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SECTION A: Comprehension

SECTION A: Comprehension

SECTION B: PROSE

1.  1. A Letter to God

2.  Nelson Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom

3.  Two Stories about Flying:

a)  His First Flight

b)  The Black Aeroplane

4.  From the Diary of Anne Frank

SECTION B: PROSE

1.  Glimpses of India

a)  Baker from Goa

b)  Coorg

c)  Tea from Assam

2.  Madam rides the Bus

3.  The Sermon at Benares

POEMS:

1.  Dust of Snow

2.  Fire and Ice

3.  A Tiger in the Zoo

4.  The Ball Poem

5.  Amanda

POEMS:

1.  Animals

2.  The Trees.

3.  Fog

4.  Tale of Custard the Dragon

5.  For Anne Gregory

SUPPLEMENTARY READER:

1.  A Triumph of Surgery

2.  The Thief’s Story

3.  The Midnight Visitor

4.  A Question of Trust

SUPPLEMENTARY READER:

1.  Footprints without Feet

2.  The Necklace

3.  The Hack Driver

4.  Bholi

SECTION C: Grammar

1.  Gap Filling: Pronouns/ Articles/ Conjunctions/ Degrees of Comparison/ Adverbs/ Determiners / Relative Pronouns/ Prepositions/ Compound words (anybody, somebody, everyone)

2.  Modals

3.  Verb Forms: Tenses to be tested: Present/Past:

(Simple, Continuous and Perfect)

4.  Active/Passive Voice: Present/Past:

(Simple, Continuous and Perfect)

SECTION C:

1.  Reported Speech

2.  Do as directed:

i)  As soon as/ No sooner -than/ Hardly - when

ii)  Too/ so-that

iii)  Complete with a Conditional Clause

iv)  Question Tags

v)  Join sentences with/ without Connector

vi)  Combine by nominalizing the verb

vii)  Degrees of Comparison

viii)  In spite of / Although

Chemical Reactions and Equations

Life Processes

Acids, Bases and Salts

Sources of energy

Metals and Non-Metals

Light : Reflection and

Refraction

Control and Coordination

Human Eye and Colorful World

How do Organisms Reproduce?

Our Environment

Electricity

Management of natural resources

Early trade Activities

Unification of Germany

The Age of Industrialisation

Unification of Italy

Post -Industrialisation Age

Emergence of Nationalism in India

The American War of Independence

Goa’s Struggle for Freedom

The French Revolution

State Legislature

Union Legislature

State Executive

Union Executive

Urban Local Government

Judiciary

Panchayat Raj System in India

Total

Real Numbers

whole topic is included for evaluation

Polynomials

Concept of a Polynomial, degree-types

Zero of a Linear Polynomial ,Quadratic Polynomial-relation between zeroes and coefficients

Finding a Quadratic Polynomial given sum and product of zeroes/zeroes

To find the Quotient and remainder when a Cubic Polynomial is divided by a Linear polynomial and to express in the form:

Dividend =divisor x Quotient +Remainder

Pair of Linear equations in two variables

General form of a pair of linear equations in two variables

Conditions for a pair of Linear equations in two variables to have-a unique solution, no solution, infinitely many solutions -finding the value of the unknown

Find the solution of a pair of linear equations in two variables by

Elimination method (II)Substitution method (one

equation should have coefficient of x and y as one)

(III)Graphical method (one equation should have coefficient of x and y as one and the other equation should have coefficient of any one x or y as one)

Quadratic equations

Concept  of  a Quadratic equation- standard form

Finding the Roots of a Quadratic equation by

Factorisation method (II)Quadratic formula

C)Nature of Roots based on discriminant

Arithmetic Progressions

Concept of an AP-first term, common difference

Direct sums based on nth term, sum of n terms of an AP

Triangles

Concept of Similarity of Triangles-Tests for similarity of Triangles

Concept of theorem on Areas of Similar Triangles (Proof not for evaluation)

B.P.T., Pythagoras theorem and Converse of Pythagoras theorem (Proofs for evaluation)

Simple numerical applications of the

above 4 theorems

Co-ordinate Geometry

Concept of (I) Distance Formula (II)Section Formula (III)Area of Triangle Formula and direct questions based on them

Introduction to Trigonometry

Concept of Trigonometry

Trigonometric ratios and their relationships, k method

Proving Sin2θ+Cos2θ=1 with the figure d) Expressions involving Trigonometric ratios of some specific angles:

0⁰, 30⁰,45⁰,60⁰,90⁰

e) Trigonometric ratios of complementary angles

Some applications of Trigonometry

Heights and Distances: Angle of Elevation and Angle of Depression

Simple problems on heights and Distances. Problems should have only one right triangle with either angle of

elevation or Depression.

Circle

Concept of Tangent, Thm.10.1(proof not for Evaluation) Thm.10.2(with Proof)

Simple numerical applications

Constructions

Construction of Tangents to a Circle from a point outside the circle

Construction of Similar Triangles as per given scale factor.

Note : Angles can also be drawn using a protractor

Areas related to Circles

Perimeter and Area of a Circle

Areas of Segment, Sector, Quadrant of a Circle and Semicircle

Simple applications to find areas of shaded region involving only two plane

figures

Surface Areas and Volumes

Whole topic is included for evaluation

Statistics

Concept of Mean, Median, Mode

To find Mean of grouped data by Direct method

To find Mode of grouped data.

Probability

Concept of Theoretical Probability

Probability of a Sure event and an Impossible event, 0≤P(E)≤1, P (not E) c)Simple problems based on coins(max2), Dice (only 1), playing cards,

numbered cards, items in a box.