Blueprint for 1st Summative Evaluation – Total Marks: 40
| THEME/SUB-THEME | MCQ(Gr.A) | VSA (Gr. B) | SA (Gr.C) | LA (Gr. D) | TOTAL | |
| 1. | Concern about Our Environment | 1×1 | 1×2 | 2×1 | – | 5 |
| 2. | Behavior of Gases | 1×1 | 1×2 | 2×1 | 3×1 | 8 |
| 3. | Light | 1×3 | 1×3 | 2×1 | 3×2 | 14 |
| 4. | Periodic Table and Periodicity of the Properties of Elements | 1×1 | 1×1 | 2×1 | 3×1 | 7 |
| 5. | Ionic and Covalent Bonding | 1×1 | 1×1 | 2×2 | – | 6 |
| Total | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 40 |
Blueprint for 2nd Summative Evaluation – Total Marks: 40
| THEME/SUB-THEME | MCQ(Gr.A) | VSA (Gr. B) | SA (Gr.C) | LA (Gr. D) | TOTAL | |
| 1. | Chemical Calculations | 1×1 | 1×1 | – | 3×1 | 5 |
| 2. | Thermal Phenomena | 1×1 | 1×2 | – | 3×1 | 6 |
| 3. | Current Electricity | 1×2 | 1×2 | 2×1 | 3×2 | 12 |
| 4. | Electricity and Chemical Reactions | 1×1 | 1×2 | – | 3×1 | 6 |
| 5. | Inorganic Chemistry in the Laboratory and in Industry | 1×1 | 1×1 | 2×1 | 3×1 | 7 |
| 6. | Metallurgy Total | 1×1 7 | 1×1 9 | 2×1 6 | – 18 | 4 40 |
1. Group A: All the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) are compulsory. There will be no alternative to any question in this Group.
2. Group B: VSA will contain-(i) answers in single word or single sentence, (ii) column matching, (i) fill in the blanks, (iv) true/false type questions. In the first & second summative there will be alternatives to a total of 3 questions from the same theme/sub-theme.
3. Group C: In the first & second summative there will be alternatives to 3 questions from the same theme/sub-theme.
4. Group D: In the first & second summative there will be alternatives to 3 questions from the same theme/sub-theme. In this Group, 3 marks may be broken as (2+1).
5. All alternatives should be internal i.e. an alternative to question (2a) should be designed as (2a)[Question] OR [Question], (2b), etc.
6. Each numerical question will have an alternative item from the same theme/sub-theme.
Blueprint for 3rd Summative Evaluation – Total Marks: 90
| SECTION | THEME/SUB-THEME | MCQ(Gr.A) | VSA (Gr. B) | SA (Gr.C) | LA (Gr. D) | TOTAL | ||
| Common area | 1. | Concern about Our Environment | 1×1 | 1×2 | 2×1 | – | 5 | |
| 2. | Behavior of Gases | 1×1 | 1×2 | 2×1 | 3×1 | 8 | ||
| 3. | Chemical Calculations | 1×1 | – | 3×1 | 4 | |||
| Physics | 4. | Thermal Phenomena | 1×1 | 1×1 | – | 3×1 | 5 | |
| 5. | Light | 1×2 | 1×2 | 2×1 | 3×2 | 12 | ||
| 6. | Current Electricity | 1×2 | 1×2 | 2×1 | 3×2 | 12 | ||
| 7. | Atomic Nucleus | 1×1 | 1×1 | – | 3×1 | 5 | ||
| Chemistry | 8.1 | 8. | Periodic Table and Periodicity of the properties of Elements | 1×1 | 1×2 | – | 3×1 | 6 |
| 8.2 | 9. | Ionic and Covalent Bonding | 1×1 | 1×1 | 2×2 | – | 6 | |
| 8.3 | 10. | Electricity and Chemical Reactions | 1×1 | 1×2 | – | 3×1 | 6 | |
| 8.4 | 11. | Inorganic Chemistry in the Laboratory and in Industry | 1×1 | 1×2 | 2×1 | 3×1 | 8 | |
| 8.5 | 12. | Metallurgy | 1×1 | 1×2 | 2×1 | – | 5 | |
| 8.6 | 13. | Organic Chemistry | 1×2 | 1×1 | 2×1 | 3×1 | 8 | |
| Total | 15 | 21 | 18 | 36 | 90 |
1. Group A: All the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) are compulsory. There will be no alternative to any question in this Group.
2. Group B : VSA will contain-(i) answers in single word or single sentence, (ii) column matching (iii) fill in the blanks, (iv) true/false type questions. In this group there will be alternatives to a total of 6 questions: alternative to 1 question from the Common Area, 2 questions from Physics and 3 questions from Chemistry will be given. All alternatives will be from the same theme/sub-theme.
3. Group C: (a) Two (2) questions from Common Area will have to be answered. There will be alternative to 1 question from the same theme, (b) Two (2) questions from Physics will have to be answered. There will be alternative to 1 question from the same theme, (c) Five (5) questions from Chemistry will have to be answered. There will be alternatives to 3 questions from the same
sub-theme.
4. Group D: (a) Two (2) questions from Common Area will have to be answered. There will e alternative to 1 question from the same theme, (b) Six (6) questions from Physics will have to be answered. There will be alternative to 3 questions from the same theme, (c) Four (4) questions from Chemistry will have to be answered. There will be alternative to 2 questions from the same sub-theme. In this Group 3 marks may be broken as (2+1)
5. All alternatives should be internal ie. an alternative to questions (2a) should be designed as (2d) [Question] OR [Question], (2b), etc.
6. Each numerical question will have alternative item from the same theme/sub-theme.
7. This question pattern is indicative of Madhyamik Examination.