Chapter Notes & Practice — CBSE & ICSE Board Prep

Boards prep · Chapter-wise · CBSE & ICSE

Chapter Notes & Practice

Every chapter ships with 7 free artefacts — Notes Deck, Quick Drill, Board Paper, Marking Scheme, interactive CBT, Cheat Sheet, Parent Pager.

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📚 Class 9 · CBSE

First chapters of every Class 9 core subject. Each ships with 6 free PDFs + an editable lecture PPTX + a 20-question CBT — built to CBSE annual-exam / SQP pattern.

Mathematics Annual · core Pattern-tagged

📐Number Systems

CH 1

Rational vs irrational numbers, decimal expansions, locating √x on the number line, surds & rationalising denominators, and the laws of exponents for real bases.

Science Annual · core Pattern-tagged

🔬Matter in Our Surroundings

CH 1

The particle nature of matter, the three states and their properties, change of state, latent heat of fusion & vaporisation, sublimation, and evaporation as a cooling process.

English Annual · core Pattern-tagged

📖The Fun They Had (Beehive)

CH 1

Isaac Asimov's 'The Fun They Had' — a 2157 schoolroom, telebooks versus the attic paper book, and the irony of children envying the old kind of school. (+ Frost's 'The Road Not Taken'.)

हिंदी वार्षिक · मूल Pattern-tagged

दो बैलों की कथा (क्षितिज)

CH 1

प्रेमचंद की 'दो बैलों की कथा' — हीरा-मोती की मित्रता, स्वतंत्रता की चाह, अहिंसक विद्रोह, और बैल = पराधीन किसान का प्रतीक।

Social Science Annual · core Pattern-tagged

🏛️The French Revolution (History)

CH 1

The French Revolution (1789): the three estates, Enlightenment thinkers, the storming of the Bastille, the Republic and execution of Louis XVI, the Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon.

Science Class 9 Pattern-tagged

🔬Is Matter Around Us Pure?

CH 1

Is Matter Around Us Pure? — pure substances vs mixtures, solutions/colloids/suspensions, Tyndall effect, separation techniques (filtration, distillation, chromatography, crystallisation), physical vs chemical changes.

Mathematics Class 9 Pattern-tagged

🧮Polynomials

CH 1

Polynomials — degree + types, remainder theorem, factor theorem, factorisation by splitting middle term, and all 9 algebraic identities including (x+y)³ and x³+y³+z³−3xyz.

Science Science Pattern-tagged

🔬Atoms and Molecules

CH 1

Atoms and Molecules — laws of chemical combination, Dalton's atomic theory, atomic and molecular mass, the mole concept (6.022×10²³), and writing chemical formulae by criss-cross.

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

📐Coordinate Geometry

CH 1

Coordinate Geometry — the Cartesian plane, x- and y-axes, the four quadrants and their sign conventions, abscissa and ordinate, and plotting points accurately.

🎓 Class 10 · CBSE

Foundation chapters for Boards 2026 · all PYQ-tagged 2017–2024 · free to download.

Mathematics 6 marks PYQ-tagged

📐Real Numbers

CH 1

Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, irrationality proofs, decimal expansions. Topper templates show the exact step-by-step structure CBSE markers reward with full marks.

Science 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

🧪Chemical Reactions & Equations

CH 1

Balancing, the 4 reaction types, redox, corrosion, rancidity. Highest-yield Chemistry chapter — 3 topper-answer templates with mark-by-mark structure.

English Board · core Pattern-tagged

📖A Letter to God (First Flight)

CH 1

G. L. Fuentes's 'A Letter to God' — Lencho's unshakeable faith, the irony of blaming the post office, and the goodness of ordinary people. (+ Frost's 'Dust of Snow' & 'Fire and Ice'.)

हिंदी बोर्ड · मूल Pattern-tagged

सूरदास के पद (क्षितिज भाग-2)

CH 1

सूरदास के पद (भ्रमरगीत प्रसंग) — उद्धव-गोपी संवाद, निर्गुण-योग की अस्वीकृति, गोपियों का वाक्-चातुर्य और सगुण भक्ति की विजय।

Social Science Board · core Pattern-tagged

🏛️The Rise of Nationalism in Europe (History)

CH 1

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe — the French Revolution's legacy, liberal nationalism, the Zollverein, and the unification of Germany (Bismarck) and Italy (Cavour, Garibaldi).

Science Class 10 Pattern-tagged

🧪Acids, Bases and Salts

CH 1

Acids, Bases and Salts — pH scale, indicators, reactions of acids and bases with metals/carbonates/oxides, chlor-alkali process, and key salts (NaOH, NaHCO₃, Na₂CO₃·10H₂O, CaSO₄·½H₂O).

Mathematics Class 10 Pattern-tagged

📊Polynomials

CH 1

Polynomials — zeroes and their geometric meaning, sum/product of zeroes for quadratics (-b/a, c/a) and cubics, and forming a polynomial from given zeroes.

