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.
Section – 1 : Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Section – 2 : Fundamentals of Computer (Hardware, Software, I/O Devices, Animation & Multimedia, Memory and Storage Devices, Number System(binary to decimal and decimal to binary conversion)), Introduction to Visual Basic, HTML & CSS (Links, Anchors and Table tags and Some More Advanced Tags), MS-Word, MS-Excel (Formula Auditing, Data Tools, Protecting and Sharing workbooks/worksheets, Working with cell range), MS-Access, MS-PowerPoint, Networking, Cyber Safety,Operating Systems (Types-Interactive (GUI based), Real Time and Distributed, Commonly used OS), Using Windows 11, Programming in Scratch, Introduction to Python 3.13 (as of December 2024).
Section – 3 : 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 | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | MARKS/QUESTION | TOTAL MARKS |
| 1st to 4th | Section – 1: Logical Reasoning | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Section – 2: Computer Science | 20 | 1 | 20 | |
| Section – 3: Information Technology | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Section – 4: Achievers Section | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Grand Total | 35 | 40 | ||
| 5th | Section – 1: Logical Reasoning | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Section – 2: Computer Science | 30 | 1 | 30 | |
| Section – 3: Information Technology | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Section – 4: Achievers Section | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Grand Total | 50 | 60 | ||
| 6th to 10th | Section – 1: Logical Reasoning | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Section – 2: Computer Science | 30 | 1 | 30 | |
| Section – 3: AI, Robotics and Information Technology | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Section – 4: Achievers Section | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| 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.
