Kerala SSLC Exam 2021 March- Focus Areas for All Subjects MM&EM

Kerala Government is not planning to reduce the syllabus for class 10 students this year. Instead, SCERT selected some focus areas areas and important chapters in all subjects to facilitate the learning process. Students need to take special attention to the given focus areas as most of the questions will be based on the areas mentioned. This can be marked as the very important topics for the preparation of SSLC exam March 2021. The classroom sessions starting from January 1st will also concentrate on the below mentioned focus areas of different subjects.

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Important topics classified as Focus Areas in Each Subject

Refer the Important topics given for Each subject from the files below. These portions are given in Malayalam Medium. Students of English Medium sections can take corresponding topics in their textbook as equivalent.

Question Pattern for SSLC 2021 with Focus Areas

Education Department yet to finalise the question pattern for SSLC exam 2021. As per the details available now, all questions will have options. So for 40 mark examination, you will be provided with questions for 80 marks, from that 75% of questions will be taken from Focus Areas. ie, 60 mark questions will come from focus areas. Students will get the option to answer all the questions. If you get more than 40 marks, it will be considered as 40/40 ie, 100%.

Same pattern applicable to subjects with 80 marks also. Together with the options, a total of 160 mark questions will be asked, out of which 120 mark questions will be taken from the focus areas.

This means by concentrating on the focus areas, you can secure 100% marks in the upcoming SSLC examinations.

MALAYALAM I & II Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

Arabic Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

Sanskrit Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

Urdu Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

ENGLISH Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

HINDI Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

SOCIAL SCIENCE Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

ENGLISH MEDIUM

Unit Name	Focus Areas
Revolutions that influenced the world.	American War of Independence. French Revolution. Russian Revolution
Struggle and Freedom.	Early struggles of Gandhiji. Non-Cooperation movement and Khilafat Movement. Poorna Swaraj and Civil Disobedience movement. The British Quit India. Subhash Chandra Bose.
India After Independence	Integration of Princely states. Achievement in the field of Science and Technology Education, The Foreign Policy of India.,
Seasons and Time	Apparent movement of the sun and seasons. Rotation, Time calculation, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Standard Time, Indian Standard Time (IST), International Date Line.
India is the land of diversity	Himalaya, Trans Himalaya, Eastern High Land. Importance of Northern Mountain Range. Himalayan Rivers. Peninsular Rivers. Peninsular Plateau. Eastern coastal plain. Western coastal plain. Map (mountains, rivers, plateaus
Public Administration	Public Administration and its significance. Bureaucracy and it’s features. Indian Civil Service. E-governance.
Human resource development	Human Resource Qualitative features of Human resource Education and Human resource development. Health, Human resource development.

MALAYALAM MEDIUM

PHYSICS Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

English Medium

Unit Name	Focus Areas
1.     Effect of electric current	Energy change in electrical instruments Heating effect of electric current Jule’s Law Electric power Related mathematical problems Electric heating instruments Safety fuse Parallel and series combination of resistance and related problems light effect of electric current Filament lamps
2.    Magnetic effect of electric current	Magnetic field around a current carrying conductor Solenoid Right hand thump rule Magnetic field around a solenoid- magnetic polarity Factors affecting the strength of the magnetic field Motor principle working of a DC motor Moving coil loudspeaker- Structure and working.
3. Electromagnetic induction	Electromagnetic induction Factors affecting induced emf Currents in AC generator DC generator and cell- characteristics and a graphical representation AC and DC generator-Structure and working Self-induction Mutual induction Transformers-Structure and working Moving coil microphone Power transmission in high voltage. Electric shock-Safety precautions and first aid.
4. Reflection of light	Reflection Laws of reflection Characters of image formed in concave mirror and convex mirror Mirror equation Magnification and related problems New Cartesian sign convention
5. Refraction of light	Refraction Relation between optical density and speed of light Total internal reflection Lenses- technical terms Image formation Ray diagrams Characters of image.
6. Vision and the world of colours	Dispersion Recombination of colours the formation of the rainbow the persistence of vision Scattering of light the relation between wavelength of colours and scattering.
7. Energy sources	Fossil fuels-coal CNG, LNG, LPG. LPG and safety green energy brown energy Energy crisis- reasons and solutions

