SECOND TERM EXAMINATION PORTION 2024–25 GRADE IX

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LITERATURE HINDI (2nd Language)

Writing Skill - Treasure Chest सा ह य सागर
 Essay Writing - Discursive Essay, Argumentative Prose  पाठ 1 – बात अठ नी क
Essay, Essay based on Idiom/Proverb Prompts, • The Model Millionaire  पाठ 2 - काक
Reflective Essay, Descriptive Essay, Narrative • The Boy who Broke the Bank  पाठ 3 - महाय का पुर कार

Essay, Story Writing, and Picture Composition • Bonku Babu’s Friend  पाठ 4 - नेताजी का च मा

• Letter Writing- Informal and Formal Letter • Oliver Asks for More  पाठ 5 - अपना -अपना भा य
• The Home-coming  पाठ 6 - बड़े घर क बेट
• Notice and E Mail Writing
 पाठ 7 - संदेह
• Comprehension + Summary
Poetry  पाठ 9 – भेड़ और भे ड़ए
एकांक संचय
Grammar:  A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6,
 पाठ 1 - सं कार और भावना
• Conjunctions 1945
 पाठ 2 - बहू क वदा
• Sentence Structure (based on purpose)  A Work of Artifice  पाठ 3 - सूखी डाल
• Tenses  The Night Mail  पाठ 6 – द पदान

• Active and Passive Voice  Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat याकरण

 I Remember, I Remember  भाववाचक सं ा
• Direct and Indirect Speech
 काल प रवतन
• Articles
 नबंध लेखन
• Adjectives/Comparison of Adjectives Drama
 पयायवाची श द
• Adverbs/Word Order • Julius Caesar - Act 1 and Act 2  वलोम 262 263 264 265
• Verbs  मुहावरे 1-80
• Phrases and Clauses  लंग, वचन
• Conditional Sentences  वशेषण
• Transformation and Synthesis of Sentences  लोकोि तयाँ 1-53

• Prepositions  अप ठत ग यांश
 शु -अशु
• All other basic grammar concepts were
 च कथा लेखन
taught earlier.  प लेखन
 वा यांश के लए एक श द
 वा य के कार
 वा य

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 FRENCH (2nd Language) PHYSICAL EDUCATION ART
 Lesson 7-12 Section A  Paper 1 (100 marks):
 Grammar from lessons 1-12  The Human Anatomy and Physiology Still Life
 Essay Writing  Muscular System
 Paper 3 (100 marks): Original
 Letter Writing  Respiratory System
Imaginative Composition in
 Comprehension  Circulatory System
 Translation - French to English and English to French  Games and Sports Colour
 Dialogue Writing
 All basic grammar concepts taught from the beginning Section B
 Football
 Basketball
 Cricket

HISTORY AND CIVICS COMPUTER

GEOGRAPHY
APPLICATION
 The Harappan Civilisation  Earth as a Planet  Introduction to Object Oriented
 The Vedic Period  Geographic Grid - Latitudes and Longitudes Programming Concepts
 Jainism and Buddhism  Motions of the Earth - Rotation and Revolution  Introduction to Java
 The Mauryan Empire  Earth’s Structure  Elementary Concept of Objects
 The Sangam Age  Landforms of the Earth and Classes
 The Age of the Guptas  Rocks  Values and Data Types
 Medieval India (A) - The Cholas  Volcanoes  Operators in Java
 Medieval India (B) - The Delhi Sultanate  Earthquakes  Input in Java
 Medieval India (C) - The Mughal Empire  Weathering  Mathematical Library Methods
 Medieval India (D) - Composite Culture  Denudation  Conditional Constructs in Java
 The Modern Age in Europe (A) - Renaissance  Hydrosphere  Computing and Ethics
 The Modern Age in Europe (B) - The Reformation  Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere  Iterative Constructs in Java
 The Modern Age in Europe (C) - Industrial Revolution  Insolation  Nested Loops
 Our Constitution  Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
 Salient Features of the Constitution-I  Humidity
 Salient Features of the Constitution-II  16-Pollution, 17-Sources, 18-Effects, and
 Elections 19-Preventive Measures
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 Local Self-Government - Rural  Natural Regions of the World
 Local Self-Government – Urban  Map Work: World Map (Entire map work as per the
syllabus)

MATHEMATICS

 Unit 1: Pure Arithmetic:  Unit 5: Statistics and Graph Work :

Chapter 1: Rational and Irrational Numbers Chapter 18: Statistics (Graphical Representation)  Unit 8: Co-ordinate Geometry:
Chapter 19: Mean and Median [for ungrouped data Chapter 26: Co-ordinate Geometry
 Unit 2: Commercial Mathematics: only] (Cartesian system)
Chapter 2: Compound Interest (without Formula) Chapter 27: Graphical Solution
Chapter 3: Compound Interest (with Formula)  Unit 6: Mensuration: [Solution of Simultaneous Linear
Chapter 20: Area and Perimeter of Plane Figures Equations Graphically]
 Unit 3: Algebra: Chapter 21: Solids [Surface area and volume of 3D Chapter 28: Distance Formula
Chapter 4: Expansions solids]
Chapter 5: Factorisation
Chapter 6: Simultaneous (Linear) Equations [Including  Unit 7: Trigonometry:
Problems] Chapter 22: Trigonometric Ratios
Chapter 7: Indices/Exponents Chapter 23: Trigonometric Ratios of Standard Angles
Chapter 8: Logarithms Chapter 24: Solutions to Right Triangles [Simple 2D
problems involving one right-angled triangle]
 Unit 4: Geometry: Chapter 25: Complementary Angles
Chapter 9: Triangles [Congruency in triangles]
Chapter 10: Isosceles Triangles
Chapter 11: Inequalities
Chapter 12: Mid-point Theorem and its Converse
[Including Intercept Theorem] Chapter 13: Pythagoras
Theorem
Chapter 14: Rectilinear Figures
Chapter 15: Construction of Polygons
Chapter 16: Area Theorems
Chapter 17: Circles-Chord Properties; Arc and Chord
Properties

