S Y L L A B U S(2015 - 2016)

CLASS - IX

Please Note:The lessons are to be taught in the sequence given in the syllabus booklet. Do not skip lessons/topics or reverse the order in any way.

Subject: English

Books Prescribed:- Prescribed by: J&K BoardUNIT - I

Prose: 1. Packing4. Saint of the Gutters

POETRY 2. No Men Are Foreign5. To Blossoms

Grammar: 3. Noun and its kinds. 6. Verb.

UNIT - IIProse:

7. Gulliver Part I & IIPOETRY 8. Beauty

12. The Road Not TakenShort Story: 9. The Adventures of Toto.Grammar: 10. Adverb

11. Adjective13. Punctuation

TERM - IProse:

14. Sheikh Noor-Uddin-Wali21. The Fun They Had

POETRY 15. I Cannot Remember My Mother22. On Killing a Tree

Short Story: 16. Moti Guj - Mutineer (Play) 17. A Basketful of Sea TroutsGrammar:

18. Essay writing19. Message writing / E-mail writing20. Paragraph writing23. Letter Writing24. Articles25. Preposition

UNIT - IIIProse: 26. The Tempest - I POETRY 27. Cart Driver

30. To the CuckooShort Story: 28. Old Man at the Bridge Grammar: 29. Tenses (Simple Present, Present Continuous,

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Subject: Mathematics

Unit - I1. Number System2. Polynomials - [to be evaluated in Unit-II]

Unit - II3. Coordinate Geometry - [to be evaluated in Term-I]4. Linear Equations in two variable - [to be evaluated in Term-I]5. Lines and Angles - [to be evaluated in Term-I]

Term - I6. Triangles7. Constructions8. Heron’s Formula - [to be evaluated in Term-II]

Unit - III9. Quadrilaterals10. Statistics - [to be evaluated in Term-II]

Term - II11. Circles12. Area of parallelogram’s and triangles13. Logarithms14. Surface area and volume

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Tenses)31. Notice Writing

TERM - IIProse:

32. The Tempest - II39. How a Client Was Saved

POETRY 33. Palanquin Bearers40. The Child’s Prayer

Short Story: 34. The Happy Prince41. The Last Leaf

PLAY: 35. If I were youGrammar: 36. Use of ‘too’ in sentences

37. Use of ‘unless’38. Narration42. Essay Writing43. Letter Writing44. Paragraph Writing45. Dialogue Writing 46. Correcting sentences (re-arranging of jumbled

sentences.

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Subject: Social StudiesBooks Prescribed by the J&K Board

(HISTORY)UNIT - I

Event and Process:1. The French Revolution Ancient regime and its crises. Circumstances that led to the revolution

Different revolutionary groups and ideas of the time, its impact.OR

Socialism in Europe and the Russian revolutionCrises of Tzarism. Nature of Social movements between 1905 and 1917.

UNIT - II2. Rise of Nazism

Growth of Social democracy. Crises in Germany. Basis of Hitler. Rise to power, Ideology and impact of Nazism.

TERM - I3. Modern Jammu and Kashmir State

Foundation of J&K State. Administration under Dogra’s Socio-EconomicDevelopment, Clothing in the state.

UNIT - III4. Forest Society

Forest society & colonialism - Deforestation commercial forestry-effects.OR

Pastoralists in the Modern World-Life of pastorialists.Impact of colonial role on pastorialists.

5. Peasants and FarmersCapitalism and Agriculture [to be evaluated in T-II exam]

TERM - II6. History and Sports - The Story of Cricket

ORClothing - A Social History-Society and Clothing

POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIT - I1. Democracy in the Contemporary World:

Over View(a) Two tales of Democracy (b) Military Coop of 1973(c) Restoration of Democracy(d) Democracy in Poland, phases in the extention of Democracy.(e) End of Colonialism (f) Recent Phase

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UNIT - II2. What is Democracy?

Why is Democracy?Over View(a) What is Democracy? (b) Features of Democracy(c) Free and fair Periodic Elections(d) Participation — The Role of Citizen in Democracy(e) The rights of citizens in a Democracy(f) The Rule of Law(g) Consensus and tolerance as the limits & requirements for democracy.(h) Arguments against Democracy (i) Arguments for Democracy

TERM - I3. Constitutional Design

Over View(a) Why do we need a constitution (b) Making of the Indian Constitution(c) The constituent Assembly (d) Brief explanation of the Preamble(e) The constitution of J&K (f) Institutional Design

4. Electoral Politics (Half Lesson)Over view(a) Why Elections (b) What makes an election democratic?(c) Is it good to have Political Competition?(d) What is our System of Election? (e) Electoral Constituencies.

