Physics and Chemistry were different parts in old syllabus. As new books are introduced the evaluation process is modified, these two parts have combined together with a total of 14 units into a single textbook. Out of 14 units, first 7 units are Physics and the remaining 7 units are Chemistry.
Physics consists of -
- Heat
- Electricity
- Electromagnetism
- Reflection of Light on Different Surface
- Refraction at Plane Surface
- Refraction at Curved Surface
- Human Eye and Colourful World
- Chemical Reactions and Equations
- Structure of Atom
- Metallurgy
- The Periodic Table
- Acids and Bases
- Carbon and its Compounds
- Chemical Bonding
Summative Assessment
- Three summative tests must be conducted in each academic year for Class X. Public examination is conducted by the Board of Secondary Education in place of third summative test.
- First and second Summative Assessments shall be conducted by schools themselves by preparing question papers for 80% of marks. This ensures that the children are trained to write public exams.
Summative Assessment Pattern
Type of questions | Number of Questions | Marks for each question | Total marks |
Essay type questions | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Short answer questions | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Very short answer questions | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Objective type questions | 10 | ½ | 5 |
Grading
The marks based grading for Class X with the range is given here under.
Grade
|
Marks in Languages (100 M) | Marks in Non Languages (50 M) |
Grade points
|
A1
|
91 to 100 marks | 46 to 50 marks |
10
|
A2
|
81 to 90 marks | 41 to 45 marks |
9
|
B1
|
71 to 80 marks | 36 to 40 marks |
8
|
B2
|
61 to 70 marks | 31 to 35 marks |
7
|
C1
|
51 to 60 marks | 26 to 30 marks |
6
|
C2
|
41 to 50 marks | 21 to 25 marks |
5
|
D1
|
35 to 40 marks | 18 to 20 marks |
4
|
D2
|
0 to 34 marks | 0 to 17 marks |
3
|
Pass Marks and Minimum Marks for Passing
- 35% is the pass marks for all the language and non language subjects. Students must qualify in external exam (SA).
- In non-language subjects, the students need not pass in each of the two papers separately.
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Student must score a minimum of 35% of marks in each subject (aggregate of Paper 1 and Paper 2). Students must secure 28 marks in external public exam.
#CCE PHYSICAL SCIENCES PAPERS FOR SUMMATIVE -1 PREPARED BY GAMPA VENKATA PRABHU SIR