BIHAR BOARD 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.
Bihar School Examination Board [BSEB] has announced class 10 Board exams date. This year class 10th board exam will be started from 17 February 2025 and will last upto 25 February 2025, it will take around 9 days to complete the class 10th board exam. The board will conduct the class 10 exam in two shifts. The first-shift exams are conducted from 9:30 am to 12:45 pm while the second shift exam will be from 2 pm to 5:15 pm. Bihar Board Class 10th Practical Exams will be conducted from 21st January 2025 to 23rd January 2025. It is mandatory for all students to appear in each practical exam. Practical exams are conducted for 30/20 marks. Students will be given marks on the basis of project as well as oral exam which will be conducted by external examiners.
NCERT SYLLABUS
| S.No. | Unit | Topic |
| Part A |
| 1. | Reading | Unseen Passage |
| 2. | Literature Textbooks |
| 3. | Grammar | Tenses |
| Modals |
| Subject-verb concord |
| Reported speech |
| Determiners |
| Part B |
| 4. | Writing | Descriptive Paragraph |
| Story |
| 5. | Literature |
SECTION A: READING
This section will have two reading passages.
1: A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Question).
2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Question). to test vocabulary.
SECTION B: WRITING SKILLS AND CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR
For writing tasks there will be internal choice.
3: Writing an Informal Letter on a situation/Descriptive Paragraph (person/place/event/diary entry) in about150-200 words based on visual or verbal cue/s.
4: Writing a story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words.
The Grammar syllabus will include the following topics-
i. Tenses
ii. Modals
iii. Use of passive voice
iv. Subject–verb concord
v. Reported speech
a. Commands and requests
b. Statements
c. Questions
vi. Clauses:
a. Noun clauses
b. Adverb clauses of condition and time
c. Relative clauses
vii. Determiners
viii. Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types(grammar in context) as given below:
5: Cloze passage/Gap Filling/Editing.
6: Dialogue Writing/ Reporting dialogue on a given cue.
SECTION C: LITERATURE TEXTBOOK & SUPPLEMENTARY READER TEXTBOOK
There will be Internal Choice for every question.
7. One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Two Short Answer Type Questions of two marks each based on interpretation.
8. Five Short Answer Type Questions out of seven short answer type questions from BEEHIVE AND MOMENTS (3 questions out of four from BEEHIVE and 2 questions out of three from MOMENTS) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (to be answered in30-40 words each)
9. One out of two Long Answer Type questions to be answered in 100-150 words, from the b
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BIHAR BOARD 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.
Bihar School Examination Board [BSEB] has announced class 10 Board exams date. This year class 10th board exam will be started from 17 February 2025 and will last upto 25 February 2025, it will take around 9 days to complete the class 10th board exam. The board will conduct the class 10 exam in two shifts. The first-shift exams are conducted from 9:30 am to 12:45 pm while the second shift exam will be from 2 pm to 5:15 pm. Bihar Board Class 10th Practical Exams will be conducted from 21st January 2025 to 23rd January 2025. It is mandatory for all students to appear in each practical exam. Practical exams are conducted for 30/20 marks. Students will be given marks on the basis of project as well as oral exam which will be conducted by external examiners.
NCERT SYLLABUS
| S.No. | Unit | Topic |
| Part A |
| 1. | Reading | Unseen Passage |
| 2. | Literature Textbooks |
| 3. | Grammar | Tenses |
| Modals |
| Subject-verb concord |
| Reported speech |
| Determiners |
| Part B |
| 4. | Writing | Descriptive Paragraph |
| Story |
| 5. | Literature |
SECTION A: READING
This section will have two reading passages.
1: A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Question).
2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Question). to test vocabulary.
SECTION B: WRITING SKILLS AND CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR
For writing tasks there will be internal choice.
3: Writing an Informal Letter on a situation/Descriptive Paragraph (person/place/event/diary entry) in about150-200 words based on visual or verbal cue/s.
4: Writing a story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words.
The Grammar syllabus will include the following topics-
i. Tenses
ii. Modals
iii. Use of passive voice
iv. Subject–verb concord
v. Reported speech
a. Commands and requests
b. Statements
c. Questions
vi. Clauses:
a. Noun clauses
b. Adverb clauses of condition and time
c. Relative clauses
vii. Determiners
viii. Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types(grammar in context) as given below:
5: Cloze passage/Gap Filling/Editing.
6: Dialogue Writing/ Reporting dialogue on a given cue.
SECTION C: LITERATURE TEXTBOOK & SUPPLEMENTARY READER TEXTBOOK
There will be Internal Choice for every question.
7. One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Two Short Answer Type Questions of two marks each based on interpretation.
8. Five Short Answer Type Questions out of seven short answer type questions from BEEHIVE AND MOMENTS (3 questions out of four from BEEHIVE and 2 questions out of three from MOMENTS) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (to be answered in30-40 words each)
9. One out of two Long Answer Type questions to be answered in 100-150 words, from the book BEEHIVE to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. This can be a passage based question taken from a situation /plot from the texts.
10. One out of two Long Answer Type questions from the book MOMENTS on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch in about(100-150 words).
Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi
BEEHIVE – Textbook for class IX
MOMENTS – Supplementary Reader for Class IX
Words and Expressions - I, Workbook
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