ICSE EXAM LATEST UPDATE
The Class 9 exams depend on the schools, as they decide when to conduct the exams. Usually, the Class 9 exams are held a few months before the final board exams. This gives you the opportunity to prepare for the final board exams and also mentally prepare for them. Therefore, it is better to contact your school regarding the Class 9 exams, and also take advantage of the complete information provided here for the final board exam.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has officially released the date sheet for ICSE (Class 10) board examinations for 2025. This year class 10th board exam will be started from 18 February 2025 and will last upto 27 March 2025, it will take around 38 days to complete the class 10th board exam. The first exam will be held on 18 February 2025 for English subject and the last exam will be held on 27 March 2025 for Environmental Science subject. The Indian School Certificate Examination results will be declared in the month of May.
Official Syllabus
The syllabus will consist of one paper of two hours duration.
Theory - 80 Marks
Practical - 20 Marks
The theory paper will be divided into two sections-
Section I - Section I will consist of short answer-type questions on the entire syllabus. (40 marks)
Section II - Section II will have six questions. Candidates will have to answer any four of these six questions. (40 marks)
1. Basic Biology
(i) The cell, a unit of life, protoplasm, basic difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell; differences between an animal and a plant cell.
• A basic understanding of the cell theory, and structure of plant and animal cells with functions of various cell organelles. (Protoplasm, Cytoplasm, Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, Nucleus, Nucleolus, Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosome, Golgi bodies, Plastids, Lysosomes, Centrosome, and Vacuole).
• Major differences between a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell.
• Differences between a plant cell and an animal cell should be mainly discussed with respect to cell walls, centrosomes, vacuoles, and plastids.
(ii) Tissues: Types of plant and animal tissues.
• A brief understanding of their location, basic structure, and functions with examples.
• A brief understanding of their role in different physiological processes in plants and animals.
2. Flowering Plants
(i) Flower: Structure of a bisexual flower, functions of various parts.
• A brief introduction to complete and incomplete flowers.
• Essential and non-essential whorls of a bisexual flower; their various parts and functions.
• Inflorescence and placentation (meaning only) (Charts or actual specimens may be used to help enhance the clarity of concepts.)
(ii) Pollination: self and cross-pollination.
• Explanation, advantages, and disadvantages of self and cross-pollination.
• Agents of pollination and the characteristic features of flowers pollinated by various agents such as insects, wind, and water.
• A brief idea as to how nature favors cross-pollination.
(iii) Fertilisation.
• Events taking place between pollination and fertilization leading to the formation of the zygote in the embryo sac
• A brief explanation of the terms double fertilization and triple fusion.
• Fruit and Seed - definition and significance.
3. Plant Physiology
(i) Structure of dicot and monocot seeds, Germination of seeds, types, and conditions for seed germination.
• Structure and germination of Bean seed and Maize grain.
• Differences between monocot and dicot seeds.
• Differences between hypogeal and epigeal germination.
• Conditions for seed germination - To be explained and supported by experiments.
(ii) Respiration in plants: outline of the process, gaseous exchange.
• A brief outline of the process mentioning the terms Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and their significance.
• A reference to being made to aerobic and anaerobic respiration with chemical equations in each case.
• Experiments on gaseous exchange and on heat production.
4. Diversity in living organisms
(i) Economic importance of Bacteria.
(a) Useful role of bacteria:
• Medicine: antibiotics, serums, and vaccines
• Agriculture: nitrogen cycle (role of nitrogen-fixing, nitrifying, and denitrifying bacteria)
• Industry -curing of tea, tanning of leather.
(b) Harmful role of bacteria - spoilage of food, diseases in plants and animals, bio-weapons.
(ii) Economic importance of Fungi.
A brief idea of the useful role of Fungi in breweries, bakeries, cheese processing, and mushroom cultivation. (Processes of manufacture are not required).
5. Hum
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ICSE EXAM LATEST UPDATE
The Class 9 exams depend on the schools, as they decide when to conduct the exams. Usually, the Class 9 exams are held a few months before the final board exams. This gives you the opportunity to prepare for the final board exams and also mentally prepare for them. Therefore, it is better to contact your school regarding the Class 9 exams, and also take advantage of the complete information provided here for the final board exam.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has officially released the date sheet for ICSE (Class 10) board examinations for 2025. This year class 10th board exam will be started from 18 February 2025 and will last upto 27 March 2025, it will take around 38 days to complete the class 10th board exam. The first exam will be held on 18 February 2025 for English subject and the last exam will be held on 27 March 2025 for Environmental Science subject. The Indian School Certificate Examination results will be declared in the month of May.
