipment-goal-post: (side board, backboard and net); flag post. Hockey stick (specification and properties) ball: Shape, material, circumference, weight, colour
• Fundamental skills and technique: Passing (push, drive and sweep) trap (upright stop and flat stop). Dribbling (straight dribble, loose dribble, indian dribble, dribbling pull back, one hand dribble: Right hand and reverse side). Shooting, goal keeping
• Terminology: Forehand, playing distance, tackle, back stick, dangerous play, field goal, obstruction, raised ball, high stick, hooking, reverse stick, push, scoop, advantage flick, high ball, shooting circle, under cutting, jab, foot, give and-go
• Terminology: Carry the ball, centre pass, back pass, reverse hit, rebound, rusher, long corner, through pass, stroke, cross, 16-yard hit
• National and international governing bodies: FIH-Fédération internationale de hockey (French), IHF-Indian hockey federation
• National and international tournaments: National tournaments-All India Gurmeet memorial hockey tounament. Chandigarh, All India Chhatrapati Shivaji hockey tournament. Delhi, All India Indira gold cup hockey tournament, Jammu
• National and international tournaments: International tournaments-Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament, world hockey cup, champions trophy

Physical education: Unit 10

• Knowledge of the game
• Rules and regulations of the game: Court-diagram of the court with dimensions and specifications, meaning of court areas, lines, circle, semi-circle, position of the scorer' stable and substitution chairs. Equipment needed to conduct the game
• Rules and regulations of the game: Teams-definition, rules, players uniform injured players. Captain and coaches: Duties and powers, duration of play, playing time, tied score and extra periods. Status of the ball: Ball live, ball dead
• Rules and regulations of the game: Jump ball and alternating possession-jump ball: Definition, procedure and situations; alternating possession: Definition and procedure. How the ball is played: Definition and rule
• Rules and regulations of the game: Control of ball-definition, team control: Continues and ends. Goal: When made and its value, definition, rule of scoring. Throw-in, time-out, substitution: Definition, rules and procedures
• Rules and regulations of the game: Game lost by forfeit, default, violation: Rules and penalty. Player out of bounce and ball out of bounds: Definition and rule. Dribbling: Definition, a dribble starts, a dribble ends, rule for dribbling
• Rules and regulations of the game: Travelling-definition, pivot. Closely guarded player: Definition and rule. 3 seconds rule, 8 seconds rule, 24 seconds rule and procedure. Ball returned to backcourt: Definition, rule and penalty
• Rules and regulations of the game: Goaltending and interference-definition and rule; meaning and penalty of interference; penalty for the respective violations
• Rules and regulations of the game: Fouls-definition; personal foul, double foul-definition and penalty; technical foul: Rules of conduct, violence, definition and penalty; unsportsman like foul, disqualifying foul-definition and penalty
• Rules and regulations of the game: Fighting-definition, rule and penalty; penalty for the respective fouls; five fouls by a player; team fouls: Definition and rule. Contact: General principles-cylinder principle, principle of verticality
• Rules and regulations of the game: Contact-general principles: Legal guarding position, guarding a player who controls the ball, guarding a player who does not control the ball, a player who is in the air, screening (legal and illegal)
• Rules and regulations of the game: Contact-general principles: Charging, blocking, no charge semi-circle areas, contacting an opponent with the hand(s) or arm(s), holding, pushing. Free throws-definition, rule and penalty
• Rules and regulations of the game: Duties and powers of-officials, table officials and commissioner; referee; scorer and assistant scorer; timer; short clock operator
• Fundamental skills and technique: Dribbling (high dribble, change of pace, crossover, between the legs and behind the back), passing (chest pass, bounce pass, baseball pass, outlet pass and no-look pass)
• Fundamental skills and technique: Offence (early offence, set offence, motion offence, zone offence and spread offence). Rebounding (offensive and defensive), pivot
• Terminology: Drive, fake, fast break, blocking, charge, carry, screen, double dribble, travel, triple threat, ball handler, dead ball, front court, loose ball, held ball, dunk, field goal, alley-oop, back court, press, box out, double foul, jump stop
• Terminology: Timeout air ball, jump ball, game clock, block, possession arrow
• National and international governing bodies of basketball: BFI-Basketball federation of India, FIBA-Federation internationale de basketball
• National and international tournaments: National tournaments-Youth national basketball championships, federation cup basketball championship, UBAPro basketball league
• National and international tournaments: International tournaments-FIBA world championship, European basketball championship, FIBA Asia championship