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 PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY
 Measurements and Experimentation  The Language of Chemistry
 Motion in One Dimension • Chemical Changes and Reactions Basic Biology
 Laws of Motion • Water  Cell: The Unit of Life
 Pressure in Fluids and Atmospheric Pressure • Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding  Tissues: Plant and Animal Tissues
 Upthrust in Fluids, Archimede’s Principle, and • The Periodic Table Flowering Plants
Floatation • Study of Gas Laws
 The Flower
 Heat and Energy • Hydrogen
• Atmospheric Pollution  Pollination and Fertilisation
 Reflection of Light
 Propagation of Sound Waves • Practical Chemistry Plant Physiology
 Current Electricity  Recognition and Identification of Gases.  Seeds – Structure and Germination
(HCl, Water Vapour, Carbon Dioxide,  Respiration in Plants
 Magnetism
Hydrogen) Diversity in living organisms
 Five Kingdom Classification
Action of heat on compounds like copper  Economic Importance of Bacteria and Fungi
carbonate, zinc carbonate, washing soda, Human Anatomy and Physiology
copper sulphate crystals, zinc nitrate, copper  Nutrition
nitrate, lead nitrate, ammonium chloride,  Digestive System
iodine, ammonium dichromate.
 Skeleton – Movement and Locomotion
Action of dil. Hydrochloric acid on a metal.
 Skin - “The jack of all trades”
Action of sodium and calcium on water.
 The Respiratory System
Simple experiments based on hard water and
Health and Hygiene
soft water.
 Hygiene – A Key to a Healthy Life.
Find out the sources of pollution of water
bodies in the locality. Suggest preventive  Diseases: Cause and Control
steps to control it.  Aids to Health
 Health Organisations
 Waste Generation and Management

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 COMMERCIAL STUDIES ECONOMICS KANNADA (2ND Language)
 Commercial and Non-Commercial Activities  Introduction to Economics ತ - ಸಣ ಕ ಗ
 Business Activities  Basic Economic Entities in Economy
 Communication in a Commercial Organisation  Basic Concepts of Economics  ಘಟಕ ೧: ವ ಯಕ
 Different Methods of Communication  Types of Economies  ಘಟಕ ೩: ೕ ವ ಯ ಮ
 ಘಟಕ ೫: ಒ ದಅ ಷ
 Profit and Non-profit Organisation  Basic Problems of an Economy
 ಘಟಕ ೭: ೕ , ಂ , ಬ – ೕ
 Classification of Commercial Organisations  Main Sectors of the Indian Economy
 ಘಟಕ ೯: ಗ ಡ ಬದ ಸಯ
 Sole Proprietorship  Primary Sector: Agriculture
 ಘಟಕ ೧೧: ೕ ೕ ಗ
 Partnership  Secondary Sector: Industry
 Joint Stock Company  Tertiary Sector
ತ - ಕವನಗ
 Cooperative Society  Poverty in India
 Public Sector Enterprise  Problem of Unemployment in India  ಘಟಕ ೨: ವಚನಗ
 Meaning, Objective, and Terminology of  LPG model (New Economic Reforms)  ಘಟಕ ೪: ಬ ರನ ವ
Accounting  ಘಟಕ ೬: ಕನ ಕನ
 Basic Accounting Principles and Concepts  ಘಟಕ ೮: ಗರ ಯ ಗ
 Accounting Books and Statements  ಘಟಕ ೧೦: ಲ ೕ
 Banking  ಘಟಕ ೧೨: ಆ ತವ ನ
 Trade
ಕರಣ
 Social Responsibility of Commercial
 ಂಗಗ
Organisation towards the Environment  ವಚನಗ
 Marketing and Sales  ದ ಪದಗ
 Finance and Accounts  ಸಮ ಥ ಕ ಪದಗ
 Human Resource  ಕ ರಚ
 Production  ಲಗ
 Purchases and Stores  ಪ ಧ ರಚ
 General Administration and Legal  ಪತ ಖನ
Department  ತಕ
 ಗ
 ಭ ಪ ತ ಯಗ
 ಗದ ಗ (ಅಥ ಗ ಹ )
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 MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION
Communication Introduction to Advertising
 Understanding Communication: Definition of  Definition
Communication  Functions of Advertising
 Evolution of Human Communication: Petroglyphs,  Models of Advertising
Pictograms, Ideograms, Writing, Audio Visual,  Principles of Advertising
Digital, Internet Based Communication System
 Elements of Communication and Process of Internet
Communication  Brief history of internet
 Functions of Communication  Internet, intranet, and extranet World wide
 Forms of Communication web Internet utilities - examples of web
browsing, e-mail, online broadcasting,
Mass Media social networking, gaming, and blogging,
 Definition of Mass Media and Timeline FTP, online banking, e-commerce, video
 Timeline - Evolution of Mass Media conferencing, and digital marketing
 Types of Mass Media - Features and Functions

Print Media
 A brief History of Print Media
 Types of Print Media
 Types of Newspapers

Radio as a Medium
 History of Radio
 Characteristics of Radio
 Radio Broadcasting
 Types of Radio Broadcasting
 Online and Amateur Radio (HAM Radio)