English5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

📖Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (First Flight)

CH 2

Your child is studying a true, first-person extract from the autobiography of Nelson Mandela. It describes the historic day — 10 May 1994 — when…

English5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

📖Two Stories about Flying (First Flight)

CH 3

This is a TWO-IN-ONE lesson. The first story, 'His First Flight' by Liam O'Flaherty, is about a young seagull who is too frightened to fly. His…

English5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

📖From the Diary of Anne Frank (First Flight)

CH 4

Your child is studying the fourth literature lesson — a real diary excerpt by Anne Frank, a German-Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis during World…

English5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

📖The Hundred Dresses – I (First Flight)

CH 5

Your child is studying a prose lesson from the English board syllabus — 'The Hundred Dresses – I', an excerpt from a novel by the American writer…

हिंदी5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

राम-लक्ष्मण-परशुराम संवाद — तुलसीदास (क्षितिज भाग-2)

CH 2

यह आपके बच्चे की कक्षा 10 हिंदी (क्षितिज भाग-2) के काव्य खंड का दूसरा पाठ है। यह गोस्वामी तुलसीदास के महाकाव्य 'श्रीरामचरितमानस' से लिया गया एक…

हिंदी5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

देव — सवैया और कवित्त (क्षितिज भाग-2)

CH 3

यह आपके बच्चे की कक्षा 10 हिंदी (क्षितिज भाग-2) के काव्य खंड का तीसरा पाठ है, जिसमें रीतिकाल के प्रसिद्ध कवि 'देव' के दो सवैया एवं दो कवित्त हैं।…

हिंदी5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

आत्मकथ्य (क्षितिज भाग-2)

CH 4

यह आपके बच्चे की कक्षा 10 हिंदी (क्षितिज भाग-2) के काव्य खंड का अध्याय 4 है — छायावाद के प्रवर्तक कवि जयशंकर प्रसाद की कविता 'आत्मकथ्य'। 'हंस'…

हिंदी5–10 marksPYQ-tagged

यह दंतुरित मुसकान एवं फसल (क्षितिज भाग-2)

CH 5

यह आपके बच्चे की कक्षा 10 हिंदी (क्षितिज भाग-2) के काव्य खंड का पाँचवाँ पाठ है, जिसमें प्रगतिवादी कवि नागार्जुन की दो कविताएँ हैं — 'यह दंतुरित…

Mathematics6–8 marksPYQ-tagged

📐Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables

CH 3

This chapter is the most heavily-weighted of all Class 10 algebra chapters (5–8 marks). The skill of translating an English word problem into two…

Mathematics6–8 marksPYQ-tagged

📐Quadratic Equations

CH 4

Quadratics are the gateway to all advanced algebra: Class 11 sequences and conic sections, Class 12 calculus optimisation, and every JEE / NEET /…

Mathematics6–8 marksPYQ-tagged

📐Arithmetic Progressions

CH 5

Your child is learning to recognise and work with number patterns that grow by a fixed step each time — called Arithmetic Progressions (for example…

Science5–8 marksPYQ-tagged

🔬Metals and Non-metals

CH 3

Metals and Non-metals — CBSE Class 10.

Science5–8 marksPYQ-tagged

🔬Carbon and its Compounds

CH 4

Carbon and its Compounds — CBSE Class 10.

Science5–8 marksPYQ-tagged

🔬Life Processes

CH 5

Your child is learning the four basic processes that keep every living thing alive: nutrition (how plants make their own food by photosynthesis and…

Social Science5–6 marksPYQ-tagged

🌍Federalism (Political Science)

CH 2

Your child is learning how India shares the power to govern between different LEVELS — the central (Union) government in Delhi, the State…

Social Science5–6 marksPYQ-tagged

🌍Gender, Religion and Caste (Civics)

CH 3

Your child is learning how three social differences — gender, religion and caste — enter politics in a democracy, and how a healthy democracy should…

Social Science5–6 marksPYQ-tagged

🌍Money and Credit (Economics)

CH 4

Your child is studying how money works in a modern economy and why borrowing (credit) can either lift a family up or pull it down. The chapter…

Social Science5–6 marksPYQ-tagged

🌍Manufacturing Industries (Geography)

CH 5

Your child is studying how India turns raw materials into finished goods — the 'manufacturing' or factory sector of the economy. The chapter explains…

Science Science Pattern-tagged

🔬Metals and Non-metals

CH 1

Metals and Non-metals — physical and chemical properties, the reactivity series, ionic bonding, extraction of metals (roasting/calcination/reduction), and corrosion with its prevention.

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

📐Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables

CH 1

Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables — graphical and algebraic methods (substitution, elimination, cross-multiplication), consistency conditions, and word problems.

