Latest ICSE 2023-24 Syllabus Chemistry Class 10
CISCE has made no changes in their ICSE Class 10 syllabus for the 2023-24 academic session. Unlike other boards, CISCE uploads a bulk of syllabus and specimen papers for the coming years. But so far there have been no changes in both.
So, let’s start building a foundation for ICSE 2024 board exams with chapter-wise syllabus. Below, you can download the ICSE Class 10 Chemistry Syllabus PDF for the session 2023-24.
2023-24 Latest Syllabus ICSE Class 10 Chemistry
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ICSE CHEMISTRY 2024 SYLLABUS FOR CLASS 10
| UNIT |
Sub Unit |
Marks |
| 1. Periodic Properties and variations of Properties - Physical and Chemical. |
(i) Periodic properties and their variations in
groups and periods.
(ii) Periodicity on the basis of atomic number for elements. |
|
| 2. Chemical Bonding |
(i) Electrovalent bonding.
(ii) Covalent Bonding.
(iii) Coordinate Bonding. |
| 3. Study of Acids, Bases and Salts |
(i) Simple definitions, classification and their
characteristic properties.
(ii) Ions present in mineral acids, alkalis and salts and their solutions; use of litmus and pH paper to test for acidity and alkalinity.
(iii) Types of salts: normal salts, acid salt, basic salt, definition and examples.
(iv) Action of dilute acids on salts. |
| 4. Analytical Chemistry |
(i) Action of Ammonium Hydroxide and
Sodium Hydroxide on solution of salts.
(ii) Action of alkalis (NaOH, KOH) on certain
metals, their oxides and hydroxides. |
| 5. Mole Concept and Stoichiometry |
(i) Gay Lussac’s Law of Combining Volumes
(ii) Vapour Density and its relation to relative
molecular mass: |
80 |
| 6. Electrolysis |
(i) Electrolytes and non-electrolytes.
(ii) Substances containing molecules only, ions only, both molecules and ions.
(iii) Definition and explanation of electrolysis,
electrolyte, electrode, anode, cathode, anion.
(iv) An elementary study of the migration of ions, with reference to the factors influencing selective discharge of ions. |
| 7. Metallurgy |
(i) Occurrence of metals in nature.
(ii) Extraction of Aluminium.
(iii)Alloys – composition and uses. |
| 8. Study of Compounds |
(i) Hydrogen Chloride
(ii) Ammonia
(iii) Nitric Acid
(iv) Sulphuric Acid |
| 9. Organic Chemistry |
(i) Introduction to Organic compounds.
(ii) Structure and Isomerism.
(iii)Homologous series – characteristics with
examples.
(iv) Simple nomenclature.
(v) Hydrocarbons: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes. |
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Practical Work |
20 |
| TOTAL |
100 |
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