What is in the ITSE Class 9 syllabus for 2026-27?

309 topics in General Awareness, English, Mathematics, Hindi, Computer and Science, laid out subject by subject on this page. On SkillStar your child can tick off each topic as they learn it.

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ITSE Class 9 syllabus

The ITSE Class 9 syllabus for 2026-27, subject by subject: 309 topics to work through. On SkillStar, Class 9 children also get 6 mock tests marked instantly and sample papers to download.

Class: Class 9 (Grade 9)
Syllabus years: 2026-27
Topics: 309
Mock tests: 6
Downloads: 88

ITSE Class 9 syllabus 2026-27

General Awareness

National and international news: Recognise important recent events in India and other countries using suitable child-friendly reports. Discuss simple examples of government announcements or public initiatives. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Sports events and achievements: Identify major sports, competitions and well-known sporting achievements. Relate a player or team to the sport they play. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Awards and honours: Recognise important national and international awards, including the Bharat Ratna, Nobel Prizes and Oscars. Learn what an award honours using suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Recent science and technology: Discuss simple examples of discoveries, inventions and useful new technology from reliable reports. Explain how an innovation can affect everyday life. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Economic news: Recognise that prices, jobs and government economic decisions can appear in the news. Begin with simple examples before introducing terms such as inflation or GDP. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Ancient civilisations: Locate and recognise the Indus Valley, Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilisations. Use simple stories and pictures to compare where and how people lived. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Indian dynasties and empires: Recognise the names and broad historical place of the Maurya, Gupta, Chola and Mughal dynasties. Connect each with suitable landmarks or achievements. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
India's freedom movement: Learn about colonial rule and the independence movement through suitable stories. Recognise the Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements and associated leaders. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
World history and historical figures: Recognise broad ideas behind the Industrial Revolution, World Wars and Cold War using age-appropriate explanations. Connect important historical personalities with their contributions. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Landforms and climate: Identify mountains, plateaus, rivers and oceans on pictures or simple maps. Compare broad climate zones and the weather conditions associated with them. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
People, resources and occupations: Discuss where people live and the resources and work found in different regions. Introduce population distribution through simple comparisons. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Continents and countries: Identify continents and familiar countries on a map or globe. Recognise some major physical features and broad climate differences. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
India's physical geography: Identify the Himalayas, plateaus, coastal plains and major rivers, lakes and forests of India using a simple map. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
States and Union Territories: Recognise India's states and Union Territories and match selected ones with capitals, cultural features and landmarks using current reference material. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
The Constitution and citizenship: Understand the Constitution as a set of basic rules for the country. Introduce rights, duties and guiding principles using familiar child-level examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
National government and Parliament: Recognise the roles of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha, the President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Use simple examples of public decision-making. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Courts and justice: Recognise the Supreme Court, High Courts and other courts as parts of the justice system. Discuss fairness and settling disagreements through suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
State and local government: Recognise state governments, Panchayats and municipalities. Connect their work with familiar services in villages, towns and cities. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Constitutional changes and public schemes: Understand in simple terms that constitutional rules can be amended. Recognise examples of public schemes and government initiatives using current reliable sources. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Basic economic terms: Introduce production, spending and economic change through everyday examples. Gradually connect these ideas with GDP, inflation, deflation, recession and different economic systems. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Economic reforms: Recognise liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation as changes in how an economy works. Begin with simple comparisons involving businesses and trade. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Agriculture, industry and services: Sort familiar jobs and products into agriculture, industry and services. Recognise that government initiatives can support each sector. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Budgets and development planning: Understand a budget as a plan for earning and spending money. Connect a simple home or class budget with the broader idea of a government budget and development plan. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Force, motion and energy: Recognise pushes, pulls, movement and simple energy uses in everyday activities. Introduce work and power through suitable concrete examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Electricity and magnets: Recognise familiar uses of electricity and magnets. Discuss basic effects and safe everyday applications without handling live electrical equipment. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Light and simple optics: Recognise reflection, refraction and lenses through mirrors, water and safe optical examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Matter and chemical changes: Identify familiar materials as forms of matter and compare simple properties. Introduce elements, compounds, mixtures and chemical reactions through suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Human body, health and disease: Recognise major body parts and simple functions. Connect healthy habits with preventing common illnesses and understanding why we sometimes need medical help. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Plants and animals in nature: Recognise broad groups of plants and animals using familiar examples. Compare their basic features and needs. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Ecosystems and conservation: Describe simple relationships between living things and their surroundings. Discuss biodiversity, pollution, conservation and using resources carefully. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Indian and international literature: Recognise selected classic and contemporary books and their authors. Use suitable Indian and international examples for the child's reading level. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Life stories and biographies: Distinguish a biography from an autobiography through simple examples. Connect a known person's life story with their contribution. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Books and literary awards: Recognise that some books receive major literary awards or become widely read. Use age-suitable examples from current reliable references. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Monuments and cultural traditions: Recognise important monuments, historical places, festivals, dances and traditions. Connect each with its region or cultural setting. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Inventions and discoveries: Match familiar inventions or discoveries with the people associated with them. Discuss how they changed everyday life. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Important days and historical events: Recognise significant national and international observances and selected historical dates. Explain what an observance commemorates using simple examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
International organisations and agreements: Recognise the UN, WTO, IMF and World Bank and their broad purposes. Introduce treaties as agreements between countries through suitable examples. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.
Reading and revising general awareness: Use suitable news, reference books and NCERT material with adult support. Keep simple notes, try short quizzes and revisit changing current-affairs information regularly. Use explanations and practice suitable for Class 9.

