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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL R K PURAM TEST SYLLABUS FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS – IX (2016‐2017)

Duration of the test: 3 Hours

ENGLISH Unseen Prose Passage (Comprehension), Unseen Poem (Comprehension).

Grammar – Usage: Tenses, Active / Passive, Reported Speech, Sentence Connectors

Editing , Idioms, Proverbs, Spellings, Punctuations, Prepositions, Determiners.

MATHEMATICS (As per NCERT Mathematics textbook of Class VIII)

1. Rational Numbers

2. Linear Equations in one Variable

3. Understanding Quadrilaterals

4. Practical Geometry

5. Data Handling

6. Squares and Square Roots

7. Cubes and Cube Roots

8. Comparing Quantities

9. Algebraic Expressions

10. Mensuration

11. Exponents and powers

12. Direct and Inverse Proportions

13. Factorization

SCIENCE BIOLOGY (As per NCERT Science textbook of Class VIII)

1. Chapter 1: Crop Production and Management.

2. Chapter 2: Microorganisms ‐Friend or Foe.

3. Chapter 7: Conservation of Plant and Animals.

4. Chapter 8: Cell Structure and Function.

5. Chapter 9: Reproduction in Animals.

6. Chapter 10: Reaching the age of Adolescence.

CHEMISTRY (As per NCERT Science textbook of Class VIII)

1. Chapter 3: Synthetic fibers and plastic

2. Chapter 4: Materials‐metals and nonmetals

3. Chapter 5: Coal and petroleum

4. Chapter 6: Combustion and flame

5. Chapter 18: Pollution of air and water

PHYSICS (As per NCERT Science textbook of Class VIII)

1. Chapter 11: Force and Pressure

2. Chapter 12: Friction

3. Chapter 13: Sound

4. Chapter 14: Chemical Effects of Electric Current

5. Chapter 15: Some Natural Phenomenon

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL R K PURAM 6. Chapter 16: Light

7. Chapter 17: Stars and Solar System

Social Science Civics:(As per NCERT Social Science textbook of Class VIII ‐ Social and Political Life ‐ III)

1. Chapter 1: The Indian Constitution

2. Chapter 2: Understanding Secularism

3. Chapter 3: Why do we need a Parliament?

4. Chapter 4: Understanding Laws

5. Chapter 5: Judiciary

6. Chapter 6: Understanding Our Criminal Justice System

7. Chapter 7: Understanding Marginalisation

8. Chapter 8: Confronting Marginalisation

9. Chapter 9: Public Facilities

10. Chapter 10: Law and Social Justice

Geography(As per NCERT Textbook in Geography for CLASS VIII SOCIAL SCIENCE ‐ RESOURCE ANDDEVELOPMENT)

1. Chapter 1: Resources

2. Chapter 2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation And Wildlife Resources

3. Chapter 3: Mineral And Power Resources

4. Chapter 4: Agriculture

5. Chapter 5: Industries

6. Chapter 6: Human Resources

History (As per NCERT Textbook in History for CLASS VIII OUR PASTS ‐ III Part 1 and Part 2)

Part I

1. Chapter 1: How, When and Where

2. Chapter 2: From trade to territory ‐ the Company establishes power

3. Chapter 3: Ruling the countryside

4. Chapter 4: Tribal, Dikus and the vision of a Golden Age

5. Chapter 5: When people rebel 1857 and after

6. Chapter 6: Colonialism and the city ‐ story of an Imperial CapitalPart II

7. Chapter 7: Weavers, Iron ‐ smelters and factory owners8. Chapter 8: Civilizing the native, educating the nation

9. Chapter 9: Women, caste and reform

10. Chapter 10: The changing world of visual art

11. Chapter 11: The making of the national movement: 1870s to 1947

12. Chapter 12: India after Independence

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