Official Syllabus
The syllabus will consist of one paper of two hours duration.
Theory - 80 Marks
Practical - 20 Marks
The theory paper will be divided into two sections-
Section I - Section I will consist of short answer-type questions on the entire syllabus. (40 marks)
Section II - Section II will have six questions. Candidates will have to answer any four of these six questions. (40 marks)
1. Basic Biology
(i) The cell, a unit of life, protoplasm, basic difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell; differences between an animal and a plant cell.
• A basic understanding of the cell theory, and structure of plant and animal cells with functions of various cell organelles. (Protoplasm, Cytoplasm, Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, Nucleus, Nucleolus, Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosome, Golgi bodies, Plastids, Lysosomes, Centrosome, and Vacuole).
• Major differences between a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell.
• Differences between a plant cell and an animal cell should be mainly discussed with respect to cell walls, centrosomes, vacuoles, and plastids.
(ii) Tissues: Types of plant and animal tissues.
• A brief understanding of their location, basic structure, and functions with examples.
• A brief understanding of their role in different physiological processes in plants and animals.
2. Flowering Plants
(i) Flower: Structure of a bisexual flower, functions of various parts.
• A brief introduction to complete and incomplete flowers.
• Essential and non-essential whorls of a bisexual flower; their various parts and functions.
• Inflorescence and placentation (meaning only) (Charts or actual specimens may be used to help enhance the clarity of concepts.)
(ii) Pollination: self and cross-pollination.
• Explanation, advantages, and disadvantages of self and cross-pollination.
• Agents of pollination and the characteristic features of flowers pollinated by various agents such as insects, wind, and water.
• A brief idea as to how nature favors cross-pollination.
(iii) Fertilisation.
• Events taking place between pollination and fertilization leading to the formation of the zygote in the embryo sac
• A brief explanation of the terms double fertilization and triple fusion.
• Fruit and Seed - definition and significance.
3. Plant Physiology
(i) Structure of dicot and monocot seeds, Germination of seeds, types, and conditions for seed germination.
• Structure and germination of Bean seed and Maize grain.
• Differences between monocot and dicot seeds.
• Differences between hypogeal and epigeal germination.
• Conditions for seed germination - To be explained and supported by experiments.
(ii) Respiration in plants: outline of the process, gaseous exchange.
• A brief outline of the process mentioning the terms Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and their significance.
• A reference to being made to aerobic and anaerobic respiration with chemical equations in each case.
• Experiments on gaseous exchange and on heat production.
4. Diversity in living organisms
(i) Economic importance of Bacteria.
(a) Useful role of bacteria:
• Medicine: antibiotics, serums, and vaccines
• Agriculture: nitrogen cycle (role of nitrogen-fixing, nitrifying, and denitrifying bacteria)
• Industry -curing of tea, tanning of leather.
(b) Harmful role of bacteria - spoilage of food, diseases in plants and animals, bio-weapons.
(ii) Economic importance of Fungi.
A brief idea of the useful role of Fungi in breweries, bakeries, cheese processing, and mushroom cultivation. (Processes of manufacture are not required).
5. Human Anatomy and Physiology
(a) Nutrition.
(i) Classes of food; balanced diet. Malnutrition and deficiency diseases.
• Functions of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, mineral salts (calcium, iodine, iron, and sodium), vitamins, and water in the proper functioning of the body.
• Sources of vitamins, their functions, and deficiency diseases.
• Meaning and importance of a ‘Balanced Diet’.
• Role of cellulose in our diet.
• Causes, symptoms, and prevention of Kwashiorkor and Marasmus.
(ii) The structure of a tooth, different types of teeth.
• Structure of a tooth is to be discussed with the help of a diagram.
• Functions of different types of teeth.
• Dental formula of an adult.
(iii) Digestive System: Organs, digestive glands, and their functions (including enzymes and their functions in digestion, absorption, and assimilation of digested food).
• Organs and glands of the digestive system and their functions with reference to digestion, absorption, and assimilation.
