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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: BIOLOGY
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks: 60

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Reproduction in plants
2. Variation and Selection
3. Organisms and their Environment
4. Human Influences on Environment
5. Biotechnology and Genetic Modification
6. Drugs

Pattern

 As per IGCSE Board pattern (Paper 2,4 and 6)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ BIOLOGY/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: HISTORY (0470)
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes.
Max. marks:

 50 Marks (Paper-1)

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?

2. To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
3. How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939?
4. Depth Studies: Germany, 1918–45.

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X /IGCSE/ HISTORY (0470)/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes

Max. marks:

 60 (Geography Paper 2)

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Interpreting OS/ Topographic Map

(based on survey map extract, aerial photographs, satellite images and sketches)
2. Presentation of data, calculation, display, analysis and interpretation
3. Population: dynamics, structure, migration, distribution and density
4. Settlements and service provision
5. Earthquakes and volcanoes
6. Development, employment structure and changing trends
7. Tourism

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion, if needed)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ GEOGRAPHY/ 2023-2024

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SaraBa Birla Academy - Bangalore

Academic Session 2023-2024
Holiday Assignment (Autumn)
Grade: X IGCSE
Subject: Mathematics
Date of Submission - 20h November 2023

Solve IGCSE Exanmination Papers of May June 2017 - 2022.

Subject code - 0580

Paper Code 22 and 24.

You may download and print the past papers using any of the following links.

https:/ www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-mathematics
0580/past-papers
https://xtremepape.rs/threads/igcse-maths-èxtended-0580-0581-download.2467/
https://pastpapers.co/cie/?dir=IGCSEMathematics-0580
Svllabus for Preparatory Examination.
1. Sets

2. Functions

3. Vectors

4. Transformations.

**************** Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT/ OCT-NOV 2023/GRADE X/ IGCSE/ MATHS/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Time (post lunch): 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.
Max. marks: 60 marks

Syllabus for the above mentioned examination:

1. Data transmission
2. Hardware
3. Software
4. Programming
5. Databases & Boolean Logic

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ COMPUTER/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: HINDI
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks: 50

Syllabus ( Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. अनुच्छे द आधारित बहुविकल्पीय प्रश्न

2. आलेख आधारित संक्षिप्त नोट
3. सािांश लेखन
4. लेख/ननबंध/रिपोटट /डायिी/समीिा/बलााँग लेखन

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/HINDI/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks:

 60

Syllabus for the above mentioned examination:

1. Metallic elements and alloys

2. Reactivity of metals
3. Extraction and corrosion of metals
4. Introduction to organic Chemistry
5. Reaction of organic compounds
6. Petrochemicals and polymers

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern.

 MCQ’s – 20 (1 mark each)
 Structured Questions- 40 marks

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ CHEMISTRY/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPANISH (0530)
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks: 50

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

Chapter-

3.6 FINDING THE WAY

3. 6A ¿Por dónde se va a?
3. 6B Una excursion a Caracas.
3. 6C ! De ruta y sin descanso!

Question Type-

1. Reading and Directed Writing

2.Continuous Writing

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ FLS (0530)/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks: 50

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Directed Writing
2. Composition (Narrative & Descriptive)

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ FLE/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: BUSINESS STUDIES (0450)
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks:

 50 OR 60 (60 marks for X IGCSE, if the component is of 1 hour 30 minutes, carrying 60 marks)

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. SECTION 4 – OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

2. SECTION 5 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL DECISIONS
Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ BUSINESS STUDIES/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: ECONOMICS
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks:

 50
Syllabus for the above mentioned examination:

 Chapter 3: Microeconomic decision makers

3.1 Money and banking
3.2 Households
3.3 Workers
3.4 Trade unions
3.5 Firms
3.6 Firms and production
3.7 Firms’ costs, revenue and objectives
3.8 Market structure
 Chapter 4: Government and the macroeconomic aims
4.1 The role of government
4.2 The macroeconomic aims of government
4.3 Fiscal policy
4.4 Monetary policy
4.5 Supply-side policy
4.6 Economic growth
4.7 Employment and unemployment
4.8 Inflation and deflation

Pattern

 15 MCQ carrying 1 mark each 15 marks

 1 case study carrying 4 questions of 2 marks each, 3 ques of 5 marks each and
2 questions of 6 marks each. 35 marks

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ ECONOMICS/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes
Max. marks:

 80

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Algebra Full

2. Trigonometry

3. Statistical

 Histograms, Pie-Charts, Bar charts, c.f curves

 One variable statistics
 Two variable Statistics

4. Transformation

 Reflection / translation/ rotation/Enlargement/ Stretch

(Draw /Describe type questions)

5. Coordinate Geometry

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X IGCSE/ INT’L MATH/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks:

 50

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. General properties of waves (chapter 3.1)

2. Light (chapter 3.2)
3. Electromagnetic spectrum (chapter 3.3)
4. Sound (chapter 3.4)
5. Simple phenomena of magnetism (chapter 4.1)
6. Electrical quantities (chapter 4.2)
7. Electric circuits (chapter 4.3)
8. Electrical safety (chapter 4.4)

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ PHYSICS/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: English Literature
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks:

 50 OR 60 (60 marks for X IGCSE, if the component is of 1 hour 30 minutes, carrying 60 marks)

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Namesake (Complete novel)

2. A Street Car Named Desire

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ ENG LIT/ 2023-2024

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SARALA BIRLA ACADEMY – BANGALORE

ACADEMIC SESSION: 2023-2024
SYLLABUS FOR “PREPARATORY EXAMINATION: NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2023”
GRADE: X
CURRICULUM: IGCSE
SUBJECT: Music
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Time (post lunch):

 1 hour 30 minutes + 5 minutes of reading time.

Max. marks: 50

Syllabus (Chapters/ Topics and Sub-Topics) for the above mentioned examination:

1. Melodic feature: movement of melody in steps and leaps, scalic and chordal melody, key
signature, intervals.
2. Rhythmic feature: duple, triple and quadruple time, simple and complex time signature, types of
rhythms such as waltz, marches
3. Timbre: Identify instruments and family of instruments
4. Texture: homophonic, monophonic, polyphonic and heterophonic textures
5. Periods of music: Baroque, classical, romantic, 20th century music, Jazz, contemporary music

Pattern

 As per the latest board pattern (scaled down in terms of time and marks in proportion)

SYLLABUS/ PREPARATORY EXAM/ NOV-DEC 2023/ X/ IGCSE/ MUSIC/ 2023-2024