INDIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY – ICSE

FIRST SEMESTER PORTION- STD 10

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 Grammar
 Tenses
 Prepositions
 Transformation of Sentences
 Synthesis of Sentences
 Essay Writing( Descriptive)
 Essay Writing( Imaginative)
 Essay Writing( Narrative)
 Essay Writing ( Argumentative)
 Picture Composition
 Notice & E mail Writing
 Letter Writing( Formal/Informal)
 Comprehension and Précis

ENGLISH LITERATURE

 Drama - Merchant of Venice

 Act III; Sc (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (v)
 Act IV; Sc (i), (ii)
 Prose - A Collection of Short Stories and Poems
 The Little Match Girl
 Old Man at the Bridge
 All Summer in a Day
 An Angel in disguise
 The Blue Bead
 Poetry - A Collection of Short Stories and Poems
 Abou Ben Adhem
 I know why the caged bird sings
 After Blenheim
 Nine Gold Medals
 The Patriot
 HISTORY & CIVICS

History:
 Chp 1: The First War of Independence
 Chp 2: Growth of Nationalism
 Chp 3: First Phase of Indian National Movement
 Chp 4: Second Phase of Indian National Movement
 Chp 5: The Muslim League
 Chp 6: Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement
 Chp 7: Quit India Movement
 Chp 8: Forward Bloc and The INA
 Chp 9: Independence and Partition of India
 Chp 10: The First World War
 Chp 11: Rise of Dictatorship
 Chp 12: The Second World War

Civics:

 Chp 1: The Union Parliament

 Chp 2: The President and the Vice-President
 Chp 3: Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

GEOGRAPHY
Theory
 Ch 8: Climate
 Ch 9: Soil Resources
 Ch10: Natural Vegetation
 Ch 11: Water Resources
 Ch 12: Mineral Resources
 Ch13: Conventional Sources Of Energy
 Ch 14: Non- conventional Sources of Energy
 Ch 15: Agriculture-1
 Ch 16: Agriculture-2
 Ch 17: Agriculture-3
 Ch 18: Agriculture-4
  Ch 19:Agrobased Industry
 Ch 20: Mineralbased Industry
Survey/Topo map Topics
 1.Scale
 2.Direction
 3.Contours,Slope and Gradient
 4.Direction of the river along with right and left bank tributaries
 5.Grid reference-4 Fig and 6 Fig
 6.Conventional Symbols
 7.Direct distance Measurement
 8.Area
 9.Settlements
 10.Drainage Pattern
Map of India Topics
 1.Latitude and Longitude
 2.South-west monsoon and North east monsoon winds
 3.Soil Distribution
 4.Mountains,Peaks and Passes
 5.Plains,Plateaus and Deserts
 6.Rivers
 7.Coasts,Gulfs and Straits

PHYSICS

 Chapter 1 Force
 Chapter 2 Work Energy and Power
 Chapter 3 Machines
 Chapter 4 Refraction of Light at Plane surfaces
 Chapter 5 Refraction through a Lens
 Chapter 6 Spectrum
 Chapter 7 Sound
 Chapter 8 Current Electricity

BIOLOGY
 Chapter 2- Structure of chromosomes, cell cycle and cell division
  Chapter 3- Genetics
 Chapter 4- Absorption by roots
 Chapter 5- Transpiration
 Chapter 6 – Photosynthesis
 Chapter 7- Chemical coordination in Plants
 Chapter 8- Circulatory System
 Chapter 9 – Excretory System
 Chapter 10 – Nervous System
 Chapter 11- Sense Organs
 Chapter 12 – Endocrine System
 Chapter 13- Reproductive System
 Chapter 15- Population
 Chapter 16- Pollution

MATHEMATICS
 Chapter 1-GST
 Chapter 2- Banking
 Chapter 3: Shares and Dividend
 Chapter 4: Linear Inequations (In one variable)
 Chapter 5: Quadratic Equations
 Chapter 6: Solving (simple) problems (based on quadratic equations)
 Chapter 7: Ratio and Proportion
 Chapter 8: Remainder and Factor Theorems
 Chapter 9: Matrices
 Chapter 10: Arithmetic Progression
 Chapter 11: Geometric Progression
 Chapter 12: Reflection
 Chapter 13: Section and Mid-point formula
 Chapter 14: Equation of a Line
 Chapter: 19 Constructions (Circles)
 Chapter 21: Trigonometrical Identities
 Chapter 22: Heights and Distances
 Chapter 23 Graphical Representation (Histogram and Ogives)
 Chapter 24: Measure of central Tendency
 Chapter 25: Probability

