CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (CBSE)

GRADE X
PRELIM 1 EXAMINATION PORTION
AY 2024 - 25
SUBJECT - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
UNITS SUB-UNITS
•A Letter to God
•Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
•Two Stories about Flying
•From the Diary of Anne Frank
•Glimpses of India

Prose (First Flight) •Mijbil the Otter

•Madam Rides the Bus
•The Sermon at Benares
•The Proposal (Play)
• Dust of Snow
• Fire and Ice
• A Tiger in the Zoo
• How to Tell Wild Animals
• The Ball Poem
• Amanda
Poetry (First Flight) • The Trees
• The Fog
• The Tale of Custard the Dragon
• For Anne Gregory
• A Triumph of Surgery
• The Thief's Story
• The Midnight Visitor
• A Question of Trust
• Footprints without Feet

Footprints Without Feet • The Making of a Scientist

• The Necklace
• Bholi
• The Book That Saved the Earth
 Reading • Discursive Passage and Case Based Factual Passage
• Formal Letter based on a given situation
• Letter to the Editor
• Letter of Complaint
Writing • Letter of Placing an Order
Skills (100 -
120 words) • Letter of Inquiry
• Letter of Recommendation
• Analytical Paragraph

• Tenses
Grammar
• Modals
• Subject Verb Concord
• Determiners
• Reported Speech - Commands, Requests, Statements, Questions
Words and Expressions • Units 1-9

SUBJECT - HINDI (B)

UNITS SUB-UNITS
• बड़े भाई साहब

• डायरी का एक पन्ना

• ततााँरा-वामीरो कथा

स्पर्श गद्य खंड • तीसरी कसम क़े शिल्पकार िैल़ेन्र

• अब कहााँ दस
ू रों क़े दख
ु में दख
ु ी होऩे वाल़े

• पतझर में टू टी पत्तियााँ (गिन्नी का सोना, झ़ेन की द़े न )

• कारतूस

• कबीर की साखी

• मीरा क़े पद

• मनुष्यता

स्पर्श पद्य खंड • पववत प्रद़े ि में पावस

• तोप

• कर चल़े हम फ़िदा

• आत्मत्राण
 • हररहर काका

संचयन • सपनों क़े स़े ददन

• टोपी िक्
ु ला
• रचना क़े आधार पर वाक्यों का रूपाांतरण

• पदबांध
व्याकरण
• समास

• मुहावऱे

• अनच्
ु छ़े द ल़ेखन

• सूचना ल़ेखन

• औपचाररक पत्र ल़ेखन

लेखन
• त्तवज्ञापन ल़ेखन

• लघुकथा ल़ेखन

• औपचाररक ई- म़ेल ल़ेखन

अपठित बोध • अपदित िदयाांि

SUBJECT - MATHEMATICS
UNITS SUB-UNITS
• Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
1. Real Number
• Properties of Irrational Numbers and Proofs of Irrationality
• Zeroes of a Polynomial
2. Polynomials
• Relationship between Zeroes and Coefficients of Quadratic Polynomials
- Introduction of Simultaneous Linear Equations

3. Pair of Linear Equations - Graphical Representation of Linear Equation in Two Variable - Graphical
in Two Variables Method
- Methods of Solving Linear Equations in Two Variables

- Substitution
- Elimination

- Condition for Consistency / Inconsistency Application

- Simple Situational Problems

•Standard Form of a Quadratic Equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, (a ≠ 0)

• Solutions of Quadratic Equations (only Real Roots) by Factorization, and
by using Quadratic Formula
4. Quadratic Equation
•Relationship between Discriminant and Nature of Roots
•Situational Problems based on Quadratic Equations Related to day-to-day
Activities
 • (Motivate) Arithmetic Progression Derivation of the nth Term
• Sum of the First n Terms of A.P.
5. Arithmetic Progression
• Application in Solving Daily Life Problems
• BPT or Thales Theorem
• Converse of BPT
6. Triangles
• Similarity of Triangles
• Concepts of Co-ordinate Geometry
• Graphs of Linear Equations
7. Co-ordinate Geometry • Distance Formula
• Section Formula (Internal Division)
• Trigonometric Ratios of an Acute Angle of a Right-angled Triangle
• Proof of their Existence (well defined); Motivate the Ratios whichever are
defined at 0 degree and 90 degrees
8. Introduction to
Trigonometry • Values of the Trigonometric Ratios of 30, 45 and 60 degrees.
Relationships between the Ratios
• Proof and Applications of the Identity sin2A + cos2A = 1. Only Simple
Identities to be given
• Simple Problems on Heights and Distances
9. Some Applications of
• Angles of Elevation/Depression should be only 30°, 45°, and 60°
Trigonometry
• (Prove) The Tangent at any point of a Circle is Perpendicular to the Radius
10. Circles through the Point of Contact
• (Prove) The Lengths of Tangents drawn from an External Point to a Circle
are equal
• Area of Sectors and Segments of a Circle
11. Areas related to •Problems based on Areas and Perimeter/Circumference of the above
Circles said plane figures. (In calculating Area of Segment of a Circle, problems
should be restricted to Central Angle of 60°, 90° and 120° only
•Surface Areas and Volumes of combinations of any two of the
12. Surface Area and following: Cubes, Cuboids, Spheres, Hemispheres and Right Circular
Volume
Cylinders/Cones
13. Statistics • Mean, Median and Mode of Grouped Data (Bimodal situation to be
avoided)
• Classical Definition of Probability
14. Probability
• Simple Problems on finding the Probability of an Event

