CENTRAL ACADEMY

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

SYLLABUS 2025-2026
CLASS - IX
SUBJECT : ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (184)
NAME OF THE BOOKS PRESCRIBED: PUBLISHED BY NCERT, NEW DELHI
Literature Reader Beehive
Supplementary Reader Moments
SECTION-WISE WEIGHTAGE
Section Unit Total Weightage
A Reading Skills 20
B Writing and Grammar 20
C Literature Long Reading Text 40
Total 80
Internal Assessment 20
Grand Total 100
Month Unit Chapters/Topics To Be Covered
1. The Fun They Had
Prose
2. The Sound of Music
Poetry 1. The Road Not Taken
April Supplementary Reader 1. The Lost Child
1. Determiners
Grammar and Writing 2. Descriptive Paragraph based on person/event/situation,
visual or verbal cues
Prose 1. The Little Girl
1. Rain on The Roof
Poetry
2. Wind
May/June
Supplementary Reader 1. The Adventures of Toto
Grammar & Writing 1. Diary Entry
Reading Comprehension 1. Unseen passage
1. A Truly Beautiful Mind
Prose
2. My Childhood
Poetry 1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
July Supplementary Reader 1. Iswaran The Storyteller
1. Tenses
Grammar & Writing 2. Subject-Verb Concord
3. Story Writing based on cues/title
Unit Test (Syllabus – April to June)-25 Marks
Prose 1. The Snake and The Mirror
1. A Legend of The Northland
Poetry
August 2. No Men Are Foreign
1. In The Kingdom of Fools
Supplementary Reader
2. The Happy Prince
Grammar & Writing 1. Reported Speech
September Revision and Quarterly Examination (Syllabus April-August)–80 Marks
1. Reach for The Top
Prose
2. Kathmandu
October Poetry 1. On Killing A Tree
Supplementary Reader 1. The Last Leaf
Grammar & Writing 1. Modals
November Supplementary Reader 1. A House Is Not A Home
December Half Yearly Examination (Syllabus April- November)-80 Marks
Poetry 1. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
January Supplementary Reader 1. The Beggar
Prose 1. If I Were You
February Revision
Annual Examination: - Full Course-80 Marks
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
SYLLABUS CLASS – IX
2025-26

Sections Weightage

A Reading Skills (40 periods)* 20 Marks

B Writing Skills and Grammar (40 periods)* 20 Marks
C Language through Literature (50 periods)* 40 Marks
*This is a suggestive number.

Section A Reading Skills

I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 20 Marks

1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. (10 marks)

2. Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.) of 200-250 words.
(10 marks)
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions/Very Short Answer Questions will be
asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and
vocabulary.
Section B
Writing Skills and Grammar
II Grammar 10 Marks

 Determiners
 Tenses
 Modals
 Subject – verb concord
 Reported speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions

3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of grammatical
items and levels of accuracy. Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar will be
assessed through Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation exercises. Ten out of twelve questions
will be attempted.
 III Writing Skills 10 marks

4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person / event
/ situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions to be answered.
5 marks

5. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two
questions is to be answered. 5 marks
Section C
Language through Literature 40 Marks

IV Reference to the Context (5+5 = 10 Marks)

6. One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.

7. One extract out of two, from poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation,
analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.

IV. Short & Long Answer Questions

8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the
book BEEHIVE to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
4x3=12 marks
9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the
book MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
3x2=6 marks
10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-
120 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across
the text. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the
text. 6 marks
11. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS, on theme or plot involving
interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be
answered in about 100-120 words. 6 marks

Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi

Beehive

Prose

a. The Fun They Had d. A Truly Beautiful Mind

b. The Sound of Music e. The Snake and the Mirror
c. The Little Girl f. My Childhood
g. Reach For The Top
 h. Kathmandu i. If I were You
Poems-

1. The Road Not taken 5. A Legend of the Northland

2. Wind 6. No Men Are Foreign
3. Rain on The Roof 7. On killing a tree
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree 8. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Moments

1. The Lost Child 5. The Happy Prince

2. The adventures of Toto 6. The Last Leaf
3. Iswaran the Storyteller 7. A House is not a Home
4. In the kingdom of fools 8. The Beggar
 िवषय - िह ी 'अ' (002)

