JKBOSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25

 

Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Class 10 English Syllabus for Academic Session 2024-25

 

JKBOSE Class 10 English Syllabus for 2024-25 Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has released Class 10 English Syllabus on its official website. Students can check our post for JKBOSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25 as per the latest exam pattern. 

 

Scheme of Assessment for Class X

  • Theory Paper= 80 Marks
  • Internal Assessment= 20 Marks

 

Section A

Reading Comprehension (15 Marks)

Topic Marks allotted
One seen stanza from the poems to be attempted followed by MCQs based on comprehension, literary devices, inference, etc. from the prescribed text.  (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)
One unseen passage of about 400 to 500 words to be attempted followed by MCQs, comprehension questions (SA or VSA), providing suitable title to the passage, one-word substitution, vocabulary, inference, analysis, etc (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)
One question based on pictures/statistical data/bar graphs/pie charts/ histograms to be attempted followed by MCQs and SA/VSA questions based on inference, analysis, evaluation, etc. (1 x 5 = 5 Marks)

 

Section B

Grammar (10 Marks)

Topic Marks allotted
One passage with blanks to be filled by using appropriate articles, modals, relative pronouns etc 3 marks
One passage given in direct/indirect speech to be converted inversely 3 marks
One contextualized passage/ story/ paragraph to be edited testing the use of tenses, punctuation, articles, pronouns, spellings etc.  4 marks

 

Topics to be covered-

  1. Modals
  2. Articles
  3. Relative Clauses
  4. Tenses
  5. Narration 
  6. Punctuation

 

Section C

Writing Skills (25 Marks)

Topic Word limit Marks allotted
Dialogue writing
Notice writing 50 
Message writing 50 
Letter (Formal / informal) 5
Speech writing / Article writing / Paragraph writing (one question to be attempted on a given topic out of two.) 80 – 100 5
Story Writing 6

 

Section D

Literature (30 Marks)

Question type Marks allotted
Three out of five short answer questions from Prose lessons 3×3=9 marks
Three out of five short answer questions from Poetry lessons 3×3=9 marks
One out of three long answer  questions from Short story lessons 1×6=6 marks
One out of two long answer questions from play 1×6=6 marks

 

Note: The question paper will contain questions based on critical and Creativity thinking (Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)) to discourage rote learning.

 

Internal Assessment

Assessment of LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) skills will be for 20 marks. Practice and assessment are to be based on the activities included in the prescribed textbooks and by taking recourse to various resources and techniques available in the school.

 

Course Book: Tulip Series Book X, A Textbook of English for Class X

 

Prose

Footprints Without Feet

An Excellent Father 

From the Diary of Anne Frank 

Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom

The Sermon at Benaras

Pappachi’s Moth 

The Merchant of Venice
 

Poetry

Prayer 

Miracles 

When You Are Old 

Snowdrop

My Mother at Sixty Six 

An Evening Wet with Rain 

The Tale of Custard the Dragon

Last Lesson of the Afternoon 

 

Short Stories

Play

  • The Proposal