DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

SYLLABUS FOR PRE BOARD-I EXAMINATION

CLASS XII (2019-20)

ENGLISH

Section A: Reading
 Comprehension
 Note Making
Section B: Advanced Writing Skills

 Notice
 Classified Advertisement
 Poster
 Invitations and Replies
 Letter to editor, other authorities, circular letter
 Business Letters
 Job Application
 Report writing
 Article
 Speech
 Debate
Section C: Literature and Long Reading Text

 My Mother At Sixty-six
 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
 Keeping Quiet
 A Thing of Beauty
 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
 The Last Lesson
 Lost Spring
 Deep Water
 The Rattrap
 Indigo
 Going Places
 The Tiger King
 The Enemy
 Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
 On the Face of it
 Evans Tries an O- level
 Memories of Childhood
 A Roadside Stand
 The Third Level
 Journey to the End of the Earth
 Poets and Pancakes
 The Interview
 MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER 1: RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 3: MATRICES
CHAPTER4: DETERMINANTS
CHAPTER 7: INTEGRALS
CHAPTER 8: APPLICATION OF INTEGRALS
CHAPTER 9: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
CHAPTER 10: VECTOR ALGEBRA
CHAPTER 11: THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY
CHAPTER 13: PROBABILITY

PHYSICS
1. Chapter 3 – Current Electricity (3.13 to 3.16)

2. Chapter 4 – Moving Charges and Magnetism

3. Chapter 6 – Electromagnetic Induction

4. Chapter 7 – Alternating Current

5. Chapter 9 – Ray Optics (9.1 to 9.5)

6. Chapter 10 – Wave Optics

7. Chapter 11 – Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

8. Chapter 12 – Atoms

9. Chapter 13 – Nuclei

10. Chapter 14 – Semiconductor Electronics

CHEMISTRY
S.No CHAPTERS
1. Solutions
2. Electrochemistry
3. Chemical Kinetics
4. Surface Chemistry
General Principles and
5.
Processes of Isolation of Elements
6. p-Block Elements
7. d- and f-Block Elements
8. Coordination Compounds
9. Biomolecules
 BIOLOGY
UNIT VII

Ch 5: Principles of Inheritance and Variation.

Ch 6: Molecular Basis of Inheritance.

Ch 7: Evolution

UNIT VIII

Ch8: Human Health and Diseases.

Ch9: Strategies for Enhancement of Food Production.

Ch10: Microbes in Human Welfare

UNIT IX

Ch 11: Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

Ch12: Biotechnology and its applications

UNIT X

Ch13: Organism and populations

Ch14: Ecosystem

Ch 15: Biodiversity and conservation

Ch 16: Environmental issues

PSYCHOLOGY
Ch-1 Variations in Psychological Attributes
Ch-2 Self & Personality
Ch-4 Psychological Disorders
Ch.5 Therapeutic Approaches
Ch.6 Attitudes and Social Cognition
Ch.7 Social Influence and Group Processes
Ch.8 Psychology and life
 COMPUTER SCIENCE

Chapter 1 - Review of Python 1

Chapter 2 - Review of Python II

Chapter 3 - User Defined Functions in Python

Chapter 4 - Working with Mutable and Immutable Data types

Chapter 5 - File Handling in Python

Chapter 6 - Recursion Programming and Idea of Efficiency in Python

Chapter 7 - Data Visualization using Pyplot

Chapter 8 - Data Structures using Python Lists

Chapter 9 - Stacks using Python Lists

Chapter 10 - Queue using Python Lists

Chapter 14 - Django based web Application

Chapter 15 - Review of SQL Select Statement

Chapter 16 - SQL Group Functions

Chapter 17 - Interface Python with SQL Database

Chapter 18 - Society, Law and Ethics

Chapter 19 - EWaste Management

ECONOMICS
MACROECONOMICS

UNIT 3: Determination of Income and Employment

UNIT 4: Government Budget and the Economy
UNIT 5: Balance of Payments

INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

UNIT 7: Current Challenges Facing Indian Economy

 Rural Development
 Employment
 Infrastructure
 Environment and Sustainable Development
UNIT 8: Development Experience of India: A comparison with Neighbours
 ACCOUNTANCY

