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 Computers, Algorithms & Flowcharts (Advanced symbols), HTML & CSS [Html, Head, Title, Body (Attributes: Background, Bgcolor, Text, Link, Alink, Vlink), Font (Attributes: Color, Size, Face), Center, BR, HR (Attributes: Size, Width, Align, Noshade, Color), Comment tag(<!-- -->), <H1>..<H6>, <P>, <B>, <I>, <U>, <IMG>, Html Elements: A, Ul and Ol (Attributes: Type, Start), Li], Flash CS6, MS-Access, Networking, MS-Word (Exploring File tab, Language and Translate options, Tracking features -Comments, Reviewing Pane, Tracking Changes, Comparing, Combining and Protecting documents, Working with References), MS-PowerPoint (Exploring File tab and Slide Show tab, Comparing, Combining and Protecting presentations), MS-Excel(Exploring File tab, Useful Formulas and Functions - IF,Even, Odd, LCM, GCD, Power, Product, Round, Sqrt, Sum, Min, Max, Average, Count, Upper, Lower And Replace, Cell referencing, Using Defined Names group ), Memory & Storage Devices, Number System (Introduction), Cyber Safety, Operating Systems(Introduction, Features, Types-single user and multi-user).
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 10 and MS-Office 2016.
PATTERN OF SOF INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE OLYMPIAD (ICSO) (LEVEL1)
| SOF ICSO | ||||
Class | TOPIC / 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 | ||
