THE SHRI RAM SCHOOL ARAVALI

SECOND TERM SYLLABUS 2024-2025

FORM IX

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Drama: Julius Caesar—Act 1 & Act 2

Prose:
1. Bonku Babu’s Friend
2. Oliver Asks for More
3. The Model Millionaire
4. The Home-coming
5. The Boy who Broke the Bank
Poetry:
1. A Work of Artifice
2. Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
3. I Remember, I Remember
4. A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945
5. The Night Mail

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Composition: First-hand account (Narrative), Descriptive, Argumentative, Original Short
Story, Picture Composition
Letter Writing: Informal and Formal
Notice and Email
Comprehension with Precis
Grammar: Verb Forms, Preposition, Joining of Sentences, Transformation of
Sentences.

HINDI

हित्य सागर
संक्षिप्त किानियााँ
1. बात अठन्िी की
2. मिायज्ञ का परु स्कार
3. काकी
4. भीड़ में खोया आदमी

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5. अपिा–अपिा भाग्य
पद्य
1. साखी
2. चलिा िमारा काम िै
3. वि जन्मभमू म मेरी
4. सूर के पद
5. मेघ आए
(पाठों व कववताओं से संबंधित व्याकरण)
व्याकरण एवं रचिात्मक लेखि
1. भाववाचक संज्ञा (पष्ृ ठ 216 – 217)
2. ववशेषण शब्द (पष्ृ ठ 233 - 234)
3. पयाायवाची शब्द – पष्ृ ठ 249 (कृपा से दे ि तक)
4. मि
ु ावरे - पष्ृ ठ 314-315 (41 से 65) : लोकोक्ततयााँ (पष्ृ ठ 320)
5. वातय पररवताि एवं शुद्िीकरण
6. अिौपचाररक एवं औपचाररक पत्र लेखि
7. अपहठत गद्यांश
8. रचिात्मक लेखि (निबंि लेखि, किािी लेखि एवं धचत्र वणाि)

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FRENCH

IGCSE BOOK - Unité 2.1a to 2.7 c

• Tenses - Présent, Futur, Passé Composé, Imparfait, Impératif, Gérondif
• Grammaire – Pronoms Personnels, Pronoms Relatifs, La négation,
Adjectifs Démonstratifs et Possessifs, Trouvez la question
• Essay writing
• Letter writing
• Picture Composition
• Comprehension
• Translation – English to French & French to English
• Dialogue writing

SPANISH

Reference Book:Cambridge Igscse Spanish Third edition

Chapters 1-3
Chapter 1: I introduce myself
Chapter 2: My family and my friends, at home and abroad
Chapter 3- Where I live and what it’s like
Prior knowledge of tenses and vocabulary done is necessary.

HISTORY & CIVICS

1. Our Constitution and its Salient features, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and
Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Elections and the Election Commission
3. Local Self-Government – Rural Local Institutions
4. Local Self-Government – Urban Local Institutions
5. Harappan Civilisation
6. Early Vedic Age and Later Vedic Age
7. India in the 6th Century BC – Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
8. The Mauryan Empire
9. The Sangam Age
10. The Age of the Guptas
11. South India and the Cholas
12. The Delhi Sultanate
13. The Mughal Empire
14. The Renaissance
15. The Reformation
16. Industrial Revolution and Capitalism and Socialism

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GEOGRAPHY

1. Geographic Grid – Latitudes and Longitudes

2. Rotation and Revolution
3. Structure of the Earth
4. Materials of the Earth’s Crust – Rocks
5. Volcanoes
6. Earthquakes
7. Weathering and Denudation
8. Hydrosphere
9. The Atmosphere
10. Insolation
11. Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
12. Humidity and Precipitation
13. Natural Regions of the World – Equatorial, Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Desert
14. Map of the World (As per the list given in class)

PHYSICS

1. Estimation of units and Measurement of Length and Time

2. Motion in One dimension.
3. Laws of motion
4. Pressure in fluids and atmospheric pressure
5. Heat and energy
6. Light
7. Sound
8. Current electricity
9. Magnetism.

CHEMISTRY

1. Language of Chemistry
2. Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding
3. Chemical Reactions
4. Study of the First Element - Hydrogen
5. Water
6. Study of Gas Laws
7. The Periodic Table
8. Theory related to the practical file

BIOLOGY

1. Cell: The Unit of Life

2. Tissues: Plant and Animal Tissues
3. The Flower

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4. Pollination and Fertilization
5. Seeds – Structure and Germination
6. Respiration in Plants
7. Economic Importance of Bacteria and Fungi
8. Nutrition
9. Digestive System
10. Skeleton – Movement and Locomotion
11. Skin – The Jack of All Trades
12. The Respiratory System
13. Aids to Health
14. Health Organisations: Hand out

