📊 Exam Structure

Theory: 70 marks

• Computer Systems & Organisation – 10 marks
• Computational Thinking & Programming – 45 marks
• Society, Law & Ethics – 15 marks

🧠 Unit 1: Computer Systems & Organisation

• Basics of computer system (hardware, software, CPU, memory)
• Input/output devices
• Types of software (system + application)
• Operating system (functions, interface)
• Number systems (binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal)
• Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT, etc.)
• Encoding schemes (ASCII, Unicode)

💻 Unit 2: Computational Thinking & Programming (Python)

👉 Most important unit (highest weightage)

🔹 Problem Solving

• Algorithm, flowchart, pseudocode
• Decomposition of problems

🔹 Python Basics

• Introduction to Python
• Variables, tokens, keywords
• Data types (int, float, string, list, tuple, dictionary)

🔹 Operators & Expressions

• Arithmetic, logical, relational operators
• Type conversion and input/output

🔹 Control Statements

• if, if-else, elif
• for, while, nested loops

🔹 Data Structures

• Strings, Lists, Tuples, Dictionary

🔹 Modules

• math, random, statistics

🔹 Errors

• Syntax, runtime, logical errors

🌐 Unit 3: Society, Law & Ethics

• Digital footprint & digital society
• Net etiquette & social media rules
• Cyber safety & cyber crime
• Data protection & IPR
• Indian IT Act
• E-waste management
• Online privacy & security

🎯 Key Focus Tips

• Python programming = most important (45 marks)
• Practice coding regularly (loops, lists, strings)
• Theory is easy and scoring