English

Simple present tense: Use the simple present to describe habits, regular events and general facts. Form suitable positive, negative and question sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Simple past tense: Use the simple past to describe completed actions. Choose suitable regular or irregular past forms. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Simple future tense: Use appropriate future forms to describe actions that will happen later. Construct clear statements, negatives and questions. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Present continuous tense: Use am, is or are with the ing form to describe an action in progress now or around the present. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Past continuous tense: Use was or were with the ing form to describe an action in progress at a past time. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Future continuous tense: Use will be with an ing form to describe an action expected to be in progress at a future time. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Present perfect tense: Use have or has with a past participle to connect a past action or experience with the present. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Past perfect tense: Use had with a past participle to show that one past action happened before another. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Future perfect tense: Use will have with a past participle to show completion before a stated future time. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Present perfect continuous tense: Use have or has been with an ing form to describe an action continuing from the past towards the present. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Past perfect continuous tense: Use had been with an ing form to describe an action continuing up to a past reference point. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Future perfect continuous tense: Use will have been with an ing form to describe an action's duration up to a future reference point. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Modal verbs: Use can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will and would to express suitable meanings such as ability, permission, advice and possibility. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Ought to, need, dare and used to: Choose suitable semi-modal forms for obligation, necessity, daring or past habits. Practise their use in meaningful sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Active and passive voice: Recognise the doer and receiver of an action and transform suitable sentences between active and passive voice. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Subject–verb agreement: Choose a verb that agrees with its subject in number and person. Find and correct common agreement mistakes. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Direct and reported speech: Recognise quoted and reported speech and transform simple statements appropriately. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Reporting questions: Report yes/no and WH-questions with suitable word order and reporting forms. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Reporting commands and requests: Use suitable reporting verbs and structures to report commands, requests and suggestions. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Noun clauses: Identify a clause functioning like a noun and use it appropriately within a larger sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Adverb clauses: Identify and use adverb clauses expressing condition or time, with other relationships appropriate to the class. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Relative clauses: Use a relative clause to describe a noun and distinguish defining from non-defining uses when appropriate. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Definite and indefinite articles: Choose a, an or the according to sound, meaning and whether the reference is specific. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Quantifiers: Choose some, any, few, little, many, much, each or every according to the noun and intended quantity. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Possessive determiners: Use my, your, his, her, its, our and their appropriately before nouns to show possession. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Demonstrative determiners: Choose this, that, these or those before a noun to match number and context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Phrasal verbs: Recognise common verb–particle combinations and use their intended meanings in context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Reordering words and phrases: Arrange jumbled words or phrases into a meaningful, grammatically complete sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Transforming sentences: Change a sentence between suitable affirmative, negative, interrogative, assertive or exclamatory forms while preserving its meaning. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Prepositions of place: Use in, on, at, beside, between, over, under and other suitable forms to describe location. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Prepositions of time: Choose suitable prepositions such as before, after, during, until, in, on or at for time references. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Prepositions of direction: Use to, from, into, out of and related forms to describe a path or direction. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Prepositional phrases: Recognise a preposition and its complement and use the resulting phrase accurately in a sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
End punctuation: Use full stops, question marks and exclamation marks according to a sentence's purpose. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Commas: Use commas accurately in suitable lists, dates, adjective sequences, introductory expressions and clause combinations for this class. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Colons and semicolons: Recognise the different purposes of a colon and a semicolon and apply them in suitable sentences. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Quotation marks: Punctuate direct speech and short quotations with appropriate quotation marks. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Apostrophes: Use apostrophes in contractions and to show possession. Avoid confusing either use with ordinary plural endings. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Capital letters: Use capitals for sentence beginnings, proper nouns and the pronoun I, with other conventions appropriate to the class. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Hyphens, dashes and parentheses: Distinguish the purposes of a hyphen and a dash. Use appropriate marks to connect words or set off additional information. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Editing grammatical errors: Identify and correct mistakes using the grammar rules listed for this class. Explain why the correction fits the sentence. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Coordinating conjunctions: Join equal words, phrases or clauses using conjunctions such as and, but, or and so. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Subordinating conjunctions: Use because, although, if and when to connect a dependent clause with a main clause. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Correlative conjunctions: Use paired conjunctions such as either/or, neither/nor and both/and with balanced sentence structures. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Idioms and phrases: Recognise common idiomatic expressions and explain their contextual meaning rather than reading them literally. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.
Synonyms and antonyms: Choose words with similar or opposite meanings while preserving the intended meaning in context. Practise using examples suitable for Class 9.

