SYLLABUS 2025-2026 CLASS - X

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Unit Test-I :
1. Composition (Descriptive and Narrative)
2. Letter Writing (Formal and Informal)
3. Grammar : Preposition and Phrasal Verbs and
Recasting of Sentences.

Selection Examination : (Including Unit Test-I syllabus)

1. Composition (Argumentative, Story Writing and
composition Based on a given Picture).
2. Letter Writing (Formal and Informal)
3. Notice Writing and E-mail writing.
4. Comprehension (word meaning, Questions & Summary
Writing)
5. Grammar -Preposition and Pharasal Verbs, Recasting
of sentences, Joining of sentences (without
using ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘so’) and Verbs.

Orientation Examination : (Including Unit Test-I &

Selection Examination Syllabus)
1. Composition. (As in Selection & Unit-1)
2. Letter Writing (Formal and Informal)
3. Notice and E-mail Writing
4. Comprehension (word meanings, Questions and
summary writing)
5. Grammar (As in Selection & Unit Test-1)
Please Note:
❋ Class Work and Assessment will be assessed and
marked.
❋ Failure to do so will result in loss of marks.

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 ENGLISH LITERATURE Chapter 11 : Market
Text Books : ● Project Work-A Factor of production : Land

Unit Test-I: ● Unit Test-I syllabus is included for the Selection

Drama : Julius Caesar Act-III, (Scene I) Examination.
Prose : With the photographer - S. Leacock
● Project work must be submitted on the day notified and
Poetry : Haunted Houses - H. W. Longfellow
not later, Failure to do so will result in loss of marks.
Selection Examination: (Unit Test-I syllabus included)
Orientation Examination (includes the whole year’s
Drama : Julius Caesar Acts-III & IV
syllabus)
Prose : The Elevator - William Sleator
The Girl Who Can - Ama Ata Aidoo Chapter 12 : Money
The Pedestrian- Ray Bradbury Chapter 13 : Banking: Commercial Banks
Poetry : The Glove and the Lions - Leigh Hunt
Chapter 14 : Central Banking
When Great Trees fall - Maya Angelou
A considerable Speck-Robert Frost Chapter 15 : Monctary Policy of Central Bank

Orientation Examination: Chapter 16 : Scope of Public Finance

[Unit Test-I And Selection Examination Syllabus included] Chapter 17 : Public Revenue
Drama : Julius Caesar Act-V
Chapter 18 : Public Expenditure
Prose : The Last Lesson - Alphonse Dandet
Poetry : The Power of Music - S. Ray Chapter 19 : Public Debt

Please Note: Chapter 20 : Inflation

❋ Class Assigenment will beassessed and marked.
Chapter 21 : Consumer Awareness
❋ All Classwork must be submitted on the day notified.
Failure to do so will result in Loss of marks. ● Project Work-Consumer Awareness

● Unit Test-I, Selection Examination syllabus are included

2ND LANGUAGE (HINDI)
in the Orientation Examination.
Unit Test-I :
Section-A ● Both the Project works will be assessed and marked. These

Making Adjectives, Abstract Noun, Antonyms, Synonyms, Use must be submitted on the day notified and not later.
the Idioms in sentences to illustrate their meaning, Correction
of spellings and sentences, Do as Instructed and all Applied
Grammar.
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 8. Consumer Education & Consumer Rights. Section-B
1. Sahitya Sagar - Book-I (Stories)
9. Community participation for Ecological Restoration and
i) Do Kalakar
Conservation.
2. Sahitya Sagar-Book -II (Poems)
● Project Note - ii) Chalna Hamara Kaam Hai

● All Class work and Project work will assessed and marked.
Selection Examination:
Section-A
● All Class work and Project work must be submitted on
the day notified and not later, Failure to do so will result Composition, Letter Writing, Comprehension, Making Adjective,
in loss of marks. Abstract Noun, Gender, Number, Antonyms, Synonyms, Idioms
Do as Instructed, Correction of Spellings and all other Applied
Grammar.

