DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

SYLLABUS FOR PRE BOARD I EXAMINATION (2019-20)

CLASS X
ENGLISH
SECTION A-READING

 Comprehension of Passages

SECTION B- WRITING & GRAMMAR

 Letter to Editor
 Article Writing
 Letter of Inquiry
 Letter of Placing an order
 Letter of Complaint
 Story Writing
 Gap Filling
 Editing/ Omission
 Sentence Reordering or Sentence Transformation

SECTION C – LITERATURE
First Flight (All Chapters & Poems)
Prose
 A Letter to God
 Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
 Two Stories about Flying
 From the Diary of Anne Frank
 The Hundred Dresses–I
 The Hundred Dresses–II
 Glimpses of India
 Mijbil the Otter
 Madam Rides the Bus
 The Sermon at Benares
 The Proposal
Poetry
 Dust of Snow
 Fire and Ice
 A Tiger in the Zoo
 How to Tell Wild Animals
 The Ball Poem
 Amanda!
 Animals
 The Trees
 Fog
 The Tale of Custard the Dragon
 For Anne Gregory

Footprints Without Feet (All chapters)

  A Triumph of Surgery
 The Thief’s Story
 The Midnight Visitor
 A Question of Trust
 Footprints without Feet
 The Making of a Scientist
 The Necklace
 The Hack Driver
 Bholi
 The Book That Saved the Earth

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Text Book and Workbook: Chapters: 6,7,8,9

Grammar (40 Marks)

 Past Tense
 Adjective endings
 Past Perfect Tense
 Prepositions (of place and direction)
 Adjective in Comparative and superlative forms
 Conjunctions (als, ob, nachdem, obwohl)

Comprehension (8+7=15 Marks)

Dialogue writing (7 Marks)

E-mail/ Letter writing (8 Marks)

Completing the passage with the given words (5 Marks)

Comprehension (seen) (5 Marks)

FRENCH
Entre Jeunes II: Chapters: 1-10

Compréhension – 10 Marks
Expression Ecrite – Lettre, Message/Complétez le texte/ Mettez le dialogue en ordre – 20
Marks
Grammaire - 30 Marks
 Mettez au Négatif
 Articles/ Prepositions
 Pronoms Personnels
 Pronoms Relatifs Composés
 Adjectifs et Pronoms Démonstratifs
 Adjectifs et Pronoms Possessifs
 Discours Direct/Indirect
 Subjonctif
 Trouvez la Question
 Temps Convenable
Culture et Civilisation – 20 Marks
Répondez, Reliez, Complétez, Vrai/Faux, Chassez l’intrus
 SPANISH
Section A-Reading unseen passages. (20 marks)

Comprehension: respond to the questions. (10)

Comprehension: select the correct answer. (5)

Comprehension: respond to the questions. (5)

Section B (Escritura)

1. Based on stimulus: Paragraph writing in 150-200 words............. (10)

2. Based on written stimulus: Dialogue/ Message/email 100 words. (5)

Section C (Gramática)
3. Select answers.(grammar concepts) (5)

4. Expressions: Match the following (5)

5. Pretéritos: Fill in the blanks of past tenses. (5)

6. Subjuntive o Indicative: Fill in the blanks (10)

7. Imperative. (5)

8. Frame sentences with comparative expressions (5)

Prepositions, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, object pronouns, adjectives,

adverbs, question words etc.
Section D (Literatura)
9. Biography of writers in 40 words. (12 writers) (10)

MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER 3: PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
CHAPTER 4: QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
CHAPTER 5: ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
CHAPTER 6: TRIANGLES
CHAPTER 8: INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY
CHAPTER 9: SOME APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY
CHAPTER 11: CONSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER 12: AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES
CHAPTER 13: SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES
CHAPTER 14: STATISTICS
 SCIENCE
Physics
Chapter 10 Light- Reflection and Refraction
Chapter 11 The Human Eye and the Colourful World
Chapter 12 Electricity
12.6 Resistance of a System of Resistors
12.6.1 Resistors in Series
12.6.2 Resistors in Parallel
12.7 Heating Effects of Electric Current
12.7.1 Practical Applications of Heating Effect of Electric Current
12.8 Electric Power
Chapter 14 Sources of energy

Chemistry

Chapter 1. Chemical Reactions and Equations

Chapter 2. Acids, Bases and Salts
Chapter 3. Metals and Non-metals

Biology
Chapter- 6. Life Processes (only topic 6.4 Transportation to be tested).
Chapter-7. Control and Coordination.
Chapter- 8. How do Organisms Reproduce?
Chapter- 9. Heredity and Evolution.
Chapter-15. Our Environment.
Chapter-16. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.
 SOCIAL SCIENCE
History
1. The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
2. Nationalism in India
3. Print Culture and the Modern World (Unit 4 to 9)
Map work according to CBSE- Nationalism in India

Political Science
1. Gender, Religion &Caste
2. Political Parties
3. Outcomes of Democracy

Geography
1. Mineral and Energy Resources
2. Manufacturing Industries
3. Lifelines of National Economy
Complete Map work of six chapters according to CBSE guidelines (excluding Forest and
Wildlife Resources)

Economics
Chapter 2: Sectors of Indian Economy
Chapter 3: Money and Credit
Chapter 4: Globalisation and the Indian Economy
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Main textbook
Unit 2: Web Applications
Unit 3: Word Processing
Unit 4: Spreadsheet
Unit 6: E-Mail Messaging
Unit 7: Database Development

Employability Skills
Unit 1: Communication Skills
Unit 2: Self-Management Skills
Unit 3: Information and Communication Technology Skills

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Unit 2: HTML
Unit 3: Cyber Ethics
Unit 4: Scratch

FOR PRE BOARD II EXAMINATION, THE COMPLETE SYLLABUS

WILL BE TESTED IN ALL SUBJECTS.