Physical education: Unit 11

• Knowledge of the game
• Rules of the game: Playing area-diagram of the play area with measurements and specifications; diagram of net, antenna and posts with measurements and specifications. Ball: Shape, material, weight, circumference, air pressure. Composition of teams
• Rules of the game: Players equipment and forbidden objects. Team leaders: Responsibility of captain, coach and assistant coach. Playing format: To score a point, to win a set, to win the match
• Rules of the game: Structure of play-the toss, official warm-upsession, team starting line-up, positions and positional fault, rotation and rotation fault. States of play: Ball in play, ball out of play, ball "in", ball "out"
• Rules of the game: Playing the ball-team hits, characteristics of the hit, faults in playing the ball, ball at the net, ball crossing the net, ball touching the net, ball in the net
• Rules of the game: Player at the net-reaching beyond the net, penetration under the net, contact with the net, player's faults at the net. Service: First service in a set, service order, authorization of the service, execution of the service,
• Rules of the game: Service-screening, faults made during service, serving faults and positional faults. Attack hit: Characteristics, restrictions, faults. Block: Blocking, block contact, blocking within the opponent's space, block and team hit
• Rules of the game: Block-blocking the service, blocking faults. Interruptions, delays and intervals: Interruptions (meaning); number of regular game interruptions; sequence of regular game interruptions; request for regular game interruptions
• Rules of the game: Time-outs and technical time-outs. Exceptional game interruptions: Injury/ illness, external interference, prolonged interruptions. Substitution: Limitation, exceptional, expulsion/ disqualification, illegal, procedure
• Rules of the game: Substitution-improper request. Game delays: Types of delays, delay sanctions. Intervals and change of court. Libero player: Designation of the libero, equipment, actions involving the libero, re-designation of a new libero
• Rules of the game: Participants' conduct-sportsman like conduct, fair play. Misconduct and its sanctions: Minor misconduct, misconduct leading to sanction, sanction scale, cards used: Warning (verbal and yellow card); penalty (red card)
• Rules of the game: Cards used-expulsion (red plus yellow card jointly); disqualification (red plus yellow card separately). Referees: Composition, procedures, location, authority and responsibilities of: First referee, second referee, scorer
• Rules of the game: Referees-assistant scorer, line judges
• Fundamental Skills and Technique: Service (underhand, topspin, float, jump serve and Jump float). Pass (underarm pass and overhand pass). Set (overhead and bump)
• Fundamental Skills and Technique: Attack/ spike (backcourt, line and cross-court shot, dip, block-abuse, off-speed hit, quick hit, slide and double quick hit)
• Fundamental Skills and Technique: Block (single block, double block and triple block), dig
• Terminology: Back row attack, block assist, side out, blocking error, floater, two set, extension roll, free ball, Joust, overlapping, back set, carry, closing the block, ball down, quick set, serving zone, defence zone, attack zone, foot fault
• Terminology: Net violation, trap set, reading an opponent, cross-court attack
• National and International governing bodies of volleyball: VFI-Volleyball federation of India, FIVB-Federation international de volleyball
• National and international tournaments: National tournaments-Indian volleyball league, Federation cup, Poornima trophy, international tournaments: World championship, world cup volleyball, super challenge cup

Physical education: Unit 12

• Knowledge of the game
• Rules of the game: Court-diagram of the court with measurements and specifications, court equipment (posts and net). Shuttle: Dimensions and specifications, testing a shuttle for speed. Racket: Diagram of the racket with measurements and specifications
• Rules of the game: Toss-procedure. Scoring system. Change of ends. Service: Singles (serving and receiving courts); doubles: Serving and receiving courts, order of play and position on court, scoring and serving, sequence of serving. Service court errors
• Rules of the game: Lets. Shuttle not in play. Continuous play, misconduct and penalties. Officials duties and appeals: Referee, umpire, service judge, line judges
• Fundamental skills: Grip (forehand grip and backhand grip). Footwork. Serve (high serve, low serve, flick serve). Strokes (overhead forehand stroke, overhead backhand stroke, underarm forehand stroke and underarm back hand stroke)
• Fundamental skills: Shots (clearing/ lobbing, drop shots and smash)
• Terminology: Short serve, long serve, wide serve, service order, love, all, deuce, forecourt, mid-court, rear court, rally, set, rubber, lunge, clear lob, half smash, full smash, carry, baseline smash, drive, push shot, tumbling net shot, net kill
• Terminology: Net lift, hairpin net shot, alley, back alley, follow through, court, wood shot flick, bird, singles footwork base
• National and international governing bodies of badminton: BAI-Badminton association of India, BWF-Badminton world federation
• National and international tournaments: National tournaments-Indian open badminton championship, senior national badminton championship, international tournaments: World championship, Thomas cup

Hospital management: Unit 01

• Hospitality English, grooming basics, etiquette
• Basic terms-meeting and greeting guests, common phrases used in operational areas, polite speech
• Introduction to personal grooming, positive body language, attitude and confidence building-brief details of requirements of hospitality personnel
• Importance of etiquette for hospitality; guidelines for everyday living, important manners for everyday; importance of personal image-being friendly, courteous, knowledgeable, giving professional service

Hospital management: Unit 02

• Components of tourism, types of tourism
• Components of tourism-the four ‘A’s–attraction, accessibility, accommodation, amenities-meaning of each term with one example related to a specific place of tourism
• Types of tourism-an understanding of leisure, medical, education, religion, sports, business, and eco-tourism with examples

Hospital management: Unit 03

• Accommodation, departmental areas in hotels
• Unclassified (no star category) hotels, budget hotels, ecotels, heritage hotels, boutique hotels, star category hotels-general information with examples
• Departmental areas in hotels-operational levels FP, F and B, FO, AO, HR, sales and marketing-brief overview of function of each department

