Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Class 10 English Syllabus for Academic Session 2025-26
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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-
Section C
Writing Skills (25 Marks)
| Topic | Word limit | Marks allotted |
| Dialogue writing | 4 | |
| Notice writing | 50 | 3 |
| Message writing | 50 | 2 |
| 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
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