THE SHRI RAM SCHOOL, MOULSARI CAMPUS
SEMESTER 2 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS
(FEBRUARY-MARCH) 2024-25
GRADE: IGCSE 9
SUBJECT
SEMESTER 2 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS
DETAILS
First
Language
English (Oral
Endorsement)
Paper 1 (Reading)
FLE 0500 Paper 12
Max Marks- 80
Time – 2 Hrs.
Comprehension
Summary Writing
Writer’s Effects
Extended Response, based on:
• Letter (Formal and Informal)
• Article
• Speech
• Diary
Paper 2 (Directed Writing and Composition)
FLE 0500 Paper 22
Max Marks –80
Time – 2 Hrs.
Directed Writing, based on:
• Letter (Formal and Informal)
• Speech
• Article
Composition
• Narrative
• Descriptive
English
Literature
Paper 2 Drama:
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
0475/22 - Paper 2
MM: 50
Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Attempt 2 questions
from A Streetcar
Named Desire- one
passage – based
question and one full
text question.
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Mathematics
(Extended)
Paper 1 Poetry & Prose:
0475/12 - Paper 1
Poetry:
1. The Capital by W. H. Auden
2. At the Bus Station by Julius Chingono
3. Boxes by Sampurna Chattarji
4. an afternoon nap by Arthur Yap
5. Children of Wealth by Elizabeth Daryush
6. The Enemies by Elizabeth Jennings
7. Rich and Poor, or Saint and Sinner by Thomas Love
Peacock
8. These are the times we live in by Imtiaz Dharker
MM: 50
Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Attempt 1 question
from poetry and 1
question from prose.
Prose:
1. Haywards Heath by Aminatta Forna
2. The Woman’s Rose by Olive Schreiner
3. When It Happens by Margaret Atwood
4. The Gold Watch by Mulk Raj Anand
5. Nick by Christina Rossetti
6. The Black Ball by Ralph Ellison
1. Number 1
2. Algebra 1
3. Number 2
4. Algebra 2
5. Algebra 3
6. Graphs
7. Sets and functions
8. Vectors and Transformations ( 12.4: Simple
Transformations and 12.5 Combined Transformations
Only)
9. Statistics
10. Probability
Paper 2(0580/22)( Non
Cal) : 100 marks, 2
hours
Paper 4 (0580/42) (
Calculator) : 100 marks
, 2 hours
(Topics mentioned as per the book : Cambridge IGCSE
Complete Mathematics ( Sixth Edition) by David Rayner, Ian
Bettison and Mathew Taylor
International
Mathematics
Note: Chapter numbers are as per the third edition of the book.
Ch 1 – Exponent Laws
Ch 2 – Algebra Expansion
Ch 3 – Surds and other radicals
Ch 4 – Algebra: Equations
Ch 5 – Plane Geometry
Ch 7 – Pythagoras' Theorem
Ch 8 – Sets and Venn Diagrams
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Paper 2
Calculator not allowed.
MM: 75
Duration: 1 hr 30 min
Paper 4
GDC allowed
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Hindi
Ch 9 – Algebra: Factorisation
Ch 10 – Algebraic fractions
Ch 11 – Formulae
Ch 12 – Application of Percentages
Ch 15 – Coordinate Geometry
Ch 16 – Straight Lines
Ch 18 – Simultaneous Equations
Ch 20 – Transformations
Ch 21 – Congruence and Similarity
Ch 22 – Trigonometry
Ch 23 – Quadratic Equations
Ch 30 – Functions
Ch 31 – Quadratic functions
Ch 32 – Exponentials and Logarithms
Ch 33 – Further Functions
Ch 34 – Advanced Trigonometry
MM: 75
Duration: 1 hr 30 min
पठन कौशल
Paper – 1 –Reading &
Writing
➢ अपठित गद्यांश
Paper 6
GDC allowed
MM: 25
Duration: 45 minutes.
➢ ठिए गए अनुच्छे ि के आधयर पर बहुविकल्पी्
Duration – 2 hours
➢ ठिप्पण लेखन
Syllabus &
Component code 0549/01
प्रश्नोत्तर
लेखन कौशल
➢ सयरयांश लेखन
Marks - 60
➢ ई- मेल लेखन
➢ डय्री लेखन
➢ सयक्षयत्कयर लेखन
➢ कहयनी समीक्षय
ी़
➢ ब्लॉग लेखन
➢ औपचयररक पत्र
➢ फिल्म समीक्षय
श्रवण कौशल
Paper – 2 –Listening
Duration – 35-45
minutes
Syllabus &
Component code 0549/02
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Marks - 30
French
1.1- My home
1.2- My school
1.3- My eating habits
1.4- My body and my health
2.1- Self, family , pets , personal relationships
2.2- Life at home
2.3- Leisure , entertainments , invitations
2.4- Eating Out
2.5- Special occasions
2.6-Going on holidays
2.7-Family and friends abroad
3.1- Hometown and geographical surroundings
3.2- Shopping
3.3- Public services
3.4- Natural environment
All grammar topics (including all tenses), and vocabulary
covered in the units above will be tested.
