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ICSE X 2022

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ICSE X
DISCUSSION

FOR ICSE 2023

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GENERAL POINTS TO REMEMBER:

❖ MARKS ARE GRANTED ONLY FOR

CORRECT SUBSTITUTION IN CORRECT
FORMULA .
❖ NO MARKS FOR FORMULA ONLY.
❖ NO HALF MARK IS GRANTED.

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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX

PROBABLE MISTAKES

❖ NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT GST IS CHARGED ON

FINAL S.P. (AFTER DISCOUNT OR MARK UP , AS
THE CASE MAY BE.)

❖ ADDING INTERMEDIATE STEPS TAX TO THE COST

OF INTERMEDIATE SELLER

❖ NOT CALCULATING GST FOR MANUFACTURER ON

HIS SELLING PRICE

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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX

❖ NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR INTERMEDIATE

STEP GST IS ONLY ON VALUE ADDED AT THAT
STEP.

❖ NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PRICE PAID BY

THE CONSUMER IS =
S.P. MANUFACTURER+ PROFITS OF INTERMEDIATE
SELLERS + TOTAL GST DEPOSITED TO THE
GOVERNMENT.

❖ NOT WRITING RUPEE ANSWER IN PROPER

FORMAT UPTO TWO DECIMAL PLACES.

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RECURRING DEPOSIT ( Banking)

❖ TAKING MATURITY VALUE AS INTEREST

❖ NOT TAKING TIME AS 1/12 YEAR

❖ NOT CONVERTING TIME TO MONTHS

❖ NOT WRITING RUPEE ANSWER IN PROPER DECIMAL

FORMAT, i.e. UPTO TWO DECIMAL PLACES

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SHARES AND DIVIDEND [ Omitted for this year ]

❖ TERMINOLOGY OF SHARES AND DIVIDEND

SHOULD BE WELL UNDERSTOOD

❖ FOR FINDING WHICH IS THE BETTER

INVESTMENT—COMPARE INCOME AT RS. 1 IN
EACH CASE.

OR COMPARE THE RATE OF RETURN.

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LINEAR INEQUATIONS

❖ WRITING OF A SOLUTION SET IS MUST.

❖ ENCLOSE THE SOLUTION IN CURLY BRACKETS

ONLY , i.e., REPRESENT IT AS A SET.

❖ ARROWHEAD ON THE BOTH ENDS OF THE

NUMBER LINE IS A MUST.

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LINEAR INEQUATIONS

❖ WRITE TWO EXTRA NUMBERS ON BOTH

THE SIDES ON THE NUMBER LINE
BESIDES THE SOLUTION.

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REPRESENTING FRACTIONAL SOLUTION
ON NO. LINE

→ FRACTIONAL ANSWERS- REPRESENT IN

COMMON MIXED FRACTION ONLY e.g.:
𝟏 𝟑
→ (1) OR (2) 3 .
𝟑 𝟒

→ NUMBER MUST BE CLEARLY

MARKED(LABELLED ) ON THE NUMBER LINE

HERE 2/3 IS NOT CONSIDERED EXTRA NUMBER

𝟐
HERE 3 𝟒 AND 4 ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS EXTRA NUMBER
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QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

❖ WHILE SOLVING A QUADRATIC EQUATION, IF

SQUARE ROOT OF A NUMBER IS TO BE FOUND OUT
IN AN INTERMEDIATE STEP, FIND ONE MORE
DECIMAL PLACE THAN ASKED FOR AND THEN
ROUND OFF ONLY THE ANSWER IN THE FINAL
STEP.

❖ USE OF SQUARE ROOT AND CUBE ROOT TABLES

MUST BE LEARNT.
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RATIO AND PROPORTION

❖ FINAL ANSWER IS TO BE WRITTEN IN RATIO FORM

ONLY. E.g., 16/23 = 16: 23

❖ FOR QUESTION RELATED TO PROPORTION

PREFERABLY USE COMPONENDO AND DIVIDENDO
AND OTHER PROPORTION PROPERTIES.

❖ CHECK POWER OF VARIABLE FOR NO. OF SOLUTIONS.

