CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2025-26 ICSE Class 10 : The CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Revised Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications and their Unit wise marks distribution
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
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Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus for Chapter 1: Understanding the Basics of Markets and Marketing
1.1 Markets and Marketing
- Concept of Market
- Types of Markets
- Traditional Markets
- Non-traditional markets
- Marketing
- Stages of Marketing
- Role of Marketing
- Meaning and Nature of Product
- Meaning and Nature of Service
- Difference Between a Product and a Service (With Examples)
- Reasons for Increasing Importance of Services
1.2 Marketing Mix - 4 P’S
- Concept of Marketing Mix
- Product
- Price
- Place
- Promotion
- People
- Process
- Physical Environment
- Elements of Marketing Mix
- Meaning, features, objectives and differences of Advertising, sales promotion, personal selling and publicity.
- Factors Influencing Marketing Mix
- Marketing Mix - Product Mix
- Product Mix - Packaging
- Meaning of packaging
- Features of good packaging
- Product Mix - Labeling
- Meaning and merits of Labeling
- Product Life Cycle (PLC)
- Price - Pricing Strategies
- Place - Distribution Channels
- Factors Determining Choice of Channel of Distribution
- Promotion and Promotional Techniques
1.3 Advertising and Brand Promotion
- Advertising and Brand Promotion
- Concept of Advertising (Marketing)
- Meaning and Features of Advertising
- Types of Advertising
- Objectives of Advertising
- Advantages of Advertising
- Criticism of Advertising
- Distinction Between Advertising and Publicity
- Features of a Good Advertisement
- Advertising Media
- Factors Influencing Choice of Advertising Media
- Concept of Sales Promotion
- Distinction Between Advertising and Sales Promotion
- Definition and Merits of Brand and Branding
- How to Bring About Brand Promotion
1.4 Sales and the Selling Process
- Sales and the Selling Process
- Meaning of Sales
- Features of selling
- Difference Between Marketing and Sales
- Concept of Personal Selling
- Meaning and Features of personal selling
- Role of personal selling
- Importance of Personal Selling
- Distinction Between Advertising and Personal Selling
- Steps in Personal Selling Process
- Qualities of a Good Salesman
- Distinction Between Sales and Selling Process
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus for Chapter 2: Understanding Finance
2.1 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Meaning and Purposes of Accounting
- Distinction Between Accounting and Book-keeping
- Accounting Cycle
- Identifying the transactions and journalising
- Posting and balancing
- Preparation of trial balance
- Preparation of trading account
- Preparation of profit and loss account
- Preparation of balance sheet
- Accounting Conventions Or Modifying Principles
2.2 Principles of Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Receipt and Payment Account
- Meaning of receipt and payment account
- Features of receipt and payment account
- Uses of receipt and payment account
- Differences in receipt and payment account
- Income and Expenditure Account
- Meaning of income and expenditure account
- Features of income and expenditure account
- Uses of income and expenditure account
- Differences in income and expenditure account
- Balance Sheet
- Meaning of balance sheet
- Features of balance sheet
- Uses of balance sheet
- Classification of Assets and Liabilities
2.3 Banking and Bank Transactions
- Introduction to Banking
- Types of Bank
- Based on the functions of banks
- Central Bank
- Commercial Banks
- Development Banks
- Cooperative Banks
- Foreign Banks
- Regional Rural Banks - RRBs
- Specialised Banks
- Local Area Banks
- Small Finance Banks
- Payment Bank
- Multilateral Development Banks - MDBs
- Based on the Status given by the RBI
- Scheduled Banks and Non Scheduled Banks
- Based on the Ownership Pattern
- Meaning of Central Bank
- Central Bank: Functions
- Meaning of Central Bank
- Functions of Central Bank (A brief understanding of the functions)
- Monopoly of Note issue
- Bankers Bank
- Banker
- Agent and Advisor to the Government
- Custodian of Foreign Exchange
- Lender of the Last Resort
- Difference between the Central Bank and Commercial Banks
- Credit Control by Central Bank
- Commercial Banks: Functions
- Meaning of Commercial Bank
- Functions of Commercial banks
- Accepting deposits (a brief understanding of the types of deposits);
- Advancing loans (a brief understanding of the types of loans, methods of advancing loans);
- Credit creation (a brief understanding of credit creation on the basis of Primary and derivative deposits).
