Syllabus Social Science (087) Class IX SA-II (2012-13)
Time : 3 Hours UNIT 1. India and the Contemporary World – I 2. India – Land and the People 3. Democratic Politics I 4. Understanding Economic Development – I 5. Disaster Management – (Through Project & Assignments). TOTAL Marks : 90 TERM 2 23 23 22 22 90
The Question Paper will include value based question(s) To the extent of 3-5 marks.
The Problem Solving Assessment will be conducted for all students of class IX in Jan – Feb 2013 and the details are available in a separate circular. The `Problem Solving Assessment’ (CBSE-PSA) will be counted towards FA-4 which is 10% of total assessments of Class IX. This assessment will also be carried forward towards the FA-4 in Class X. This score will be reflected in one Language (English or Hindi), Mathematics, Science and Social Science w.e.f the session 2012-2013 for Class IX and 2013 – 14 for Class X. The same score will be reflected in FA-4 for class IX and Class X. The students will have the option to improve their PSA Score in Class X, as they can sit for the test with Class IX students of the Session 2013-2014 in January – February 2014. The best scores will be reflected in the final certificate in case of those applying for improvement. The schools which have already planned their time table and other details regarding FA-4 will take the best scores of FA-3 and FA-4 to count towards the total 10%, now available for FA-3 and FA-4 taken together.
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The prescribed syllabus will be assessed using formative and summative assessments in the following manner: Term –I 20% 30% 50% Term-II 10% 30% 40% PSA 10% 10% Total 40% 60% 100%
Formative Assessment 1 and 2, 3 and 4 Summative Assessment Total
The formative assessment will comprise of Projects, assignments, activities and Class Tests/ periodic tests for which Board has already issued guidelines to the schools. The Summative Assessment will comprise of Theory paper as per