Hospital management: Unit 04

• Food production, food and beverage service, front office, accommodation operation
• Food hygiene (brief explanations of food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI), hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP)) and food groups, label reading, basic meal planning
• Identification of ten common kitchen equipment and brief discussion about the uses of each
• Food and beverage service-attributes and behavior of F&B personnel, familiarization of basic cutlery, crockery and glassware, common types of napkin folding like rose fold, pocket fold, fan fold, candle fold, heart fold and bowtie fold
• Discussion about formal and informal occasions with colour and material and their use
• Front office-types of hotel rooms (for example, single occupancy, double occupancy, suites in different categories of hotels), currencies and capitals
• Accommodation operations-care of clothing and brief descriptions of laundry services, safety and security (comparison between home and hotels with regards to fire, electricity and precautions to be taken based on SOPs and precautionary measures only)

Yoga: Unit 01

• The nervous system: The neuron, central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Role of yoga in maintaining the health of the nervous system
• The nervous system: The neuron-structure (cyton, axon, terminal branches, synapse, myelin sheath) and function (carry messages in the nervous system in the form of electrical impulses); kinds of neurons: Sensory, motor, association
• The nervous system: The neuron-nerves and ganglia: Definition only. The central nervous system: The brain-meninges, forebrain: Cerebrum (temporal, parietal, occipital, frontal) and diencephalon; midbrain
• The nervous system: The central nervous system-hindbrain (cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata). Location and basic function of each of the above parts. The spinal cord: Structure and function; reflex action: Simple reflex, conditioned reflex
• The nervous system: The peripheral nervous system-somatic nervous system: Cranial nerves and spinal nerves (the number of cranial and spinal nerves present in the nervous system and parasympathetic nervous body)
• The nervous system: The peripheral nervous system-the autonomic nervous system: Sympathetic system (location and function)
• The endocrine system: A study of the pituitary gland, the thyroid, the adrenal glands and the pancreas; role of yoga in maintaining the health of the endocrine glands
• The endocrine system: The above must be studied with respect to the following: Location, hormones secreted, effects of over-secretion and under secretion of hormones
• The endocrine system: How yoga helps to regulate the functioning of the endocrine glands and helps in achieving hormonal balance
• The circulatory system: Structure and functioning of the heart; disorders of the circulatory system; the lymphatic system; composition of blood; role of yoga in improving blood circulation
• The circulatory system: Heart-location, covering (pericardium), chambers of the heart, blood vessels entering and leaving the heart: Vena cava, aorta, pulmonary artery, the pulmonary vein; blood supply to the heart: Coronary arteries;
• The circulatory system: Heart-valves: Bicuspid, tricuspid, semilunar valves; circulation of blood in the heart: Systole and diastole; blood vessel types: Arteries, capillaries, veins, structure and function
• The circulatory system: Heart-some of the other main blood vessels-hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery and vein, renal artery and vein
• The circulatory system: Some disorders of the circulatory system-atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, angina: Definition of each disorder; composition of blood: Plasma, the liquid component of blood
• The circulatory system: Some disorders of the circulatory system-a brief description of the structure and functions of RBC, WBC and platelets disorders of the blood: Haemophilia, anaemia. (The types of WBCs and the blood groups need not be studied)
• The circulatory system: How yoga helps to improve blood circulation and hence enhances the body’s immunity
• The excretory system: Organs of excretion; parts of the excretory system; urine formation, disorders of the excretory system; role of yoga. Lungs, skin, and kidneys are the three organs of excretion
• The excretory system: Parts of the excretory system-the kidney, cortex and medulla; ureters; bladder; urethra. Disorders of the excretory system-kidney failure, gout, kidney stones; the dialysis machine: Meaning of each
• The excretory system: How the practice of yoga helps in maintaining the health of the excretory system and hence the elimination of waste from the body

Yoga: Unit 02

• Vyasa: Birth and early life; his birthday is celebrated as Guru Purnima; training under his father Rishi Parasara, his role as the grandfather of Pandavas and Kauravas, his son Shuka. Works-the Bhramasutras, the Mahabharata
• Vyasa: Works-Srimad Bhagvatam, the Puranas, Vyasa Bhashya
• Yagnavalkya: Birth and education, dynamics of his relationship with his guru Vaisampayana (growing disagreement between the two at the ashram, meet at mount Meru, King Supriya and the formation of the Krishna Yajurveda)
• Yagnavalkya: Relationship with Surya Bhagvan, King Janaka, Gargi and Maitreyi. Works-the Yajurvedas, the Brihadaryanka, and Bhramanas, yoga Yagnavalkya Samhita
• Narsi Mehta: Birth and early life, three miraculous events in his life. His teaching and contributions composition ‘Vaishnava Jan to..’
• Sri Ramana Maharishi: Birth and early life; his death experience which led to the all-consuming question for him, “who am I”? his travel to Thiruvannamalai; his enlightenment; setting up of the Ramana ashram
• Sri Ramana Maharishi: Granting his mother moksha at the time of her moving on. Teachings-self enquiry: Who am I? and his method of self-enquiry. Works-who am I, 5 hymns to Arunachala, 40 verses on reality