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FACTORIZATION

❖ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REMAINDER AND FACTOR THEOREM

TO BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD.

❖ FIRST STEP IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE AS PER THE QUESTION,

WHETHER TO EQUATE f(x ) to 0

( in case of x-a given as factor)

OR SOLVE f(a ) TO GET REMAINDER OR

PROVE THAT x-a IS A FACTOR.

❖ FINAL ANSWER AFTER FACTORIZATION TO BE GIVEN IN

PRODUCT FORM ONLY

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MATRICES

❖ A2 = A . A
❖ IF A X = B ,THEN X ≠B – A OR B/A

❖ ( WHERE A AND B ARE MATRICES)

❖ ORDER OF IDENTITY MATRIX SHOULD MATCH WITH THE

REMAINING MATRICES IN THE QUESTION.

❖ ALL STEPS OF MATRIX MULTIPLICATION MUST BE SHOWN,

EVEN IF THE CALCULATIONS ARE VERY SIMPLE.

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 ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION AND GEOMETRIC
PROGRESSION

❖ FINDING THEIR GENERAL TERMS

❖ FINDING SUM OF THEIR FIRST ‘n’ TERMS:
CONCEPT OF ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION MUST BE
WELL, UNDERSTOOD AS A SEQUENCE FOLLOWING SOME
RULE.
TERMS MUST BE EXPLAINED WELL FOR BETTER
UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION.

❖ SIMPLE APPLICATIONS

❖ ALL TERMINOLOGY MUST BE LEARNT GHS &JC

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION AND GEOMETRIC
PROGRESSION

SUMS INVOLVING NON-NUMERAL DATA SHOULD ALSO BE PRACTICED.

❖ MEANING A ND FORMULA OF nTH TERM AND SUM OF n TERMS MUST
BE EXPLAINED WELL FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND
APPLICATION.

❖ SIMPLE APPLICATIONS

❖ ALL TERMINOLOGY MUST BE LEARNT

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CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY: REFLECTION
❖ AFTER PLOTTING THE REQUIRED POINTS ON THE GRAPH
PAPER, CO-ORDINATES OF THE POINTS SHOULD BE WRITTEN
BESIDE THE PLOTTED POINT.

❖ IF AREA OF QUADRILATERAL OR TRIANGLE FORMED IS ASKED

FOR , THEN WRITE THE ANSWER IN SQ. UNITS AND NOT SQ. CM
(IF THE SCALE IS 2 cm OR 2 m= 1 UNIT ).

❖ MUST JOIN ALL POINTS WITH STRAIGHT LINE SEGEMENTS TO

ANSWER ANY SHAPE RELATED QUESTIONS.

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CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY: REFLECTION
❖GIVE SPECIFIC NAMES TO THE TRIANGLES AND
QUADRILATERALS FORMED e.g.

→ ISOSCELES TRIANGLE, RHOMBUS, ISOSCELES

TRAPEZIUM etc.

❖X = 0 IS THE EQUATION OF Y AXIS,

❖Y = 0 IS THE EQUATION OF X- AXIS
❖X= a IS PARALLEL TO THE Y- AXIS
❖Y= b IS PARALLEL TO THE X –AXIS
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 SECTION FORMULA
❖MIXING UP EQUATION OF X-AXIS AND Y-AXIS . REMEMBER X-

AXIS IS Y = 0 AND Y-AXIS IS X = 0.

❖WHEN Y = 5 DIVIDES THE JOIN OF AB AND THE RATIO IS TO

BE FOUND, IT IS WRONGLY ASSUMED THAT THE POINT OF

INTERSECTION OF AB WITH Y= 5 IS (0, 5 )

❖TAKE Y CO-ORDINATE AS 5 BUT THE POINT WILL BE (X, 5 )

❖ CONFUSION BETWEEN CENTROID AND MID POINT

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EQUATION OF A STRAIGHT LINE

❖ CORRECT SUBSTITUTION IN CORRECT FORMULA

FOR EQAUTION OF THE REQUIRED LINE IS MUST.