SUBJECT - SCIENCE
PHYSICS
 UNIT SUB- UNITS
• Introduction to Reflection of Light and Reflection of Light at curved
surfaces
• Images formed by Spherical Mirrors
• Mirror Formula and Magnification
Unit 1: Light
Reflection and Refraction • Refraction and Refractive Index
• Power of Lens
• Images formed by Lens
• Exercise and Numericals
• Practical: To determine the Focal Length of Concave Mirror and Convex
Mirror
• Practical based Questions
• Human Eye
• Defects of Vision and Correction
• Refraction of Light through a Prism
Unit 2:
Human Eye and Colorful • Atmospheric Refraction
World • Scattering of Light
• Dispersion of Light
• Practical: To trace the path of Ray through a Rectangular glass slab for

different Angles of Incidences. Measure the Angle of Incidence, Angle

of Refraction and Angle of Emergence and interpret the result

• Practical: To study Refraction through Prism and measure the Angle of

Deviation
• Practical based Questions
 • Electric Current and Electric Circuit
• Electric Potential, Potential Difference and Circuit Diagram
• Ohm’s Law
• Resistivity
Unit 3: • Resistors in Series and Parallel
Electricity
• Heating effects of Electric Current and Practical Applications of Heating
Effects
• Electric Power
• Exercise and Numericals
•Practical: To study the dependance of potential difference (V) across
on the current (I) passing through it and determines its resistance.
Also plot the graph between V and I
• Practical based Questions
•Practical: Resistance of a system of Resistors:
A) Resistors in Series B) Resistors in Parallel

• Magnetic Field and Field Lines

• Magnetic Field due to current carrying Conductor
• Magnetic Field due to current through straight and circular loop
• Field due to Current carrying Coil or Solenoid
Unit 4:
Magnetic Effects of • Force on a current carrying Conductor, Fleming’s left-hand Rule
Electric Current
• Alternate and Direct Current (Advantages)
• Domestic Electric Circuit
• Exercise and Numerical
CHEMISTRY
UNIT SUB-UNITS
• Chemical Equations
• Balanced Chemical Equations and Implications of Balanced Chemical
Equations
•Types of Chemical Reactions: Combination, Decomposition,
Unit 1: Displacement Reaction and Double Displacement Reaction
Chemical Reactions and • Types of Chemical Reactions: Precipitation and Neutralization Reactions
Equations • Types of Chemical Reactions: Oxidation and Reduction Reactions. Effects
of Oxidation in Everyday Life
•Practical: Performing and observing the following Reactions and
classifying them into: A. Combination Reaction B. Decomposition
 Reaction C. Displacement Reaction D. Double Displacement Reaction (i)
Action of Water on Quicklime
(ii) Action of Heat on Ferrous Sulphate Crystals (iii) Iron Nails kept in
Copper Sulphate Solution (iv) Reaction between Sodium Sulphate and
Barium Chloride Solutions

• Definitions of Acids and Bases in terms of H+ and OH- ions

• Chemical Properties of Acids and Bases
• Electrolytic Nature of Acids and Bases
• Concept of pH scale and importance of pH in everyday life
• Preparation and Use of Sodium Hydroxide, Bleaching Powder, Baking