Yoga: Unit 03

• Samadhi pada: Chitta vrittis-definition of yoga. The different types of chitta vrittis: Klishta and aklishta; Pramana viparyaya vikalpa, nidra, smriti; ways to still the chitta vrittis-abhyasa and vairagya, Ishwar pranidhana, the pranava mantra
• Samadhi pada: Ways to still the chitta vrittis-the four virtues, pranayama (elongating the bahya kumbhak), heightened awareness of the senses, concentrating on a light beyond all sorrow
• Samadhi pada: Ways to still the chitta vrittis-contemplating and recollecting the experiences of dreams-filled or dreamless sleep during the waking state
• Samadhi pada: Obstacles-vyadhi, styana, samshaya, pramada, alasya, avirati, bhrantidarshana, alabdhahumikatva, anavasthi-tattva. Accompaniments of the obstacles: Dukha, daurmansya, angamejayatva and shvasa prashvasa
• Samadhi pada: Samadhi-definition and types of samadhis (sabeej, nirbeej, savitarka, nirvitarka, savichara, nirvichara)
• Sadhana pada: Kriya yoga, kleshas, cause of pain: Identification of the seer (drashtu) with the seen
• Sadhana pada: Kaivalya-destruction of ignorance through right knowledge breaks the link between the seer and the seen and leads to liberation or kaivalya (refer to sutra 2.25, the students need not learn the sutra); ashtang yoga
• Sadhana pada: Pratipaksha bhavanam (refer to sutra 2.33)
• Vibhuti pada: Concept and definition of samyama, study of the following objects of samyama and the powers attained: Distinguishing marks on another man’s body, qualities of friendliness and compassion
• Vibhuti pada: Study of the following objects of samyama and the powers attained-strength such as that of an elephant, the sun, the moon, the pole star, the naval, the pit of the throat, the head, the heart
• Vibhuti pada: Study of the following objects of samyama and the powers attained-these Vibhutis (attainments) are hindrances to achieve the spiritual goal

Yoga: Unit 04

• Some of the orthodox philosophies: Sankhya, yoga, vedanta, purva mimansa with respect to each philosophy-meaning of the name, founder, dates, important texts, tenets, salvation, concept of god
• Some of the orthodox philosophies: Tenets of Sankhya-Purusha and Prakriti (dualistic system); gunas, 23 evolutes of prakriti. Tenets of yoga: Yoga also called Sa Ishvara sankhya; 5 Vrittis and 5 Chitta Bhumis; 5 Kleshas; 4 Virtues; ashtang yoga
• Some of the orthodox philosophies: Tenets of Vedanta-basic meaning of the following terms-Advaita, Brahman, Jagat, Mithya, Maya, Sookshma (subtle) and Sthool (gross) buddhi
• Some of the orthodox philosophies: Tenets of Purva Mimansa-importance of rituals and mantras, concept of many gods and goddesses, concept of divinity in non-living objects, karma and dharma
• Some of the heterodox philosophies: Buddhism and Jainism with respect to each philosophy-meaning of the name, founder, dates, important texts, tenets, salvation, concept of god
• Some of the heterodox philosophies: Tenets of Buddhism-the 4 noble truths, the 8-fold path, two schools of Buddhism-hinayana and mahayana. Tenets of Jainism-the 3 jewels, transmigration of the soul and moksha, everything has a jiva
• Some of the heterodox philosophies: Tenets of Jainism-no belief in gods and goddesses, 24 tirthankaras, mahavira the 24th one
• Some of the heterodox philosophies: Five important sutras-patanjali yoga sutra 1.2, 1.14, 1.33, 2.3, 2.28

Technical drawing applications: Unit 01

• Division of a line into equal parts: construction of a triangle when its perimeter and the ratio of the lengths of its sides are given
• Division of a circle into equal parts (4, 6, 8, 12) using set square or compasses
• To find the length of an arc/ circumference of a circle
• An angle and a circle touching its sides
• A circle of given radius passing through two given points
• An arc passing through three non-collinear points
• A continuous arc passing through not more than 5 non-collinear points
• A regular polygon (3, 4 5 6 sides) with special methods (side given)
• Construction of a regular octagon in a square (side of the square = distance between parallel sides of a octagon)
• More than one polygon (sides 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) on a common base on the same side/ opposite sides
• Inscribing/ circumscribing a circle on a regular polygon (3, 4, 5, 6 sides)
• Inscribe/ circumscribe a circle of given radius by a regular polygon up to six sides
• In a regular polygon to draw the same number of equal circles as the sides of the polygon each circle touching one/ two sides of the polygon and two of the other circles externally
• Outside a regular polygon to draw the same number of equal circles as the sides of the polygon each touching one side of the polygon and two of the other circles externally
• Regular hexagon and 3 equal circles inside it touching one side/ two sides of the hexagon and the other two circles externally
• A circle and (3, 4, 5, 6,) equal circles inside it touching internally and touching each other externally
• Tangents to a circle at a point on the circumference
• Direct common tangents/ transverse common tangents to two equal/ unequal circles, also, to measure and record their lengths
• Drawing (not more than three) circles touching each other externally and also touching two converging lines (radius of one of the circles is given)