MONTH UNIT CHAPTERS/TOPIC TO BE COVERED

ि ितज - ग पाठ 01 मुं शी े मचं द - दो बै लों की कथा
ि ितज - प पाठ 07 कबीर - सा खयाँ एवं सबद
अ ैल
ाकरण उपसग

लेखन प लेखन
य
ाकरण
समास
मई - जून
ि ितज - ग पाठ 02 रा ल सां कृ ायन - ासा की ओर

कृितका - पाठ 01 फणी रनाथ रे णु - इस जल लय म

ि ितज - ग पाठ 03 ामाचरण दु बे - उपभो ावाद की सं ृ ित

ि ितज - प पाठ 08 लल द - वाख

ि ितज - प पाठ 09 रसखान - सवै ये

जुलाई अपिठत ग ां श
अपिठत बोध
अपिठत का ां श

ाकरण अथ के आधार पर वा भेद

लेखन ई - मे ल लेखन

पु नरावृ ि एवं थम इकाई परी ा (अ ै ल से जू न पा म)

ि ितज - ग पाठ 04 जािबर सै न - साँ वले सपनों की याद

ि ितज - प पाठ 10 माखनलाल चतु वदी - कैदी और कोिकला

ाकरण अलंकार
अग
अनु े द लेखन
लघु कथा लेखन
लेखन
सू चना लेखन
सं वाद लेखन

िसतं बर पु नरावृ ि व ै मािसक परी ा ( अ ै ल से अग पा म)

ि ितज - ग पाठ 05 ह रशंकर परसाई - े मचं द के फटे जूते

अ ू बर
कृितका - पाठ 02 मृ दुला गग - मे रे सं ग की औरत

ि ितज - प पाठ 11 सु िम ानं दन पं त - ाम ी

नवं बर
ि ितज - ग पाठ 06 महादे वी वमा - मे रे बचपन के िदन

िदसं बर पु नरावृ ि वअ वािषक परी ा (अ ै ल से नव र तक का पा म)

ि ितज - प पाठ 12 सव र दयाल स ेना - मे घ आए

जनवरी कृितका - पाठ 03 जगदीश चं माथु र - रीढ़ की ह ी

ि ितज - प पाठ 13 राजेश जोशी - ब े काम पर जा रहे ह

पु नरावृ ि (सं पूण पा म)
फरवरी
वािषक परी ा (सं पूण पा म)

UNIT TOTAL WEIGHTAGE

अपिठत बोध 14
ाकरण 16
पा पु क - ि ितज + कृितका 30
लेखन 20
TOTAL 80
आं त रक मू ां कन 20
GRAND TOTAL 100
 SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
HALF
UNIT TEST QUARTERLY ANNUAL
MONTH UNIT CHAPTERS / TOPICS TO BE COVERED YEARLY
WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAGE
WEIGHTAGE
I Chapter - 1: Number Systems 13 12 8
APRIL III Chapter - 3: Coordinate Geometry 4 6 5
V Chapter - 10: Heron's Formula 8 6 5
MAY II Chapter - 4: Linear Equations in two variables 10 6
JUNE IV Chapter - 5: Introduction to Euclid's Geometry 6 4
II Chapter - 2: Polynomials 14 10
JULY
REVISION

AS PER CBSE COURSE STRUCTURE

UNIT TEST 25
AUGUST IV Chapter - 6: Lines and Angles 12 6
IV Chapter - 7: Triangles 14 6

REVISION AND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

SEPTEMBER 80
(Syllabus April - August)

IV Chapter - 8: Quadrilaterals 10
OCTOBER
IV Chapter - 9: Circles 8
NOVEMBER V Chapter -11: Surface Areas and Volumes 12

REVISION AND HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

DECEMBER 80
(Syllabus April - November)

JANUARY VI Chapter - 12: Statistics

REVISION
FEBRUARY ANNUAL EXAMINATION
(Syllabus April - January)

Note- All the papers will be set according to Board pattern.

