PREFACE
With a growing emphasis on competency-based education globally, the educational landscape in India
has also steered towards high-quality learning experiences that allow learners to incorporate critical
thinking and problem-solving approaches. This approach goes beyond rote memorisation and focuses
on developing the skills and knowledge that students need to apply in their real-world scenarios.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), as a national-level progressive
examination board, has taken several steps to infuse competency-based education in CISCE schools
through teacher capacity-building on item development for competency-based assessments and the
incorporation of competency-focused questions at the ICSE and ISC levels from the examination year
2024.
To further facilitate the adoption of competency-based assessment practices in schools and to support
teachers and students towards the preparation for attempting higher-order thinking questions in future
board examinations, Item Banks of Competency-Focused Practice Questions for selected subjects at
the ICSE and ISC levels have been developed. This Item Bank consists of a rich variety of questions,
both objective and subjective in categories, aimed at enhancing the subject-specific critical and
analytical thinking skills of the students.
In this Item Bank, each question is accompanied by the topic and cognitive learning domain/s that it
intends to capture. The cognitive domains reflected in these questions include understanding, analysis,
application, evaluation and creativity, along with some questions of the higher-order recall domain. The
Answer Key at the end presents the possible answers to a given question, but it is neither limiting nor
exhaustive.
These practice questions are also meant to serve as teacher resources for classroom assignments and as
samplers to develop their own repository of competency-focused questions. Apart from offering a good
practice of higher-order thinking skills, engaging with these questions would allow students to gauge
their own subject competencies and use these assessments for learning to develop individual learning
pathways.
During the development of this Item Bank, a large pool of questions was prepared by a team of
experienced CISCE teachers. The questions that were finalised by the internal and external reviewers
as being higher-order competency-focused questions have been collated in this item bank.
I acknowledge and appreciate all the ICSE and the ISC subject matter experts who have contributed to
the development and review of these high-quality competency-focused questions for CISCE students.
We are hopeful that teachers and students will utilise these questions to support their teaching-learning
processes.
July 2024 Dr. Joseph Emmanuel
Chief Executive & Secretary
CISCE
, PREFACE
With a growing emphasis on competency-based education globally, the educational landscape
in India has also steered towards high-quality learning experiences that allow learners to
incorporate critical thinking and problem-solving approaches. This approach goes beyond rote
memorisation and focuses on developing the skills and knowledge that students need to apply
in their real-world scenarios.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), as a national-level
progressive examination board, has taken several steps to infuse competency-based education
in CISCE schools through teacher capacity-building on item development for competency-
based assessments and the incorporation of competency-focused questions at the ICSE and ISC
levels from the examination year 2024.
To further facilitate the adoption of competency-based assessment practices in schools and to
support teachers and students towards the preparation for attempting higher-order thinking
questions in future board examinations, Item Banks of Competency-Focused Practice
Questions for selected subjects at the ICSE and ISC levels have been developed. This Item
Bank consists of a rich variety of questions, both objective and subjective in categories, aimed
at enhancing the subject-specific critical and analytical thinking skills of the students.
In this Item Bank, each question is accompanied by the topic and cognitive learning domain/s
that it intends to capture. The cognitive domains reflected in these questions include
understanding, analysis, application, evaluation and creativity, along with some questions of
the higher-order recall domain. The Answer Key at the end presents the possible answers to a
given question, but it is neither limiting nor exhaustive.
These practice questions are also meant to serve as teacher resources for classroom assignments
and as samplers to develop their own repository of competency-focused questions. Apart from
offering a good practice of higher-order thinking skills, engaging with these questions would
allow students to gauge their own subject competencies and use these assessments for learning
to develop individual learning pathways.
During the development of this Item Bank, a large pool of questions was prepared by a team
of experienced CISCE teachers. The questions that were finalised by the internal and external
reviewers as being higher-order competency-focused questions have been collated in this item
bank.
I acknowledge and appreciate all the ICSE and the ISC subject matter experts who have
contributed to the development and review of these high-quality competency-focused questions
for CISCE students.
We are hopeful that teachers and students will utilise these questions to support their teaching-
learning processes.
July 2024 Dr. Joseph Emmanuel
Chief Executive & Secretary
CISCE
,Chemistry ICSE – Class X
Table of Contents
Type of Questions Pg. No
I. Multiple-Choice Questions 2
II. Fill in the Blanks 16
III. Match the Following 18
IV. One Word Answer 22
V. Structural Diagram 23
VI. IUPAC Names 25
VII. Very Short Answer Questions 27
VIII. Short Answer Questions 28
IX. Long Answer Questions 32
Answer Key 37
ICSE Competency-Focused Practice Questions 2024 1
, Chemistry ICSE – Class X
COMPETENCY-FOCUSED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ICSE - CLASS X
Chemistry
I: Multiple Choice Questions (1 Mark Each)
S.No. Questions
1. [Analytical Chemistry]
Ravi was asked to identify the cation present in the salt solution. He added one of the
reagents given below and got a reddish-brown precipitate. The reagent that he used is:
(a) Silver nitrate solution
(b) Barium chloride solution
(c) Ammonium hydroxide
(d) Calcium chloride solution [Understanding]
2. [Study of Compounds]
Which metal does not react with HCl to form a colourless, odourless gas which burns
with a pop sound?