Technical drawing applications: Unit 02

• Constructions based on the application of area theorems (area of polygons)
• Converting the given polygon into a triangle having equal/ half/ double the area of the polygon
• Changing given triangles (2 or 3) into a single triangle having the area equal to the sum of the areas of the given triangles
• Methods for constructing: A scalene triangle/ isosceles triangle/a right angled triangle equal to the area/ half the area/ twice the area of any given quadrilateral. A parallelogram equal in area to any given triangle
• Methods for constructing: A triangle equal in area to the sum of any two/ three given triangles. A triangle equal in area/ half the area to any given regular pentagon/ hexagon. A triangle of a given base/ altitude, equal in area to another given triangle
• Methods for constructing: A triangle equal in area to ½ or twice the area of any given triangle. A square equal in area to any given parallelogram/ triangle/ rectangle. A square, equal in area to any given regular pentagon/ hexagon

Technical drawing applications: Unit 03

• Templates as an application of geometrical constructions and other constructions such as: (i) Arc of a given radius touching a given line and passing through a given point. (ii) Arc of given radius touching two intersecting straight lines
• Templates as an application of geometrical constructions and other constructions such as: (iii) Arc of given radius touching a given arc and a straight line. (iv) Arc of a given radius touching two given arcs (externally/ internally)
• Applying the construction methods, involving circles, tangential, circles/ arcs/ straight lines and points, for constructing templates of various shapes

Technical drawing applications: Unit 04

• To find the RF (representative fraction) and the scale length from the given data by showing neat working
• Construction of a plain scale/ diagonal scale
• Use of constructed scale in the preparation of field drawing scale diagram (enough data to be provided)
• Definition of RF formula
• Finding the representative fraction (RF) and the scale length by the given data by showing neat working/ lettering
• Construction of plain and diagonal scales in different units of linear measurements, and marked and numbered accordingly
• Transferring the required measurements, from the constructed scale, to create finished scaled drawings, of: Field drawings/ templates/ orthographic projections/ plane geometrical constructions

Technical drawing applications: Unit 05

• Engineering curves (construction only) as used in manhole covers, arches, dams, monuments etc
• Ellipse: (Major and minor axes given)-(a) by arcs of circles method, (b) by the concentric circles method, (c) by oblong method
• Parabola: (Base and axis given)-(a) by rectangle method. (b) By tangent method

Technical drawing applications: Unit 06

• Orthographic projections of right solids such as regular prisms and pyramids with bases as regular polygons up to six sides, cylinder and cone-(a) axis perpendicular to one of the reference planes and parallel to the other
• Orthographic projections of right solids such as regular prisms and pyramids with bases as regular polygons up to six sides, cylinder and cone-(b) axis inclined to one of the reference planes and parallel to the other (only auxillary views to be asked)
• Orthographic projections of right solids such as regular prisms and pyramids with bases as regular polygons up to six sides, cylinder and cone-(b) use of auxiliary plane may be included (auxiliary elevation and auxiliary plan)
• Development of surfaces of the right solids (parallel and radial)
• Determination of true length of line when inclined to both the reference planes example slant edge of a pyramid
• Right solids, such as, prisms (triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal) pyramids (triangular, square, pentagonal and hexagonal bases.), cylinders and cones
• Simple word problems on: (i) Orthographic projections of right solids-with its axis, perpendicular to one plane, and, parallel to the other plane. With its axis, parallel to one plane, and, inclined to the other plane
• Simple word problems on: (ii) Parallel and radial development of lateral surfaces of right solids with axis perpendicular to HP and parallel to VP
• Simple word problems on: (iii) Determination of true length of the slant edge of a pyramid when the slant edge is inclined to both HP and VP
• Auxiliary views: Auxiliary elevation of right solid with axis parallel to HP and inclined to VP. Auxiliary plan of a right solid with axis inclined to HP and parallel to VP

Technical drawing applications: Unit 07

• Conversion of given orthographic views to oblique view (circular parts in top view to be excluded)
• Circular parts only in one view either in frontview or in the side view
• The angle of inclination with the receding axis to be given

Technical drawing applications: Unit 08

• Sectional views of cut solids with axis perpendicular to HP and parallel to VP: (a) VT (vertical trace) parallel to or inclined to HP (b) HT (horizontal trace) parallel/ inclined to VP (figure showing VT and HT should be given)
• Development of lateral surfaces of cut solids (parallel, radial): Prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone
• True shape of a section
• Sections of right solids, such as, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones: Sectional views, of cut/ truncated solids-with its axis, perpendicular to the HP and parallel to the VP
• Sections of right solids, such as, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones: Sectional views, of cut/ truncated solids-when the cutting plane is parallel/ inclined to HP or, to the VP (only one cutting plane to be expressed in the figure)
• Developments of the lateral surfaces of: Cut solids/ truncated solids (parallel and radial), such as, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones with one cutting plane shown in the figure
• Developments of the lateral surfaces of: The true shape of the, cut/ truncated, surface of right solids such as prism/ pyramid/ cylinder/ cone when axis is perpendicular to HP and parallel to VP

Technical drawing applications: Unit 09

• (Use of scale to draw isometric drawing may be included. Example 2:1 or 1:2 only). (a) Copy the given isometric figure. (b) Conversion of the given orthographic view into isometric drawing
• In full scale and maybe in the scale of 2:1 or 1:2. Drawing the isometric view, from a given, isometric view. Drawing the isometric view, by reading and visualizing the same, from the given orthographic views