Section-B
ECONOMICS 1. Sahitya Sagar-Book-I (Stories) - All the stories which are
Test Book : A Text Book of ICSE Economics Class-X, by V. N. selected for ICSE Examination 2026 will be included.
Nigam & A. Banerjee. Oswal Publishers. 2. Sahitya Sagar-Book-II (Poems) - All the poems which are
selected for ICSE Examination 2026 will be studied.
Unit Test-I : Orientation Examination
Section-A
Chapter 1 : The Productive Mechanism
Composition, Letter Writing, Comprehension, Making Adjective,
Chapter 2 : Land Abstract Noun, Gender, Number, Antonyms, Synonyms, Use
the Idioms in sentences to illustrate their meanings. Do as
Chapter 3 : Labour Instructed, Correction of sentences and spellings and all other
Applied Grammar.
Chapter 4 : Efficiency of Labour
Section-B
Chapter 5 : Capital and Capital Formation 1. Sahitya Sagar-Book-I (Stories) - All the stories which are
selected for ICSE Examination 2026 will be studied.
Selection Examination : (includes syllabus of Unit Test-I)
2. Sahitya Sagar-Book-II (Poems) - All the poems which are
Chapter 6 : Entrepreneur selected for ICSE Examination 2026 will be studied.
Please Note:
Chapter 7 : Theory of Demand
● All class work and assignments will be assessed and
Chapter 8 : Elasticity of Demand marked.
Chapter 9 : Theory of Supply ● All class work and assignment work must be submitted on
the day notified and not later. Failure to do so will result
Chapter 10 : Elasticity of Supply in loss of marks.

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 2ND LANGUAGE BENGALI Orientation Examination (including entire ICSE
syllabus for Class X)
Unit Test-I :
● Encapsulation
i) §Çܲ!°ï˛y Èàòƒ ÈüüüÈ ˆòÓï˛yÓ˚ çß√
Programming Assignments (Class X) The Students should
ii) §Çܲ!°ï˛y ˛õòƒ ÈüüüÈ Ê%˛°˛ Ê%˛ê%˛Ü˛ ly Ê%˛ê%˛Ü˛
complete a minimum of 20 laboratory assignments during the
iii) ÓƒyܲÓ˚î ÈüüüÈ ˛¢∑ ˲y[˛yÓ˚ñ ôÁlƒydܲ ¢∑ whole year to reinforce the concepts studied in class.

Selection Examination :
i) §Çܲ!°ï˛y àòƒ ÈüüüÈ l#° Ùyl%ˆÏ£ÏÓ˚ ܲy!•l#ñ à¶˛ê˛y á%Ó §ˆÏ®• çlܲñ ˆòÓï˛yÓ˚ COMMERCIAL APPLICATION
çß√ Unit Test-I :
ii) §Çܲ!°ï˛y ܲ!Óï˛y ÈüüüÈ ˛xÙ°Ü˛y!hs˝ñ ÓyÓ% ӈϰlñ Ê%˛° Ê%˛ê%˛Ü˛ ly Ê%˛ê%˛Ü˛ 1. Human Resource
iii) ÓƒyܲÓ˚ î È ü üüÓyܲƒ àë˛l G §ÇˆÏ Î yà §yôlñ Ë% ˛ °§ÇˆÏ ¢ yôlñ ÓyàôyÓ˚ y ñ ● Role and importance of HR.
í˛z!_´˛õ!Ó˚Óï≈˛lñ õe Ó˚ã˛lyñ ˆÓyô˛õÓ˚#«˛îñ ≤ÃÓ¶˛ G à“ Ó˚ã˛lyñ !ã˛e
● Types and importance of Recruitment, Selection &
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Training.
Orientation Examination : (Including full ICSE Syllabus) SELECTION EXAMINATION (including Unit-Test-1
i) §Çܲ!°ï˛yÈ àòƒ ÈüüüÈ Úˆ°yܲ!ê˛Û syllabus)

ii) §Çܲ!°ï˛y ˛õòƒ ÈüüüÈ Úˆáy ˆáyÛ 2. Basics of Market and Marketing

iii) ÓƒyܲÓ˚î ÈüüüÈ ˛õòyhs˝ Ó ˚ ñ Ë% ˛ °§ÇˆÏ ¢ yôlñ §yô% ã ˛!°ï˛ñ ÓyàôyÓ˚ y ñ ˛õeÓ˚ ã ˛lyñ 3. Basics of Finance
ˆÓyô˛õÓ˚#«˛îñ ≤ÃÓ¶˛ G à“ Ó˚ã˛lyñ !ã˛e ˛õÎ≈ˆÏÓ«˛î– 4. Public Relations

