ICSE History and Civics X

[Page 2] 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 c ompetency - 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 captu