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

1. Living Things in Ecosystems

2. How Ecosystems work?
3. Air
4. Atmosphere and Climate
5. Soil and Land
6. People
7. Urbanization
8. Agriculture

ECONOMICS

1. Ch 1. Introduction to Economics
2. Ch 2. Basic Economic Entities in an Economy
3. Ch 3. Basic Concepts of Economics
4. Ch 4. Types of Economies
5. Ch 5. Basic Problems of an Economy
6. Ch 6. Main Sectors of the Indian Economy
7. Ch 7. Primary Sector: Agriculture
8. Ch 8. Secondary Sector: Industry
9. Ch 9. Tertiary Sector
10. Ch 10. Poverty in India
11. Ch 11. Problem of Unemployment in India
12. Ch 12. LPG Model (or New Economic Policy)
13. Ch 13. Emerging Trends in the Indian Economy

MATHEMATICS

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1. Co-ordinate Geometry
2. Simultaneous Linear Equations
3. Problems on Simultaneous Equations
4. Pythagoras Theorem
5. Trigonometrical Ratios
6. Trigonometrical Ratios of Standard Angles
7. Rectilinear Figures
8. Logarithm
9. Statistics
10. Indices
11. Expansions
12. Circles

COMMERCIAL STUDIES

1. Commercial and Non-Commercial Activities

2. Business Activities
3. Profit and Non-Profit Organisations
4. Classification of Commercial Organisations
5. Sole Proprietorship
6. Partnership
7. Joint Stock Company
8. Cooperative Society
9. Marketing and Sales
10. Communication in Commercial Organisations
11. Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
12. Different Methods of Communication
13. Meaning, Objectives and Terminology of Accounting
14. Basic Accounting Principles and Concepts
15. Accounting Books and Statements
16. Banking
17. Trade
18. Social Responsibility of Commercial Organisation towards the environment.

ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS

1. Ch 1. Meaning and Definition of Economics

2. Ch 2. Basic Concepts of Economics
3. Ch 3. Economy and Economic Entities
4. Ch 4. Basic Problems of an Economy
5. Ch 5. The Nature and The Classification of an Economy
6. Ch 7. The Nature of the Indian Economy

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 7. Ch 8. The Sectors of Indian Economy
8. Ch 9. Impact of Agricultural and Industrial Practices on the Ecosystem
9. Ch 10. Infrastructure of the Indian Economy
10. Ch 11. Social Infrastructure of the Indian Economy (Handout only)
11. Ch 12. Consumer Awareness
12. Ch 13. Globalisation

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS

1. Introduction to Commercial Organisations

2. Ownership Structures - Sole Proprietorship and Joint Hindu Family Business
3. Ownership Structures – Partnership
4. Ownership Structures – Joint Stock Company
5. Ownership Structures – Cooperative Society
6. Functioning of a Commercial Organisation
7. Communication in a Commercial Organisation
8. Ways of Communicating
9. Tools of Communication
10. Nature and Terminology of Accounting
11. Accounting Records
12. Industrial Pollution and Degradation of Environment
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Chapter 2 – Introduction to Java

Chapter 3 - Elementary Concept of Objects and Classes
Chapter 4 - Values and Data types
Chapter 5- Operators and Expressions
Chapter 7 - Input in Java [Scanner class, Errors in Java]
Chapter 8 – Mathematical Library functions
Chapter 9 – Conditional Constructs in Java
Chapter 10 - Iteration Constructs in Java
Chapter 11 - Nested Loops
Chapter 12 - Computing and Ethics

ART APPLICATIONS

Still Life- Paper 1

Cubes, Cuboids, Ovals, Cylinders, Cones, Spherical and irregular shapes
Materials such as cardboard, paper, plastic (clear and opaque), steel, glass (transparent and
opaque), ceramic, wood, fruit, flowers and vegetables.

Nature Study- Paper II

All foliage and flowers done till now (class 9) including those in classwork and homework.

INDIAN DANCE

1) Anga laxanas
2) Instruments

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 3) Odissi
4) Mythological evolution of dance
5) Classical and folk dances
6) Navarasas
7) Bhava and its classifications
8) Deva Hasta's, Dashavatar Hasta's. Bandhava and Navagraha Hasta's
9) Tandav and Lasya
10) Natyashastra
11) Relevance of dance in today's world and modern development of Dance
12) Abhinaya and its classifications
13) Kathak
14) Dashavatar
15) Bhava and Rasas

HINDUSTANI MUSIC

DETAILED TOPICS:
1. Swara; Shudh and Vikrit swara
2. Jati: Odava, Shadava, Sampoorna
3. Laya: Vilambit, Madhya, Drut
4. Varna: Sthai, Arohi, Avrohi, Sanchari
5. Forms of Geet: Swarmalika, Lakshangeet,Khaya l(Chota Khayal and Bada Khayal)
6. Dhrupad
7. Description of Five Taals:Writing them in Thah and Dugun Taal notation
a) Teen Taal
b) Keharwa Taal
c) Dadra Taal
d) Ek Taal
e) Char Taal
8. Description of the following ragas: their Thaat, Jaati, Vadi, Samvadi, swaras (varjit
and vikrit), Aroha- Avroh, Pakad, time of Raga and similar Raga.
a) Yaman
b) Khamaj
c) Kaafi
d) Bhairavi
e) Alhaiya Bilawal