Subject Code – 0520
0520/12 – Listening
50 minutes- approx
40 marks
0520/22 – Reading
1 hour
45 marks
0520/42 – Writing
1 hour
45 marks
0520/03 – Speaking
10 minutes approx.
40 marks
For the orals –All teh above topics will be tested.
Spanish
Writing questions will be based on the above topics. All
vocabulary and grammatical topics taught in class will be
included.
Unit 1 – I introduce myself
1.1 – My home
1.2 – My school
1.3 – My eating habits
1.4 – My body and my health
Unit 2 – My family and my friends, at home and abroad
2.1 – Self, family, pets, personal relationships
2.2 – Life at home
2.3 – Leisure, entertainments, invitations
2.4 – Eating out
2.5 – Special occasions
2.6 – Going on holiday
2.7 – Family and friends abroad
Unit 3 – Where I live and what it’s like
3.1 – Hometown and geographical surroundings
3.2 – Shopping
3.3 – Public services
3.4 – Natural environment
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Subject Code – 0530
0530/12 – Listening
50 minutes
40 marks
0530/22 – Reading
1 hour
45 marks
0530/42 – Writing
1 hour
45 marks
0530/03 – Speaking
10 minutes approx.
40 marks
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All grammar topics (including all tenses), and vocabulary
covered in the units above will be tested.
For the orals – Topic Areas A, B, and C.
Physics
The following topics are according to your textbook:
1. Measurements and units
2. Forces and Motion
3. Forces and Pressure
4. Forces and Energy
5. Thermal Effects
6. Waves and Sounds
7. Rays and Waves
Subject Code: 0625
Component Code:
22 – MCQ
42 – Theory
62 – ATP
Duration and Marks:
Paper 2: 0625/22
Duration: 45 mins
Marks: 40
Points to Remember:
✓ While preparing for sub-topics of these topics
mentioned above, refer to the syllabus guide, shared
with you in the beginning of the year.
Paper 4: 0625/42
Duration: 1 hr 15 mins
Marks: 80
Paper 6: 0625/62
Duration: 1 hour
Marks: 40
✓ Any topic which is not mentioned in the syllabus
guide will not be asked in your exam.
✓ Refer to Unit 13 in your textbook, to improve your
answers in ATP paper.
✓ Refer to Unit 16 in your textbook for quick access to
the useful equations.
Exam Essentials:
• Scientific Calculator is necessary.
• Keep your geometry box handy for diagram questions:
Vectors, Rays, Waves, Measurements etc.
Chemistry
Unit 1: States of Matter
1.1 Solids, liquids and gases
1.2 Diffusion.
Subject Code: 0620
Component Code:
22 – MCQ
42 – Theory
62 – ATP
Unit 2: Atoms, Elements and Compounds
2.1 Elements, compounds and mixtures
Duration and Marks:
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2.2 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
2.3 Isotopes
2.4 Ions and Ionic bonds
2.5 Simple molecules and covalent bonds
2.6 Giant covalent structures
2.7 Metallic bonding
Paper 2: 0620/22
Duration: 45 mins
Marks: 40
Unit 3: Stoichiometry
3.1 Formulae. (Empirical formula is excluded)
Paper 6: 0620/62
Duration: 1 hour
Marks : 40
Paper 4: 0620/42
Duration: 1 hr. 15 mins
Marks: 80
Unit 4 - Electrochemistry
4.1 Electrolysis
4.2 Hydrogen Oxygen fuel Cell.
Unit 6: Chemical Reactions
6.1 Physical and Chemical Changes
6.2 Rate of Reaction.
6.4 Redox
Unit 8: The Periodic Table
8.1 Arrangement of elements
8.2 Group I properties
8.3 Group VII properties
8.4 Transition elements
8.5 Noble gases.
Unit 9 - Metals
9.1 Properties of metals
9.2 Uses of metals
9.3 Alloys & their properties
9.4 Reactivity series
9.5 Corrosion of metals
9.6 Extraction of metals.
Unit 10: Chemistry of the Environment (Full chapter)