(a) Ca
(b) Mg
(c) Cu
(d) Zn [Recall & Understanding]
3. [Study of Compounds]
Prateek added warm water to magnesium nitride, and a colourless gas evolved, which,
when tested with phenolphthalein, turned it pink. The gas evolved is:
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Ammonia
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen chloride [Understanding]
ICSE Competency-Focused Practice Questions 2024 2
With a growing emphasis on competency-based education globally, the educational landscape in India
has also steered towards high-quality learning experiences that allow learners to incorporate critical
thinking and problem-solving approaches. This approach goes beyond rote memorisation and focuses
on developing the skills and knowledge that students need to apply in their real-world scenarios.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), as a national-level progressive
examination board, has taken several steps to infuse competency-based education in CISCE schools
through teacher capacity-building on item development for competency-based assessments and the
incorporation of competency-focused questions at the ICSE and ISC levels from the examination year
2024.
To further facilitate the adoption of competency-based assessment practices in schools and to support
teachers and students towards the preparation for attempting higher-order thinking questions in future
board examinations, Item Banks of Competency-Focused Practice Questions for selected subjects at
the ICSE and ISC levels have been developed. This Item Bank consists of a rich variety of questions,
both objective and subjective in categories, aimed at enhancing the subject-specific critical and
analytical thinking skills of the students.
In this Item Bank, each question is accompanied by the topic and cognitive learning domain/s that it
intends to capture. The cognitive domains reflected in these questions include understanding, analysis,
application, evaluation and creativity, along with some questions of the higher-order recall domain. The
Answer Key at the end presents the possible answers to a given question, but it is neither limiting nor
exhaustive.
These practice questions are also meant to serve as teacher resources for classroom assignments and as
samplers to develop their own repository of competency-focused questions. Apart from offering a good
practice of higher-order thinking skills, engaging with these questions would allow students to gauge
their own subject competencies and use these assessments for learning to develop individual learning
pathways.
During the development of this Item Bank, a large pool of questions was prepared by a team of
experienced CISCE teachers. The questions that were finalised by the internal and external reviewers
as being higher-order competency-focused questions have been collated in this item bank.
I acknowledge and appreciate all the ICSE and the ISC subject matter experts who have contributed to
the development and review of these high-quality competency-focused questions for CISCE students.
We are hopeful that teachers and students will utilise these questions to support their teaching-learning
processes.
July 2024 Dr. Joseph Emmanuel
Chief Executive & Secretary
CISCE
, PREFACE
With a growing emphasis on competency-based education globally, the educational landscape
in India has also steered towards high-quality learning experiences that allow learners to
incorporate critical thinking and problem-solving approaches. This approach goes beyond rote
memorisation and focuses on developing the skills and knowledge that students need to apply
in their real-world scenarios.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), as a national-level
progressive examination board, has taken several steps to infuse competency-based education
in CISCE schools through teacher capacity-building on item development for competency-
based assessments and the incorporation of competency-focused questions at the ICSE and ISC
levels from the examination year 2024.
To further facilitate the adoption of competency-based assessment practices in schools and to
support teachers and students towards the preparation for attempting higher-order thinking
questions in future board examinations, Item Banks of Competency-Focused Practice
Questions for selected subjects at the ICSE and ISC levels have been developed. This Item
Bank consists of a rich variety of questions, both objective and subjective in categories, aimed
at enhancing the subject-specific critical and analytical thinking skills of the students.
In this Item Bank, each question is accompanied by the topic and cognitive learning domain/s
that it intends to capture. The cognitive domains reflected in these questions include
understanding, analysis, application, evaluation and creativity, along with some questions of
the higher-order recall domain. The Answer Key at the end presents the possible answers to a
given question, but it is neither limiting nor exhaustive.
These practice questions are also meant to serve as teacher resources for classroom assignments
and as samplers to develop their own repository of competency-focused questions. Apart from
offering a good practice of higher-order thinking skills, engaging with these questions would
allow students to gauge their own subject competencies and use these assessments for learning
to develop individual learning pathways.
During the development of this Item Bank, a large pool of questions was prepared by a team
of experienced CISCE teachers. The questions that were finalised by the internal and external
reviewers as being higher-order competency-focused questions have been collated in this item
bank.
I acknowledge and appreciate all the ICSE and the ISC subject matter experts who have
contributed to the development and review of these high-quality competency-focused questions
for CISCE students.
We are hopeful that teachers and students will utilise these questions to support their teaching-
learning processes.
July 2024 Dr. Joseph Emmanuel
Chief Executive & Secretary
CISCE
,Chemistry ICSE – Class X
Table of Contents
Type of Questions Pg. No
I. Multiple-Choice Questions 2
II. Fill in the Blanks 16
III. Match the Following 18
IV. One Word Answer 22
V. Structural Diagram 23
VI. IUPAC Names 25
VII. Very Short Answer Questions 27
VIII. Short Answer Questions 28
IX. Long Answer Questions 32
Answer Key 37
ICSE Competency-Focused Practice Questions 2024 1
, Chemistry ICSE – Class X
COMPETENCY-FOCUSED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ICSE - CLASS X
Chemistry
I: Multiple Choice Questions (1 Mark Each)
S.No. Questions
1. [Analytical Chemistry]
Ravi was asked to identify the cation present in the salt solution. He added one of the
reagents given below and got a reddish-brown precipitate. The reagent that he used is:
(a) Silver nitrate solution
(b) Barium chloride solution
(c) Ammonium hydroxide
(d) Calcium chloride solution [Understanding]
2. [Study of Compounds]
Which metal does not react with HCl to form a colourless, odourless gas which burns
with a pop sound?
(a) Ca
(b) Mg
(c) Cu
(d) Zn [Recall & Understanding]
3. [Study of Compounds]
Prateek added warm water to magnesium nitride, and a colourless gas evolved, which,
when tested with phenolphthalein, turned it pink. The gas evolved is:
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Ammonia
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen chloride [Understanding]
ICSE Competency-Focused Practice Questions 2024 2