Mathematics

The Cartesian coordinate plane: Identify coordinates and axes in a two-dimensional Cartesian system and recognise the idea's historical development. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Distance and midpoint in a coordinate plane: Find the distance and midpoint between two points using suitable coordinate relationships. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Polynomials and linear patterns: Identify a polynomial and its degree and use linear polynomials to model patterns, growth and decay. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Linear graphs, slope and intercept: Represent a linear relationship graphically and interpret the slope and intercept in y = ax + b. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Rational numbers on the number line: Represent rational numbers on a number line and find additional rational numbers between any two given ones. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Rational numbers and decimals: Relate rational numbers to terminating or recurring decimal expansions and justify their density on a number line. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Irrational numbers and square roots: Distinguish rational from irrational numbers, understand suitable proofs for √2 or √3 and represent roots using a number line or square-root spiral. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Algebraic identities: Use and explain standard algebraic identities, including square expansions and the difference of two squares. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Visualising identities and factorisation: Use geometric models or algebra tiles to explain identities and factor suitable quadratic expressions. Connect visual reasoning with algebraic factorisation methods.
Drawing and describing circles: Identify the centre, radius and diameter and connect basic circle concepts with suitable practical applications.
Properties of chords: Use suitable relationships between a chord, its midpoint, its perpendicular bisector and its distance from a circle's centre.
Perimeter of plane shapes: Calculate the boundary length of suitable shapes and compare different shapes with the same perimeter. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Areas of squares and rectangles: Find the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles and connect the formulae with equal unit squares. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Areas of triangles and parallelograms: Relate triangles and parallelograms to rectangles and use the corresponding area formulae. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Heron's formula: Find the area of a triangle from its side lengths and relate the result to appropriate geometric cases. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Geometric area constructions: Explore the source's rectangle-squaring idea and geometric constructions associated with Baudhayana's Sulbasutras. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Circle circumference and area: Recognise π as an irrational constant related to circumference divided by diameter. Apply suitable circumference and area relationships.
Arc lengths and sectors: Use a suitable central angle to calculate arc length or sector area and relate the formula to the whole circle. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Areas of cyclic quadrilaterals: Use Brahmagupta's formula in suitable cyclic quadrilaterals and recognise Heron's formula as a related special case. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Chance and probability: Describe the chance of familiar events and calculate appropriate simple probabilities from possible outcomes. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Experimental and theoretical probability: Distinguish empirical probability from probability calculated using a sample space. Represent outcomes using suitable tables or tree diagrams. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Rules for sequences: Describe a sequence using an explicit rule or a recursive rule and use it to generate terms. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Arithmetic progressions: Recognise an arithmetic progression, find its common difference and nth term and connect it with suitable practical patterns. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Sums of arithmetic progressions: Calculate a sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression, including the first n natural numbers. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Geometric progressions: Recognise a geometric progression, find its nth term and connect it with practical patterns or elementary fractal examples. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Geometric axioms and postulates: Recognise the role of definitions, measurement axioms and geometric postulates. Connect Euclid's ideas and suitable historical constructions with logical reasoning. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Measuring and classifying angles: Measure angles and distinguish zero, acute, right, obtuse, straight, reflex and complete angles. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Relationships between angles: Use complementary, supplementary and vertically opposite angles and suitable parallel-line relationships to find unknown angles. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Pairs of lines: Recognise intersecting, perpendicular and parallel lines in drawings and practical examples. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Triangle congruence and proofs: Apply suitable triangle-congruence conditions and theorems. Distinguish a proposition from its converse and justify conclusions. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Parallelograms and the midpoint theorem: Prove and apply suitable parallelogram properties and the midpoint theorem and recognise central symmetry. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Linear equations in two variables: Represent solutions of a linear equation in two variables algebraically and graphically and interpret a practical context. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Pairs of linear equations: Determine consistency or inconsistency of a pair of linear equations and solve a suitable pair by substitution or elimination. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Cones, spheres and hemispheres: Find suitable surface areas or volumes of right circular cones, spheres and hemispheres. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Statistical data and graphs: Organise suitable data and choose or interpret an appropriate graphical representation. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Mean, median and mode: Choose and calculate representative values for suitable data sets and compare what each measure tells us. Use the number ranges and difficulty appropriate to Class 9.
Angles in circles: Use suitable relationships between chords, arcs and angles subtended at the centre or circumference.
Cyclic points and quadrilaterals: Recognise suitable concyclic points and apply related angle properties of cyclic quadrilaterals.
Simplifying rational expressions: Use suitable factorisation and common factors to simplify rational algebraic expressions while respecting any excluded denominator values.
Logarithms: Revise logarithm laws and changes of base using the calculations assessed in the official Class 9 past paper. Check that bases, arguments and denominators are valid before simplifying.
Speed and average speed: Calculate speeds in still water and moving water, then find the average speed for an out-and-back journey. Practise the equal-distance problem assessed in the official past paper.
Pythagoras' theorem: Use the relationship between the sides of a right-angled triangle to find missing lengths and areas. Revise the rectangle-in-a-quadrant and right-triangle problems in the official past paper.
Cubes and cuboids: Calculate volumes and count smaller cubes formed by subdividing a solid. Analyse the diagonal cuts in the official past-paper cake problem without confusing whole cubes and cut pieces.
Cylinder volume: Use the cylinder-volume formula to compare solids when radii or heights change. Practise the diameter-and-height comparison assessed in the official past paper.
Tangents to circles: Use the perpendicular relationship between a radius and its tangent and compare tangents from an external point. Solve the angle problem assessed in the official Class 9 past paper.