📚 Class 11 · CBSE

First chapters across the Class 11 streams — Humanities, Commerce and Science. Each ships 6 free PDFs + an editable lecture PPTX + a 20-question CBT, built to the CBSE Class 11 school-exam pattern.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️Writing and City Life (Mesopotamia)

CH 1

Mesopotamia (c.3200 BCE) — the rise of the city, the temple economy, and the invention of cuneiform writing on clay tablets. (Themes in World History)

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🗳️Constitution: Why and How?

CH 1

What a constitution is and why we need one — the Constituent Assembly, the adoption on 26 Nov 1949, and the core ideals of the Indian Constitution.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌍Geography as a Discipline

CH 1

Geography as an integrating discipline — systematic vs regional approaches (Humboldt & Ritter), the physical–human dualism, and the branches of the subject.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👥Sociology and Society

CH 1

The sociological imagination (C. W. Mills) — private troubles vs public issues, society beyond the individual, and how sociology differs from common sense.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠What is Psychology?

CH 1

Psychology as the science of mind and behaviour — from Wundt's 1879 Leipzig lab through behaviourism and psychoanalysis to the cognitive revolution.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Introduction to Accounting

CH 1

What accounting is and why it matters — the accounting process, book-keeping vs accountancy, users of accounts, and the basic terms (capital, assets, liabilities, debtors/creditors).

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

💼Business, Trade and Commerce

CH 1

Business, trade and commerce — economic vs non-economic activity, the industry/commerce classification, the aids to trade, and the objectives and risks of business.

Economics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📈Introduction (Statistics for Economics)

CH 1

Statistics for Economics — the singular (method/science) vs plural (data) senses of statistics, its functions in economics, scope, and limitations.

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🔢Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications

CH 1

Numbers & numerical applications — modulo arithmetic, indices & logarithms, and word-problems (averages, alligation & mixture, boats-streams, pipes-cisterns).

Physics Science Pattern-tagged

Units and Measurements

CH 1

Units & measurement — the SI base units, accuracy vs precision, error propagation, significant figures, and dimensional analysis (and its limits).

Chemistry Science Pattern-tagged

🧪Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

CH 1

The mole concept, the laws of chemical combination, atomic & molecular masses, empirical vs molecular formula, stoichiometry & limiting reagent, and concentration terms.

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

📐Sets

CH 1

Sets — representation, subsets & power sets (2ⁿ), Venn diagrams, union/intersection/complement, De Morgan's laws, and the n(A∪B) cardinality formula.

Biology Science Pattern-tagged

🌿The Living World

CH 1

What 'living' means, biodiversity & the need for classification, binomial nomenclature, the taxonomic hierarchy (Kingdom→Species), and taxonomical aids.

English Core Electives Pattern-tagged

📖The Portrait of a Lady (Hornbill)

CH 1

Khushwant Singh's 'The Portrait of a Lady' — the three phases of the bond with the grandmother, her serene faith, and the sparrows' silent mourning. (+ the poem 'A Photograph'.)

हिंदी आधार Electives Pattern-tagged

कबीर — हम तौ एक एक करि जांनां · संतों देखत जग बौराना (आरोह भाग-1)

CH 1

कबीर के पद एवं सबद (आरोह भाग-1) — 'हम तौ एक एक करि जांनां' का अद्वैत-भाव और 'संतों देखत जग बौराना' का बाह्याडंबर-खंडन एवं हिन्दू-मुस्लिम समन्वय।

Computer Science Electives Pattern-tagged

💻Computer System

CH 1

Computer System — functional units (CPU/ALU/CU, memory, I/O), the von Neumann model, hardware vs software, the memory hierarchy, RAM vs ROM, the boot process, and encoding (ASCII/Unicode).

Informatics Practices Electives Pattern-tagged

🖥️Introduction to Computer System

CH 1

Introduction to Computer System — components & CPU, memory hierarchy and units, system vs application software, FOSS vs proprietary, the OS's role, booting, and mobile vs desktop.

Physical Education Electives Pattern-tagged

🏃Changing Trends and Career in Physical Education

CH 1

Physical education — meaning, aims & objectives, the development of PE in India (HVPM, YMCA, LNIPE, NSNIS), changing trends (Khelo India, Fit India), and career options.

Entrepreneurship Electives Pattern-tagged

🚀Entrepreneurship: Concept and Functions

CH 1

Entrepreneur vs entrepreneurship vs enterprise; characteristics & functions (innovation + risk-bearing); the entrepreneurial process; Danhof's types; and the role of entrepreneurship in the economy.

Legal Studies Electives Pattern-tagged

Theory and Sources of Law

CH 1

Theory and Sources of Law — the nature & functions of law, the five schools of jurisprudence (natural/positivist/historical/sociological/realist), the sources of law, and the classifications of law.

Home Science Electives Pattern-tagged

🏡Concept and Scope of Home Science

CH 1

Home Science as an interdisciplinary applied science — the name evolution (Home Economics → HEFS), the five areas (Food & Nutrition, Human Development, Fabric & Apparel, Resource Management, Communication & Extension), and careers.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️An Empire Across Three Continents (The Roman Empire)

CH 1

Rome across three continents — Republic to Principate (Augustus, 27 BCE), the army & Senate, the third-century crisis, slavery and manumission, and the rise of Christianity.

