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ICSE Class 10th Courses By Padho Leekho

ICSE Class 10th Subjects:

A student must take a group of subjects to write the 10th ICSE 2024 exam. The total number of subjects in Class 10 is seven, and the combination consists of compulsory and optional subjects.

Group I English, Second Language, Geography and History-Civics as compulsory subjects.
Group II – Choose any two subjects from Science, Mathematics, Economics, Commercial Studies, etc.
Group III – Choose any one subject from Home Science, Fashion Designing, Computer Applications, etc.

Students can prepare better if they are familiar with the syllabus, which will help them understand the question pattern more easily.

All subjects are vital. As a result, if students want to get good grades, they must be familiar with the curriculum.

English

Paper I: English Language

Q1: Write a composition of about 300– 350 words from a choice of subjects

Q2: Letter writing

Q3: Write about a specific situation:

A notice-based text on a given direction

Write an email on the given topic

Q4: Unseen prose passage

Q5: Functional grammar

Paper II: Literature in English

Drama and Prose

The Merchant of Venice (Act III, Act IV and Act V only)
Treasure Trove – A collection of ICSE Poem and Short Stories)

Poetry

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

Prose (Short Stories)

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

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Second Language

Indian Language

Ao-Naga, Assamese, Bengali, Dzongkha, Garo, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Khasi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Mizo, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Tangkhul, Telugu, Urdu or any other language of an Indian community approved by the Council.

Modern Foreign Language

French

German

Spanish

History, Civics & Geography

Section A: Civics

The Union Legislature

Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha

The Union Executive

The President
The Vice-President
Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

The Judiciary

The Supreme Court
The High Courts
Subordinate Courts

Section B: History

The Indian National Movement (1857 – 1917)

The First War of Independence, 1857
Factors leading to the growth of Nationalism – socio-religious reform movements and the role of the press
First Phase of the Indian National Movement (1885-1907)
Second Phase of the Indian National Movement (1905-1916)

Mass Phase of the National Movement (1915-1947)

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

The Contemporary World

The First World War
Rise of Dictatorships
The Second World War
United Nations
The objectives of the U.N
Major agencies of the United Nations: UNICEF, WHO and UNESCO – any four functions only
Non-Aligned Movement

Section C: Geography

Part I: Map Work

Interpretation of Topographical Maps

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