Academic Session 2015-2016
First Terminal Exam (Syllabus)
Class XI (HUMANITIES)
Dear Parents
Please note down the Syllabus for first term exam.
English:
Unseen passages, Note Making
Writing Skills : Letter to the Editor, Job Application, Notice, Posters, Advertisements, Article Writing.
Grammar :Integrated Exercises
Novel :The Canterville Ghost By Oscar Wilde- Chapters 1-4
Literature: Horn Bill-The Portrait of a Lady, A Photograph, We Are Not Afraid to Die, The Voice of rain,
Discovering Tut: Saga Continues
Snapshot -The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, The Address, Ranga’s Marriage
Albert Einstein At School
Psychology :
Chapter1: What is Psychology? ; Chapter 2: Methods of enquiry in psychology; Chapter 3: Basis of Human Behavior;
Chapter 4: Human Development; Chapter6: Learning.
Informatics Practices:
Chapter 1: Hardware Concepts, Chapter 2: Software Concepts, Chapter 3: Getting Started with Programming Using IDE,
Chapter 4: Programming Fundamentals, Chapter 5: Flow of Control, Chapter 6: Java IDE Programming –I,
Chapter 7: Java IDE Programming –II, Chapter 9: Programming Guidelines, Chapter 15: IT Applications.
Physical Education:
Chapter 1: Changing Trends and Career in Physical Education, Chapter 2: Physical Fitness ,Wellness and LifeStyle,
Chapter 3: Olympic Movement, Chapter 4: Yoga, Chapter 5: Doping, & Chapter 6: Physical Activity Environment.
Fine Arts:
Art of Indus Valley Civilization
Study of the following: Indus valley Art and Sculpture:
Sculptures and Terracotta’s:
 Dancing Girl
 Male Torso Harappa
 Mother Goddess
Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art
General Introduction to Art during Mauryan, Shunga, Kushana (Gandhara and Mathura style) and Gupta period.
Study of following Sculptures:
 Lion Capital of Sarnath (Mauryan Period)
 Chauri Bearer from DidarGanj (Yakshi) (Maruyan period)
 Bodhisattva head from Taxila (Kushan period- Gandhara Style)
 Seated Buddha from Sarnath (Gupta Period)
Introduction to Ajanta Art and Sculpture:
Study of following Painting and Sculpture:
 Padmapani Bodhisattva (Ajanta Cave No. I, Maharashtra)
 Mara Vijay (Ajanta Cave No. 26)
Temple Sculpture
Artistic aspects of Indian Temple Sculpture
Study of Following Temple- Sculpture:
Desent of Ganga; Trimurti (Elephanta, Maharastra); Cymbal Player, Sun Temple (Ganga Dynasty, Konarak, Orissa)
History:
Theme 1: From the Beginning of Time; Theme 2: Writing and City Life; Theme 3: An Empire Across Three
Continents; Theme 4: The Central Islamic Lands; Theme 5: Nomadic Empires; Theme 6: The Three Orders
Political Science:
Chapter 1: Constitution: Why and How? ; Chapter 2: Rights in the Indian Constitution; Chapter 3: Election and
Representation; Chapter 4: Executive; Chapter 5: Legislature; Chapter 6: Judiciary; Chapter 7: Federalism; Chapter 8:
Local Governments; Chapter 9: Constitution as a Living Document, Chapter 10: The Philosophy of the Constitution.
Economics:
INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
Chapter 1: Indian economy at the eve of independence
Chapter 2: Indian economy 1950-1990( Economic planning, agricultutre , industry and foreign trade)
Chapter 3: economic reforms since 1991- liberalization, privatization and globalization
STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS:
Chapter 1: what is economics; Chapter 2: introduction- meaning and scope of statistics ; Chapter 3: collection of data;
Chapter 4: organization of data; Chapter 5: tabular presentation ; Chapter 6: diagrammatic presentation &
Chapter 7: graphical presentation.
Vincent Ashish Moses
Principal