ISC Economics Class 11 Syllabus
Part 1 (20 marks) consists of compulsory short answer questions testing knowledge, application and skills relating to elementary / fundamental aspects of the entire syllabus.
Part II (60 marks) consists of eight questions out of which you arerequired to answer five questions, each carrying 12 marks.
1. Understanding Economics
(i) Definition of Economics: Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, Lionel Robbins, Samuelson.
(ii) Micro and Macro Economics - Meaning and Difference. Basic concepts: utility, price, value, wealth, welfare, money, market, capital, investment, income, production, consumption, saving, Business cycle, Aggregate demand and Aggregate supply.
(iii) Basic problems of an economy: what to produce; how to produce; for whom to produce; efficient use of resources.
(iv) Types of economies: developed and developing; Economic systems: capitalism, socialism and mixed economy; mechanism used to solve the basic problems faced by each economy.
2. Indian Economic Development
(i) Introduction.
(ii) Parameters of Development.
(iii) Planning and economic development in India.
(iv) Structural Changes in the Indian Economy after liberalization.
(v) Current challenges facing Indian Economy.
(vi) Economic growth and development.
(vii) Sustainable Development.
3. Statistics
(i) Statistics: definition, scope and limitations of statistics.
(ii) Collection, organization and presentation of data.
(iii) Measures of Central Value: average defined; type of averages: arithmetic mean; simple and weighted; median and mode; ungrouped and grouped data; numericals, relationship between mean, median and mode.
(iv) Measures of dispersion: definition, methods of studying variation - range; standard deviation; quartile deviation; the mean or average deviation; coefficient of variation.
(v) Correlation: introduction, scatter diagram; Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation; Spearman’s coefficient of correlation.
(vi) Index numbers: simple and weighted - meaning, types and purpose. Problems involved in constructing a Price Index Number.
(vii) Some Mathematical Tools used in Economics
ISC Accounts Class 11 Syllabus
There isone paper of 3 hours duration of 80 marks divided into two parts.
Part I (20 marks) iscompulsory and consists of short answer questions, testing knowledge, application and skills relating to elementary/ fundamental aspects of the entire syllabus.
In Part II (60 marks), you are required to answer five questions out of eight from this section. Each question carries 12 marks.
1. Basic AccountingConcepts
Background of accounting and accountancy: knowledge and understanding of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards); GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), types of accounts; basic terms used in accounting, Accounting Standards and Accounting Equation.
2. Journal, Ledger and Trial Balance
(i) Journal: recording of entries in journal with narration.
(ii) Ledger: posting from journal to respective ledgers.
(iii) Sub-division of journal - cash book [including simple cash book and double column cash book (cash and bank). Petty cash book (including simple, analytical and imprest system), sales day book, purchases day book, sales return day book, purchases return day book, bills receivable book, bills payable book and Journal proper.
(iv) Trial balance
3. Bank Reconciliation Statement
Bank reconciliation statement.
(a) Meaning and need for bank reconciliation statement.
(b) Preparation of a bank reconciliation statement from the given cash book balance or pass book balance or both.
(c) Preparation of a bank reconciliation statement from the extract of the cash book as well as the pass book relating to the same month.
(d) Preparation of an amended cash book and a bank reconciliation statement from the given cash book balance.
(e) Preparation of an amended cash book and a bank reconciliation statement from the extract of the cash book as well as the pass book relating to the same month.
4. Depreciation, Provisions and Reserves
(i) Depreciation.
(ii) Methods of charging depreciation (Straight Line and Written Down Value method).
(iii) Problems relating to purchase and sale of assets incorporating the application of depreciation under the two stated methods.
5. Bills of Exchange
(i) Introduction to Negotiable Instruments: explanation of basic terms.
(ii) Practical problems on the above in the books of drawer, drawee, endorsee and bank.
6. Final Accounts and Concept of Trading, Profit and Loss account and Balance Sheet (with and without adjustments), Marshalling of Balance Sheet
(i) Capital and revenue expenditure/income.
(ii) Provisions and Reserves.
(iii) Trading, Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet of a sole trader, (Horizontal Format) without adjustments.
(iv) Preparation of Trading Account, Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet with necessary adjustments.
(v) Marshalling of a Balance Sheet: Order of permanence and order of liquidity.
7. Accounts from incomplete records
(i) Single entry and difference with double entry.
(ii) Ascertainment of profit/loss by statement of affairs method including application.
(iii) Conversion of Single entry into double entry.
8. Non Trading Organisation
(i) Non trading organization: meaning, objectives, necessity and treatment of specific items.
(ii) Different books maintained and differences between them.
(iii) Preparation of Income and Expenditure Account and Closing Balance Sheet.
9. Rectification of Errors
Errors and types of errors: errors of omission; errors of commission; errors of principle; compensating errors.
