(News) CBSE has Created a Foreign Schools Cell(FSC) which
will ensure that CBSE schools outside India are given the right academic and
administrative support.
With an increasing number of schools going 'international'
worldwide, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has created a Foreign
Schools Cell (FSC) which will ensure that CBSE schools outside India are given
the right academic and administrative support.
The FSC, based out of Delhi, will take care of CBSE
affiliated schools in 25 countries worldwide. It will serve as a single-point
contact for foreign schools to coordinate and resolve complaints and look into
the needs of more than 60,000 students who have registered with the Board."
What is living? ; Biodiversity; Need for classification;
Three domains of life; Taxonomy & Systematics; Concept of species and
taxonomical hierarchy; Binomial nomenclature; Tools for study of Taxonomy –
Museums, Zoos, Herbaria, Botanical gardens.
Five kingdom classification; salient features and
classification of Monera; Protista and Fungi into major groups; Lichens;
Viruses and Viroids.
Salient features and classification of plants into major
groups-Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (three
to five salient and distinguishing features and at least two examples of
each category); Angiosperms- classification up to class, characteristic
features and examples).
Salient features and classification of animals-nonchordate
up to phyla level and chordate up to classes level (three to five salient
features and at least two examples).
UNIT I: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry Details:-
General Introduction: Important and scope of chemistry.
Laws of chemical combination, Dalton’s atomic theory:
concept of elements, atoms and molecules.
Atomic and molecular masses. Mole concept and molar mass;
percentage composition and empirical and molecular formula; chemical
reactions, stoichiometry and calculations based on stoichiometry.
UNIT II: Structure of Atom Details:-
Atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Concept of shells and
subshells, dual nature of matter and light, de Broglie’s relationship,
Heisenberg uncertainty principle, concept of orbital, quantum numbers,
shapes of s,p and d orbitals, rules for filling electrons in orbitals-
Aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion principles and Hund’s rule, electronic
configuration of atoms, stability of half filled and completely filled
orbitals.
UNIT III: Classification of Elements and Periodicity in
Properties Details:-
Modern periodic law and long form of periodic table,
periodic trends in properties of elements- atomic radii, ionic radii,
ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, electronegativity, valence.
UNIT IV: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Details:-
Valence electrons, ionic bond, covalent bond, bond
parameters, Lewis structure, polar character of covalent bond, valence bond
theory, resonance, geometry of molecules, VSEPR theory, concept of
hybridization involving s, p and d orbitals and shapes of some simple
molecules, molecular orbital theory of homonuclear diatomic molecules
(qualitative idea only). Hydrogen bond.
UNIT I: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry Details:-
General Introduction: Important and scope of chemistry.
Laws of chemical combination, Dalton’s atomic theory:
concept of elements, atoms and molecules.
Atomic and molecular masses. Mole concept and molar mass;
percentage composition and empirical and molecular formula; chemical
reactions, stoichiometry and calculations based on stoichiometry.
Students who appear for classes 10 and 12 government
examinations from next year will find it difficult to crack the examination as
questions will test the students’ analytical skills rather than rote learning.
The new exam pattern will be implemented for all classes in a phased manner.
According to highly-placed sources in the school education
department, the state will follow CBSE’s examination pattern by which only
students with good knowledge would pass the examination.
List of Candidates (LOC) for Class X & XII for Academic Session –
2013-14
The scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) for classes IX
and X is to be followed in
all schools affiliated with the Board (Secondary and Senior Secondary) for
academic session 2012-14.
Under the CCE, a candidate has to undergo assessments in Scholastic as well as
Co-Scholastic Areas
Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws;
Physics, technology and society.
Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of
units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time
measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; errors
in measurement; significant figures.
Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and
its applications.