Hindi

भाषा और व्याकरण: Explain what language and grammar do and recognise suitable forms or types of language and grammar. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
स्वर और व्यंजन: Recognise, pronounce and write Hindi vowels and consonants and classify familiar letters correctly. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
उच्चारण और वर्ण वर्गीकरण: Classify Hindi sounds and letters and practise accurate pronunciation. Recognise the role of semi-vowel sounds and conjunct letters where included for the class. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
व्यक्तिवाचक और जातिवाचक संज्ञा: Distinguish a particular person's, place's or thing's name from the general name of a class. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
भाववाचक संज्ञा: Identify Hindi nouns that name a feeling, quality or state and use them in meaningful sentences. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
पुल्लिंग और स्त्रीलिंग: Identify masculine and feminine Hindi nouns and use or change familiar forms accurately in sentences. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
एकवचन और बहुवचन: Recognise singular and plural Hindi nouns and change suitable forms while keeping the sentence consistent. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम: Use suitable personal pronouns such as मैं, हम, तुम, आप and वह in place of nouns. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
निश्चयवाचक सर्वनाम: Use suitable definite pronouns to point to an identified person or thing in context. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
अनिश्चयवाचक सर्वनाम: Choose suitable indefinite pronouns when the person or thing is not specifically identified. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम: Use appropriate Hindi interrogative pronouns to ask about an unknown person or thing. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: Use words such as जो and जिसका to connect a pronoun with the related person or thing in a sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
निजवाचक सर्वनाम: Recognise and use खुद or स्वयं when referring back to the person performing an action. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
सर्वनाम का लिंग और वचन: Select pronoun forms that fit the reference and the sentence and avoid unclear or inconsistent reference. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
गुणवाचक विशेषण: Identify adjectives that describe a quality and choose one that fits the noun and intended meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
संख्यावाचक विशेषण: Use Hindi adjectives that express a definite or indefinite number in an appropriate noun phrase. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
परिमाणवाचक विशेषण: Choose adjectives such as थोड़ा, अधिक or पूरा to describe an amount appropriately. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
विशेषण का सही प्रयोग: Use the appropriate form and position of a Hindi adjective and explain its relationship with the word it describes. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
सकर्मक और अकर्मक क्रिया: Distinguish a Hindi verb used with an object from one that does not need an object in the given context. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
मुख्य और सहायक क्रिया: Identify the main Hindi verb and its auxiliary and explain the role of each in the complete verb phrase. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
परस्मैपद और आत्मनेपद: Understand these terms as Sanskrit grammatical classifications and recognise suitable introductory examples. Distinguish them from the usual Hindi transitive/intransitive classification. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
वर्तमान काल: Recognise and use appropriate Hindi verb forms for present actions or states in meaningful sentences. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
भूतकाल: Recognise and use appropriate Hindi verb forms to describe actions or states in the past. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
भविष्यत काल: Recognise and use appropriate Hindi verb forms to describe future actions or states. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
काल के रूप और प्रयोग: Compare suitable tense forms and keep time references consistent across a Hindi sentence or passage. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
मूल, यौगिक और योगरूढ़ शब्द: Distinguish a basic word, a transparently formed compound and a compound with a conventional specialised meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
शब्दों की उत्पत्ति और विकास: Recognise simple examples of how Hindi words arise or change through borrowing, derivation and historical use. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
कर्तृवाच्य: Recognise a Hindi construction in which the subject has the doer's role and explain its grammatical relationships. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
कर्मवाच्य: Recognise a Hindi passive construction and transform a suitable sentence while preserving its meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
भाववाच्य: Recognise a suitable Hindi impersonal construction and distinguish it from ordinary active and passive forms. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
सरल वाक्य रचना: Arrange Hindi words into a meaningful simple sentence with suitable subject, object and verb order. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
संयुक्त वाक्य: Join suitable independent Hindi clauses to form a meaningful compound sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
मिश्र वाक्य: Form a Hindi sentence containing a main clause and a suitable subordinate clause. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
वाक्य विचार: Identify a sentence's main parts and check whether its word order and grammatical relationships express the intended meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
अव्ययीभाव समास: Identify an indeclinable compound and explain its meaning and formation through suitable examples. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
तत्पुरुष समास: Identify a suitable tatpurush compound and explain the relationship between its members through vigraha. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
द्वंद्व समास: Recognise a compound whose members are coordinated and explain it through an appropriate vigraha. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
बहुव्रीहि समास: Recognise a compound referring to something beyond its literal members and explain its meaning through vigraha. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
उपसर्ग: Identify suitable Hindi and Sanskrit-derived prefixes and explain how adding a prefix changes a word's meaning. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
प्रत्यय: Identify suitable Hindi and Sanskrit-derived suffixes and use them to form meaningful derived words. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
मुहावरों का अर्थ और प्रयोग: Explain the contextual meaning of a familiar Hindi idiom and use it naturally in a suitable sentence. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
लोकोक्तियाँ: Explain the meaning of a Hindi proverb and choose a situation in which it can be used appropriately. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
अपठित गद्यांश: Read an unseen Hindi prose passage, identify its main ideas and answer questions using evidence from the text. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
अपठित पद्यांश: Read a suitable unseen Hindi poem and explain its meaning, important expressions and the evidence for an answer. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
स्वर संधि: Recognise an appropriate change at a vowel boundary and join or separate suitable Hindi or Sanskrit-derived examples accurately. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
व्यंजन संधि: Identify suitable consonant changes when words or sounds meet and carry out an accurate sandhi split. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
विसर्ग संधि: Recognise appropriate changes involving visarga and practise joining and splitting valid examples. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
औपचारिक पत्र: Write a suitable Hindi application, office letter or letter to an editor using an appropriate format and tone. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
अनौपचारिक पत्र: Write a Hindi letter to a friend or family member using a suitable greeting, personal message and closing. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
वर्णनात्मक निबंध: Organise a Hindi essay describing a place, person, object or event with clear and relevant details. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
तर्कात्मक निबंध: Present a position in a Hindi essay and support it with connected reasons and suitable examples. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
विचारात्मक निबंध: Develop a clear Hindi discussion or reflection on a topic with an organised introduction, body and conclusion. Practise with Hindi examples suitable for Class 9.
यमक अलंकार: एक ही शब्द की पुनरावृत्ति में अलग-अलग अर्थ पहचानकर यमक अलंकार समझें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दिए कनक के उदाहरण से अभ्यास करें।
तुलसीदास: काव्य परिचय: आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दिए बाल-राम वर्णन का भाव और प्रमुख शब्द समझें। तुलसीदास की प्रमुख रचनाओं और काव्य-भाषा का परिचय लें।
मैथिलीशरण गुप्त: काव्य परिचय: मैथिलीशरण गुप्त की यशोधरा और उसमें व्यक्त भावों का परिचय लें। पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में दी पंक्ति और रचनाकार का संबंध पहचानें।
जयशंकर प्रसाद: काव्य परिचय: जयशंकर प्रसाद की प्रसिद्ध काव्य-पंक्ति का संदर्भ और भाव समझें। आधिकारिक पुराने प्रश्नपत्र में पूछे गए रचनाकार की पहचान का अभ्यास करें।