❖ JUST FINDING COMPONENTS LIKE y -INTERCEPT

AND SLOPE CORRECTLY AND SUBSITUTING IN
WRONG FORMULA WILL NOT FETCH ANY MARKS.

❖ EQUATION OF LINE SHOULD BE SIMPLIFIED TO A

LINEAR EQUATION WITHOUT ANY FRACTIONAL CO-
EFFICIENTS AND TO THE LOWEST VALUE OF CO-
EFFICIENT.

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SIMILARITY [ Parts Omitted for this year ]

❖ PROVING TRIANGLES SIMILAR IS

IMPORTANT.ALSO MENTION THE REASONS &
AXIOM USED.

❖ AVOID ABBREVIATIONS, INSTEAD OF

WRITING C.S.S.T.P., WRITE CORRESPONDING
SIDES OF SIMILAR TRIANGLES ARE
PROPORTIONAL.

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LOCI [ Omitted for this year ]

❖ ALL THREE TYPES CAN BE ASKED IN

CONSTRUCTION OFTEN MIXED WITH
CIRCLE PROPERTIES

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 CIRCLES

❖ ALL THEOREMS AND PROPERTY STATEMENT MUST BE

LEARNT

( INCLUDING PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE) AND GIVEN AS

REASON WHEREVER REQUIRED.

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 CONSTRUCTIONS
❖ EYE-BROW METHOD OR USE OF SET SQUARES FOR DRAWING A LINE
PARALLEL TO A GIVEN LINE IS NOT ALLOWED.
❖ ARCS DRAWN SHOULD BE CLEARLY VISIBLE.
❖ DO NOT DIRECTLY MARK THE MID-POINT OF A SEGMENT BUT LOCATE IT
BY CONSTRUCTING THE PERPENDICULAR BISECTOR OF THE SEGMENT.
❖ DO NOT FORGET TO ANSWER THE TAIL QUESTIONS ASKED BASED ON
THE CONSTRUCTION. e.g. LENGTH OF THE TANGENT OR RADIUS OF
CIRCLE etc.
❖ FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A HEXAGON, CONSTRUCT FOUR 120⁰ ANGLES OR
CONSTRUCT EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES.[ T.D. METHOD IS NOT ACCEPTED
(i.e., CIRCLE WITH 6 ARCS)].

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MENSURATION

❖ WRITING CORRECT FORMULA WITH CORRECT

SUBSTITUTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP.
SO, FORMULAE SHOULD BE LEARNT WELL.

❖ TAKE THE VALUE OF ∏ AS 22/7 IF NOT SPECIFIED

OTHERWISE.

❖ DO NOT ROUND OFF IN INTERMEDIATE STEPS.

❖ CANCEL OUT ∏ IN SHAPE CONVERSION SUMS.

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TRIGONOMETRY

❖ DIAGRAM IS A MUST FOR HEIGHTS &

DISTANCES SUM. FOLLOW THE LABELS GIVEN
IN THE QUESTION PAPER.

❖ DONOT MIX UP LHS AND RHS IN PROVING

IDENTITIES

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 MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCIES

❖ ANSWERS SHOULD BE IN DECIMAL FORM AND NOT

FRACTIONAL FORM.

❖ FOR FINDING MODE OF GROUPED DATA FROM

HISTOGRAM—ALWAYS USE A GRAPH PAPER—EVEN IF
THE QUESTION PAPER DOES NOT MENTION THE SAME.

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 MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCIES
❖ WHILE DRAWING AN OGIVE REMEMBER TO WRITE THE SCALE , LABEL THE X AND Y
AXES, THE HEADINGS FOR X AND Y AXES, CO-ORDINATES OF THE POINTS PLOTTED
i.e. ( UPPER LIMIT, CORRESPONDING CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY)

❖ AN OGIVE STARTS WITH THE LOWER LIMIT OF THE FIRST CLASS PLOTTED AGAINST
ZERO VALUE OF Y AXIS VALUE AND ENDS WITH THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE LAST
CLASS.

