CISCE Item Banks Based on Competency-based Questions

August 20, 2024

CISCE (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations) has introduced the “item banks,” aka subject-based ICSE question banks, for ICSE Class 10 and ISC Class 12. These question papers are based on the notice released for the increased percentage of analytical and competency-based questions in the ICSE and ISC board exams 2025. 

CISCE has sent notices to the affiliated schools about this information. The notice included, “These subject-based item banks will serve as a resource for the students as well as the teachers.

These banks are developed and scrutinised by external subject matter experts and will help teachers in creating a competency-based question repository.” The questions are available on the official website in the downloadable PDF format.  CISCE has released the item banks for the following subjects.

ICSE Class 10

ICSE Class 10 Item Banks PDFs
Biology Download
Chemistry Download
Physics Download
History & Civics Download
Economics Download
English Language Download
Home Science Download
Mathematics Download

ISC Class 12

ISC Class 12 Item Banks PDFs
Biology Download
Chemistry Download
English Literature Download
Physics Download
Commerce Download
Economics Download
Mathematics Download
Computer Science Download

How to Download the Class 10 and 12  “Item Banks” 

The subject-based item banks are easily available on the official website. To download

  • Visit the CISCE website - https://cisce.org/
  • Click on the “Examinations” in the navigation menu.
  • Choose “ICSE” or “ISC” examination based on your requirement from the dropdown menu.
  • On the redirected page, click on the “ICSE Item Banks- Competency Focused Practice Questions” for Class 10, or on “ISE Item Banks- Competency Focused Practice Questions” for Class 12.
  • Download the subject-wise practise papers on the redirected page. 

CISCE has already announced that the upcoming board examinations will have papers based on the 25% increase in competency-based questions. Students can include these practice questions along with the Class 10 ICSE Specimen Papers and ISC Class 12 Specimen Papers.

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