GILLCO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,MOHALI

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION-2023

CLASS X
SYLLABUS AND BLUEPRINT
ENGLISH
Total: 80 marks

Topics Blueprint
Reading Section A: 20 marks
Unseen Passage (1x10 =10 marks)
 Discursive passage Unseen Passage (1x10=10 marks)
 Case-based factual passage
Grammar and Writing
 Determiners Section B : 20 marks
 Tenses  Integrated Grammar (1x10=10 marks)
 Modals  Letter (Any ONE out of TWO to be answered)
 Subject – Verb Concord (1x5= 5 marks)
 Reported speech  Analytical Paragraph (1x5= 5 marks)
 Commands and requests
 Statements
 Questions
 Formal Letter based on a
given situation
 Analytical Paragraph Section C: 40 marks
Literature
 One extract out of two from Drama / Prose
FIRST FLIGHT (1x5=5)
A. Prose  One extract out of two from poetry (1x5=5)
1. A Letter to God  Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions
2. Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to to be answered in 40-50 words (FIRST
Freedom
FLIGHT) (4x3=12 marks)
3. Two Stories About Flying
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank  Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions
5. Glimpses of India to be answered in 40-50 words (FOOTPRINTS
B. Poems WITHOUT FEET) (2x3=6 marks)
1. Dust of Snow  One out of two Long Answer Type Questions
2. Fire and Ice from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about
3. A Tiger in the Zoo
100-120 words (1x6=6 marks)
4. How to Tell Wild Animals
5. The Ball Poem  One out of two Long Answer Type Questions
6. Amanda! from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET, to be
7. Fog answered in about 100-120 words. (1x6=6
marks)

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

1. A Triumph of Surgery
2. The Thief's Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust
5. Footprints Without Feet
6. The Making of a Scientist
 HINDI
Total: 80 marks

Chapter/Unit Name Blueprint

Reading KMD A ³vastuprk p`Sna´ 40
Apizt gad\yaaMSa 1´ Apizt gad\yaaMSa 10
dao Apizt gad\yaaMSa ³ibanaa iksaI ivaklp ko´ –
5+5=10
Grammar 2´ vyaakrNa 16 ³bahuivaklpIya´
vyaakrNa  pdbaMQa -4
 pdbaMQa  rcanaa ko AaQaar pr vaa@ya $paMtrNa - 4
 rcanaa ko AaQaar pr vaa@ya $paMtrNa  samaasa -4
 samaasa
 mauhavaro -4
 mauhavaro
3´ paz\ya pustk spSa- 14
Literature kavya KMD 7 ³bahuivaklpIya´
pizt pd\yaaMSa 5
spSa- kivata ko AaQaar pr p`Sna 2
pd\ya KMD gad\ya KMD 7 ³bahuivaklpIya´
 kbaIr – daoho pizt gad\yaaMSa 5
 maIra – pd paz ko AaQaar pr p`Sna 2
 maOiqalaISarNa gauPt – manauYyata
 sauima~anaMdna pMt – pva-t p`doSa maoM pavasa KMD ba ³vaNa-naa%mak p`Sna´ 40
 vaIrona DMgavaala – taop 4´ paz\ya pustk spSa- tqaa saMcayana 18
gad\ya KMD gad\ya KMD 6
 p`omacaMd – baD,o Baa[- saahba paz ko AaQaar pr p`Sna ³3 maoM sao 2 p`Sna kroM´
 saItarama sakosairyaa – DayarI ka ek pnnaa 3×2Ä6
 laIlaaQar maMDlaao[- – ttaÐra vaamaIrao kqaa kavya KMD 6
 p`hlaad Aga`vaala – tIsarI ksama ko iSalpkar kivata ko AaQaar pr p`Sna ³3 maoM sao 2 p`Sna kroM´
SaOlaond` 3×2Ä6
saMcayana saMcayana 6
 hirhr kaka paz ko AaQaar pr p`Sna ³3 maoM sao 2 p`Sna kroM´
 sapnaaoM ko sao idna 3×2Ä6
5´ laoKna 22
 AnaucCod laoKna – 5
laoKna  AaOpcaairk p~ – 5
 AnaucCod laoKna  saUcanaa laoKna – 4
 AaOpcaairk p~  iva&apna laoKna – 3
 saUcanaa laoKna
 laGau kqaa Aqavaa AaOpcaairk [- maola laoKna – 5
 iva&apna laoKna
 laGau kqaa Aqavaa AaOpcaairk [- maola laoKna
 PUNJABI
Total: 80 marks

Chapter/Unit Name Blueprint

• pVHn kOSl
Axif`Tw pYrHw, Axif`TI kwiv pVHn kOSl: (10)
tukVI Axif`Tw pYrHw (2+2+2+1)
• ivAwkrn Axif`TI kwiv tukVI (3×1=3)
smwsI
Sbd,Agyqr,ipCyqr,bhuArQk ivAwkrn (12)
Sbd, ikirAw ivSySx, muhwvry smwsI Sbd (bhuivklpI) (2×1=2)
(a,A,e) bhuArQk Sbd (bhuivklpI) (2×1=2)
• lyKn kOSl ikirAw ivSySx (bhuivklpI) (2×1=2)
lyK , ArjI/p`qr, qsvIr Agyqr (Coty au`qrW vwly) (2×1=2)
vrxn ipCyqr (Coty au`qrW vwly) (2×1=2)
• pwT pusqkW: muhwvry (vwk bxwE) (2×1=2)