UNIT UNIT NAME MARKS

I NUMBER SYSTEMS 10
II ALGEBRA 20
III COORDINATE GEOMETRY 4
IV GEOMETRY 27
V MENSURATION 13
VI STATISTICS 6
TOTAL 80
 SUBJECT : SCIENCE (086)
HALF
CHAPTER UNIT TEST QUARTERLY ANNUAL
MONTH CHAPTERS TO BE COVERED YEARLY
NO. WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAGE
WEIGHTAGE
1 Matter in Our Surroundings 5 12 6
APRIL 5 The Fundamental Unit of Life 7 10 8
7 Motion 8 10 5
Is Matter Around Us Pure? (Excluding Separating the
MAY 2 5 13 6
Components of a Mixture)
JUNE 6 Tissues -
12 10
6 Tissues (Continue) -

AS PER CBSE COURSE STRUCTURE

JULY 8 Force and Laws of Motion - 8 5
REVISION
UNIT TEST (Syllabus April – May) 25 - -
AUGUST 9 Gravitation 9 5
12 Improvement in Food Resources 6 10
REVISION AND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
SEPTEMBER 80 -
(Syllabus April – August)
3 Atoms and Molecules 13
OCTOBER
10 Work and Energy (Excluding Commercial Unit of Energy) 5

NOVEMBER 11 Sound (Excluding Sonar and Human Ear) 7

REVISION AND HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
DECEMBER 80
(Syllabus April –November)
JANUARY 4 Structure of the Atom
REVISION
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
FEBRUARY
(Syllabus April - February)

Note- All the papers will be set according to Board pattern.

NEW COURSE STRUCTURE AS PER CBSE

UNIT NO. UNIT MARKS
I Matter-Its Nature and Behaviour 25
II Organization in the Living World 22
III Motion, Force and Work 27
IV Food; Food Production 6
Total 80
Internal Assessment 20
Grand Total 100
 PRACTICALS (STILL IN SYLLABUS)
Practicals should be conducted alongside the concepts taught in theory classes.
1 Preparation of: UNIT:I
a) a true solution of common salt, sugar and alum
b) a suspension of soil, chalk powder and fine sand in water
c) a colloidal solution of starch in water and egg albumin/milk in water and distinguish between these on
the basis of
• transparency
• filtration criterion
• stability
2 Preparation of UNIT:I
a) A mixture
b) A compound using iron filings and sulphur powder and distinguishing between these on the basis of:
(i) appearance, i.e., homogeneity and heterogeneity
(ii) behaviour towards a magnet
(iii) behaviour towards carbon disulphide as a solvent (iv) effect of heat
3 Perform the following reactions and classify them as physical or chemical changes: UNIT:I
a) Iron with copper sulphate solution in water
b) Burning of magnesium ribbon in air
c) Zinc with dilute sulphuric acid
d) Heating of copper sulphate crystals
e) Sodium sulphate with barium chloride in the form of their solutions in water
4 Preparation of stained temporary mounts of (a) onion peel, (b) human cheek cells & to record
UNIT:II
observations and draw their labeled diagrams.
5
Identification of Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma tissues in plants, striped, smooth
UNIT:II
and cardiac muscle fibers and nerve cells in animals, from prepared slides. Draw their labelled diagrams.

6 Preparation of the melting point of ice and the boiling point of the water. UNIT:I
7 Verification of laws of reflection of sound. UNIT:III
8 Determination of the density of solid (denser than water) by using a spring balance and a measuring
cylinder. UNIT:III
9 Establishing the relation between the loss in weight of a solid when fully immersed in UNIT:III
a) Tap water
b) Strongly salty water with the weight of water displaced by it by taking at least two different
solids.
10 Determination of the speed of a pulse propagated through a stretched string/slinky (helical spring). UNIT:III
11 Verification of the law of the conservation of mass in chemical reaction. UNIT:I
 SUBJECT : SOCIAL SCIENCE (087)
HALF
UNIT TEST QUARTERLY ANNUAL
Month UNIT CHAPTERS / TOPICS TO BE COVERED YEARLY
WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAGE
WEIGHTAGE
Geography Chapter 1: India Size and Location 3 4 2
Economics Chapter 2: People as Resources 6 8 8
APRIL
Civics Chapter 1: What is Democracy? Why Democracy? 6 6 6
History Chapter 1: The French Revolution 6 8 5
MAY Geography Chapter 2: Physical Features of India 4 4 3