5. Issues of Environment
HISTORY & CIVICS
Text : ICSE History & Civics (Class-x)
ORIENTATION EXAMINATION (Based on the entire
Author : D. N. Kundra. ICSE syllabus including the Unit Test-1 & Selection
Publication: Goyal Bothers Prakashan
Examination).
Section A : Civics
6. Issue of Environment - Excessive Consumption of Mineral
1. The Union Legislature
Meaning of the federal setup in India. & Raw Materials.
(i) Lok Sabha - term, composition, qualifications for 7. Environment values & Ethics.
membership. Parliamentary procedures: a brief idea of
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 Orientation Examination : (Includes the chapters of Unit sessions, quorum, question hour, adjournment and no-
confidence motion. Speaker- election and functions.
Test-1 & Selection Examination)
(ii) Rajya Sabha - composition, qualifications for membership,
11. The Nervous System election, term, Presiding Officer. Powers and functions of
Union Parliament —(legislative, financial, judicial, electoral,
12. The Reproductive System amendment of the Constitution, control over executive).
Exclusive powers of the two Houses.
13. Population
2. The Union Executive
14. Pollution (a) The President: Qualifications for election, composition of
Electoral College, reasons for indirect election, term of
15. Sense Organs
office, procedure for impeachment. Powers (executive,
legislative, financial, judicial, discretionary and emergency)
● Project Note -
(b) The Vice-President: Qualifications for election, term of office
● All Class work and Project work will assessed and marked. and powers.
(c) Prime Minister and Council of Ministers: Appointment,
● All Class work and Project work must be submitted on formation of Council of Ministers, tenure, functions - policy
the day notified and not later, Failure to do so will result making, administrative, legislative, financial, emergency.
in loss of marks. Position and powers of the Prime Minister. Collective and
individual responsibility of the members of the Cabinet.
Distinction between the Council of Ministers and the
Cabinet.
3. The Judiciary
COMPUTER APPLICATION (a) The Supreme Court:
Composition, qualifications of judges, appointment,
Unit Test-I : independence of judiciary from the control of executive
and legislature; Jurisdiction and functions: Original,
● Revision of class IX syllabus
Appellate, Advisory, Revisory, Judicial Review and Court
of Record. Enforcement of Fundamental Rights and Writs.
Selection Examination: (including Unit Test-I syllabus)
(b) The High Courts:
● Class as the basis of all computation Composition, qualifications of judges, appointment;
Jurisdiction and functions: Original, Appellate, Revisory,
● User – defined Methods
Judicial Review and Court of Record. Enforcement of
● Constructors Fundamental Rights and Writs.
(c) Subordinate Courts: Distinction between Court of the
● Library Classes District Judge and Sessions Court. Lok Adalats: meaning
● Arrays and advantages.

● String Handling

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 SECTION B : HISTORY 4. Analytical Chemistry
1. The Indian National Movement (1857 - 1917) 5. Electrolysis
(a) The First War of Independence, 1857. Only the causes
6. Organic Chemistry
(political, socio-religious, economic and military) and
consequences. [Unit Test-I Syllabus to be included]
(b) Factors leading to the growth of Nationalism economic Orientation Examination:
exploitation, repressive colonial policies, socio-religious
reform movements (brief mention of contribution of Raja 7. Metallurgy
Rammohan Roy and Jyotiba Phule) and role of the Press. 8. Study of Compounds
Foundation of the Indian National Congress -the Indian
A. Hydrogen Chloride
National Association (Surendranath Banerjee) and the East
India Association (Dadabhai Naoroji) as precursors. B. Ammonia
Immediate objectives of the Indian National Congress -
C. Nitric Acid
the first two sessions and their Presidents.
(c) First Phase of the Indian National Movement (1885-1907) D. Sulphuric Acid
- objectives and methods of struggle of the Early 9. Mole Concept and Stoichiometry.
Nationalists. Any two contributions of Dadabhai Naoroji,
Surendranath Banerjee and Gopal Krishna Gokhale. 10.Practical Chemistry
Second Phase of the Indian National Movement (1905- [Orientation Examination will include the entire ICSE syllabus]
1916) - Brief mention of the causes of the Partition of
Bengal and its perspective by the Nationalists. Brief BIOLOGY
mention of Surat Split of 1907; objectives and methods of
struggle of the Radicals. Any two contributions of Bal Unit Test-I :
Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai.
The Muslim League; Factors leading to the Formation of 1. Cell cycle. Cell division and structure of Chromosomes.
the Muslim League and its Objectives. Brief mention of 2. Genetics
the significance of The LucknowPact- 1916. 3. Absorption by Roots
2. Mass Phase of the National Movement (1915-1947)
4. Transpiration
(a) Mahatma Gandhi - Non-Cooperation Movement : causes
(Khilafat Movement, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh Selection Examination (Includes the chapters of Unit Test-1)
Tragedy), programme and suspension - Chauri Chaura 5. Photosynthesis
incident and impact of the Movement; the Civil Disobedience
Movement: causes (reaction to the Simon Commission, 6. The Circulatory System
Declaration of Poorna Swaraj at the Lahore Session of 7. The Excretory System
1929), Dandi March, programme and impact of the
8. The Endocrine System
Movement, Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Second Round Table
Conference; the Quit India Movement: causes (failure of 9. Chemical Co-ordination in plants
the Cripps Mission, Japanese threat), Quit India Resolution
and the significance of the Movement. 10. Human Evolution