❖ TO FIND THE MEDIAN,LQ AND UQ , LOWER QUARTILE AND UPPER QUARTILE WITH
THE HELP OF OGIVE-

❖ DRAW THE PERPENDICULARS ON THE GRAPH PAPER, WHETHER THE SUM OF

FREQUENCIES IS ODD OR EVEN FOR FOLLOWING RANKS:

→ MEDIAN = N/2 , LOWER QUARTILE = N /4 AND UPPER QUARTILE = 3N/4

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MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
[ Raw and tabular DATA Omitted for this year ]
TO FIND THE MEDIAN , LOWER QUARTILE AND UPPER
QUARTILE FOR TABULAR DATA ( WITH OR WITHOUT OGIVE)
WHEN SUM OF FREQUENCIES IS EVEN ,

MEDIAN = N/2 , LOWER QUARTILE = N /4 AND

UPPER QUARTILE = 3N/4

❖ NO AVERAGE TO BE TAKEN FOR EVEN N.

❖ FOR ODD N, RULE REMAINS THE SAME FOR TABULAR DATA

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 → PLEASE NOTE:

FOR ICSE 2023 :

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCIES

IS FOR GROUPED CONTINUOUS DATA ONLY

PROBABILITY

❖ SET OF FAVOURABLE EVENTS MUST BE LISTED FOR

EACH CASE.

❖ WORKING MUST BE SHOWN, NO DIRECT REDUCED

FORM.

❖ ANSWER MUST BE IN THE REDUCED FORM

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GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
To Improve the quality of answers and performance
of students
Suggestion for teachers: 1

✓ Students should be advised to show working however

insignificant and also show rough work on the same page

✓ Proper rounding off of all types to be drilled from lower classes

and by testing in examinations

✓ Use of graph paper , placing of co-ordinate axes on the graph

paper, choosing different scales , habits of following given
scale should be drilled.

✓ Logbook practice should be given in school examinations too.

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To Improve the quality of answers and
performance of students
Suggestion for teachers: 2
✓ Students should be trained for correct substitution in correct formula.

✓ Train about number line plotting norms.

✓ Rupee answer only to be given in 2 decimal places

[ if answer is coming in decimals]

✓ All arcs must be visible for construction question.

✓ Proving answer must be accompanied with reasons in geometry .

✓ Perpendiculars must be drawn for each answer from ogive.

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 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS:1
❖ READ THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY AND
THOROUGHLY AND EVALUATE ALL OPTIONS BEFORE ANSWERING.
❖ READING TIME MUST BE UTILIZED IN SELECTING BEST FOUR
QUESTIONS FROM SECTION B.
❖ READING TIME SHOULD ALSO BE UTILIZED IN MENTALLY MARKING
ALL THE TAIL QUESTIONS
[e.g.. CORRECT TO 2 SIGNIFICANT FIGURE , TO THE NEAREST WHOLE
NUMBER , TO THE NEAREST RUPEE, LENGTH OF TANGENT/RADIUS, TO
THE NEAREST METER OR ANY PRTICULAR CONSTRUCTION ASKED IN
THE QUESTION]
❖ USE GRAPH PAPER FOR GRAPH QUESTION AND FOLLOW THE SCALE
GIVEN IN QUESTION.
❖ DO NOT SKIP STEPS, SHOW ROUGH WORK ON THE SAME PAGE.
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 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS:2
❖ REVISE ALL TOPICS FROM TIME TO TIME REGULARLY

❖ PRACTICE SQUARE ROOTS WITH LOGBOOK

❖ GIVE PROPER REASON FOR GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY BASED ANSWERS,

SO LEARN STATEMENTS OF THEOREMS AND PROPERTIES.

❖ SOLVE PREVIOUS YEARS PAPERS AS WELL AS SPECIMEN PAPER

PROVIDED BY ICSE BOARD ON THE COUNCIL WEBSITE

❖ [ www.cisce.org ] AND GET THEM EVALUATED.

❖ LEARN ALL THE MENSURATION FORMULAE , ALGEBRAIC IDENTITIES AS

WELL AS OTHER FORMULAE REQUIRED BY YOUR SYLLABUS.

❖ KEEP LAST 15 MINUTES TO REVISE ALL CALCULATIONS.

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