UNIT - III5. Electoral Politics (Half Lesson)

(a) Reserved Constituencies (b) Nomination of Candidates(c) Election Campaign (d) Polling & Counting of Votes(e) Independent Election Commission

6. Working of Institution (Half Lesson)Over view(a) Need for Political Institution. (b) Parliament & its two Houses.

TERM - II7. Working of Institution (Half Lesson)

(a) Political Executive (b) Political & Permanent Executive(c) The Prime Minister & Council of Ministers(d) Powers of the Prime Minister (e) The President(f) The Judiciary

8. Democratic Rights(a) What are rights?(b) Why do we need rights in a Democracy?(c) Rights in the Indian Constitution. (d) Right to Equality(e) Right to Freedom (f) Right against exploitation(g) Right to freedom of Religion (h) Cultural & Educational Rights(i) Right to Constitutional Remedies (j) Guarantee of Fundamental Rights(k) Right to Education (l) Right to Inform(m) National Food Security Bill 2011 A.D.

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ECONOMICS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENTTERM - I

Economics1) Money & Banking

* Money as a Medium of Exchange* Evolution of Money* Modern forms of Money (Plastic Money)

Disaster Management2) Natural Disaster

* Natural Disasters* Earth quake – (Measurement, Effects, Mitigation)* Landslides – (Effects, Mitigation)* Floods – (Effects, Mitigation Measures)

TERM - IIEconomics3) Economic Activities

* Sectors of Economy* People as a resource* Poverty (Meaning, causes, Anti-poverty Measures)

Disaster Management4) Man-made Disaster

* Fire (Causes, Mitigation Measures)* Environmental Degradation (Causes, Mitigation Measures)* Transport Accidents (Types, Effects, Mitigation Measures)

GEOGRAPHYUNIT - I

1. Our Country [Location & Size]UNIT - II

2. Physical feature of IndiaTERM - I

3. Drainage4. Climate (i) Introduction & elements of climate & weather

(ii) Climatic factorsUNIT - III

5. Climate (i) Annual cycle of seasons(ii) Distribution of precipitation(iii) Monsoon as Unifying Bond

6. Natural VegetationTERM - II

7. Wild life8. Population

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Subject: Urdu

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Subject: ScienceBook Prescribed: JKBOSE, Srinagar/Jammu

(PHYSICS)UNIT - I

1. MotionUNIT - II

2. Force and Laws of MotionTERM - I

3. Work, Energy and PowerPractical:* To plot distance time graph from a given data and calculate speed from it.* To plot velocity time graph from a given data and calculate acceleration from it.* To measure the temperature of hot water as it cools and plot a temperature time

graph.* To demonstrate:

i) Equal and opposite forces.ii) Work done in lifting the weight.iii) Work done by a moving body.iv) Work done by a compressed spring on a raised body.

UNIT - III4. Gravitation

TERM - II5. Floatation, SoundPractical:* To determine the density of a solid using spring balance and a measuring

cylinder.

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* To verify Archimedes Principle.* To verify laws of reflection of sound.* To study the oscillation of:

i) Simple Pendullumii) Tunning forkiii) Stretched stringiv) Slinky

(CHEMISTRY)UNIT - I

(1) Matter in our surroundingsPractical:

To separate the contents of a mixture1. By Sublimation2. By Crystallization3. With the help of separating funnel.

UNIT - II(2) Is matter around us pure? [Page No. 114 - 120]Practical:

To carry out the following processes, record observations and classify them into Physical and Chemical change1. Melting of ice2. Adding pieces of Iron to CuSo solution4

TERM - IUnit I & Unit - II and (3) Is Matter Around us Pure? [Page no. 121 - 133]

Practical:Classify into Physical & Chemical change1. Burning of Magnesium ribbon.2. Dissolving Common Salt in water.

UNIT - III(4) Atoms and Molecules [Page no. 134 - 144]Practical:

Classify into physical and chemical change.1. Adding Zinc pieces to H SO2 4

2. To prepare a true solution of Sugar & Alum.3. To prepare a suspension of chalk powder & water.

TERM - II(5) (I) Atoms and Molecules [Page no. 145 - 151](6) (II) Structure of AtomPractical:

(I) To prepare a colloidal solution of starch in water and distinguish between these on the basis of (i) Filtration Criteria (ii) Stability

(II) To experimentally prove the law of conservation of mass.(III) To prepare a chart depicting the electronic configuration of 1 - 20

elements.

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(BIOLOGY)UNIT - I

1) The fundamental unit of lifePractical:

To study the various parts of microscope.UNIT - II

2) TissuesPractical:

i) To prepare and study plant cell from Onion peel and animal cell from check cells.

ii) To study different types of cells from permanent slides/charts/ models of bacterial cell, plant cell & animal cell.

