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ICSE Class 10 History-Civics Post Paper Analysis

A detailed analysis of the ICSE Class 10 History/Civics 2018 paper

By Admin 07th Mar, 2018 03:59 pm

The Council of Indian Certificate of Secondary Education conducted the History/Civics examination today. The paper was relatively easy as most of the questions were straightforward and direct. The question paper was of 80 marks and was divided into two parts and sub-sections.

Category	Sections	Subject	Marks Distribution	Attempt
Part I	Section A	Civics	10	Compulsory
Part I	Section B	History	20	Compulsory
Part II	Section A	Civics	20	Any two with all sub-parts
	Section B	History	30	Any three with all sub-parts

In Part I, Section A, questions were mostly asked from the chapter ‘The Judiciary’ and ‘The Union Parliament’. Most of the questions were of the medium level in this section.

In Section B, questions asked were evenly distributed from the History chapters. Most of these questions were easy.

In Part II, Section A, questions were very easy and were asked from the three main chapters of ‘The Judiciary’, ‘The Union Parliament’ and ‘The President and the Vice President’.

Also, in Section B, most of the questions were easy. Students who had solved the past year papers would be extremely happy as about 35–40% of questions which featured here were also asked in the Board papers of the last five years.

Chapter-wise number of questions with weightage

Subject	Chapter	No. of Qs	Mark
History	The First War of Indian Independence	3	10
	Growth of Nationalism	1	2
	First Phase of the Indian National Movement	1	2
	Second Phase of the Indian National Movement	1	2
	Gandhi and the National Movement	1	2
	Quit India Movement	2	6
	Forward Bloc and the INA	3	10
	Independence and Partition of India	3	6
	The First World War	2	6
	Rise of Dictatorships	1	2
	The Second World War	2	6
	Major Agencies of the UNO	3	10
	Non Alignment Movement	1	2
Civics	The Union Parliament	6	13
	The President and the Vice President	6	13
	Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers	1	1
	The Supreme Court	4	11
	The High Courts and the Subordinate Courts	1	2

The figure below shows the unit-wise breakup of the History section of the question paper.

The figure below shows the unit-wise breakup of the Civics section of the question paper.

Overall, the paper was easy with a few medium level questions, and we expect that most students who prepared well will score 85+ marks in the paper.

But do remember that in Social Sciences, along with good preparation, the art of writing a good answer is of extreme importance. So if students have written their answers with a proper introduction and conclusion, they would pass the exam in flying colours.

All the Best for your Exams!