ICSE is an abbreviation for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.
This is an exam that is done by the Board for the Indian Studies Certificate Examinations for the 10th standard. The
topics were divided into two parts. Part I includes courses such as art, socially useful productive work, physical
education, education in moral and spiritual values, and a third language of at least class V to class VIII. Candidates
must have taken these courses.
Part II is composed of two groups. Group I contains compulsory subjects such as English,
a second language, history, civic education and geography. A candidate may choose from two subjects: mathematics, science,
economics, business studies, technical drawing, modern foreign language, classical language, computer science, environmental
science and agricultural sciences. Group III contains the list of topics such as computer applications, economic application
and commercial application, from which the student can choose one of the topics. In group I and group II, the weighting of the
external and internal evaluation is 80:20. In group III, equal weighting is given to both.
CISCE aims to serve its learners through quality education and empowering them to contribute .
The ICSE exam pattern for all the compulsory subjects provided below so that students can overview of the exact question paper pattern, 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.
| ICSE Exam Pattern English I (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 students’ grammar. In essay and letter section, students are given a choice. They should choose only those topics which they know thoroughly. |
| ICSE Exam Pattern English – II Exam Pattern (2 Hours) |
| Section – A (2 questions ) |
| Section – B (2 questions ) |
| Section – C (2 questions ) contains an essay type question |
| ICSE Exam Pattern 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) |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For Hindi (3 hours) - First section deals with the 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 students are supposed to answer any 4 questions from the two books they have read from. |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For Physics ( 1.5 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. |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For Chemistry (1.5 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. |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For Biology (1.5 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 |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For History and Civics (2 hrs) |
| Section – A First part deals with small answer type questions from civics part (10 marks) |
| The 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) |
| The second part has 5 long answer type questions from history out of which any 3 are to be solved (30 marks) |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For Geography (2 hrs) |
| First part has 2 questions – i) Map of India(10 marks) ii)Survey map and its interpretation(20 marks) |
| The second part has 9 questions out of which 5 are to be solved (50 marks) |
| ICSE Exam Pattern For. E.V.S (2 hrs) |
| The first part has 4 compulsory questions and the second part has 5 long answer type questions out of which any 4 are to be solved. |
The ICSE grading system and pattern is given below. Group 1 is compulsory, but students can select any 2 subjects from group 2 and any 1 subject from group 3.
| GROUP I: (Compulsory) | Percentage External Examination | Marks Internal Assessment |
| 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% |
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When cracking the entrance exam to enrol in the professional programme, learning time management skills is essential. You should focus on getting excellent marks and stop wasting time on things like social media, TV, and hanging out with friends. What you should do is develop and adhere to a time management strategy. Make a study schedule.
To crack ICSE examinations, daily study is crucial. Studying for more than 10 to 11 hours, though, can strain your brain. You should practise previous year question paper with enough time left over towards the end to double-check your answers, this practise will help you finish your final test on time.
Practice test questions should be the basis for your self-evaluation in order to identify your strengths and flaws. Additionally, practise will boost your self-assurance and enable you to assess your preparedness. You can make preparation plans for the last stretch before D-Day by conducting a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis of your answer paper. You can improve your weak areas while also leveraging your strengths to achieve high scores.
Each one of you is a unique individual with different strengths, goals and needs. “KNOW YOURSELF TO GROW YOURSELF”
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