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🗳️Rights in the Indian Constitution

CH 1

Rights in the Indian Constitution — the six Fundamental Rights (Articles 14–32), the five writs, the Directive Principles, and the Fundamental Duties.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌍The Origin and Evolution of the Earth

CH 1

How the Earth formed — early theories (nebular, planetesimal, tidal), the Big Bang, the solar system, and the Earth's differentiation into core, mantle and crust.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👥Terms, Concepts and their Use in Sociology

CH 1

The sociologist's toolkit — social groups, status & role, community vs society (Tönnies), the four systems of stratification, and social control.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

CH 1

How psychologists find things out — the goals of enquiry, observation and the experimental method (IV vs DV), correlation vs causation, and research ethics.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Theory Base of Accounting

CH 1

The theory base — GAAP, the accounting concepts and assumptions (going concern, accrual, matching, prudence), and the dual-aspect equation Assets = Liabilities + Capital.

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

💼Forms of Business Organisation

CH 1

Forms of business organisation — sole proprietorship, Joint Hindu Family, partnership, cooperative society and the joint-stock company, compared on liability, control and continuity.

Economics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📈Collection of Data (Statistics for Economics)

CH 1

Collecting data — primary vs secondary sources, the collection methods, census vs sample, sampling & non-sampling errors, and India's sources (Census of India, NSSO).

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🔢Algebra — Sets, Relations & Functions, Sequences & Series

CH 1

Algebra — sets and Venn diagrams, relations & functions (domain/range, types), and arithmetic & geometric progressions (nth term and sums).

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️Nomadic Empires (The Mongols)

CH 1

Nomadic Empires — the Central Asian steppe, Chinggis Khan's rise (1206) and his decimal army, the Mongol campaigns and administration (yam, Yasa), and the empire after him.

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🗳️Election and Representation

CH 1

Election and Representation — First-Past-The-Post vs proportional representation, reserved constituencies, universal adult franchise, and the Election Commission of India.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌍Interior of the Earth

CH 1

Interior of the Earth — direct and indirect sources, earthquakes and seismic waves (P vs S waves and the shadow zones), the layered structure (crust/mantle/core), and volcanoes.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👥Understanding Social Institutions

CH 1

Understanding social institutions — the functionalist and conflict views, and the family/marriage/kinship, work, political, religious and educational institutions.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠The Bases of Human Behaviour

CH 1

The bases of human behaviour — the nervous system, the brain, the endocrine system, heredity (nature vs nurture), and the cultural bases of behaviour.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Recording of Transactions – I

CH 1

Recording of transactions — the accounting equation, the rules of debit and credit, source documents and vouchers, and journalising (with fully worked entries).

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

💼Private, Public and Global Enterprises

CH 1

Private, public and global enterprises — the three forms of public-sector enterprise, the changing role of the public sector, MNCs, joint ventures and PPP.

Economics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📈Organisation of Data (Statistics for Economics)

CH 1

Organisation of data — classification, variables (discrete vs continuous), and building a frequency distribution (inclusive vs exclusive, class limits vs boundaries).

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🔢Mathematical Reasoning

CH 1

Mathematical reasoning — statements and truth values, negation, AND/OR, the quantifiers, implications, and the converse / inverse / contrapositive.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️The Three Orders

CH 1

The Three Orders — medieval Western European feudalism: those who pray, those who fight and those who work; the manor, the role of the Church, and the 14th-century crisis.

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🗳️Executive

CH 1

Executive — parliamentary vs presidential systems, the President of India (the nominal head), the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (the real executive), and the bureaucracy.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌍Distribution of Oceans and Continents

CH 1

Distribution of Oceans and Continents — Wegener's continental drift and its evidence, sea-floor spreading, and the theory of plate tectonics.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👥Culture and Socialisation

CH 1

Culture and Socialisation — material vs non-material culture, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, cultural lag, and the agencies of socialisation.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠Human Development

CH 1

Human Development — the life-span perspective, heredity and environment, Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, and the stages from infancy to old age.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Recording of Transactions – II

CH 1

Recording of Transactions II — posting to the ledger and balancing accounts, the special purpose books, and the cash book (with contra entries).

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

💼Business Services

CH 1

Business Services — the goods-vs-services distinction and the key services: banking, insurance (and its principles), transport, warehousing and communication.

Economics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📈Presentation of Data

CH 1

Presentation of Data — tabular presentation, bar and pie diagrams, and the graphic presentation of frequency distributions (histogram, polygon, ogive).

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🔢Calculus

CH 1

Calculus — functions and limits, the rules of differentiation, and applications: rate of change, marginal cost & revenue, and maxima–minima.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🎨Changing Cultural Traditions

CH 1

Changing Cultural Traditions (c.1300-1700) — the Italian Renaissance, the printing press, Luther's Reformation, Calvin, the Counter-Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution.