Unit 12: Experimental Techniques and Chemical Analysis
12.1 Experimental Design
12.3 Chromatography
12.4 Separation & Purification. (NO TITRATION)
12.5 Identification of cation and anions.
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Biology
Subject Code: 0610
Unit 1: Characteristics and classification of living organisms
Paper 2, MCQ:
40 marks
Duration: 45 mins
Unit 2: Organisation of the organism
Unit 3: Movement into and out of cells
PAPER 4, Theory:
80 marks
Duration: 1hr. 15 mins
Unit 4: Biological molecules
Unit 5: Enzymes
Unit 6: Plant nutrition
Unit 7: Human nutrition
Unit 8: Transport in plants
Unit 9: Transport in animals
Unit 10: Diseases and immunity
Unit 11: Respiration and Gas exchange
Unit 19: Human influences on ecosystems
Environmental
Management
PAPER 6, Alternative
to practical:
40 marks
Duration: 1 hour
Ch 1: Rocks and minerals and their exploitation
Ch 2: Energy and the environment
Ch 3: Agriculture and the environment
Ch 7: The atmosphere and human activities
Ch 8: Human population
Ch 9: Natural ecosystem and human activity
Subject Code: 0680
Component code:
12+22
Max Marks: 80
Duration:
1hour 45 min
History
Core content: Option B
Subject Code: 0470
The twentieth century: international relations from 1919
Component Code: 12
1 Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?
Focus points
• What were the motives and aims of the Big Three at
Versailles?
• Why did the victors not get everything they wanted?
• What was the impact of the Treaty on Germany up to the end
of 1923?
• Could the Treaty be justified at the time?
Paper 1 – Structured
Questions
Max Marks: 60
Duration: 2 hours
2 To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Focus points
• How far did weaknesses in the League’s organisation and
membership make failure inevitable?
• How successful were the League’s attempts at peacekeeping
in the 1920s?
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• How important was the League’s humanitarian work?
• How far did the Depression make the work of the League
more difficult in the 1930s?
Depth study B: Germany, 1918–45
1 Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Focus points
• How did Germany emerge from defeat at the end of the First
World War?
• What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the
Republic?
• To what extent did the Republic recover after 1923?
• What were the achievements of the Weimar period?
2 Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
Focus points
• What did the Nazi Party stand for in the 1920s?
• Why did the Nazis have little success before 1930?
• Why was Hitler able to become Chancellor by 1933?
• How did Hitler consolidate his power in 1933–34?
3 The Nazi regime
(a) How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933–45?
Focus points
• How much opposition was there to the Nazi regime?
• How effectively did the Nazis deal with their political
opponents?
• How did the Nazis use culture and the mass media to control
the people?
• Why did the Nazis persecute many groups in German
society?
• Was Nazi Germany a totalitarian state?
(b) What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
Focus points
• How did young people react to the Nazi regime?
• How successful were Nazi policies towards women and the
family?
• Did most people in Germany benefit from Nazi rule?
• How did the coming of war change life in Nazi Germany?
Geography
Unit 2.1: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Unit 2.2: Rivers
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Paper 1: 0460/12
Max marks: 50
Duration: 1 hour 15
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Unit 2.3: Coasts
Unit 2.4: Weather
Unit 3.1: Development
Unit 3.2: Food Production
Unit 3.3: Industries
Unit 3.4: Tourism
Unit 3.5: Energy
Unit 3.6: Water
Unit 3.7: Environmental Risks of Economic Development
Case studies from 3.7, 2.1 to 2.3
Global
Perspectives
Paper 2 and 4:
0460/22/42
Max Marks: 60
Duration: 1 hour 45
mins
The sources may focus on any aspect of the 22 topics in the
syllabus guide.
Q1 (18 marks)- based on several sources. Candidates are
required to read the sources and analyse the information,
opinion, arguments and perspectives presented about the
global issue and discuss which is the most significant cause.
Q2 (16 marks)- based on a source that describes some research
or evidence about the global issue, candidates evaluate the
research or evidence and suggest ways to research and test a
claim related to the global issue.
Q3 (16 marks)- based on a source that presents different
arguments about the global issue. Candidates are required to
analyse and evaluate the arguments and make a reasoned
judgement about the quality of the arguments.
(20 marks)- based on all sources. Candidates are required to
assess actions in response to the global issue and explain their
judgements with reasons and evidence.