Technical drawing applications: Unit 10

• 1st and 3rd angle methods: (a) Conversion of given pictorial view (isometric/ oblique into full sectional orthographic view). (b) Conversion of a given orthographic view into full sectional view
• The orthographic projection (first and third, angle methods): Drawing the orthographic views/ full sectional views of an object shown in a given pictorial view. Isometric/ oblique with cutting plane/ planes shown
• The orthographic projection (first and third, angle methods): Converting the given orthographic view/ views into sectional views, full according to the cutting plane line/ lines marked in a given view/ views
• The orthographic projection (first and third, angle methods): Dimensioning the orthographic views showing the cutting plane, naming the views

Environmental applications: Unit 01

• Caring for our soil: (a) Causes and consequences of soil erosion-study improper land use, deforestation, overgrazing, etc and also the impact of soil erosion on food production, generation of wastelands, silting of waterways and dams
• Caring for our soil: (b) Soil conservation strategies-contour bunding, tree breaks, check dams. A study of solutions and their applicability. Examples such as Auroville’s work and Tarun Bharat Sangh’s work
• Caring for our soil: (c) Fuel wood crisis-To develop an understanding in students that a very large section of Indians still use firewood as fuel, the impact it has on nature in terms of a fast dwindling resource and the pressure put on surviving forests
• Caring for our soil: (c) Fuel wood crisis-impact on health of the poor, particularly women, from inhaling the smoke. (d) Waste generation-its toxicity and its impact on life and land-the politics of waste dumping, the unmanageable wastes that we generate
• Caring for our soil: (d) Waste generation-its toxicity and its impact on life and land-leaching of toxins from land fills into water bodies, agricultural lands, and issues around incinerating waste. (e) Treatment of wastes-effluent treatment plants
• Caring for our soil: (e) Treatment of wastes-biological treatment. Strategies to reuse waste. evolving solutions to treat wastes. The scope and limitation of end of the pipe treatment. Combating deforestation. JFM, community forestry
• Caring for our soil: (f) Alternatives to timber-design solutions, alternate materials, etc. Suggested activities/ visits: Visit an industry to study waste generated and waste treatment. Make models of chula for reduced firewood consumption
• Caring for our air: (a) Technical methods to control airpollution-electro static precipitators, cyclone separators, wet scrubber, bag filters, fluid bed boilers. (b) Strategies to reduce air pollution-economic: Penalties and subsidies, bubble theory
• Caring for our air: (b) Strategies to reduce air pollution-technical: Hybrid vehicles, alternate fuels, alternate energy vehicles. Traffic management: Study of Curitiba in Brazil, synchronised signals, use of lanes, one way roads, etc
• Caring for our air: (c) Legislation as a means to reduce air pollution-the role of law in controlling and reducing pollution with examples like the Taj Mahal trapezium, Delhi city, etc. (d) Remote sensing satellites and their applications
• Caring for our air: (d) Why is it such a good tool? what can itbe used for? (e) international norms on air pollution. What are the international norms on air pollution? how are they drawn? limitations with the implementing. Example: Euro 1, Euro 2
• Caring for our water: (a) Techniques of watershed management-conserving water bodies; study of indigenous examples like the Eri system of Tamil Nadu or Rajasthan’s traditional systems and newly evolving modern techniques of water management
• Caring for our water: (a) Techniques of watershed management-Ramsar convention. (b) Rain water harvesting-roof water harvesting through percolation pits etc. Water harvesting in rural areas through check dams, bunds etc
• Caring for our water: (b) Rain water harvesting-the need for the above and the scope. (c) Small dams versus large dams-an analysis-can many small dams replace a large dam? Do large rivers require large dams only? Issues around large dams
• Caring for our water: (c) Small dams versus large dams-scope and limitation of small dams. (d) Water recycling: The scope of water recycling and importance. (e) Alternatives to existing sewage treatment like dry compost toilets

Environmental applications: Unit 02

• Impact of globalisation on environment: Understanding the basic intention of globalisation; the possibility and challenge of a global economy; impact of globalisation on developing countries-increased disparities, national debt and recession
• Impact of globalisation on environment: Impact on human resources and natural resources
• Role of NGOs in sustaining: Environment. Study the work of a few NGOs. Choose an international, national and a local NGO working in different areas-issue based, women’s collectives and child welfare organisations
• Evolving a sustainable growth paradigm example, Gandhi. What does sustainability mean? how to integrate the principle of sustainability in development? Gandhi’s model of decentralised governance like panchayati raj
• A study of a few working examples like Khadi, Dastkar

Environmental applications: Unit 03

• Alternate energy sources and their scope
• Developing least cost options
• Environment impact assessments (EIA), their role including impacts while planning and the method to develop least cost options

Environmental applications: Unit 04

• In my local environment
• In my future career choice
• In supporting initiative in my state or country

Mass media and communication: Unit 01

• Principles of communication: A brief understanding of balance, proportion, sequence, unity, repetition and variety and emphasis, with examples interactive, transactional, punctuated
• Barriers/ noise in communication: A brief understanding of the types of barriers in communication, with examples: Physical, psychological, semantic, organizational, cultural
• Overcoming the barriers/ noise in communication: Understanding the audience and the context; Selection of the appropriate communication channel; use of appropriate language; formulation of the message according to the specific objectives
• Overcoming the barriers/ noise in communication: Message must be coherently structured; ensure proper feedback and feed forward. A brief understanding of the above with examples
• Effective communication-7Cs: A brief understanding of the 7Cs of communication-clarity, conciseness, concreteness, correctness, coherence, completeness, courtesy