• brief idea of peristalsis.
(b) Skeleton - Movement and Locomotion.
• Functions of a human skeleton
• Axial and Appendicular Skeleton
• Types of joints with reference to their location:
- immovable joints
- slightly movable joints
- freely movable (hinge joint, ball, socket joint, gliding joint, pivot joint.)
(c) Structure and functions of the skin.
• Various parts of the skin and their functions.
• Special derivatives of the skin with reference to sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair, nails, and mammary glands.
• Heat regulation - vasodilation and vasoconstriction.
(d) Respiratory System: Organs; mechanism of breathing; tissue respiration, the heat production.
• Structures of the respiratory system.
• Differences between anaerobic respiration in plants and in man.
• Role of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles in breathing to provide a clear idea of the breathing process.
• Brief idea of gaseous transport and tissue respiration.
• Brief understanding of respiratory volumes.
• Effect of altitude on breathing; asphyxiation and hypoxia.
6. Health and Hygiene
(i) A brief introduction to maintaining good health.
A general idea of personal hygiene, public hygiene, and sanitation.
(ii) A brief introduction to the communicable, non-communicable, endemic, epidemic, pandemic, and sporadic diseases; modes of transmission.
• Meaning of each of the above with examples.
• Modes of transmission: airborne, waterborne; vectors (housefly, mosquito, cockroach).
(iii) Bacterial, Viral, Protozoan, and Helminthic diseases:
• Bacterial: Cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis.
• Viral: AIDS, Chickenpox, Hepatitis.
• Protozoan: Malaria, Amoebic Dysentery, Sleeping sickness.
• Helminthic: Ascariasis, Taeniasis, Filariasis.
(symptoms and measures to control the above diseases.)
(Scientific names of causative agents not required).
(iv) Aids to Health: Active and passive immunity.
• Meaning of Active and passive immunity.
• An understanding of the use and action of the following – vaccination, immunization, antitoxin, serum, antiseptics, disinfectants, and antibiotics.
• An idea of the local defense system and its merits, the difference between antiseptics and disinfectants.
(v) Health Organisations: Red Cross, WHO.
Major activities of the Red Cross and WHO.
7. Waste generation and management
(a) Sources of waste - domestic, industrial, agricultural, commercial, and other establishments.
• Domestic waste: paper, glass, plastic, rags, kitchen waste, etc.
• Industrial: mining operations, cement factories, oil refineries, construction units.
• Agricultural: plant remains, animal waste, processing waste.
• Municipal sewage: Sewage, degradable and non-degradable waste from offices, etc.
• e-waste: a brief idea about e-waste.
(b) Methods of safe disposal of waste.
• Segregation, dumping, composting, drainage, treatment of effluents before discharge, incineration, use of scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators.
• Segregation of domestic waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable by households: garden waste to be converted to compost; sewage treatment plants.
Internal Assessment Of Practical Work
The practical work is designed to test the ability of the candidates to make accurate observations from specimens of plants and animals.
Plant Life
(i) The examination of an onion peel under the microscope to study various parts of the cell.
(ii) A cross-pollinated flower to be examined and identified and the parts to be studied and labeled e.g. Hibiscus.
(iii) Specimens of germinating seeds with plumule and radicle (the bean seed and maize grain) for examination, identification, drawing, and labeling of the parts.
Animal Life
(i) The examination of a human cheek cell under a microscope to study various parts of the cell.
(ii) Identification of sugar, starch, protein, and fat. through the conduct of relevant tests.
(iii) Examination and identification of specimens belonging to the following groups of animals: Non-Chordata - Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes Annelida, Arthropoda. Mollusca and Echinodermata. Chordata- Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia. Identification of the structure of the following organs through specimens/models and charts: Lung and skin.
(iv) Experiments to show the mechanism of breathing. The Bell jar experiment should be discussed. The comparison should be made with the human lungs and respiratory tract to show the mechanism of breathing.
(v) Visit a few establishments in the locality such as motor repair workshops, kilns, pottery-making units, fish and vegetable markets, restaurants, and dyeing units. Find out the types of wastes and methods prevalent for their disposal. On the basis of the information collected prepare a report, and suggest measures to improve the environmental conditions.
(vi) Visit a water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant, or garbage dumping or vermicomposting sites in the locality and study their work.
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