Part A: Accounting for Not-for- Profit Organisations, Partnership Firms and Companies
Unit 2: Accounting for Partnership firms:
 Death of a Partner
 Dissolution of a Partnership Firm
Unit 3: Accounting for Companies:
 Accounting for share Capital
 Issue of Debentures
 Redemption of Debentures
Part B: Financial Statement Analysis
Unit 4: Analysis of Financial Statements
 Financial Statement of a Company
 Financial Statement Analysis
 Financial Statement Analysis- Comparative Statements and Common-size
Statements
 Accounting Ratios
Unit 5: Cash Flow Statement

BUSINESS STUDIES

UNIT 5- ORGANIZING

UNIT 6 - STAFFING

UNIT 7 - DIRECTING

UNIT 8 - CONTROLLING

UNIT 9 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

UNIT 10 - FINANCIAL MARKETS

UNIT 11 - MARKETING

UNIT 12 - CONSUMER PROTECTION

 POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE

Chapter 4: India’s External Relations

Chapter 8: Regional Aspirations
Chapter 9: Recent Developments in Indian Politics

CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS

Chapter 1: The Cold War Era

Chapter 2: The End of Bipolarity
Chapter 3: US Hegemony in World Politics
Chapter 4: Alternative Centres of Power
Chapter 5: Contemporary South Asia
Chapter 6: International Organisations
Chapter 7: Security in the Contemporary World
Chapter 8: Environment and Natural Resources
Chapter 9: Globalisation

FASHION STUDIES
1. Chapter 1 - History of Fashion
2. Chapter 3 - Elements of Fashion
3. Employability Skills
 HISTORY

Themes in Indian History – Part II

 Through the Eyes of Travellers

 Bhakti Sufi Traditions
 An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara
 Peasants, Zamindars and the State
 Kings and Chronicles

Themes in Indian History – Part III

 Colonialism and the Countryside

 Rebels and the Raj
 Colonial Cities
 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement
 Understanding Partition
 Framing the Constitution

Map work related to the above mentioned themes.

PAINTING

 Rajasthani and Pahari School of Miniature Painting.

 The Mughal and Deccan Schools of Miniature Painting
 The Bengal School of Painting
 The Modern Trends in Indian Art – (Paintings)
 GEOGRAPHY

Book-1-Fundamentals of Human Geography

Unit-I -Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature & Scope

Unit- II Chapter 4 Human Development

Unit-III- Chapter 5 Primary Activities

Chapter 6 Secondary Activities

Chapter 7Tertiary and Quaternary Activities

Chapter 8 Transport & Communication

Chapter 9 International Trade

Book-2-India People and Economy

Unit-1 Chapter 2 Migration – Types & Consequences

Unit-2 Chapter 4 Human Settlements

Unit-3- Chapter 5 Land Resources and Agriculture

Chapter 6 Water Resources

Chapter 7 Mineral & energy resources

Chapter 8 Manufacturing Industries

Chapter 9 Planning and sustainable development in India Context

Unit-4 Chapter 10 Transport & Communication.

Chapter 11 International Trade

Map work from ALL chapters as per the CBSE map list
 SOCIOLOGY
Book A:

Chapter 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

Chapter 4: Market as a Social Institution

Chapter 5: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Chapter 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

Book B:

Chapter 3: The Story of Indian Democracy

Chapter 4: Change and Development in Rural Society

Chapter 5: Change and Development in Industrial Society

Chapter 6: Globalisation and Social Change

Chapter 7: Mass Media and Communications

Chapter 8: Social Movements

LEGAL STUDIES
UNIT 2: TOPICS IN LAW
a) LAW OF PROPERTY
b) LAW OF CONTRACT
c) LAW OF TORTS
d) LAW OF CRIME
e) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

UNIT 4: HUMAN RIGHTS

UNIT 5: LEGAL PROFESSION IN INDIA

UNIT 6: LEGAL SERVICES

UNIT 7: INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

FOR PRE BOARD II EXAMINATION, THE COMPLETE SYLLABUS

WILL BE TESTED IN ALL SUBJECTS.