Soda, Washing Soda and Plaster of Paris

Unit 2: • Family of Salts
Acids, bases and salts
• Water of Crystallisation
• Practical: To study the properties of Acids and Bases (HCl and
NaOH) on Litmus, Zinc and Solid Sodium Carbonate
• Practical: To find the pH of Acids, Bases and Salts using pH paper /

universal indicator
(i) Dilute Hydrochloric Acid
(ii) Dilute NaOH solution
(iii) Dilute Ethanoic Acid solution
(iv) Lemon juice
(v) Water
(vi) Dilute Hydrogen Carbonate solution
• Physical Properties of Metals and Non-metals
• Chemical Properties of Metals and Non-metals
• Reactivity Series
Unit 3:
• Formation and Properties of Ionic Compounds
Metals and Non-metals
• Extraction and Refining of Metals
• Corrosion and Prevention of Corrosion
• Practical: To observe the action of Zn, Fe, Cu and Al Metals on Salt
Solutions and arrange as their reactivity
• Carbon Compounds: Covalent bonding in Carbon Compounds, Allotropes
of Carbon

Unit 4: • Versatile Nature of Carbon

Carbon and its Compounds • Homologous Series

• Functional Groups
• Nomenclature of Carbon Compounds
• Chemical Properties of Carbon Compounds
 • Ethanol and Ethanoic Acid
• Soap and Detergents
• Practical: To study the Properties of Acetic Acid (Ethanoic Acid)
• Practical: To study the comparative cleaning capacity of sample of soap in
Soft and Hard water

BIOLOGY
UNIT SUB-UNITS
• Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Nutrition
• Show experimentally the presence of Starch in Leaves
• Respiration in Human beings and Plants
• Transport in Human beings and Plants
Unit 5:
Life Processes • Excretion in H uman beings and Plants
• Practical: To show experimentally that Carbon dioxide gas is given out
during Respiration
• Practical: Prepare a Temporary mount of leaf to show Stomata
• Nervous System
• Reflex Actions
• Structure and Function of the Human Brain
• Voluntary and Involuntary Actions
• How does Nervous Tissue cause action
Unit 6:
• Coordination in Plants
Control and Coordination
• Movements in Plants
• Plant Hormones and their Functions
• Chemical Coordination: Animal Hormones-Characteristics
• Location of Endocrine Glands
• Function of Endocrine Glands

• Asexual Reproduction in Plants and Animals

• Sexual Reproduction in Plants and Human Beings
• Reproductive Health
• Safe Sex Vs HIV/AIDS
Unit 7:
How do organisms
• Childbearing and Women's Health
reproduce?
• Practical: Identify different parts of a Dicot Seed
• Practical: To observe a) Binary fission in Amoeba b) Budding in Yeast with
the help of prepared slides
• Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses
Unit 8: Heredity • Mendels Laws of Inheritance of Traits
• Sex Determination
• Ecosystems and Components of Food Chains and Food Webs
Unit 9: • Human Activities affecting the Environment
Our Environment
• Ozone Layer Depletion
• Waste Management and Waste Production
• Biodegradable Vs Non-Biodegradable Waste

SUBJECT - SOCIAL SCIENCE

HISTORY
UNIT SUB-UNITS
• The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation
• The Making of Nationalism in Europe: The Aristocracy and the New
Chapter 1: Middle Class
Rise of Nationalism in
Europe • What did Liberal Nationalism stand for
• The Age of Revolutions: 1830-1848
• The Making of Germany and Italy
• Visualizing the Nation
• Nationalism and Imperialism
• The First World War, Khilafat, and Non-Cooperation
• Different Strands within the Movement
Chapter 2:
Nationalism in • Towards Civil Disobedience
India • The Sense of Collective Belonging
• Congress sessions:
(i) 1920 Calcutta
(ii) 1920 Nagpur
(iii) 1927 Madras Session
• 3 Satyagraha Movements:
(i) Kheda
 (ii) Champaran
Mapwork: History
(iii) Ahmedabad Mill Workers
• Jallianwala Bagh
• Dandi March
• The Premodern World
(i) Silk Route
Chapter 3:
The Making of a Global (ii) Food Travels: Spegatti and Potato
World (iii) Conquest, Diseases and Trade
• The First Printed Books

Chapter 5: • Print comes to Europe

Print Culture and the • The Print Revolution and its Impact
Modern World
• The Reading Mania
• The Nineteenth Century
• India and the World of Print
• Religious Reform and Public Debates
• New Form of Publication
• Print and Censorship

POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIT SUB-UNITS
• Belgium and Sri Lanka- A Comparative Study
• Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka and accommodation in Belgium
Chapter 1:
Power Sharing • Why Power Sharing is important
• Forms of Power Sharing
• What is Federalism
• What makes India a Federal Country
Chapter 2:
Federalism • How is Federalism practiced in India
• Decentralization in India
• Gender and Politics
• Religion, Communalism and Politics

