ISSO Syllabus

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 3

Total Questions: 35  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : Basic Needs, Festivals and Celebrations, People Who Help Us, Solar System and Our Earth, Our Environment, India - Our Motherland, India - Our Heritage, Our Ancestors - Early Life and Civilisation, Connecting People.

Section – 2 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 4

Total Questions: 35  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : Our Country – Our Country - Physical and Political Divisions, India - Resources and Climate, Our Rich Heritage, People Who Made a Difference, Our Constitution and Government, Our History, Earth and Environment, Transport and Communication

Section – 2 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 5

Total Questions: 50  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : Our Earth, Our Environment, Weather and Climate, Our Country, Our Freedom Struggle, Great Achievers, The United Nations, Inventions and Discoveries, Agriculture and Industries, Transport and Communication, Evolution of Mankind

Section – 2 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 6

Total Questions: 50  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : Locating Places on the Earth, Oceans and Continents, Landforms and Life, Studying the Past, The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation, India's Cultural Roots, Unity in Diversity, Family and Community, Governance at Central Level, Local Government in Rural Areas, Local Government in Urban Areas, Economic Life Around Us

Section – 4 : Higher Order Thinking Questions-Syllabus as per Section – 1.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 7

Total Questions: 50  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : History – Sources of Medieval Indian History, New Kings and Kingdoms, The Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, Mobile and Settled Communities, Bhakti Movement, Sufism and Regional Cultures, New Political Formations in the Eighteenth Century

Section – 2 : Geography – Earth and Our Environment, Air and Water, Human-Environment Interactions (Life in the Tropical and the Sub-tropical Regions, Deserts)

Section – 3 : Social and Political Life – Democracy and Equality, State Government, Unpacking Gender, Understanding Media, Markets Around Us

Section – 4 : Higher Order Thinking Questions-Syllabus as per Section – 1, 2 & 3.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 8

Total Questions: 50  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : History – Modern India-Sources and Significance, The Establishment of Company Power, Rural Life and Tribal Societies, The Revolt of 1857-58, Education and British Rule, Women, Caste and Reforms, Freedom Struggle in India

Section – 2 : Geography – Resources (Natural, Man-made and Human Resources), Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources, Agriculture and Industries

Section – 3 : Social and Political Life – The Indian Constitution and Secularism, Parliamentary Government and the Judiciary, Social Justice and the Marginalised, Economic Presence of the Government

Section – 4 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1, 2 & 3.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 9

Total Questions: 50  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : History – The French Revolution, Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution, Nazism and the Rise of Hitler, Forest Society and Pastoralists in the Modern World

Section – 2 : Geography – India - Physical Features and Climate, Drainage, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife, Population

Section – 3 : Political Science –  What is Democracy? Why Democracy?, Constitutional Design and Democratic Rights, Elections and Working of Institutions

Section – 4 : Economics – The Story of Village Palampur, People as Resource, Poverty and Food Security in India

Section – 5 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1, 2, 3 & 4.

SOF ISSO SYLLABUS CLASS 10

Total Questions: 50  Time: 1 hr.

Section – 1 : History – Nationalism in Europe and India, Globalisation and Industrialisation, Print Culture and the Modern World

Section – 2 : Geography –  Resources and Development, Forest, Wildlife and Water Resources, Agriculture and Industries, Minerals and Energy Resources, Lifelines of National Economy

Section – 3 : Political Science – Power Sharing and Federalism, Gender, Religion and Caste, Political Parties, Outcomes of Democracy

Section – 4 : Economics – Development and Sectors of the Indian Economy, Money and Credit, Globalisation and Consumer Rights

Section – 5 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1, 2, 3 & 4.