Following the protocol of NEP (2020), NCF (2023), NCERT and CBSE guidelines, National and various State Boards for the convenience of schools and students, any change/reduction in the syllabi will be reflected in actual question papers.
Total Questions: 50
Time: 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1 : Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Geometrical Shapes, Mirror and Water Images, Direction Sense Test, Ranking Test, Alphabet Test, Logical Sequence of Words, Puzzle Test, Coding-Decoding, Clock and Calendar.
Section – 2 : Fundamentals of Computer (Input and Output Devices, Hardware, Software), Storage Devices, Memory –Primary & Secondary Memory, MS-Paint, Introduction to Multimedia, MS-Word (Paragraph formatting Using Paragraph group, Drop Cap, Document Views, Inserting Graphics-Pictures and Shapes, Screenshots, Symbols, SmartArt, Multimedia Objects, Text Box, Inserting Header and Footer in a document and exploring its features), Introduction to MS-PowerPoint (Component of MS-PowerPoint window and its features, Inserting Graphics-Pictures and Shapes, Screenshots, Symbols, SmartArt, Multimedia Objects, Text Box, Inserting Header & Footer and exploring its features, Running slide shows, Presentation Views), Internet, Computer Networks, Using Windows 11.
Section – 3 : Introduction to AI, Robotics, IT Gadgets, Devices, Apps, Computerization, and other Developments in the Field of IT.
Section – 4 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Sections 2 and 3.
Questions are based on Windows 11 and MS-Office 2016.
PATTERN OF SOF INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE OLYMPIAD (ICSO) (LEVEL1)
| SOF IcsO | |||||
CLASS | PRIORITY | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | MARKS per QUESTION | TOTAL MARKS |
1st & 2nd | 1 | M4- Achievers Section | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | M2- Computer Science | 20 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | M3- Information Technology | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | M1- Logical Reasoning | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
GRAND TOTAL | 35 | 40 | |||
3rd & 4th | 1 | M4- Achievers Section | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | M2- Computer Science | 20 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | M3- AI, Robotics and Information Technology | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | M1- Logical Reasoning | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
GRAND TOTAL | 35 | 40 | |||
5th to 10th | 1 | M4- Achievers Section | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | M2- Computer Science | 30 | 1 | 30 | |
| 3 | M3- AI, Robotics and Information Technology | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | M1- Logical Reasoning | 10 | 1 | 10 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 50 |
| 60 | |
NOTE:
- Questions of level-I Olympiad exams will be 60% from the current class syllabus and 40% from the previous class syllabus, e.g. Class-7 ICSO exam will have 60% questions from class-7 syllabus and 40% questions from class 6 syllabus.
- Questions in ACHIEVERS SECTION will be from current class syllabus only.