Mass media and communication: Unit 02

• Anatomy of a newspaper and magazine. A brief understanding
• Elements of a newspaper: A brief understanding with examples of-masthead, teaser, headline, banner, byline, lead/ intro, lead photo, caption, imprint line and advertisements
• Principles of design: A brief understanding of balance, proportion, sequence, unity, repetition and variety and emphasis, with examples

Mass media and communication: Unit 03

• Importance of photography in newspapers and magazines
• Photo editing: Perspective; composition: The rule of thirds; cropping; colour correction: brightness and contrast; Image file formats: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF

Mass media and communication: Unit 04

• A brief history of television: Eras of television broadcasting-black and white; colour; digital
• Characteristics of television: An understanding of television as a medium-audio-visual medium; live medium; mass medium; domestic medium; transitory medium and expensive medium
• Types of television broadcasting: A brief understanding of different types of television broadcasting such as: Terrestrial, cable, satellite/ DTH, IPTV and online broadcasting

Mass media and communication: Unit 05

• A brief understanding of IMC; benefits of IMC
• Direct marketing: Definition of direct marketing; marketing mix-4 Ps: A brief understanding of product, price, promotion and place
• Sales promotion: Definition; types: Consumer oriented and trade oriented; uses of sales promotion
• New ways of advertising: Cross promotions, convert advertising and merchandise
• Public relations: Definition; role of public relations: build a brand image, prepare feedback which allows for improvement, generate goodwill, evaluate and monitor media tools, aid in advertising and sales promotion, crisis management

Hindustani music: Unit 01

• Non-detail terms: Sound (Dhwani), Meend, Kan (Sparsha swar), Gamak, Tigun, Thumri, Poorvang, Uttarang, Poorva Raga and Uttar Raga
• Detailed topics: Nad, three qualities of Nad (volume, pitch, timbre); shruti and placement of 12 swaras, Dhrupad and Dhamar
• Description of the 6 ragas of classes IX and X mentioned under ‘practical’-their Thaat, Jati, Vadi-Samvadi, Swaras (Varjit and Vikrit), Aroha-Avaroha, Pakad, time of raga and similar raga
• Taal notation, all the 6 taals learnt in Classes IX and X, their Dugun; Tigun and Chaugun
• Musical notation system of Pt. V.N. Bhatkhande (swara and Taal-lipi); writing Chota Khayal, Swarmalika and Lakshangeet
• Identification of ragas of classes IX and X
• Life and contribution in brief of Amir Khusro and Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
• Different parts (components) of the tanpura with the help of a simple sketch. Tuning and handling of the instrument

Hindustani music: Unit 02

• Non-detail terms: Sound (Dhwani); Kan; Meend; Zamzama; Gamak; Baj; Jhala; Tigun
• Detailed topics: Nad; three qualities of Nad (volume, pitch, timbre); Shruti and placement of 12 swaras; Maseetkhani and Razakhani Gat
• Origin and the development of the instrument
• Methods of handling instruments; tuning of the instrument with a labelled diagram
• Complete description of all the 6 ragas mentioned under ‘practical’ in classes IX and X
• Taal notation, all the 6 taals learnt in classes IX and X their Dugun; Tigun and Chaugun
• Musical notation of the Razakhani Gats
• Identification of ragas of classes IX and X
• Life and contribution in brief of Amir Khusro and Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

Hindustani music: Unit 03

• Non-detail terms: Names of 10 Pranas, Lehra (Nagma), Paran, Uthan, Chakkardar Tukda, Dumdar and Bedum Tihai, Padhant
• Detailed topics: Origin and development of tabla, basic 10 varnas (syllables) of tabla, solo and sangat
• Taal notation, Thekas, in Thah, Dugun, Tigun and Chaugun, of all taals learnt in classes IX and X
• Different parts (components) of the tabla with the help of a simple sketch
• Tuning of the instrument
• Identification of taals (a few bol combinations given) of Classes IX and X

Carnatic music: Unit 01

• 1,2,3 and any 5 of the other 9 must be known: (1) Thyagaraja, (2) Syama Sastry, (3) Muthuswami Dikshitar, (4) Jayadeva, (5) Narayana Tirtha, (6) Purandaradas, (7) Bhadrachala Ramadas, (8) Kshetrajna, (9) Arunachala Kavirayar, (10) Veena Kuppayyar
• 1,2,3 and any 5 of the other 9 must be known: (11) Patnam Subramaina Iyer, (12) Gopal Krishna Bharati

Carnatic music: Unit 02

Carnatic music: Unit 03

Carnatic music: Unit 04

• Pitch, intensity, and timbre-sympathetic vibration-modal shift of tonic that is Grahabhedam

