The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released the Class 10 exam schedule. The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) exams, or Class 10 exams will begin from May 5, 2021. The ICSE Class 10 board exams will be held in designated centres in pen-and-paper mode. The Class 10 ICSE examinations will continue till June 7, 2021.
As per the CISCE Class 10 exam dates, most papers of the ICSE exams will start from 9 am and a few others from 11 am. While papers including English, Environmental Science, Economics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology will be held for two hours' duration, Hindi and Art papers will be held for a duration of three hours. The ICSE Class 10 exams will start with the English Language – English Paper 1 on May 5 from 11 am.
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CISCE will also provide an additional time of 15 minutes for the students to read the question paper. “The question paper may be distributed to candidates at 10:45 a.m. to enable them to start writing at 11:00 a.m,” read an official statement.
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CISCE Class 10 Datesheet
Day and Date | Time | Subject | Duration |
Wednesday May 5 | 11 am | English Language – English Paper 1 | 2 hrs. |
Thursday May 6 | 11 am | Environmental Science (Group II Elective) | 2 hrs. |
Saturday May 8 | 9 am | Art Paper 1 (Still Life) | 3 hrs. |
Monday May 10 | 11 am | Literature in English – English Paper 2 | 2 hrs. |
Wednesday May 12 | 11 am | History & Civics - H.C.G. Paper 1 | 2 hrs. |
Thursday May 13 | 11 am | Economics (Group II Elective) | 2 hrs. |
Saturday May 15 | 9 am | Art Paper 2 (Nature Drawing/ Painting) | 3 hrs. |
Tuesday May 18 | 11 am | Mathematics | 2½ hrs. |
Thursday May 20 | 11.00 a.m. | Geography - H.C.G. Paper 2 | 2 hrs. |
Saturday May 22 | 9 am | Art Paper 3 (Original Composition) | 3 hrs. |
Monday May 24 | 11 am | Commercial Studies (Group II Elective) French (Group II Elective) | 2 hrs. |
Tuesday May 25 | 11 am | Second Languages: Ao-Naga, Assamese, Bengali, Dzongkha, Garo, Gujarati, Kannada, Khasi, Lepcha, Mizo, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Tangkhul, Telugu, Urdu Modern Foreign Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Modern Armenian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Tibetan | 3 hrs. |
Friday May 28 | 11 am | Physics – SCIENCE Paper 1 | 2 hrs. |
Saturday May 29 | 9 am | Art Paper 4 (Applied Art) | 3 hrs. |
Monday May 31 | 11 am | Chemistry - SCIENCE Paper 2 | 2 hrs. |
Wednesday June 2 | 11 am | Biology - SCIENCE Paper 3 | 2 hrs. |
Friday June 4 | 11 am | Hindi | 3 hrs. |
Monday June 7 | 11 am | (Group III-Elective) Carnatic Music, Commercial Applications, Computer Applications, Cookery, Drama, Economic Applications, Environmental Applications, Fashion Designing, French, German, Hindustani Music, Home Science, Hospitality Management, Indian Dance, Mass Media & Communication, Physical Education, Western Music, Yoga Technical Drawing Applications | 2 hrs. 3 hrs. |