AS PER CBSE COURSE STRUCTURE

Geography Chapter 3: Drainage 6 5

History Chapter 2: Socialism in Europe and The Russian Revolution 12 7

JUNE/JULY
Civics Chapter 2: Constitutional Design (To be tested 2.3 & 2.4) 6 5
Civics Chapter 3: Electoral Politics 8 9
REVISION
UNIT TEST 25
AUGUST Economics Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge 12 12
Geography Chapter 4: Climate 6 5
SEPTEMBER REVISION AND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION 80
OCTOBER History Chapter 3: Nazism and The Rise of Hitler 8
Civics Chapter 4: Working of Institutions 5
NOVEMBER Civics Chapter 5: Democratic Rights
DECEMBER REVISION AND HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 80
Economics Chapter 4: Food Security in India
JANUARY
Geography Chapter 5: Population
FEBRUARY REVISION
MARCH ANNUAL EXAMINATION

Note- All the papers will be set according to Board pattern.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED ANNUAL WEIGHTAGE

History India and the Contemporary World I History 20
Geography Contemporary India I Geography 20
Civics Democratic Politics I Civics 20
Economics Understanding Economic Development Economics 20
NOTE:- MAP ACTIVITY (HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ) Total 80
 SUBJECT : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (417)
HALF
UNIT TEST ANNUAL
QUARTERLY YEARLY
MONTH PART CHAPTERS / TOPICS TO BE COVERED WEIGHTAG WEIGHTAG
WEIGHTAGE WEIGHTAG
E E
E
APRIL PART - B Unit-1: AI Reflection, Project Cycle and Ethics 15 25 15
MAY PART- A Unit-1: Communication Skills - I 5 2 2
JUNE PART- A Unit-2: Self Management Skills - I 5 3 2
PART - A Unit-3: I. C. T. Skills-I - 5 2
JULY
REVISION

AS PER CBSE COURSE STRUCTURE

UNIT TEST 25
AUGUST
PART - B Unit-2: Data Literacy 15 15
REVISION AND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
SEPTEMBER 50
(Syllabus April - August)

OCTOBER PART - A Unit-4: Entrepreneurial Skills-I 2

PART - B Unit-3: Math for AI (Statictics & Probability) 12
NOVEMBER
PART - A Unit-5: Green Skills
REVISION AND HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
DECEMBER 50
(Syllabus April - November)

PART - B Unit 4 - Introduction to Generative AI

JANUARY
PART - B Unit-5: Introduction to Python
FEBRUARY REVISION
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
MARCH
(Syllabus April - February)
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (SUBJECT CODE 417)
CLASS – IX (SESSION 2025-2026)
Total Marks: 100 (Theory-50 + Practical-50)
NO. OF HOURS MAX. MARKS
UNITS for Theory and for Theory and
Practical Practical
Employability Skills
Unit 1: Communication Skills-I 10 2
PART A

Unit 2: Self-Management Skills-I 10 2

Unit 3: ICT Skills-I 10 2
Unit 4: Entrepreneurial Skills-I 15 2
Unit 5: Green Skills-I 05 2
Total 50 10
Subject Specific Skills
Theory Practical
Unit 1: AI Reflection, Project Cycle and Ethics 30 25 10
PART B

Unit 2: Data Literacy 22 28 10

Unit 3: Math for AI (Statistics & Probability) 12 13 07
Unit 4: Introduction to Generative AI 08 12 05
Unit 5: Introduction to Python 01 09 08
Total 160 40
Practical Work
Unit 5: Introduction to Python
Practical File (minimum 15 programs) 15

Practical Examination
● Simple programs using input and output
PART C

function
● Variables, Arithmetic Operators,
Expressions, Data Types 15
● Flow of control and conditions
● Lists
* Any 3 programs based on the above topics
Viva Voce 5
Total 35
PART D

Project Work / Field Visit / Student Portfolio

15
* relate it to Sustainable Development Goals

Total 15

GRAND TOTAL 210 100