Chapter 3: Gender, • Secular State

Religion and Caste • Caste and Politics
• Politics in Caste
 • Why do we need Political Parties

Chapter 4: Political Parties • How many Parties should we have

• National Political Parties

• State Parties
• Which are the major National and Regional Parties in India
• Challenges to Political Parties
• How can Parties be reformed

• How do we assess the Outcomes of Democracy

• Accountable, Responsive and Legitimate Government
• Economic Growth and Development
Chapter 5:
• Reduction of Inequality and Poverty
Outcomes of
Democracy • Accommodation of Social Diversity
• Dignity and freedom of the citizens

ECONOMICS
UNIT SUB-UNITS
• Definition of 'Development'
• Traditional Notion of Development
• Important Development Goals of Individuals

Chapter1: • Growth of NI- Critical Appraisal of Existing Development Indicators

Development • Average Income
• Income and Other Criteria
• Public Facilities BMI, Human Development Report
• Need for Health and Educational Development
• Human Development Indicators
• Sustainability of Development
• Classification of the Sectors
• Historical change in Sectors, Interdependence of various Sectors
• Rising importance of the Tertiary Sector
• Reasons for growing importance of Service Sector in India
 • Where are most people Employed

Chapter 2: • Organized Unorganized Sector

Sectors of the Indian • Sectors in Terms of Ownership
Economy
• How to protect workers in the Unorganised Sector
• How to create more Employment in Sectors
• Government Efforts
• Role of Money in an Economy
• Historical Origin
• Functions of Money, Forms of Money, Different Credit Situations, and
Chapter 3: Money Terms of Credit
and Credit
• Formal and Informal Financial institutions for Savings and Credit
• Cooperatives
• Financial Institutions for Credit or various Credit Arrangements
• Self Help Groups for the Poor

Chapter 4. Globalisation • What is Globalisation

and the Indian Economy
Note: To be evaluated in • Factors that have enabled Globalisation
the board examination
GEOGRAPHY
UNIT SUB-UNITS

Chapter 1: • Concept
Resources and • Development of Resources
Development
• Resource Planning - Resource Planning in India, Conservation of
Resources
• Land Resources and Land Utilization
• Land Use Pattern in India
• Land Degradation and Conservation Measures
• Soil as a Resource - Classification of Soils, Soil Erosion, and Soil
Conservation
• Conservation of Forests and Wildlife in India
Chapter 2: Forest • Types and Distribution of Forests and Wildlife Resources
and Wildlife
• Community and Conservation
 • Water Scarcity and the Need for Water Conservation and Management
Chapter 3: Water • Multi-Purpose River Projects and Integrated Water Resources
Resources Management
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Types of Farming – Primitive Subsistence, Intensive Subsistence,
Chapter 4: Commercial
Agriculture • Cropping Pattern – Major Crops, Food Crops other than Grains, Non-Food
Crops
• Technological and Institutional Reforms
• What is a Mineral

Chapter 5: • Mode of occurrence of Minerals - Where are these Minerals found?

Mineral and Energy Ferrous Minerals, Non-Ferrous Minerals
Resources • Non-Metallic Minerals, Rock Minerals
• Conservation of Minerals
• Energy Resources - Conventional Sources of Energy, Non- Conventional
Sources of Energy
• Conservation of Energy Resources
• Importance of Manufacturing - Industrial Location
• Agro based Industry

Chapter 6: • Mineral based Industries

Manufacturing Industries • Industrial Pollution and Environmental Degradation

• Control of Environmental Degradation

GEOGRAPHY SUB-UNITS
MAPWORK
Chapter 1:
Resources and • Major Soil Types
Development
(Identification only)
• Salal

Chapter 3: Water • Bhakra Nangal

Resources • Tehri
Locating and
• Rana Pratap Sagar
Labelling
• Sardar Sarovar
• Hirakud
• Nagarjuna Sagar
• Tungabhadra
 Chapter 4: • Major areas of Rice and Wheat
Agriculture
• Largest / Major Producer states of Sugarcane, Tea, Coffee, Rubber,
(Identification Cotton and Jute
only)
Chapter 5: a. Iron Ore Mines
Minerals and Energy
• Mayurbhanj
Resources Minerals
(Identification only) • Durg
• Bailadila
• Bellary
• Kudremukh
b. Coal Mines
• Raniganj
• Talchar
• Bokaro
• Neyveli
c. Oil Fields
• Digboi
• Naharkatia
• Mumbai High
• Bassien
• Kalol
• Ankaleshwar