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 Note : Orientation Syllabus is included whole ICSE (b) Forward Bloc (objectives) and INA (objectives and
Mathematics (Part-II) Chapters. contribution of Subhas Chandra Bose).
(c) Independence and Partition of India - Cabinet Mission
PHYSICS Plan (clauses only); Mountbatten Plan (clauses and its
Unit Test-I : acceptance); and the Indian Independence Act of 1947
(clauses only).
1. Force
3. The Contemporary World
2. Work, Power, Energy
(a) The First World War -Causes (Nationalism and Imperialism,
3. Machines
Armament Race, division of Europe and Sarajevo crisis)
Selection Examination: and Results (Treaty of Versailles, territorial rearrangements,
formation of League of Nations).
1. Sound
(b) Rise of Dictatorships
2. Current Electricity
Causes for the rise of Fascism in Italy and the rise of
3. Electromagnetism
Nazism in Germany. A comparative study of Mussolini's
4. Calorimetry Fascist and Hitler's Nazi ideologies.
Chapters from UNIT - I included in the Selection Examination. (c) The Second World War
Orientation Examination: (‘25-’26) Causes (Dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles, Rise
of Fascism and Nazism, Policy of Appeasement, Japanese
1. Refraction of Light
invasion of China, Failure of League of Nations and Hitler's
2. Spectrum invasion of Poland). Brief mention of the attack on Pearl
3. Radioactivity Harbour and bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Orientation Examination is based on the whole year syllabus. Consequences (Defeat of Axis Powers, Formation of the
Three Project Practicals are to be done. United Nations and Cold War).
1) Refraction of Light through rectangular glass block (d) United Nations
2) Refraction of light through a triangular prism. (i) The objectives of the U.N. The composition and functions of
3) Verification of Ohm’s Law the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the
International Court of Justice.
CHEMISTRY (ii) Major agencies of the United Nations: UNICEF, WHO and
UNESCO - functions only, (e) Non-Aligned Movement
Unit Test I :
Brief meaning; objectives; Panchsheel; role of Jawaharlal
1. Periodic Properties and Variations of Properties.
Nehru; Names of the architects of NAM.
2. Chemical Bonding

Selection Examination : (Unit Test 1 Syllabus inluded)

3. Study of Acid, Bases and Salts

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 GEOGRAPHY MATHEMATICS
Book: Frank Modern Certificate Geography Part II, Unit Test I :
Theresa Maria Elena Shenoy and N. Ananthapadman; Frank 1. Ch- Factorisation
Bros and Co.
2. Ch- Linear Inequation
Unit Test I
3. Ch- Matrices
1. Climate
2. Soil Resources 4. Ch- Measures of Central Tendency (Except Histogram and
Ogive)
Selection Examination
Selection Examination (includes Unit-I):
3. Natural Vegetation of India
1. Ch- Banking
4. Water Resources
2. Ch- Quadratic Equation (including problems on quadratic
5. Mineral and Energy Resources equation)
6. Agriculture in India I 3. Ch- Ratio and Proportion
7. Agriculture in India II 4. Ch- Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression
8. Location, Extent and Physical Features-Through Map only 5. Ch- Equation of a Straight Line.
(India) 6. Ch-Trigonometrical Identities
9. Transport 7. Ch- Distance and Section Formula
10. Agro based Industries 8. Ch- Reflection
11. Interpretation of Topographical Maps 9. Ch- Histogram and ogive
[Unit Test I syllabus included in Selection Examination] 10.Ch- Mensuration (Cylinder, Cone, Sphere)
Orientation Examination: (The Whole ICSE
Orientation Examination Syllabus)
12. Manufacturing Industries- Mineral Based 1. Ch- Shares and Dividend
13. Waste Management 2. Ch- Goods and Services Tax

14. Interpretation of Topographical Maps 3. Ch- Circles

4. Ch- Locus
[Unit Test-I and Selection Examination syllabi included in
5. Ch- Construction
the Orientation Examination].
6. Ch- Similarity of Triangles
7. Ch- Height and Distance
8. Ch- Probability

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