Western music: Unit 01

• Musical Instruments: Sound production and playing techniques of the following families of instruments-(a) keyboard family: Harpsichord, clavichord and acoustic pianoforte, (b) pipe organ, (c) the string family: Violin, viola, violoncello, double bass
• Musical Instruments: Sound production and playing techniques of the following families of instruments-(d) the guitar family: Classical, Spanish, Hawaiian guitars, (e) woodwind family: Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Cor Anglais, Bassoon, Saxophone
• Musical Instruments: Sound production and playing techniques of the following families of instruments-(f) brass family: Trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba
• Musical Instruments: Sound production and playing techniques of the following families of instruments-(g) Percussion family timpani (kettle drums), bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, tubular bells, xylophone, Glockenspiel

Western music: Unit 02

• Forms of music: (a) Jazz-origin, characteristics, instrumentation, genres of jazz: New Orleans, Swing, Bebop
• Forms of music: (b) Popular music-life, works style and reasons for popular appeal of any solo artiste (vocal or instrumental) and/ or band of the candidate’s choice. Genres of music may include but are not limited to: Folk, country, Gospel, Soul
• Forms of music: (b) Popular music-genres of music may include but are not limited to: Reggae, Pop, Reggae, Pop, Rock, R and B, Hip Hop, electronic music
• Life and works: (a) Life and works and unique contribution of the following composers: J.S Bach, G.F Handel, W.A Mozart, L.van Beethoven, J. Brahms. (b) Life, works and style of the following exponents of jazz; Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
• Life and works: (b) George Gershwin, Miles Davis
• Technology in music: (a) Electronic music definition and scope of electronic music; description of the Theremin and the Moog synthesizer. (b) Basic knowledge of the following genres industrial, house music, drum and bass, dubstep, electro house
• Technology in music: (c) DAW (digital audio workstation)-(i) definition, basic features and applications of any one home studio DAW of the candidate’s choice, (ii) definition and usage in a DAW of the following: Audio samples, loops, live audio
• Technology in music: (c) DAW (digital audio workstation)-(ii) plug-ins and timeline, (iii) applications of DAWs in electronic music, DJ music and new directions in music
• Personal experience: Essay about their personal experiences as a musician in any one of the following areas: (a) As a solo singer or instrumentalist, (b) member of the school choir or orchestra
• Personal experience: Essay about their personal experiences as a musician in any one of the following areas: (c) Part of a school musical theatre or any other production

Indian dance: Unit 01

Indian dance: Unit 02

Indian dance: Unit 03

Indian dance: Unit 04

• Its history, roots, growth and revival

Indian dance: Unit 05

• Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuri and Kathakali

Indian dance: Unit 06

Indian dance: Unit 07

Drama: Unit 01

• Use of people, space and conflict in drama
• The function of the director
• The actor-basic technique (stage positions; body positions used by actors-in relation to the audience and to other actors; turns and gestures; movement and approaches; entering and exiting; handling of properties), body, voice and role
• The stage-its various parts and different types of staging (proscenium arch theatre, central staging, street theatre, folk theatre (only Jatra, Tamasha, Yakshagana and Nautanki)
• The stage-puppetry (only glove puppet and string puppet) composition, picturisation, movement, rhythm, dramatisation
• Literature: Pygmalion, Antigone and improvise, etc

Drama: Unit 02

• Use of the stage and emphasis through set design, positions, compositions and movement; blocking and its relation to the composition
• The production process; rehearsals
• Equipment-from auditorium to backstage; sets (including parts of stage equipment used in a set); properties
• Lighting and sound-equipment
• Costumes and make-up (including design)
• Stage management

French: Unit 01

• Short composition which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives

French: Unit 02

• Formal or an informal letter

French: Unit 03

• Unseen passage

French: Unit 04

• Vocabulary, syntax and idiom, example, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentences in French
• Articles, adjectives, interrogation, negation, pronouns, prepositions, tenses, comparaison, superlative, conjugation exercises, gap filling, correcting errors, making questions and negative sentences, correcting jumbled sentences etc

French: Unit 05

• Translation short passage from French into English
• Translation short passage from English into French
• Dialogue writing based on situations faced in everyday life

German: Unit 01

• Short composition which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives

German: Unit 02

• Formal or an informal letter

German: Unit 03

• Unseen passage

German: Unit 04

• Vocabulary, syntax and idiom, example, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentences in German

German: Unit 05

• Translation short passage from German into English
• Translation short passage from English into German
• Dialogue writing based on situations faced in everyday life

Spanish: Unit 01

• Short composition which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives

Spanish: Unit 02

• Formal or an informal letter

Spanish: Unit 03

• Unseen passage

Spanish: Unit 04

• Vocabulary, syntax and idiom, example, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentences in Spanish
• Nouns, articles, adjectives, adverbs, quantifiers/ intensifiers, pronouns, verbs, tenses, time, preposition, conjunctions, numbers, quantities, dates

Spanish: Unit 05

• Translation short passage from Spanish into English
• Translation short passage from English into Spanish
• Dialogue writing based on situations faced in everyday life

Art: Unit 01

• A group of objects which will be artificial or natural and may include such things as cut flowers, fruits, vegetables, a growing plant, as well as domestic or other artificial objects

Art: Unit 02

• Study of the structure of natural forms: such as a spray or branch, which may include flowers, foliage or fruit, fossils, bones, etc

Art: Unit 03

Art: Unit 04

• Design and execution of the following: The page of a book, book cover, or end paper; a notice or pictorial poster; a card such as Christmas card or invitation card, or emblem; a patterned paper for a specific purpose