ICSE Class 10 Syllabus, Subject Selection, Weightage and More

Subjects and Marks Weightage

GROUP I: (Compulsory)
English    80%    20%
A Second Language (one/two)    80%    20%
History, Civics and Geography    80%    20%

GROUP II: (Any two/three of the following subjects)
Mathematics    80%    20%
Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)    80%    20%
Economics    80%    20%
Commercial Studies    80%    20%
A Modern Foreign Language    80%    20%
A Classical Language    80%    20%
Environmental Science    80%    20%

GROUP III: (Any one of the following subjects)
Computer Applications    50%    50%
Economic Applications    50%    50%
Commercial Applications    50%    50%
Art    50%    50%
Performing Arts    50%    50%
Home Science    50%    50%
Cookery    50%    50%
Fashion Designing    50%    50%
Physical Education    50%    50%
Yoga    50%    50%
Technical Drawing Applications    50%    50%
Environmental Applications    50%    50%
A Modern Foreign Language    50%    50%

ICSE Class 10 Exam Pattern
Students can have a look at the exam pattern of ICSE Class 10 for all the compulsory subjects below. The exam pattern will give an overview of the question paper design, weightage of marks for each section and number of questions in each section. By knowing the exam pattern, they get to know the important topics which need to be focused more. Students should go through the exam pattern before they start preparing for the ICSE Class 10 Board exam.

English I Exam Pattern (2 hours)
There will be 4 broad questions. A composition of 450 to 500 words, second is a letter, third is an unseen passage and related questions and fourth would be a question to test your grammar. In essay and letter section you are given a choice. Choose only those topics which you know about.
English – II Exam Pattern (2 Hours)
Section – A (2 questions )
Section – B (2 questions )
Section – C (2 questions ) contains an essay type question

For Maths (2 ½ hours)
Section – A ( 4 questions of 10 marks each = 40 marks)
Section – B ( 7 questions out of which 4 are to be solved for obtaining 40 marks)
For Hindi (3 hours) – First section deals with Hindi Language
It has 3 major parts – i)Essay of around 250 words ii)Letter iii) Unseen passage
Second section deals with Hindi Literature in which you are supposed to answer any 4 questions from the two books you have read from.

For Physics ( 2 hrs)
Section – A – Short compulsory questions worth 40 marks
Section – B – 6 questions out of which any 4 are to be solved worth 40 marks.

For Chemistry (2 hrs)
Section – A – Short compulsory questions worth 40 marks
Section – B – 6 questions out of which any 4 are to be solved worth 40 marks.

For Biology (2 hrs)
Section – A – Short compulsory questions worth 40 marks
Section – B – 6 questions out of which any 4 are to be solved worth 40 marks

For History and Civics (2 hrs)
Section – A First part deals with small answer type questions from civics part(10 marks)
Second part deals with small answer type questions from history part (20 marks)
Section – B First part has 3 long answer type questions from civics out of which any 2 are to be solved (20 marks)
Second part has 5 long answer type questions from history out of which any 3 are to be solved (30 marks)

For Geography (2 hrs)
First part has 2 questions – i) Map of India(10 marks) ii)Survey map and its interpretation(20 marks)
Second part has 9 questions out of which 5 are to be solved (50 marks)

For. E.V.S (2 hrs)
First part has 4 compulsory questions and second part has 5 long answer type questions out of which any 4 are to be solved.

Students have to attempt the exam for a total of seven subjects. It is to be noted that 4 compulsory subjects are to be chosen from Group A and 2 optional subjects are chosen from Group B and 1 optional subject from Group C.
The final score for any subject is a combination of both external and internal marks.
However, external marks will be rewarded by the ICSE board and internal marks will be rewarded by the school or institutional authorities.
Group A and Group B will be based on 80% + 20% marking scheme and Group C will be based on 50% + 50% marking criteria.

ICSE Syllabus For Class 10: Group A Exam Pattern & Compulsory Subjects

English
Second Languages- Indian Languages or Modern Foreign Languages
Social Sciences- History & Civics, and Geography

The marking scheme for ICSE Compulsory Subjects:

Subjects    External    Internals
English    80%    20%
Second Languages    80%    20%
Social Sciences    80%    20%

ICSE Class 10 Syllabus: Group B Exam Pattern & Subjects
Any two subjects based on the choices made by students will consist:

Mathematics
Science (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology)
Economics
Commercial Studies
Modern Foreign Language- Group II
Classical Language
Environmental Science

The marking scheme for subjects in Group B:

Subjects    External    Internal
Mathematics    80%    20%
Science    80%    20%
Economics    80%    20%
Commercial Studies    80%    20%
Modern Foreign Languages    80%    20%
Classical Language    80%    20%
Environmental Science    80%    20%

ICSE Syllabus For Class 10: Group C Exam Pattern & Subjects
Students will have to attempt the exam for any single paper based on the choices they made:

Computer Applications
Economics Applications
Commercial Applications
Art
Performing Arts
Home Science
Cookery
Fashion Designing
Physical Designing
Yoga
Technical Drawing Applications
Environmental Applications
Modern Foreign Languages- Group III

The marking scheme for subjects in Group C:

Subjects    External    Internal
Computer Applications    50%    50%
Economics Applications    50%    50%
Commercial Applications    50%    50%
Art    50%    50%
Performing Arts    50%    50%
Home Science    50%    50%
Cookery    50%    50%
Fashion Designing    50%    50%
Physical Education    50%    50%
Yoga    50%    50%
Technical Drawing Applications    50%    50%
Environmental Applications    50%    50%
Modern Foreign Languages    50%    50%

Non-Reduced ICSE Class 10 Syllabus 2020-21

The ICSE 10th Syllabus has not been reduced for the following subjects:

Second Language – Indian Languages
History and Civics (Thailand)
Geography (Thailand)
Modern Foreign Languages – Group I
French
German
Spanish
Modern Foreign Languages – Group II
Classical Language
Art
Modern Foreign Languages – Group III