Computer

Computer functions and uses: Explain a computer's input, processing, output and storage functions and recognise useful applications in everyday fields. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Personal computers and smart devices: Compare suitable examples of desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones and other smart or embedded devices. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Classification of computers: Compare personal computers, workstations, servers, mainframes and supercomputers by purpose or scale, including other categories specified for the class. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
CPU and motherboard: Explain the roles of the processor and motherboard and how they connect with other components in a computer system. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Computer memory: Explain the purpose of working memory and distinguish suitable RAM and ROM concepts at the depth required for the class. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Primary and secondary storage: Compare suitable memory and storage types, including HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, optical discs and cloud storage, and interpret basic capacities. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Input devices: Identify keyboard, mouse, scanner, joystick and microphone uses and choose a suitable input device for a task. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Output devices: Compare suitable monitor, printer and speaker types, including LCD/LED displays and inkjet/laser printers when specified. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Software categories and utilities: Distinguish operating systems, applications, utility programs, device drivers and programming tools at the depth required for the class. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Functions of an operating system: Explain how an operating system manages hardware, programs, files and the user interface. Recognise suitable Windows, macOS and Linux examples. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Types of operating systems: Compare single-user, multi-user, batch, time-sharing and real-time systems using suitable examples. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Desktop, icons and taskbar: Open, close and switch between suitable applications using the desktop, taskbar or start menu. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Computer networks: Compare suitable LAN, WAN, MAN or PAN examples and explain how connected devices share information or resources. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Network topologies: Compare star, ring, bus and mesh arrangements and recognise their basic characteristics. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
IP addresses, DNS and web protocols: Explain the roles of an IP address, DNS, URLs, ISPs and suitable web protocols and distinguish the internet from the World Wide Web. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Internet and web browsers: Explain the basic purpose of the internet and use a browser or URL to visit an appropriate website. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Online communication: Compare suitable email, instant messaging, forums, social platforms and video-call tools and use them responsibly in age-appropriate tasks. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Cloud services: Explain the broad purpose of cloud computing and recognise suitable examples of hosted storage or services. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Styles, templates and themes: Use document styles, templates or themes to keep formatting consistent and make suitable changes. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Text entry and editing: Create and edit a short text document, select or correct text and save it appropriately. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Character formatting: Use a word processor to apply font style, size, colour, bold, italics or underline. Distinguish rich text formatting from a plain-text editor's capabilities. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Images and tables in documents: Insert and format suitable pictures, tables, charts or hyperlinks in a word-processing document. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Mail merge: Combine a document template with suitable sample data to create a set of personalised outputs. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Spreadsheet cells and data: Identify cells, rows, columns and worksheets and enter or format suitable data. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Spreadsheet formulae and basic functions: Create appropriate arithmetic formulae and use suitable functions such as SUM, AVERAGE or COUNT to calculate from cell data. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Spreadsheet charts: Choose, create and customise a suitable chart to present worksheet data accurately. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Creating presentation slides: Create an organised presentation with suitable layouts, text, images and consistent design. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Transitions and animations: Use suitable slide transitions or object animations to support a presentation's message. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Audio and video in slides: Embed or link suitable audio and video and explain the difference between the two approaches. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Using email: Recognise an email address and compose, read, reply to and organise appropriate sample messages with suitable etiquette. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Email safety and spam: Recognise suspicious or unwanted messages and avoid unsafe links or attachments, seeking adult help when appropriate. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Cloud collaboration: Explain the purpose of shared cloud files and suitable collaboration tools and work together on a controlled sample task. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Virtual meetings: Prepare for a suitable online meeting and use clear communication, respectful behaviour and appropriate conferencing features. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Digital citizenship and intellectual property: Respect other people's work, copyright and licences and avoid plagiarism. Use and share digital resources responsibly. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Algorithms, flowcharts and pseudocode: Describe a solution as ordered steps and represent it with a suitable flowchart or pseudocode. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Programming variables and operators: Use appropriate variables, data types, operators and expressions in a simple program. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Selection and repetition: Use suitable conditional branches and loops to control a program's behaviour and explain the path it follows. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Block-based programming: Use suitable control, motion and event blocks in Scratch, Blockly or a similar environment to build an interactive animation or game. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Simple text-based programs: Use an appropriate text-based language such as Python to write, run and debug a short program with suitable syntax and commands. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Lists and dictionaries: Store and retrieve suitable collections using lists or dictionaries and choose a useful structure for a simple task. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
HTML structure and content: Create a suitable HTML page using meaningful structure and add appropriate text, links, images or tables. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
CSS styling and layout: Apply suitable CSS rules to control a web page's appearance and layout. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
JavaScript interactivity: Use a suitable simple script to respond to input, validate a form or update page content. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Multi-page websites and forms: Connect suitable web pages with navigation and add an appropriate form or structured content. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Web hosting and domains: Explain the purpose of hosting and domain registration and describe suitable steps for making a sample website available. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Drawing and editing pictures: Use suitable drawing tools, shapes, brushes, colours and text to create or edit a simple digital picture. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Image formats and resolution: Compare suitable image file formats and explain how resolution affects a digital image's use or appearance. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Audio recording and editing: Record, trim, arrange or mix suitable audio clips using appropriate editing software. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Video editing: Trim, join or arrange suitable video clips and apply appropriate transitions or effects to communicate a clear idea. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Creating a multimedia project: Combine appropriate text, pictures, audio, video or animation in a coherent presentation, short film or digital story. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Recognising online threats: Recognise suitable malware, phishing, scams or other online threats and choose sensible defensive actions. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Antivirus, firewalls and encryption: Compare the basic defensive purposes of antivirus software, a firewall and encryption without treating any one measure as complete protection. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Passwords and secure browsing: Explain the purpose of strong passwords and secure browsing and use appropriate practices to protect an account. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Protecting personal information: Recognise private information and avoid sharing it with inappropriate people or services. Ask a trusted adult when an online situation is unclear. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.
Integrated computer projects: Combine appropriate skills in a practical project such as a newsletter, presentation, website, game or database application and share tasks responsibly with a group. Use activities and depth appropriate to Class 9.