Lakshan geet and Swara malika in Any two ragas

9. Life and contribution in brief of Tansen and Pt. V.N. Bhatkhande.

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 NON-DETAILED TOPICS:
1. Sangeet: two main systems of Indian Music.
2. Naad
3. Saptak
4. Thaat
5. Alankar
6. Raga; Janak janya and Ashray Raga
7. Sthayi, Antara, Taan, Alaap, Matra, Vibagh, Taal, Avartan, Sum, Taali, Khali, Theka;
Thah (Barabar or Ekgun)Dugun, Chogun
8. Vadi, Samvadi, Anuvadi, Vivadi Swar; Aroha, Avroha, Pakad Chal and Achal Swara.

ROBOTICS & AI
1. Robot as a System -Building blocks of Robots
-Identification of Robots
2. Concepts in Robotics - Types of motion; motion in one-dimension and two-
dimension;
-types of joints and links. Using links and joints to create
specific motion
-Degree of freedom of a robot
3. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) -Meaning and brief history of AI
-Applications and Benefits of AI
-Ethical considerations in AI
4. Role of Data and Information, Evolution of Computing -Data and Information
-Evolution of Computing
-Python Programming
5. AI Concepts and AI Project Framework -AI Concepts
-Components and Stages

DRAMA

1. Elements Of Design
2. Principles Of Direction (Composition, Picturisation, Dramatisation, Rhythm, Tempo, Arc)
3. Acting Techniques
4. Elements Of Drama
5. Types Of Stages
6. Body Positions
7. History Of Theatre
8. Use Of People, Space And Conflict In Drama
9. Folk Theatre
10. Significance Of Entry And Exit

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Section A

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Chapter 1. The human anatomy and physiology.
Skeletal system
Functions of the skeletal system.
Classification of different types of joints.
Types of joint movements in physical activities and benefits of exercise on the skeletal
system.
Chapter 2. Muscular system
Types of muscles and Identification of muscles.
Benefits of exercise on the muscular system.
Chapter 3. Respiratory system
Pathway of air into the body and mechanism of breathing.
Meaning of oxygen debt and lactic acid accumulation.
Meaning and difference of second wind, vital capacity and tidal volume.
Benefits of exercise on the respiratory system.
Chapter 4. Circulatory system
Structure of the heart
Meaning and difference of heart rate, stroke volume and cardiac output.
Mechanism of blood circulation.
Blood composition and blood group
Benefits of exercise on the circulatory system
Chapter 5. Games and sports
Meaning and difference between Games and sports.
Psychological and social benefits of games and sports.

Section B
Football rules
Basketball rules
Terminologies of these two sports.
National and international governing bodies and tournaments.
Fundamental skills and techniques.

TECHNICAL DRAWING APPLICATIONS

1. Geometrical constructions
2. Length of Arc
3. Orthographic Projections
4. Sectional Orthographic Projections
5. Isometric Projections
6. Oblique Projections
7. Missing Views

MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

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1. Communication
2. Mass Media
3. Print Media
4. Radio as a Medium
5. Introduction to Advertising
6. Internet

COOKERY

1. The Nutritive Value of Foods

(i) Introduction to food and its role in providing adequate nutrition and in maintaining good
health.
(ii)Food and nutrients; basic food groups as suggested by ICMR
(iii) Study of the following nutrients provided by food: Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats and
Lipids, Vitamins (A, C, D, E and K, Thiamine, Riboflavin and Niacin), Minerals (Calcium,
Phosphorous, Iron and Iodine).
2. Basic methods of Cookery and Principles involved
(i) Need for cooking and principles of cookery: basic terminology used in cooking
(ii) Basic methods of cookery: boiling, steaming, cooking under pressure, stewing, baking,
frying, grilling; advantages and disadvantages of these methods of cooking; precautions to be
observed.
3. Methods of preparing and cooking food to preserve nutritive properties and to
improve flavour
(i) Guidelines to be followed while cooking food: to preserve the nutritive values, make them
available to the person consuming it and improve the flavour.
(ii) Methods of enhancing food values: sprouting and germinating, malting, fortification,
combination, fermentation, and par- boiling.
(iii) Use of spices, leavening agents, tendering agents, thickening agents: importance of
garnishing and use of herbs.
4. Physical changes in food during cooking
(i) Food components and major constituents: carbohydrates, protein, fats and inorganic
mineral components.
(ii) Effect of cooking (heat) on cereal foods (rice and wheat), meat, egg, milk, pulses, sugar,
fruits and vegetables; role of acids and enzymes.

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