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️Legislature

CH 1

Legislature — Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha, how a Bill becomes Act, Money vs Ordinary Bill, Question Hour, Parliamentary Committees, anti-defection (10th Schedule).

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏔️Geomorphic Processes

CH 1

Geomorphic Processes — endogenic (diastrophism, volcanism), exogenic (weathering, mass movement, erosion, deposition), and pedogenesis factors.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🔬Doing Sociology: Research Methods

CH 1

Doing Sociology — participant observation (Malinowski, M.N. Srinivas), surveys, interviews, ethics, and the Indian fieldwork tradition.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👁️Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes

CH 1

Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes — thresholds, eye/ear anatomy, selective attention (Broadbent, Treisman), Gestalt laws, depth cues, illusions.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

🏦Bank Reconciliation Statement

CH 1

Bank Reconciliation Statement — why cash book and pass book differ, the seven typical causes, two preparation methods, and overdraft handling.

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

💻Emerging Modes of Business

CH 1

Emerging Modes of Business — e-business scope (B2B/B2C/C2C), security tools (firewall/encryption/SSL), online transaction flow, BPO + KPO outsourcing.

Economics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Measures of Central Tendency

CH 1

Measures of Central Tendency — arithmetic mean, median, mode (with continuous formulae), the empirical relation Mean − Mode = 3(Mean − Median), and choosing the right measure.

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🎲Probability

CH 1

Probability — sample space, events, classical and conditional probability, independence, and Bayes' theorem with worked examples.

Physics Science Pattern-tagged

⚛️Motion in a Straight Line

CH 1

Motion in a Straight Line — position vs displacement, average vs instantaneous velocity and acceleration, the four kinematic equations, free fall under gravity, and reading v-t / x-t graphs.

Chemistry Science Pattern-tagged

⚗️Structure of Atom

CH 1

Structure of Atom — discovery of subatomic particles, Bohr model and its limits (E_n = −13.6/n² eV), hydrogen spectrum, dual nature, quantum numbers, and Aufbau/Pauli/Hund electronic configurations.

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

📐Relations and Functions

CH 1

Relations and Functions — Cartesian product, types of relations (reflexive/symmetric/transitive/equivalence), types of functions (one-one/onto/bijective), composition and inverse.

Biology Science Pattern-tagged

🦠Biological Classification

CH 1

Biological Classification — Whittaker's 5-kingdom system (Monera/Protista/Fungi/Plantae/Animalia), bacteria and archaea, fungi classes, viruses/viroids/prions/lichens, and the 3-domain refinement.

Physics Science Pattern-tagged

⚛️Motion in a Plane

CH 1

Motion in a Plane — vectors and their addition, resolution into components, dot and cross products, projectile motion (range, height, time of flight), and uniform circular motion.

Chemistry Science Pattern-tagged

⚗️Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

CH 1

Classification of Elements and Periodicity — the modern periodic law, s/p/d/f blocks, and periodic trends in atomic radius, ionisation enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy and electronegativity.

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

📐Trigonometric Functions

CH 1

Trigonometric Functions — radian measure, the unit-circle definitions, ASTC sign rule, fundamental identities, sum/difference and double-angle formulae, and general solutions of trig equations.

Biology Science Pattern-tagged

🧬Plant Kingdom

CH 1

Plant Kingdom — algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms; pigments and life cycles; and the alternation of generations (haplontic/diplontic/haplo-diplontic).

🎓 Class 12 · CBSE

First chapters across Sciences (PCM/PCB) and Commerce streams. Each ships with 7 free artefacts, PYQ-tagged 2017–2024.

Physics 8–10 marks PYQ-tagged

Electric Charges and Fields

CH 1

Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss's law, dipole — the launchpad of all electromagnetism.

Chemistry 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

🧪Solutions

CH 1

Concentration units, Raoult's law, colligative properties, van't Hoff factor.

Mathematics 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

📐Relations and Functions

CH 1

Equivalence relations, bijective functions, composition, inverse functions.

Biology 6–8 marks PYQ-tagged

🌿Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

CH 1

Embryo sac (8-nucleate), double fertilisation, post-fertilisation seed and fruit.

Accountancy 8–12 marks PYQ-tagged

📊Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organisation

CH 1

NPO accounting: R&P, I&E, Balance Sheet, capital fund, subscriptions, donations.

Business Studies 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

💼Nature and Significance of Management

CH 1

Management: characteristics, objectives, levels, functions, coordination as essence.

Macroeconomics 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

📈Introduction to Macroeconomics

CH 1

Macro vs micro, central problems, stock vs flow, circular flow of income.

Indian Eco Dev 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

🇮🇳Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence

CH 1

British rule's impact: deindustrialisation, drain of wealth, stagnant agriculture.

History 8–10 marks PYQ-tagged

🏛️Bricks, Beads and Bones — The Harappan Civilisation

CH 1

Harappan civilisation (2600-1900 BCE): urban planning, script, decline. Source-based + map work.

