CLASS-X EXCLUDED TOPICS 2022-23

SUBJECT- ENGLISH LITERATURE

Merchant ofVenice: Acts I and II
Treasure Trove
Poetry 1) The Heart of Tree 2) The Cold within 3) The Bangle Sellers
4) After Blenheim 5) Television
Short Stories 1) Chief Seattle's speech 2) The Old Man at the Bridge 3) A Horse And Two goats
4.) Hearts and Hands 5) A Face in the Dark

SUBJECT- MATHEMATCS
The chapters reduced from the ICSE syllabus for the 2023 ICSE examination are:
Ch-3 SHARES AND DIVIDEND
CH-11 GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
Ch-16 LOCI
The topics removed from some chapters are:
1. Direct simple applications on proportion ( From Ch-7 Ratio and Proportion))
2. Simple applications (From Ch-10 Arithmetic Progression)
3. Size transformation, Area theorem and its applications and problems on Maps and Models
(From Ch-15 Similarity)
4. Mean, Median and Mode
1. Raw and arrayed data
2. Discontinuous data from grouped data (from ch.24 Measures of central tendency)

SUBJECT GEOGRAPHY
Ch-1 Interpretation of topographical maps- (i-ii)
Topics: 6 figure grid reference, Identification of landforms marked by contours, Valley,
Ridge/ water divide, Escarpment
Ch- 2 Map of India
Topics: Garo, khasi, jaintia, kanara coast, Rivers- Ravi, Beas, Chenab, ghagra,Gandak,Gomti,
and son. Water bodies- Gulf of manner, Palk Strait,Soils- laterite soil, Cities- Chandigarh,
Srinagar, Vishakhapatnam
Ch-3 Location extension physical features of India only through map not to be included in theory.
Ch-7 Water resources
Topic: Lagoons and backwaters
Ch-8 Mineral and energy resources (part -1)
Topic: Bauxite
Ch-9 Mineral and energy resources (Part 2)
Topic: Non-conventional sources – Tidal, Geothermal (important areas and advantages)
Ch-10 Agriculture in India -1
Topic:Shifting agriculture
Ch-11 Agriculture in India-ii
Topics: Millets, Maize, soybean, coffee
Ch-14 Manufacturing industries in India
Topic: Iron and steel industry (TISCO, BHILLAI, VISHAKHAPATNAM)
Ch-16 Waste management
Topic: impact of waste accumulation impact of waste accumulation, spoilage of landscape,
Pollution, health hazards, effects of terrestrial aquatic (freshwater and marine) life.
 SUBJECT- HISTORY
Ch-1 i) Results related to army & social & Economic fields.
Ch-2 Economic exploitation, rediscovery of India's past, influence of Western Education, modern
means of transport & communication.
Ch-7 Home Rule league, August Declaration, objective of Home Rule League, Significance of
August Declaration
Ch-10 Cabinet mission plan
Ch-11 Territorial rearrangements
Ch-13 Policy of Appeasement, Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Ch-14 Purpose & Principle of U.N.
Ch-16 Factors responsible for NAM & role of Jawaharlal Nehru

SUBJECT- CIVICS
Ch-1 Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha: disqualification of members, electoral, judicial function, Anti-
defection Law, Relationship and difference between two houses
Ch-2 Powers of President: financial, Judicial, Position of President in Parliamentary setup.
Ch-3 Financial, emergency powers of Prime Minister
Ch-5 Condition of Services, powers of High court, Settlement of dispute, enforcement of
Fundamental Rights, writs Advisory, Revisory, Judicial Review, Court of record.

SUBJECT- PHYSICS
Ch-1 (ii) Uniform circular motion. As an example of constant speed. Difference between
centrifugal and centripetal force.

Ch-3 Lever: principle. First, second and third class of levers; examples: MA and VR in each case.
Examples of each of these classes of levers as also found in the human body. Pulley system
in which one pulley is fixed and others are movable

Ch-4 Multiple images in thick glass plate / mirror; [Diagrammatic representation is not there]

Ch-6 Scattering of light.

Ch-7 Intensity of sound; subjective nature of loudness; noise pollution, Music.

Ch-8 Derivation of expressions for equivalent resistance.

Ch-9 House wiring (ring system),

Two-way switch, staircase wiring,

Ch-10 DC electric motor- simple sketch of main parts (coil, magnet, split ring commutators and
brushes); brief description and type of energy transfer

AC Generator - Simple sketch of main parts, brief description and type of energy transfer.
Advantage of AC over DC.

Transformer- its types, characteristics of primary and secondary coils in each type.

Ch-12 (ii) Nuclear fission and fusion; basic introduction and equations.
 SUBJECT- CHEMISTRY
Ch-3 Acids, Bases and salts Part excluded from this chapter - Preparation and properties of salts.
Ch-5 Mole concept: part B) Relative Atomic Mass, Mole concept, D) Calculations Based on
Chemical equations.
Ch-7 Metallurgy part B) Stages involved in Extraction of Metals
Ch-12 Organic Chemistry: Part E) Alcohols. F) Carboxylic acids
SUBJECT- BIOLOGY
CH-6 Photosynthesis-
Topic: A diagrammatic representations of Carbon Cycle.
Ch-12 Endocrine System
Topic: A brief idea of feedback Mechanism with reference to T.S.H.
Ch-14 Human Evolution: Complete Chapter.