Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies 2009 CBSE CLASS X - Question Paper

DESIGN OF ques. PAPER
SAMPLE ques. PAPER
X - SCIENCE (THEORY)
Time : 2½ Hours Max. Marks : 60
The weightage to marks over various dimensions of the ques. paper shall be as under:
A. Weightage to Content/Subject units
S.No Content Unit Marks
1. Chemical Substances 18
2. World of residing 16
3. Effects of current 10
4. Light 8
5. Natural Resources 8
Total 60
B. Weightage to forms of ques.
S.No. Form of ques. Marks for No. of Total Marks
every ques. ques.
1. Very short ans kind (VSA) 01 09 09
2. Short ans kind (SA I) 02 09 18
3. Short ans kind (SA II) 03 06 18
4. Long ans kind (LA) 05 03 15
Total 27 60
C. Number of parts
The ques. paper will have 2 parts A & B
D. Scheme of choices
There will be no overall option. However, there is an internal option in every ques. of
five marks category.
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E. Weightage to difficulty level of ques.
S.No. Estimated difficulty level of Percentage
questions
1. Easy 15
2. avg. 70
3. Difficult 15
F. Typology of ques.
In order to assess various abilities related to the subject, the ques. paper includes
open-ended questions, drawing/illustrations based questions, communication-skill based
ques. and activity-based ques..
About 20% weightage has been assigned to ques. testing higher order
thinking skills of learners.
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BLUE PRINT I
X SCIENCE (THEORY)
VSA SA - I SA - II LA Total
Unit (1 Mark) (2 Marks) (3 Marks) (5 Marks)
Chemical Substances 3(3) 4(2) 6(2) 5(1) 18(8)
World of residing 2(2) 6(3) 3(1) 5(1) 16(7)
Effects of current 1(1) 4(2) - 5(1) 10(4)
Light 2(2) - 6(2) - 8(4)
Natural Resources 1(1) 4(2) 3(1) - 8(4)
Total 9(9) 18(9) 18(6) 15(3) 60(27)
Form of
Questions
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SAMPLE PAPER I
X - SCIENCE (THEORY)
Time : 2½ Hours Max. Marks : 60
General Instructions
1. The ques. paper comprises of 2 parts A and B. You are to attempt both the
sections.
2. All ques. are compulsory.
3. There is no overall option However, internal option has been given in all the three
ques. of 5 marks category. Only 1 choice in such ques. is to be attempted.
4. All ques. of part A and all ques. of part B are are to be attempted separately.
5. ques. one to six in part A and 17 to 19 in part B are short ques..These carry one
mark every.
6. ques. seven to 10 in part A and 20 to 24 in part B are short ans kind ques.
and carry 2 marks every.

Earning:   Approval pending.