• khwxIAW:
lyKn kOSl (18)
kulPI, AMg-sMg
lyK (cox ADwirq) (8×1=8)
• iekWgIAW:
ArjI/p`qr (cox ADwirq) (7×1=7)
zPrnwmw
qsvIr vrxn (3×1=3)
• kivqwvW:
so ikauN mMdw AwKIAY
pwT pusqkW:
ikrpw krky bKsu lYhu
qU myrw ipqw qU hY myrw mwqw
siqgur nwnk pRgitAw Aiq Coty au`qrW vwly pRSn (40)
• vwrqk: khwxI Aqy vwrqk iv`coN(bhuivklpI, cox ADwirq) (4×1=4)
Gr dw ipAwr kivqw Aqy iekWgI iv`coN (bhuivklpI, cox ADwirq) (5×1=5)
bolI khwxI Aqy vwrqk iv`coN
pRwrQnw (ie`k jW do SbdW vwly), cox ADwirq) (5×1=5)
khwxI Aqy iekWgI iv`coN 25-30 SbdW iv`c au`qrW vwly pRSn
(cox ADwirq) (5×2=10)
kivqw Aqy vwrqk iv`coN 50-60 SbdW iv`c au`qrW vwly pRSn
(cox ADwirq) (4×2=8)
iekWgI iv`coN 50-60 SbdW iv`c au`qrW vwly pRSn
(cox ADwirq) (4×2=8)
 MATHEMATICS
Total: 80 marks

Chapter/Unit Name Blueprint

 Real Numbers Section A:
 Polynomials MCQs (20 x 1 =20 mark)
 Pair of linear equations in Section B:
two variables Short Answer Type-I (5 x 2=10 marks)
 Quadratic Equations Section C:
 Arithmetic progression Short Answer Type-II (6 x 3=18 marks)
 Coordinate geometry Section D:
Long Answer Type (4 x 5=20 marks)
 Statistics
Section E:
 Probability
Competency-Based (3 x 4=12 marks)

Note:
• There will be no overall choice in the question paper.

• However, an internal choice has been provided in

two questions of 2 marks each, two questions of 3
marks each, two questions of 5 marks each and two
marks questions of section E. You have to attempt only
one of the alternatives in all such questions.
 SCIENCE
Total Marks: 80

Chapter Name Blue print

Chemistry CH-1 Chemical reactions and
equations SECTION A
MCQ (16x1=16)
Ch-2 Acids, bases and salts (4P+7C+5B)
Physics–ch 10- light, reflection and Assertion reason based question (4x1=4)
refraction (1P+1C+2B)

Ch-11 human eye and colorful world SECTION -B

Biology –Ch- 6 life processes Very Short answer questions
Ch-8 Reproduction in organisms.
(20-30 words) (6x2=12)

(1P+1C+4B)

SECTION -C

Short answer questions (30-50 words)

(3P+2C+2B)
(7x3=21)

SECTION-D

Long answer question

(1P+1C+1B) (5x3=15)

SECTION-E

Case based/data based question

(1P+1C+1B) (4x3=12)

NOTE:

There will be no overall choice in the question

paper.

6. However ,33% internal choices will be given

in all the sections.
 SOCIAL SCIENCE
Total: 80 marks

Chapter/Unit Name Blueprint

History
 Chapter-1 The Rise of Nationalism in
Europe
 Chapter-2 Nationalism in India
 Chapter-3 The Making of a Global
World
Geography
 Chapter-1 Resources and Development
 Chapter-2 Forest and Wildlife
Resources
 Chapter-3 Water Resources
 Chapter-4 Agriculture
 Chapter-7 Lifelines of National
Economy
Political Science
 Chapter-1 Power-sharing
 Chapter-2 Federalism
 Chapter-4 Political Parties
 Chapter-5 Outcomes of Democracy
Economics
 Chapter-1 Development
 Chapter-2 Sectors of the Indian
Economy
 Chapter-3 Money and Credit
Section A:
MCQs (20 x 1 =20 mark)
Section B:
Very Short Answer Type (4 x 2=8 marks)
Section C:
Short Answer Type (5 x 3=15 marks)
Section D:
Long Answer Type (4 x 5=20 marks)
Section E:
Case-Based (3 x 4=12 marks)
Section F:
Map-Based (2+3=5 marks)
Note:
• There will be no overall choice in the question
paper.
• However, internal choices will be given in
Section D, Long Answer Type Questions
 COMPUTER

M.M. – 50

SYLLABUS BLUEPRINT

Ch – 1 Internet Basics Section A: Objective type questions (11 X 1=11)

Ch – 2 Internet Services Section B: Very short answer type (8 X 2=16)

Ch – 3 Basic HTML Element Section C: Short answer type (5 X 3=15)

Ch – 4 Images, Links and Table Section D: Long answer type (2 X 4=8)