Science

Scientific exploration: Explain how observations, questions, evidence and models contribute to secondary-school science. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Cell structure: plant and animal cells: Compare the overall organisation of suitable plant and animal cells and identify their major structures. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
The nucleus: Explain the nucleus's role in suitable cell functions and distinguish it from surrounding cell structures. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Cell boundaries and walls: Compare suitable cell membranes and cell walls and relate structure to protection or movement of materials. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Mitochondria and chloroplasts: Compare suitable energy-related functions of mitochondria and chloroplasts in plant or animal cells. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Cell transport and storage structures: Explain suitable roles of the endoplasmic reticulum or vacuoles and relate them to transport or storage within a cell. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells: Distinguish cells with different internal organisation and explain the basic structural distinction. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Cell membranes and transport: Explain suitable permeability observations and relate cell boundaries to the movement of substances. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Cell division and cell-biology developments: Recognise cell division's role in growth and the broad connection between uncontrolled division and cancer. Explore suitable cell-biology advances using reliable current examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Plant tissues: Compare meristematic and permanent plant tissues and relate suitable structures to their functions. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Animal tissues: Compare epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous tissues and explain suitable structure–function relationships. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Musculoskeletal system and care: Relate suitable bones, joints and muscles to movement and explain the roles of posture, nutrition, exercise and responsible injury care. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Asexual reproduction: Compare suitable binary-fission, budding, fragmentation or regeneration examples without assuming every method applies to every organism. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Sexual reproduction in flowering plants: Explain suitable flower, pollination, fertilisation, seed or dispersal stages and distinguish their roles. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Human reproduction: Explain suitable male and female reproductive structures, gamete formation, fertilisation, pregnancy, embryo development and menstrual-cycle concepts accurately and appropriately. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Reproductive health and hygiene: Explain suitable health, hygiene and responsible-care concepts relating to puberty and reproduction using accurate, age-appropriate biology. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Reproduction and responsible health choices: Explain the broad purposes of family planning, contraception and reproductive-health protection using accurate, age-appropriate information. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Classification of living organisms: Explain why organisms are classified and compare suitable five-kingdom, major plant or animal group examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Scientific naming and viruses: Recognise binomial naming conventions and explain why viruses are described as acellular entities. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Solutions, suspensions and colloids: Distinguish homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures and compare suitable solution, suspension or colloid properties. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Concentration of solutions: Calculate or interpret suitable mass-by-mass, mass-by-volume or volume-by-volume concentration percentages. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Crystallisation: Explain how a suitable dissolved substance can be recovered as crystals and distinguish the process from a chemical change. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Distillation: Explain how different boiling or condensation behaviour can separate suitable mixture components. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Paper chromatography: Explain how suitable components move differently through a medium and use this to interpret a simple separation. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Sublimation as separation: Explain how a subliming component can be separated from a suitable mixture. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Centrifugation: Explain how spinning can help separate suitable suspended mixture components. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Coagulation: Explain how suitable small suspended particles can aggregate and help a separation process. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Subatomic particles: Describe the roles and basic properties of electrons, protons and neutrons and relate them to atomic structure. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Thomson's atomic model: Describe suitable features of Thomson's model and recognise the evidence or limitations relevant to its development. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Rutherford's atomic model: Relate suitable scattering observations to Rutherford's nuclear model and explain its broad implications. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Bohr's atomic model: Explain suitable electron-shell ideas in Bohr's model and distinguish it from earlier atomic models. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Electron arrangements and atomic numbers: Use suitable atomic numbers, mass numbers, symbols and electron arrangements for the first eighteen elements. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Isotopes and isobars: Distinguish suitable isotope and isobar examples using atomic and mass numbers. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Valency: Use suitable electron or combining-capacity ideas to explain valency and construct simple compound formulae. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Chemical combination laws: Explain conservation of mass, constant proportions and suitable features of Dalton's atomic theory. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Molecules, ions and compounds: Compare molecules of elements, covalent compounds, ions and ionic compounds and explain suitable properties. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Chemical formulae and masses: Write suitable chemical formulae and calculate molecular or formula-unit masses. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Earth as an interconnected system: Relate solar energy, atmospheric or surface heating, winds and human activity to Earth-system interactions. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Solar radiation and differential heating: Explain suitable electromagnetic-spectrum, light-speed or differential-heating ideas and their effects on Earth. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