Geography 3–5 marks PYQ-tagged

🌍Human Geography — Nature and Scope

CH 1

Three schools of thought: environmental determinism, possibilism, neo-determinism. Scope of human geography.

Political Science 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

🗳️The Cold War Era

CH 1

Cold War (1945-1991): origins, Cuban Missile Crisis, NAM with Nehru-Nasser-Tito, end of bipolarity.

Sociology 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

👥Introducing Indian Society

CH 1

Sociological imagination (Mills), Indian diversity, colonialism's comprehensive impact, key sociologists.

Psychology 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

🧠Variations in Psychological Attributes

CH 1

Theories of intelligence: Spearman g-factor, Gardner MI, Sternberg triarchic, Indian integral, Goleman EI.

English Core 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

📖The Last Lesson

CH 1

Alphonse Daudet's 'The Last Lesson' — Alsace, 1870, the Franco-Prussian War, M. Hamel's last French lesson + linguistic chauvinism.

हिंदी आधार 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

आत्म-परिचय · एक गीत — दिन जल्दी-जल्दी ढलता है

CH 1

बच्चन की दो कविताएँ — 'आत्म-परिचय' का विरोधाभास-दर्शन एवं 'दिन जल्दी-जल्दी ढलता है' की प्रत्याशा-त्रिकोण।

Applied Maths 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

🔢Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications

CH 1

Modulo arithmetic + allegation + boats-streams + pipes-cisterns + numerical inequalities — the four headline formulas of practical maths.

Computer Science 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

💻Python Revision Tour – I

CH 1

Python revision — tokens, mutable/immutable types, operators (/ vs //), range() endpoint, control flow with break/continue.

Informatics Practices 6–8 marks PYQ-tagged

🐼Data Handling Using Pandas – I

CH 1

Pandas Series + DataFrame, .loc/.iloc, head/tail, add/delete/rename columns, Boolean indexing, CSV import/export.

Physical Education 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

🏃Management of Sporting Events

CH 1

Five POSDC functions of event management, knock-out and league fixtures, intramural vs extramural, committees.

Entrepreneurship 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

🚀Entrepreneurial Opportunity

CH 1

Idea vs opportunity, PESTEL framework, sources of opportunities, four-dimension feasibility, opportunity assessment.

Legal Studies 5–7 marks PYQ-tagged

Judiciary

CH 1

Indian court hierarchy, Collegium for SC/HC appointments, judicial review + Kesavananda Bharati basic-structure doctrine, tribunals.

Home Science 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

🏡Work, Livelihood and Career

CH 1

Work / livelihood / career definitions, paid vs unpaid work, five Home Science sub-disciplines, 4-step career planning framework.

Macroeconomics 8–12 marks PYQ-tagged

📊National Income Accounting

CH 2

National Income aggregates (GDP/GNP/NDP/NNP at MP/FC), three calculation methods (Value-Added, Income, Expenditure), depreciation + NIT + NFIA conversions, Real vs Nominal GDP + Deflator, GDP welfare limitations.

Accountancy 10–12 marks PYQ-tagged

🧮Accounting for Partnership Firms — Fundamentals

CH 2

Partnership Act 1932 (Section 4 essentials, Section 13 defaults), Partnership Deed, P&L Appropriation A/c, Fixed vs Fluctuating Capital, Interest on Drawings (Average Period method), guarantee of profit.

Business Studies 8–10 marks PYQ-tagged

📜Principles of Management

CH 2

Fayol's 14 principles + Taylor's 4 principles + 5 techniques of Scientific Management, Functional Foremanship, Mental Revolution, Bethlehem Steel pig-iron experiment, Gang Plank exception to Scalar Chain.

Indian Eco Dev 4–6 marks PYQ-tagged

📜Indian Economy 1950-1990

CH 2

Planning Era 1950-1990: Five-Year Plans + Mahalanobis Model, Four goals of planning, Land Reforms (Zamindari + Tenancy + Ceiling), Green Revolution (HYV seeds + MSP + Punjab/Haryana), IPR 1956 + IDR Act 1951 + Import Substitution.

Physics 8–10 marks PYQ-tagged

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

CH 2

Electric potential V, equipotential surfaces, V due to point/multiple charges + dipole, capacitance C = Q/V, parallel-plate capacitor with dielectric C = Kε₀A/d, series/parallel combinations, energy stored ½CV² + redistribution.

Chemistry 6–8 marks PYQ-tagged

🔋Electrochemistry

CH 2

Galvanic + electrolytic cells, SHE reference, standard electrode potentials, Nernst equation E = E° − (0.0591/n)log Q, Faraday's two laws (m = ZIt), molar conductivity + Kohlrausch's law, batteries + fuel cells + corrosion.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️Kings, Farmers and Towns — Early States and Economies

CH 1

Kings, Farmers and Towns (c.600 BCE–600 CE) — the Mahajanapadas, the Mauryas (Ashoka, Arthashastra, Megasthenes), agrarian change, the evolution of coinage, and how inscriptions are read.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌍The World Population — Distribution, Density and Growth

CH 1

The world's people — patterns of population distribution and density, the components of growth (birth/death/migration), the demographic transition theory, and doubling time.