Malayalam Medium

CHEMISTRY Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

ENGLISH MEDIUM

Unit Name	Focus Areas
1. Periodic table and Electronic configuration	Shells and subshells The number of electrons in the subshells Filling of electrons in the subshells Peculiarity of the electronic configuration of chromium (Cr) and Copper (Cu) Subshell electronic configuration and blocks The period and group can be found on the basis of subshell electronic configuration Group number of s block elements P block elements d block elements Characteristics of d block elements
2. Gas laws and mole concept	The relation between Volume and pressure The relation between Volume and temperature Gram atomic mass One mole atoms Molecular mass and Gram Molecular Mass Number of molecules One mole molecules
3. Reactivity series and electrochemistry	Reactivity series and displacement reaction Galvanic cell Electrolytic cells Electrolysis of molten Sodium chloride Minerals and ores Concentration of ores Extraction of metals from the concentrated ores Refining of metals Industrial production of iron
4. Production of metals	Minerals and ores Concentration of ores Extraction of metals from the concentrated ores Refining of metals Industrial production of iron
5. Compounds of non-metals	Ammonia Reversible and irreversible reactions Chemical equilibrium Le Chatelier’s principle Influence of concentration on equilibrium Pressure and equilibrium Temperature and equilibrium
6. Nomenclature of organic compounds and isomerism	Alkane, Alkene, Alkyne Homologous series Nomenclature of unbranched hydrocarbons Nomenclature of hydrocarbons containing one branch
7. Chemical Reaction of Organic Compounds	Substitution reaction Addition reaction Polymerization – Combustion of hydrocarbons Thermal Cracking

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BIOLOGY Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

ENGLISH MEDIUM

Unit Name`	Focus Areas
Sensations and Responses	A nerve cell or neuron- diagram, functions of dendrite, dendron, axon, axonite, synaptic knob. Peculiarities and functions of motor nerve, sensory nerve, and mixed nerves . Brain-diagram, functions of cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, thalamus, hypothalamus Causes and symptom  of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Epilepsy
Windows of Knowledge	Eye – diagram, peculiarities and functions of cornea, retina, iris, pupil, yellow spot, blind spot, optic nerve. Rod cell and cone cell- pigments and functions. Flow chart : Sense of vision. Causes and symptoms of night blindness, xerophthalmia, colour blindness. Steps in the process of recognizing of taste and smell.
Chemical Messages for Homeostasis	Role of insulin and glucagon in maintaining blood glucose level, cause and symptoms of diabetes. Role of calcitonin and parathormone in maintaining blood calcium level. Causes and symptoms of dwarfism, gigantism, acromegaly. Pheromones – functions, and examples. Natural plant hormones and their functions (Auxin, gibberellin, ethylene, abscisic acid).
Keeping Diseases away	Tuberculosis, AIDS, Malaria-causative organisms, symptoms, mode of transmission. Genetic diseases-Hemophilia Cancer-causes and treatment
Soldiers of Defense	Importance of skin (Epidermis, sweat gland, sebaceous gland) and secretions (Ear wax., mucus, lysozyme, Hydrochloric acid)  in body defense mechanism. Stages of phagocytosis. Fever -flow chart. Importance of  vaccination, working of vaccine, examples of vaccine. Antibiotic, side effects. Blood groups and their antigen and antibody. Points to be taken care of before blood transfusion.
Unravelling Genetic Mysteries	Differentiate the structure of DNA and RNA. Process of protein synthesis Genetic mysteries behind determination of sex in child
Genetics of the Future	Insulin production through genetic engineering. Role of genetic scissors, genetic glue, vectors in genetic engineering. Scope of DNA finger printing.
The Paths Traversed by life	Chemical evolution theory, chemical reactions which leads to origin of cell. Main points of natural selection theory by Charles Darwin.

MALAYALAM MEDIUM

MATHS Important Portions for SSLC Exam 2021

ENGLISH MEDIUM

Unit Name	Focus Areas
Arithmetic sequence	Arithmetic sequence concept. Term and position. Algebraic form of arithmetic sequence. Sum of first n term. Sum of terms (Except algebraic form )
Circles	Angle in the semicircle. Angle formed by sector. Cyclic quadrilateral. Two chords AB and BC interesting a point through P, PA × PB= PC × PD. PA × PB= PC. Square with equal area of Rectangle.
Mathematics of Chance	Defining chance mathematically
Second Degree Equation	Forming second degree Equation. Squaring problems related area and perimeter of rectangles. Solving second degree equations. (square completion method)
Trigonometry	Triangles with angles 45°,45°,90°; 30°,60°,90° New measure of angles (sine, cosine) Distance and heights (questions related to 45°, 45°, 90°; 30°, 60°,90 only)
Coordinates	Concept related to coordinate axis, coordinate numbers. Defining position of points using coordinate numbers. Co-ordinates of vertexes of rectangle where sides are parallel to axis. Distance between points.
Tangents	Concept tangent Tangent through a point on a circle chord and tangent Tangents from a point outside the circle
Solids	None
Coordinates and Geometry	Coordinate points of midpoint Slope of a line
Polynomials	If P(x)=q(x) × r(x) then q(x) and r(x) are factors of P(x) (x-a) is a factor of P(x) −P(a)
Statistics	Mean and Median of un grouped data

MALAYALAM MEDIUM

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