10. Introduction to the use of Computers in Accounting
Introduction to Computerised Accounting System: Components of CAS, Features, Grouping of Accounts. Advantages and Limitations of CAS, Accounting Information System.
Application of computers in Accounting (Only theory) - Automation of accounting process, designing accounting reports (MIS reports) - Chart of accounts - Assets/ liabilities/ income/ expenses/ capital, customer and supplier masters, type of transaction: cash, bank, sale, purchase, journal vouchers; general ledger/trial balance, balance sheet, profit and loss, data exchange with other information systems.
Comparison of accounting processes in manual and computerized accounting.
ISC Biology Class 11 Syllabus
There isone paper of 3 hours duration divided into two parts.
Part I (20 marks) consists of compulsory short answer questions, testing knowledge, application and skills relating to elementary/fundamental aspects of the entire syllabus.
Part II (50 marks)isdivided into three Sections A, B and C. You arerequired to answer two out of three questions from Section A (each carrying 5 marks), two out of three questions from Section B (each carrying 10 marks) and two out of three questions from Section C (each carrying 10 marks). Therefore a total of six questions are to be answered in Part II.
SECTION A
1. Diversity of Life
(i) Taxonomy and phylogeny, three domains of life; taxonomical hierarchies, binomial nomenclature.
(ii) Five-kingdom classification: salient features, characteristics and examples.
(iii) Morphology and anatomy of different systems of cockroach (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, nervous and reproductive).
SECTION B
2. Plant Physiology
(i) Mineral nutrition: macronutrients and micronutrients (role and deficiency symptoms); criteria for essentiality of elements, hydroponics; nitrogen nutrition in plants.
(ii) Plant growth: phases of growth, growth rate, measurement of growth, factors affecting growth, role of growth regulators, seed dormancy and germination, apical dominance, senescence and abscission.
(iii) Photomorphogenesis in plants.
3. Multicellularity: Structure and Functions of Plants and Animals
(i) Plant Tissues: types of plant tissues: Meristematic: Classification of Meristematic tissue. Permanent Tissues: Structure and function of simple tissues (parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma) and complex tissues (xylem and phloem), types of vascular bundles.
(ii) Animal Tissues: epithelial; connective; muscular; nervous (location, structure and function).
(iii) Nutrition (human): Calorific value of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, Organs of digestive system (histology of individual organs not required), digestive process and disorders of the digestive system.
(iv) Respiration (human): Organs of respiratory system, breathing mechanism (inspiration and expiration), pulmonary gas exchange, transport of respiratory gases, pulmonary air volumes and lung capacities. Disorders of the respiratory system.
(v) Circulation: closed and open vascular systems, structure of human heart, cardiac cycle, systemic and pulmonary circulation, portal system, arterial blood pressure, origin and conduction of heart beat, blood vessels (structure with the help of diagrams and adaptation), lymphatic system. ABO groups, coagulation of blood. Disorders of the Circulatory system.
(vi) Excretion: ammonotelism, ureotelism, uricotelism, structure of human kidney (L.S.), structure of nephron, role of skin and lungs in excretion, physiology of urine formation, counter current system; functions of the kidney; homeostasis. Disorders of the excretory system.
(vii) Endocrine System (human): hormones of pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands and gonads; mechanism of hormone action; effect of hyposecretion and hypersecretion, feedback mechanism.
(viii) Nervous System (human): Central, autonomic and peripheral, structure of brain and spinal cord, reflex action, transmission of nerve impulse, saltatory conduction; sense organs (eye and ear). Receptors (mechanoreceptor, chemoreceptor, photoreceptor and thermoreceptors).
(ix) Locomotion: joints, structure of skeletal muscle, sliding filament theory of muscle contraction, red and white muscles, summation, tetanus and rigor mortis. Disorders of muscular and skeletal system.
SECTION C
4. Units of Life
(i) Biomolecules: Outline classification and functions of Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.
(ii) Enzymes: General properties, classification, mechanism of enzyme action, factors affecting enzyme activity.
(iii) Cell membranes: fluid mosaic model, membrane transport, passive and active transport, exocytosis and endocytosis. Facilitated diffusion.
(iv) Cell structure: structure and functions of nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi complex, lysosomes, ribosomes, microfilaments, microtubules, cilia, flagella and centrioles (ultra structure and function); Cell wall, vacuoles and cell inclusions. Prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell - a comparison.
(v) Cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic, fermentation, glycolysis, Krebs’ cycle, oxidative phosphorylation and respiratory quotient. Amphibolic pathway.
(vi) Cell reproduction: cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis.
5. Organisms and Environment
(i) Ecosystem: biotic and abiotic components, Productivity and decomposition, food chain, trophic levels, food webs, ecological pyramids, niche, biogeochemical cycles.
(ii) Pollution: Air, water and soil pollution and their control. Greenhouse effect and ozone depletion.
