Class - X SCIENCE (THEORY)
And Blue Print Paper

Time : 2½ Hours
Max. Marks : 60

The weightage to marks over different dimensions of the question paper shall be as under:
A. Weightage to Content/Subject units | S.No Content Unit Marks

1. Chemical Substances 18
2. World of living 16
3. Effects of current 10
4. Light 8
5. Natural Resources 8
Total 60

B. Weightage to forms of Questions | S.No. Form of Questions Marks for No. of Total Marks each question questions
1. Very short answer type (VSA) 01 09 09
2. Short answer type (SA I) 02 09 18
3. Short answer type (SA II) 03 06 18
4. Long answer type (LA) 05 03 15
Total 27 60

C. Number of Sections
The question paper will have two sections A & B

D. Scheme of Options
There will be no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in every question of
five marks category.

E. Weightage to difficulty level of questions
S.No. Estimated difficulty level of Percentage questions

1. Easy 15
2. Average 70
3. Difficult 15
F. Typology of Questions

In order to assess different abilities related to the subject, the question paper includes open-ended questions, drawing/illustrations based questions, communication-skill based questions and activity-based questions.

About 20% weightage has been assigned to questions testing higher order thinking skills of learners.


BLUE PRINT I - X SCIENCE (THEORY)

VSA SA - I SA - II LA Total

Unit (1 Mark) (2 Marks) (3 Marks) (5 Marks)

Chemical Substances 3 (3) 4 (2) 6 (2) 5 (1) 18 (8)

World of Living 2 (2) 6 (3) 3 (1) 5 (1) 16 (7)

Effects of current 1 (1) 4 (2) - 5 (1) 10 (4)

Light 2 (2) - 6 (2) - 8 (4)

Natural Resources 1 (1) 4 (2) 3 (1) - 8 (4)

Total 9 (9) 18 (9) 18 (6) 15 (3) 60 (27)

Form of Questions