1. There are 5 folllowing prescribed textbooks in Social Science for class X.<\/p>\n
Unit (1) : India and the Contemporary World – II\u00a0 (History) Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B.1)<\/p>\n
Unit (2) : Contemporary India II (Geography) Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B. 2)<\/p>\n
Unit (3) : Democratic Politics II (Pol.Sc) – Published by N.C.E.R.T. (T.B. 3)<\/p>\n
Unit (4) : Understanding Economic Development II – Published by N.C.E.R.T.\u00a0 (T.B. 4)<\/p>\n
Unit (5) : Together Towards A Safer India – Part III, a text book on Disaster Management for Class – X – Published by CBSE (T.B. 5) (For Project Work and Assignment only. No question is to be set in the question paper on Disaster Management Unit).<\/p>\n
2. There will be 29 questions including 1 map question from Unit 1 and Unit 2.<\/p>\n
3. (a) Question No. 29 will be the map question from Unit 1 for 2 marks and from Unit 2 for 4 marks.<\/p>\n
(b) For map question, list of map items is already given after the design at Sl. No. 7.<\/p>\n
(c) Question No. 29 on map will have a choice between identification and location and labelling. Each option will have 6 items (2 from History and 4 from Geography).<\/p>\n
4. Question papers are to be set according to the design of the question paper.<\/p>\n
5. The following topics will remain deleted in Contemporary India (Geography) Part II:<\/p>\n
(i) Chapter 4 – Following Sub-topics : –\u00a0 Food security (page 44) and Impact of Globalization on Agriculture. (page 46)<\/p>\n
(ii) In Political Science textbook, questions will not be asked from \u201cDo it yourself exercises\u201c given on pages 103 to 107.<\/p>\n
6. Content of question papers and their marking schemes (Including outline of answers) should adhere to the textbooks stated above.<\/p>\n
7. A new type of question has been introduced in Social Science for Class X. This includes :<\/p>\n
(i) One question from source based boxes (i.e. boxes labelled as source A, B, …) given in theHistory textbook. The alternate within such a question (if given) will also be from source based box.<\/p>\n
(ii) One question on interpretation of any data, diagram and maps given in the other text books.<\/p>\n
8. No question on pictures and cartoons given in textbooks of units 1 to 4 stated above will be asked.<\/p>\n
9. Question paper will contain 20% questions (16 marks) of higher order thinking \/ ability (HOT questions).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"