- Types of Bank Deposit Accounts
- Fixed Deposit Account
- Savings Deposit Account
- Recurring Deposit Account
- Current Account
- Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)
- Procedure of Opening a Bank Account
- Operating a Bank Account
- Types of Accounts
- Types of Accounts
- Savings Account
- Current Account
- Recurring Account
- Fixed Account
- Difference between Savings, Current, Recurring and Fixed Account.
- Banking Transactions
- Requirement for an account holder for operating a bank account - Passbook, cheque book, Pay-in slip book
- Advantages of bank account
- Advantages and disadvantages of cheques
- When can a bank refuse payment of a cheque
- Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
- Difference between Cheque and Bank draft
- Advantages of Bank Account
- Nature and Drawing of Cheques
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Payment by Cheques
- Types of Cheques
- Crossing of Cheques
- Endorsement of Cheques
- When Can a Bank Refuse Payment of a Cheque
- Bank Draft
- Travellers' Cheque
2.4 Fundamental Concept of Cost
- Fundamental Concept of Cost
- Elements of Cost
- Cost Unit, Cost Centre and Cost Sheet
- Classification of Costs
- On the oasis of nature:
- Direct Cost
- Indirect Cost
- On the basis of behaviour:
- Fixed Cost
- Variable Cost
- Semi-fixed Cost
- On the oasis of nature:
- Controllable and Uncontrollable Costs
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus for Chapter 3: Understanding Human Resources
3.1 Importance of Human Resource
- Human Resource in a Commercial Organization
- Features of Human Resource Management
- Role of Human Resource Management
- Functions of Human Resource Management
- Managerial function
- Operative function
- Qualities of a Good Human Resource Manager
3.2 Recruitment, Selection and Training
- Recruitment
- Meaning of Recruitment
- Definiton of Recruitment
- Reasons Behind Recruitment
- Nature of Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
- Internal sources (promotion, transfer, ex-employees, recommendation by employees)
- External sources (advertisements, campus recruitment, casual callers, gate hiring, employment exchanges, placement agencies, labour contractors, Direct, Indirect)
- Introduction to Flow of Control
- Selection
- Meaning of Selection
- Selection
- Methods of Recruitment
- Direct and indirect methods of recruitment
- Importance of Employee Selection
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Recruitment
- Advantages and disadvantages of internal and external sources
- Methods of Selection
- Interviews
- Types of Interviews
- Training
- Importance of Training
- Types of Training
- Induction
- Job
- Remedial
- Safety
- Promotional
- Refresher
- Methods of Training
- on the job
- off the job
- Induction training
- vestibule training
- apprenticeship training
- internship training
- Classroom training
- Distinction between on the job and off the job training
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Commercial Applications Syllabus for Chapter 4: Development of Public Relations
4.1 Public Relations
- Concept of Public Relations
- Meaning and Features of public relations
- Nature of Public Relations
- Public Relations as a Management Function
- Importance of Public Relations
- Scope of Public Relations
- Elements of Public Relations
- Human relations
- Empathy
- Persuasion
- Dialogue
- History of Public Relations
- Present Status of Public Relations
- Ethics in Public Relations
- Image Building
4.2 Issues of the Environment
- Ecosystem and Its Destruction
- Excessive Consumption of Resources
- Energy Crisis
- Environmental Values and Ethics
- Fundamental duties and value education.
- Use of cloth bags, organic manure, clean surroundings, respect for other people’s things, developing an ethical environmental consciousness e.g., refusing the use of polybags, styrofoam containers, etc.; reusing plastic and glass containers; recycling: e.g., paper – this
will reduce demand on wood and save trees.
- Consumer Education
- Meaning of Consumer Education
- Concept of Consumer Rights
- Effects of Pollution on Environment
- Community Participation and Public Awareness for Ecological Restoration and Conservation
- Eco-Club
- Earth Day
- Van Mahotsava
- Exhibitions
- Government and Non-government Organisations (NGOs)
- Chipko Andolan (Movement)
- Narmada Bachao Andolan