The water cycle: Describe evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection and explain how the cycle supports life. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
The nitrogen cycle: Describe suitable exchanges of nitrogen among the atmosphere, soil and living organisms. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
The oxygen cycle: Explain suitable processes that exchange oxygen between living things and their surroundings. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Displacement, velocity and acceleration: Distinguish suitable motion quantities and interpret their magnitudes, units or directions. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Graphs of motion: Interpret suitable position–time or velocity–time graphs for straight-line motion. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Equations of uniformly accelerated motion: Use or explain suitable constant-acceleration equations and their graphical derivation. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Uniform circular motion: Recognise suitable uniform circular-motion examples and explain the changing direction of motion. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Contact and non-contact forces: Classify suitable contact or non-contact forces and explain their effects on motion or shape. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Types and effects of friction: Compare static, sliding, rolling or fluid friction and explain factors, benefits, disadvantages and ways of changing friction. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Inertia and Newton's first law: Use suitable examples to explain inertia and relate balanced or unbalanced forces to changes in motion. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Newton's second law: Relate force, mass and acceleration in suitable numerical or conceptual problems. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Newton's third law: Identify suitable action–reaction pairs and explain why the paired forces act on different bodies. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Work and mechanical energy: Explain work in suitable situations and compare kinetic and potential energy or other appropriate energy forms. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Forms of energy: Compare suitable light, heat, sound, electrical, kinetic and potential energy examples and recognise simple conversions. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Work–energy relationships and power: Explain suitable mechanical-energy conversions, the work–energy relationship, conservation of energy and power. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Mechanical advantage of simple machines: Analyse suitable levers, pulleys or inclined planes and explain how they change force or distance requirements. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Sound from vibrations: Explain how vibrations produce sound and compare suitable loud, soft, musical or noisy examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Sound waves and their properties: Explain sound production and propagation through a medium and relate frequency, amplitude, time period or speed to suitable observations. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Sound as a longitudinal wave: Represent suitable sound waves graphically and relate wavelength, frequency, time period, amplitude, intensity or speed to hearing. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Hearing and sound qualities: Relate hearing to the ear and distinguish suitable pitch, loudness and quality examples. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
Reflection and absorption of sound: Explain suitable echoes, reverberation, absorption or echolocation examples and their applications. Use explanations, experiments and depth suitable for Class 9.
States of matter and evaporation: Revise particle behaviour, flow, changes of state and factors affecting evaporation as assessed in the official Class 9 past paper. Distinguish evaporation's cooling effect from changes caused by temperature or pressure.
Gravitational force and acceleration: Practise gravitational attraction, action and reaction, orbital-speed relationships and the supplied depth–gravity formula from the official past paper. State the assumptions used in each calculation.
Pressure in fluids: Explain hydrostatic pressure, forces on container surfaces and Pascal's law using the official past-paper diagrams. Compare pressure at equal depths without confusing force with pressure.
Simple pendulum motion: Use the relationship between pendulum length and period and solve the past paper's collision-and-rise energy problem. Keep ideal-system assumptions explicit.
Ecosystems and interactions: Identify an ecosystem as interacting organisms together with their physical and chemical environment. Revise the biotic and abiotic relationships assessed in the official past paper.
Farm tools and tillage: Match common farm tools with weeding, digging, tillage and breaking soil clods. Revise the uses assessed in the official Class 9 past paper.
Biofertilisers: Explain how nitrogen-fixing bacteria and cyanobacteria help soil fertility and distinguish biofertilisers from pesticides. Revise the examples assessed in the official past paper.
Vaccination and immunity: Explain vaccination as preparation of immune protection rather than direct killing of pathogens. Revise the polio-vaccination concept assessed in the official past paper.
Infectious disease agents: Distinguish bacterial, viral and other infectious agents using appropriate examples from the official past paper. Recognise Mycobacterium as the bacterial genus associated with leprosy.

About the ITSE exam

Eligibility and subjects

ITSE is open to Classes 1–10 from recognised government and private schools, including CBSE, ICSE and state boards. Choose one or more subjects: MTSE Mathematics, STSE Science, ETSE English, CTSE Computer/Cyber, HTSE Hindi and GTSE General Awareness. SkillStar is independent of ITSE.

Official FAQs

Exam format and marking

The organiser specifies an OMR-based paper of 45 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, with +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong answer (180 maximum marks). Exams are held at common centres within districts; the allotted centre and time appear on the admit card. Preparation follows the official class-specific syllabus PDFs below, which retain their original printed session. SkillStar's reviewed past papers may have fewer scored questions where the original contains defective or ambiguous items; each test states its reviewed count and adjusted maximum marks.