TERM - IUnit - I + Unit - II

3) Diversity in living organismsPractical:

i) To study different types of plant tissues from permanent slides/charts/ models of parenchyma, Arendhyma, collendhyma, sclerendhyma, Xylem & Phloem.

ii) To study different types of animal tissues from permanent slides/charts/ models - squamous, cuboidal, columnar (ciliated), stratified (squamous) epithelial tissues, adipose tissue, tendon, Hyaline cartilage, Erythrocytes, Leucocytes, striated muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and neuron.

UNIT - III4) Why do we fall ill?Practical:

i) To study permanent slides/charts/models of Amoeba, Paramecium, Spirogyra & Rhizopus.

ii) Identification of specimens - Ascaris, Earthworm, Leech, Butterfly, Octopus, Starfish, Torpedo, Labeorohita, Frog, Lizard, Crow & rat.

TERM - II5) Natural resources6) Improvement in food resources7) Prevention of Drug abuse and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.Practical:

i) To prepare a slide of blood film showing RBC’S and blood platelets.ii) Prepare a slide of striated muscle taken from frog/cockroach thighs.

Term - II includes U3 + T2 chapters.

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Subject: Hindi

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bdkà - ,d UNIT - I

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bdkà - nks UNIT - II

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izFke l= TERM - I

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bdkà - rhu UNIT - III

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fërh; l= TERM - II

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Subject: ComputerTerm I

Unit I: IT BasicsConvergence of Technologies:Computer System : Characteristics of a computer, Basic applications of a computer, components of a computer system-Central processing Unit (CPU), Visual Display Unit (VDU), and Keyboard;Concept of Memory :Primary and Secondary : Memory, RAM and ROM, units of Memory- Byte, kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Input/ output Devices; Mouse, Joy Stick, Scanner, Microphone, OCR, MICR, Light pen, Bar Code Reader, Digital Camera, Printer, Speaker, Plotter.1) Ms-WindowsBasic concept of an operating system and its functions.Introduction to Windows: Using Mouse and moving icons on the screen, My Computer, Recycle Bin, Task Bar, Start- Menu and menu selection, running an application, setting system date and time; Windows Explorer to view files, folders and directories, creating and renaming of files and folder, opening and closing of Windows, Minimize, Restore and Maximize forms of windows , Basic components of a Window; Desktop, Frame Title Bar, Menu Bar, Status Bar, Scroll Bars (Horizontal and Vertical), Using Right button of the Mouse, Creating shortcut, Basic Windows Accessories; Notepad, Paint, Calculator, Wordpad, Using Clipboard.2) Ms-WordMs-Word: Introduction to a word processor, creating and saving a document, Editing and Formatting a Document; Text Style (B, I, U), Font Type Size, Changing Colour, alignment of text, Formatting paragraphs with line or paragraph spacing; adding headers and footers numbering pages, using grammar and spell check utilities, using subscript and superscript, inserting symbols, Print Preview, Printing a document.Inserting Word Art, Clipart and pictures, pages setting, Bullets and Numbering, Borders and shading, Format Painter, Find and Replace, Inserting Tables; Inserting ,deleting-rows and columns,merging cells, splitting cells, using auto format; Mail Merge

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Term-II Storage Devices: Computer Languages: Machine Language, Assembly Language and High Level Languages, Role of Assembler and compiler.Types of Software: System, Utility and Application software with examplesCommunication Technology. Need for networking, LAN, MAN and WANData Communication Device: ModernIntroduction to Internet Content : Data, Information and multimedia1) Ms-Power PointIntroduction to presentation Graphics, understanding the concept of slide shows, Basic elements of a slide, Different types of Slide Layouts, Creating and Saving Presentation, Different views of a slide; Normal view, Slide sorter view and Slide show, Editing and Formatting a slide; Adding Titles, Subtitles, Text Background, Watermark; Headers and Footers, Numbering slides; inserting Pictures from files, Animating pictures and Text with Sound Effects, Timing, Text box, Picture and Slides, Rehearse Timings, Ungrouping and Grouping pictures from Clipart.2) Ms-ExcelIntroduction to spreadsheets, concept of Worksheets and Workbooks, Creating and Saving a worksheet. Working with a spreadsheet; entering numbers, text, date/time, series using to Fill, Editing and formatting a worksheet including changing colour, size, font, alignment of text, Inserting or deleting cells, rows and columns, Formulae-Entering a formula in a cell, using operators( + ,-,* ,/) in formulae, Relative referencing, Absolute referencing and mixed referencing, printing a work sheet.Use simple Statistical functions: SUM(), AVERAGE(), MAX(), MIN(), IF() (WITHOUT COMPOUND STATEMENTS); Inserting tables in worksheet, Embedding charts of various types; Line, Pie, Scatter, Bar and Area in a Worksheet.

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Subject: Kashmiri

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Subject: Punjabi