ISC Chemistry Class 11 Syllabus
There isone paper of 3 hours duration divided into 2 parts.
Part I (20 marks) consists of compulsory short answer questions, testing knowledge, application and skills relating to elementary/fundamental aspects of the entire syllabus.
Part II (50 marks) isdivided into 3 Sections, A, B and C. Youare required to answer two out of three questions from Section A (each carrying 10 marks), two out of three questions from Section B (each carrying 5 marks) and two out of three questions from Section C (each carrying 10 marks). Therefore, a total of six questions are to be answered in Part II.
SECTION A
1. Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
(i) Precision and Accuracy
(ii) Dimensional Analysis
(iii) The concept of atoms having fixed properties in explaining the laws of chemical combination.
(iv) Atomic and isotopic masses.
(v) Chemical equivalents, volumetric calculations in terms of normality. C = 12.00 should be taken as a standard for expressing atomic masses.
(vi) Relative molecular mass and mole. The following methods may be considered for the determination of relative molecular masses for the gases: the molar volume method; Victor Meyer’s method (experimental details not required).
(vii) Chemical reaction - Stoichiometric calculations based on mass-mass, mass-volume and volume-volume relationships.
2. Atomic Structure
(i) Electrons, Protons and Neutrons as fundamental particles, their charges and masses.
(ii) Rutherford’s nuclear model based on the scattering experiment.
(iii) Bohr’s atomic model.
(iv) Atomic structure: wave mechanical model- a simple mathematical treatment. Quantum numbers; shape, size and orientation of s, p and d orbitals only (No derivation). Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity. Pauli’s exclusion principle, Aufbau principle, electronic configuration of elements in terms of s, p, d, f subshells.
3. Periodic Table
(i) Atomic number (Proton number) as the basis for classification of the elements in the Periodic Table. IUPAC nomenclature for elements with Z > 100.
(ii) Extra nuclear structure as the basis of periodicity. Some idea of the following: ionisation enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, atomic radius, atomic volume, electronegativity, etc must be given. The periodicity of electronic structure leading to the periodicity of elements e.g. the relative ease of ionisation of elements.
(iii) Periodicity of elements with reference to s, p, d and f block elements.
4. Chemical Bonding
Kossel-Lewis approach to Chemical Bonding.
Electrovalent Bond
(i) Electrovalent or ionic bond e.g formation of NaCl, Li2O, MgO, CaO, MgF2, and Na2S.
(ii) Factors influencing the formation of ionic bond, e.g electron gain enthalpy, ionisation enthalpy, lattice energy and electronegativity.
(iii) The relation between the ionic bonding and Periodic Table.
(iv) Variable electrovalency and its causes.
Covalent Bond
(i) Covalent bond, sigma and pi bonds e.g. formation of ammonia, nitrogen, ethene, ethyne, and carbon dioxide. Resonance.
(ii) Variable valency: chlorine exhibits the valency of 1,3,5 & 7.
(iii) Deviation from Octet rule and Fajan’s rules.
(iv) Co-ordinate or dative covalent bond, e.g. formation of oxy-acids of chlorine.
(v) Hydrogen bonding: its essential requirements, the examples of hydrogen fluoride, water (ice), alcohol, etc may be considered.
(vi) Metallic bonding, van der Waals’ forces.
(vii) Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory; Hybridization and shapes of molecules: hybridization involving s, p and d orbitals only; sigma and pi bonds.
(viii) Molecular orbital theory, Qualitative treatment of homonuclear diatomic molecules of first two periods (Hydrogen to Neon). Energy level diagrams, bonding, antibonding molecular orbitals, bond order, paramagnetism of O2molecule. Relative stabilities of O2, O2-, O22-, O2+and N2, N2+, N2-, N22-.
5. The Gaseous State
(i) The gas laws, kinetic theory treated qualitatively.
(ii) PV = nRT or PV= (w/M)RT and the application of this equation of state.
(iii) Non ideal behaviour of gases and van der Waals’ equation.
(iv) Dalton’s law, the Avogadro’s constant, the mole, Graham’s law of diffusion, simple numerical problems on the above.
6. Surface Chemistry
(i) Adsorption
(ii) Colloidal State: Preparation and properties of colloids, both lyophilic and lyophobic colloids. Precipitation as evidence that the colloidal particles are charged. Idea of gold number is required, but application of gold number is not required. The importance of large surface area in adsorption should also be appreciated.
(iii) Chromatography
7. Chemical Kinetics
Rate of a chemical reaction, basic idea of order and molecularity of a reaction.
8. Chemical Energetics
(i) Introduction.
(ii) First law of Thermodynamics and its mathematical statement.
(iii) Ideas about Heat, Work and Energy.
(iv) Second law of thermodynamics - Reversible and irreversible changes, isobaric, isochoric adiabatic processes; Entropy, Free Energy. Spontaneity of a chemical change. ΔG° = -2.303 RT logKeq.