CHEMISTRY

 Chapter 1. The Periodic Table—Periodic properties & variations of properties

  Chapter 2. Chemical bonding
 Chapter 3A. Acids, Bases and Salts
 Chapter 3B. Analytical Chemistry
 Chapter 4 Mole concept and stoichiometry
 Chapter 5. Electrolysis
 Chapter 7. Study of Compounds
 7A Hydrogen Chloride
 7B Ammonia
 7C Nitric Acid
 7D Sulphuric Acid
 Chapter 9. Practical Chemistry
I. Identification of gases :
Hydrogen , Oxygen , Carbon dioxide , Sulphur dioxide , Hydrogen sulphide ,
Nitrogen dioxide , water vapour , Ammonia , chlorine , Hydrogen chloride.
II. Cation analysis : addition of NaOH and NH4OH solutions
copper ions , ferrous , ferric , zinc, calcium , lead ions
III. Anion Analysis : carbonate ion , sulphate ion , sulphite ion , chloride ion , nitrate
ion, sulphide ion.
Group 2
ECONOMICS

 Chapter1 Factors of Production

 Chapter 2 Elementary Theory of Demand
 Chapter 3 Elasticity of Demand
 Chapter 4 Theory of Supply
 Chapter 5 Meaning and Types of Markets
 Chapter 6 Meaning and Functions of Money
 Chapter 7 Commercial Banks
 Chapter 8 Central Bank
COMMERCIAL STUDIES

 Chapter 1 Stake holders in Commercial Organisations

 Chapter 2 Marketing and Sales
 Chapter 3 Advertising and Sales Promotion
 Chapter 4 Consumer Protection
 Chapter 5 E- Commerce
 Chapter 6 Capital and Revenue Expenditure/Income
 Chapter 7 Final Accounts of Sole Proprietorship
 Chapter 8 Fundamental Concepts of Cost
 Chapter 9 Budgeting
 Chapter 10 Sources of finance

Group 3
Computer Applications
 Chapter1 Computers Introduction to java
 Chapter2 Data types
 Chapter3 Conversion( explicit and implicit )
 Chapter4 Selection statement( if, switch) and ternary operator
 Chapter5 Methods definition and call ( return type and overloading)
 Chapter6 Iteration statements( for, while, do-while)
 Chapter7 Nested looping
 Chapter8 Break and continue
 Chapter9 Constructor
 Chapter10 Constructor overloading
 Chapter11 Scanner
 Chapter12 Math functions
 Chapter13 String functions
 Chapter14 Character functions
 Chapter15 Single dimensional arrays
 Chapter16 Searching
 Chapter17 Sorting
 Chapter18 Two dimensional arrays/Double dimensional arrays
  Chapter19 Call by value and call by difference
 Chapter20 Wrapper class

Technical Drawing
 Chapter1.Geometrical constructions
 Chapter 2.Template construction
 Chapter 3.Scales
 Chapter 4.Oblique view
 Chapter 5.Projections of the solids
 Chapter 6.Orthographic to Isometric projections
 Chapter 7.Sectional Orthographic projections
 Chapter 8.Section of the solids

Physical Education

SECTION A
 Chapter. 1 Human Growth and Development.
 Chapter. 2 Physical Education.
 Chapter. 3 Body Types.
 Chapter. 4 Physical Fitness.
 Chapter. 5 Sports Training.
 Chapter. 6 Principles of Sports Training.
 Chapter. 7 Safety in Sports.
 Chapter . 10 Dietary Modifications and Meal Planning.

SECTION B

 Chapter. 12 Cricket.
 Chapter . 13 Football.

Art

Still life
 Arrangement of manmade objects and natural objects
Applied Art
 Design for book cover
 Poster on social issue