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🗳️The End of Bipolarity

CH 1

The end of bipolarity — Gorbachev's perestroika & glasnost, the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989), the disintegration of the USSR (1991), shock therapy, and US unipolarity.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👥The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society

CH 1

India's demographic structure — formal vs social demography, the demographic transition, sex ratio and the dependency ratio, the demographic dividend, and population policy.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠Self and Personality

CH 1

Self and personality — self-concept and self-esteem, and the type, trait (the Big Five), psychodynamic (Freud) and humanistic approaches, plus personality assessment.

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🔢Algebra (Matrices and Determinants)

CH 1

Algebra — matrices and their operations, types of matrices, determinants, minors & cofactors, the adjoint and inverse, and solving linear systems (matrix method & Cramer's rule).

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️Kinship, Caste and Class — Early Societies (c. 600 BCE–600 CE)

CH 1

Kinship, Caste and Class (c.600 BCE–600 CE) — the Mahabharata as a source, the rules of kinship and marriage, the varna order and the Manusmriti, and life beyond the four varnas.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌍Human Development

CH 1

Human Development — the concept (Mahbub-ul-Haq & Amartya Sen), the four pillars, and how the Human Development Index measures it (health, education, income).

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🗳️US Hegemony in World Politics

CH 1

US Hegemony in World Politics — the post-1991 unipolar moment, the Gulf War, 9/11 and the War on Terror, the three senses of hegemony, and its constraints.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

👥Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

CH 1

Social Institutions: Continuity and Change — caste and its colonial reshaping, tribal communities, and the changing forms of the family.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠Meeting Life Challenges

CH 1

Meeting Life Challenges — the nature and sources of stress, Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome, appraisal and coping (problem- vs emotion-focused), and stress management.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Reconstitution of a Partnership Firm — Admission of a Partner

CH 1

Admission of a Partner — the new and sacrificing ratios, the treatment of goodwill, revaluation of assets and liabilities, and adjustment of capitals (fully worked numericals).

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

💼Business Environment

CH 1

Business Environment — its meaning and five dimensions (economic, social, technological, political, legal) and the impact of the 1991 LPG reforms on business.

Macroeconomics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Money and Banking

CH 1

Money and Banking — the functions of money, the measures of money supply, credit creation (the money multiplier), and the RBI's monetary-policy tools.

Indian Eco Dev Commerce Pattern-tagged

🇮🇳Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation: An Appraisal

CH 1

Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation — the 1991 crisis and reforms, the LPG measures (including the WTO, 1995), and an appraisal of their impact.

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🔢Calculus — Differentiation, Applications & Integration

CH 1

Calculus — higher-order derivatives, increasing/decreasing functions and maxima–minima, marginal cost & revenue, integration, and consumer/producer surplus.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏛️Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE)

CH 1

Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings (c. 600 BCE–600 CE) — Buddhism, Jainism, the Sangha, stupas at Sanchi and Amaravati, jataka tales, and the rise of Bhakti.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🏘️Human Settlements

CH 1

Human Settlements — rural vs urban, settlement types and patterns, urban functions and hierarchy (town → conurbation → megalopolis), and problems of urbanisation.

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌐Alternative Centres of Power

CH 1

Alternative Centres of Power — the rise of the European Union, ASEAN's three pillars, China's post-1978 transformation, and shifting India–China relations.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🛍️The Market as a Social Institution

CH 1

The Market as a Social Institution — weekly haats, caste-embedded markets, Nakarattar trade networks, commodification, and globalised consumption.

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧠Psychological Disorders

CH 1

Psychological Disorders — the 4 Ds of abnormality, ICD-11 + DSM-5 classification, anxiety / mood / dissociative / schizophrenia / childhood disorders, and substance dependence.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📊Reconstitution of Partnership: Retirement and Death of a Partner

CH 1

Retirement and Death of a Partner — gaining ratio, treatment of goodwill, revaluation A/c, accumulated reserves, executor's account, and settlement (lump sum / instalments).

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

📋Planning

CH 1

Planning — its features, importance, limitations, the 7-step planning process, and types of plans (objective, strategy, policy, procedure, method, rule, budget, programme).

Macroeconomics Commerce Pattern-tagged

📈Determination of Income and Employment

CH 1

Determination of Income and Employment — Keynesian AD = C + I equilibrium, the consumption function, the investment multiplier k = 1/(1−MPC), and deflationary / inflationary gaps.

Indian Eco Dev Commerce Pattern-tagged

🇮🇳Poverty

CH 1

Poverty — who the poor are, the Tendulkar poverty line, head-count ratio, causes of poverty, and the three-pronged policy response (growth, anti-poverty schemes, basic needs).