Business
Studies
Subject Code: 0457
Component Name:
Written Examination
Marks: 70
Duration: 1 hour 25
mins
Section 1:
Understanding business activity (Chapter 1-5)
Ch 1: Business activity
Ch 2: Classification of businesses
Ch 3: Enterprise, business growth and size
Ch 4: Types of business organisation
Subject code – 0450
Paper 1:
Short Answer/
Structured Response
Component – 0450/12
Duration – 1 hour 30
minutes Marks – 80
Ch 5: Business objectives and stakeholder objectives
Paper 2: Case Study
Section 3: Marketing (Chapter 10-14)
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Component – 0450/22
Duration – 1 hour 30
minutes Marks - 80
Ch 10: Marketing, competition, and the customer
Ch 11: Market research
Ch 12: Marketing mix: product and price
Ch 13: Marketing mix: place and promotion
Ch 14: Marketing strategy
Section 5: Financial information and decisions (Chapter
19- 22)
Ch 19: Business finance: needs and sources
Ch20: Cash flow forecasting and working capital
Ch 21: Income statements
Ch 22: Balance sheets
Textbook: Mark Fisher, Medi Houghton, Veenu Jain Cambridge IGCSE® Business Studies Coursebook
Economics
Section 1: Basic Economic Problem (Chapters 1-4)
Subject Code: 0455
Section 2: The Allocation of Resources (Chapters 5-15)
Paper 1: Multiple
Choice Questions
Paper 1 Code: 0455/12
Duration: 45 mins
Max Marks: 30
Section 3: Microeconomic Decision Makers (Chapter 16-23)
Textbook: Cambridge IGCSE Economics by Susan Grant, 2nd
edition
Computer
Science
Computer systems
1 Data representation
1.1 Number systems
1.2 Text, sound and images
1.3 Data storage and compression
Paper 2: Structured
Questions
Paper 2 Code: 0455/22
Duration: 2 hr 15 mins
Max Marks: 90
Subject Code: 0478
Paper 1: Computer
Systems
Duration: 1 hour 45
minutes
Marks: 75
3 Hardware
3.1 Computer architecture
3.2 Input and output devices
3.3 Data storage
4 Software
4.1 Types of software and interrupts
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4.2 Types of programming language, translators and
integrated development environments (IDEs)
5 The internet and its uses
5.1 The internet and the world wide web
5.2 Digital currency
5.3 Cyber Security
Algorithms, programming and logic
7 Algorithm design and problem-solving
8 Programming
10 Boolean logic
Drama
1. Coursework- Practical Performance: (Total: 75 marks)
Group scripted performance- (20 marks)
Candidates will perform on an extract from Davey Anderson’s
play called Blackout. This component includes performance
showcase and audience feedback. Candidates are encouraged
to use a range of dramatic techniques and conventions taught
during the course so far. This will be filmed for the records.
Paper 2: Algorithms,
Programming and
Logic
Duration : 1 hour 45
minutes
Marks: 75
Subject Code: 0411
Component Code: 12
Max Marks: 50
Duration: 1h 45min
Individual Performance: (20 marks)
The candidate will perform a monologue from a published
play. This will be filmed for the records. The duration will be
2 minutes.
Group Devised Performance: (35 marks)
In not more than groups of six, candidates will put up a
devised piece that emerged from interpretation of a stimulus
from which candidates develop a scenario and its characters
within a dramatic structure. Candidates are encouraged to use
a range of dramatic techniques and conventions taught during
the course so far. They must record the audience’s feedback
for it will help in preparing for the written paper. This will be
filmed for the records.
2. Written Examination: (Total: 50 marks)
Section A: (20 marks)
5 Short Answer Questions based on practical exploration and
analysis of an extract from the play ‘Madam Zoyka’ by
Mikhail Bulgakov.
Section B: (20 marks)
2 Long Answer Questions based on practical exploration and
analysis of an extract from the play ‘Blackout’ by Davey
Anderson. There will be a choice in this section.
Section C: (10 marks)
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A Long answer question based on the group devised
performance from either Semester 1 or 2. This section will
assess the candidate’s ability to reflect on, analyze and
evaluate the devising, rehearsing and performance of their
original piece of drama.
Design &
Technology
(0445)
Full Syllabus:
•
•
•
Product Specifications
Visual Communication (drawing styles to illustrate
ideas)
Colouring and annotations
•
Construction details, Dimensioning and Detailing
function.
•
Infographics
•
Material Rendering
•
Product Evaluation
•
Understanding of Material properties, use, Tooling and
Processes
Full Syllabus:
Art & Design
Paper 1 (Code 12)
1 Hour 15 Minutes
Product Design
•
Construction of Polygons
•
Construction of an Ellipse
•
Construction of Pictograms
•
Orthographic and Isometric Views
•
Axonometric and Planometric views
•
Scales (modelling in ratio)
•
Graphic Modelling / Graphs and Charts + Legends
•
Cross Sections / Exploded Views / Assembly
•
Thin and Thin Lines
•
Precision drawing with construction details
•
Perspective Drawings
•
Graphic Production Processes
Component 1: Coursework
Sheet 1: Introduction of the topic
Sheet 2: Subtopic
Sheet 3: exploration and experimental media and technique
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Paper 5 (Code 52)
1 Hour
Graphic Products
Subject Code: 0400
Component Code: 1
Duration: 4hrs
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On the day of cluster test, sheet 1, sheet 2 and sheet 3 have to
be submitted, and based on these 3 sheets, a personal outcome
has to be produced on an A3 size.
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Max Marks: 100
Marks for completion
of 3 sheets: 60
Marks for the personal
response: 40
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