Official exam format

Important dates for 2026–27

The official schedule is tentative. Applications opened on 21 April 2026; the extended deadline is 15 November 2026. Examination dates are 20, 25 and 27 December 2026. Admit cards are scheduled for 15 and 23 December, depending on the examination date. The allotted centre, date and time must be checked on the admit card. Result: 24 March 2027; scholarship distribution: April–May 2027 at schools. Verified on 3 November 2026.

Registration and application fees

Apply through the school or directly on the official website. The published fee is ₹300 for one subject, ₹550 for two, ₹800 for three, ₹1,050 for four, ₹1,300 for five and ₹1,550 for all six. Online registration asks for an active email/mobile number, recent photograph and Aadhaar number. These are ITSE registration fees, separate from SkillStar access. For offline applications, collect the form from school and return the completed form and fee to the principal's office.

Awards and organiser contact

The organiser lists participation certificates, school medals and school cash prizes of ₹1,000–₹10,000, with at least three school-level cash-prize recipients per school as stated in the FAQ. Advertised national awards include a laptop + ₹50,000, note pad + ₹25,000, smart tablet + ₹10,000, digital watch + ₹5,000 and scientific calculators. ITSE advertises 9,000 award recipients and a ₹25-crore overall scholarship pool; terms and eligibility are the organiser's responsibility. India office: 146-0, 2nd Floor, Hastsal, Vikaspuri, New Delhi 110018. Helplines: +91 9472696867 and +91 9599890121.

Official forms and general downloads

Official brochure, sample application form and sample OMR sheet. These are organiser documents and may retain older printed dates; use the live Important Dates page for the current schedule.

Official practice-paper availability

All six class/subject Practice Paper pages were checked on 3 November 2026 and showed no practice papers. Official sample papers are provided separately below.

Official Practice Paper directory

MTSE — Mathematics: syllabus and past papers

Class 9 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 Mathematics paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 MTSE - Class 9”: 40/45 questions, 160 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original Q24, 30, 32, 35 and 41 omitted; reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official key is linked on the Class 9 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Ten source diagrams retained. Six revision lessons added from the assessed paper: logarithms, average speed, Pythagoras, cubes, cylinder volume and circle tangents.

MTSE — Mathematics: official sample papers

STSE — Science: syllabus and past papers

Class 9 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 Science paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 STSE - Class 9”: 39/45 questions, 156 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original Q2, 4, 11, 15, 29 and 42 omitted; reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official key is linked on the Class 9 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Six source diagrams retained. Nine revision lessons added from assessed past-paper concepts, including gravity, fluid pressure, pendulums, ecosystems, farming and immunity.

STSE — Science: official sample papers

ETSE — English: syllabus and past papers

Class 9 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 English paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 ETSE - Class 9”: 27/45 questions, 108 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original Q1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36 and 42 omitted; reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official key is linked on the Class 9 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Several source items allow more than one grammatical answer; exclusions are recorded rather than scored.

ETSE — English: official sample papers

CTSE — Computer / Cyber: syllabus and past papers

Class 9 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 Computer paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 CTSE - Class 9”: 42/45 questions, 168 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original Q13, 31 and 43 omitted; reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official key is linked on the Class 9 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Exclusions concern mismatched networking models, the absent Insert Index command and overlapping cloning/healing descriptions.

CTSE — Computer / Cyber: official sample papers

HTSE — Hindi: syllabus and past papers

Class 9 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 Hindi paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 HTSE - Class 9”: 40/45 questions, 160 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original Q4, 6, 21, 23 and 24 omitted; reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official key is linked on the Class 9 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Original poem preserved. Four revision lessons added for यमक and the poets तुलसीदास, मैथिलीशरण गुप्त and जयशंकर प्रसाद.

HTSE — Hindi: official sample papers

GTSE — General Awareness: syllabus and past papers

Class 9 official syllabus and original previous-year PDFs remain available. Reviewed 2025–26 General Awareness paper is now playable as “ITSE 2025-26 GTSE - Class 9”: 44/45 questions, 176 maximum marks, 60 minutes, +4/−1. Original Q36 omitted; reasons and assumptions are recorded in the test source note. Retained answers independently checked. No 2025–26 official key is linked on the Class 9 source page (checked 5 November 2026); attached 2024–25 keys and older papers remain unreviewed. Dated awards and government facts checked against authoritative sources. The Surat building record retains its 2023 context; award years are distinguished from presentation dates. The organiser's common syllabus applies to all classes.

GTSE — General Awareness: official sample papers

Available official sample sets for Class 9, preserving the organiser's set numbers. These are original source files, including diagrams; questions and answers have not been checked individually or converted into playable tests. Unavailable on the organiser's site: Official Sample Paper — Set 4. These file links currently redirect to the homepage.

ITSE syllabus for other classes

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ITSE Class 9: questions parents ask

What is in the ITSE Class 9 syllabus for 2026-27?: 309 topics in General Awareness, English, Mathematics, Hindi, Computer and Science, laid out subject by subject on this page. On SkillStar your child can tick off each topic as they learn it.
Are there ITSE Class 9 mock tests on SkillStar?: Yes, 6 mock tests. Each one is marked the moment your child finishes, with a question-by-question review, and can be taken again as often as they like.
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