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

🎲Probability Distributions

CH 1

Probability Distributions — random variables and PMF, E(X) and Var(X), the binomial and Poisson distributions, and the standard normal distribution with z-scores.

History Humanities Pattern-tagged

🧭Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society (c. 10th to 17th century)

CH 1

Through the Eyes of Travellers — Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind, Ibn Battuta's Rihla, and Bernier's critique of the Mughal land system: what foreign observers reveal about Indian society.

Geography Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌾Primary Activities

CH 1

Primary Activities — hunting and gathering, pastoralism, subsistence vs commercial agriculture (jhum, wet-rice, plantation, dairy), and mining (surface vs shaft).

Political Science Humanities Pattern-tagged

🌏Contemporary South Asia

CH 1

Contemporary South Asia — India-Pakistan, India-Bangladesh, India-Sri Lanka relations, Nepal's democracy, the Gujral Doctrine, SAARC, and China in the region.

Sociology Humanities Pattern-tagged

⚖️Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

CH 1

Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion — caste (Mandal, SC/ST Act), adivasis (Forest Acts, FRA 2006), OBCs, women (POSH 2013), and disability (RPwD 2016).

Psychology Humanities Pattern-tagged

🛋️Therapeutic Approaches

CH 1

Therapeutic Approaches — psychodynamic, behavioural (Wolpe), cognitive (Ellis ABC, Beck triad), humanistic (Rogers), biomedical, alternative, and rehabilitation.

Accountancy Commerce Pattern-tagged

📑Dissolution of Partnership Firm

CH 1

Dissolution of Partnership Firm — modes of dissolution, the Realisation Account, order of payment, Garner v Murray rule, and piecemeal distribution.

Business Studies Commerce Pattern-tagged

🗂️Organising

CH 1

Organising — 5-step process, functional vs divisional structures, formal vs informal organisation, delegation (authority/responsibility/accountability), and decentralisation.

Macroeconomics Commerce Pattern-tagged

💰Government Budget and the Economy

CH 1

Government Budget and the Economy — revenue vs capital budget, direct and indirect taxes, fiscal/revenue/primary deficits, FRBM Act 2003, and subsidies.

Indian Eco Dev Commerce Pattern-tagged

🎓Human Capital Formation in India

CH 1

Human Capital Formation — sources (education, health, training, migration, info), HC vs HD (Sen), RTE 2009, PM-JAY 2018, NEP 2020.

Applied Maths Commerce Pattern-tagged

📈Inferential Statistics

CH 1

Inferential Statistics — sampling, the Central Limit Theorem, point + interval estimation, confidence intervals (z=1.96/2.58), and hypothesis testing (z-test, t-test, chi-square).

Physics Science Pattern-tagged

🔌Current Electricity

CH 1

Current Electricity — Ohm's Law, drift velocity, resistivity, Kirchhoff's KCL+KVL, cells in series/parallel, the Wheatstone bridge balance condition, potentiometer, and the meter bridge.

Chemistry Science Pattern-tagged

⏱️Chemical Kinetics

CH 1

Chemical Kinetics — rate of reaction, order vs molecularity, integrated rate laws for zero + first order (t½ for each), and the Arrhenius equation k = A·e^(−Ea/RT).

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

🌀Inverse Trigonometric Functions

CH 1

Inverse Trigonometric Functions — principal value branches for all six inverse trig functions, plus the identities sin⁻¹x + cos⁻¹x = π/2 and tan⁻¹x + tan⁻¹y = tan⁻¹((x+y)/(1−xy)).

Biology Science Pattern-tagged

👶Human Reproduction

CH 1

Human Reproduction — male + female reproductive systems, spermatogenesis and oogenesis, the 28-day menstrual cycle, fertilisation in the ampulla, implantation, pregnancy hormones (hCG/hPL), parturition, and lactation.

Physics Science Pattern-tagged

⚛️Moving Charges and Magnetism

CH 1

Moving Charges and Magnetism — magnetic force on moving charges, the cyclotron, Biot-Savart and Ampère's laws, field of a solenoid, torque on a current loop, and the moving-coil galvanometer.

Chemistry Science Pattern-tagged

⚗️d- and f-Block Elements

CH 1

d- and f-Block Elements — variable oxidation states, colour and magnetic moment (√n(n+2)), catalytic behaviour, KMnO₄ and K₂Cr₂O₇ chemistry, and lanthanide contraction.

Mathematics Science Pattern-tagged

📐Matrices

CH 1

Matrices — order and types, addition and (non-commutative) multiplication, transpose properties, symmetric and skew-symmetric decomposition, and the inverse via elementary operations.

Biology Science Pattern-tagged

🧬Reproductive Health

CH 1

Reproductive Health — the RCH programme, contraceptive methods, the MTP and PCPNDT Acts, sexually transmitted infections, and assisted reproductive technologies (IVF, ZIFT, GIFT, ICSI).

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