Power Plants (Locating and Labelling only)

a. Thermal
• Namrup
• Ramagundam
• Singrauli
b. Nuclear
• Narora
• Kakrapara
• Tarapur
• Kalpakkam
Chapter 6: a. Cotton Textile Industries:
Manufacturing
• Mumbai
Industries (Locating
and Labelling only) • Indore
• Surat
• Kanpur
• Coimbatore

b. Iron and Steel Plants:

• Durgapur
• Bokaro
• Jamshedpur
• Bhilai
• Vijayanagar
• Salem
c. Software Technology Parks:
• Noida
• Gandhinagar
• Mumbai
• Pune
• Hyderabad,
• Bengaluru
• Chennai
• Thiruvananthapuram
Chapter 7: a. Major Sea Ports
Lifelines of National
Economy (Locating and • Kandla
Labelling) • Mumbai
• Marmagao
• New Mangalore
• Kochi
• Tuticorin
• Chennai
• Vishakhapatnam
• Paradip
• Haldia
b. International Airports:
• Amritsar (Raja Sansi - Sri Guru Ram Dass jee)
• Delhi (Indira Gandhi)
• Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji)
• Chennai (Meenam Bakkam)
• Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose)
• Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)

SUBJECT - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

UNITS SUB-UNITS
• Methods of Communication
• Communication Cycle

Part A: Unit 1: • Communication Barriers

Communication Skills - II • Effective Communication

• Basic Writing Skills

Part A: Unit 2: • Stress Management and its Techniques

Self-Management Skills - • Ability to work Independently

II

Part A: Unit 3: • Operating Systems

ICT Skills - II
• Managing Files and Folders
• Care and Maintenance of a Computer
Part A: Unit 4: • Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Skills
 Part A: Unit 5: • Sustainable Development
Green Skills - II
• Foundational Concepts of AI

Part B: Unit 1: • What is Intelligence

Introduction to AI • Decision Making
• What is Artificially Intelligence
• How do machines become Artificially Intelligent
• Applications of AI in Real Life
• What is AI and What is not AI
• AI and related Terminologies
• Introduction to AI Domains
• AI Ethics
• AI Project Cycle

Part B: Unit 2: AI • Problem Scoping

Project Cycle • Data Acquisition
• Data Exploration
• Modelling
• Evaluation
• Deployment
• Introduction to Neural Networks
 • Introduction to Data Science
Part B: Unit 4: Data
Science • Applications of Data Science
• Revisiting AI Project Cycle
• Data Collection
• Data Access
[Remaining portion is to be assessed in Practical]

• Introduction to Computer Vision

Part B: Unit 5: • Applications of Computer Vision

Computer Vision • Concepts of Computer Vision
[Remaining portion is to be assessed in Practical]

Part B: Unit 5: (To be assessed through practical)

Advance Python

• Introduction to Natural Language Processing

• Applications of Natural Language Processing
Part B: Unit 6: • Revisiting the AI Project Cycle
Natural Language
Processing • Introduction to Chatbots
• Human Language versus Computer Language
• Data Processing
• TFIDF: Term Frequency Inverse Document Frequency
• NLTK
• Introduction

Part B: Unit 7: • Importance of Evaluation

Evaluation • Evaluating Model Behaviour: Underfit, Perfect Fit, and Overfit
• Model Evaluation Terminologies
• Confusion Matrix
• Evaluation Methods
 SUBJECT – FRENCH

UNITS SUB-UNITS
• Lesson 2-Après le bac
• Lesson 3- Chercher du travail
• Lesson 4: Le plaisir de lire
• Lesson 5: Les médias
LITERATURE (Culture and
• Lesson 6: Chacun ses goûts
Civilisation)
• Lesson 7: En Pleine forme
• Lesson 8: L'environnement
• Lesson 10: Vive la République.

• Tenses (Présent, Impératif, Passé Composé, Futur

Simple, Futur Proche, Passé Récent, Imparfait, Verbes
Pronominaux, Futur Antérieur, Plus-que-parfait,
conditionnel présent)
• Trouvez la question
• Les pronoms personnels (COD, COI, y, en, toniques)
GRAMMAR • Les adjectifs et pronoms possessifs
• Les adjectifs et pronoms démomstratifs
• Les pronoms relatifs simples et composés
• La négation
• Le subjonctif
• Les discours directs et indirects

• Une Lettre informelle

• Message writing
WRITING SECTION - • Rearranging dialogue
COMPREHENSION • Complete the text