ICSE Class 9 Syllabus 2027 Commercial Applications

ICSE YEAR 2027

INDIAN CERTIFICATE OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION
EXAMINATION

COMMERCIAL
APPLICATIONS
(88)

February 2025
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COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (88)

Candidates offering Commercial Studies (Group II) are not eligible to offer
Commercial Applications (Group III).
Aims:

1. To develop in students a perceptive, sensitive 3. To help create an appreciation for the diverse
and critical response to the role of business in a roles of both the entrepreneur and the
simple manner. professional manager.

2. To develop in students an analytical ability so as 4. To develop an ability to work in and through
to balance the demands of social and business teams.
parameters with individual aspirations. 5. To provide appropriate knowledge and skills as
a basis for further study or work or both.

CLASS IX
There will be one written paper of two hours duration (c) Environmental awareness
carrying 100 marks and Internal Assessment of (i) Natural resources – air, water, soil,
100 marks. metals, minerals, forests and fuels.
THEORY-100 Marks Importance of these resources in our daily
life.
1. Introduction to Commercial Organisations
(ii) Causes of depletion of resources - over-
(a) Definition and basic understanding of terms use/irrational use, non-equitable
like commerce, business, industry, trade, distribution of resources, technological
organization, firm and company. Meaning of and industrial development, and
commercial organisations. population growth.
A basic understanding of the terms and their Almost all activities of human society
distinctions using relevant industry examples. have degraded the environment
physically, chemically, biologically and
(b) Classification according to activities,
objectives and ownership structures. ethically.

Different industrial groupings need to be Technological inputs have yielded high
explained like: Textile industry, FMCG (fast yielding varieties, which reduces the
products of agricultural residue such as
moving consumer goods), etc. Many examples
fodder, etc.; indiscriminate use of
need to be given to reinforce and clarify these
concepts. While the objectives for profit and fertilizers and pesticides. Mining,
non-profit organizations are different, good industries, energy generation,
automobiles, urbanisation leading to
management is still essential. A brief
defacement of land, deforestation,
introduction to each ownership structure,
their features and distinctions. deterioration of hydrological resources.

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(iii) Practices for conservation of resources - Their importance in different settings and
search for alternatives, promotion of their disadvantages.
renewable resources. The advantages and disadvantages of each
Advantages and disadvantages of method. Using industry examples and real-
renewable resources when compared to life settings, see the relevance of each method.
nonrenewable resources. Study of the (c) Skills required for effective communication.
functioning of biogas, solar, wind and The interpersonal skills required for effective
hydro power. communication.
(iv) Industrial pollution and degradation of (d) Understanding the relevance and use of
environment. different tools of communication: letter,
Measures to control pollution and facsimile, e-mail, video conference, memo,
degradation. Need for an Eco-friendly telephonic conversation, etc.
form of industrial development. A comparative analysis of the tools needs to
(d) Sources of Pollution be undertaken.
Vehicular, industrial, burning garbage, brick
4. Mechanics and Terminology of Accounting
kilns, industrial waste, off shore oil drilling, Systems
thermal pollution, chemical fertilizer, bio-
medical waste, pesticides, radiation – x-rays, (a) Need and relevance of accounting.
radioactive fallout from nuclear plants. (b) Basic understanding of debit and credit.
(c) Understanding of basic accounting
2. Functioning of a Commercial Organisation terminology: capital, liability, asset, revenue,
To understand the specific roles played by expense, purchase, sales, stocks, debtors,
different departments of a commercial creditors.
organization and to study the inter-relationships (d) Simple understanding of some accounting
and dependence of all the functional areas in an records maintained such as journals, ledgers,
actual firm: Purchase and Stores, Production, cashbook, and trial balance.
Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Self-explanatory.
General Administration and Legal. No questions will be set on recording of
These topics should be studied as departments in entries or on calculations - only an
a typical firm only, through case-studies or understanding of the above is required.
projects. All the departments and their functions
need to be explained individually so that the cross- INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 100 Marks
linkages can be brought out clearly.
A minimum of four assignments to be completed
3. Business Communication during the year, as assigned by the teacher.
(a) Increasing relevance of communication in a
Suggested list of assignments
commercial organization.
With changing times and increasing size of 1. Study the growth of the Consumer Durables
organizations the ever-increasing need and Industry in India - take any 4 firms of the industry
relevance of communication. and group them according to ownership structures.
(b) Ways of Communicating: verbal (written, 2. Study the working of Fast-Moving Consumer
spoken) and non-verbal communication. Goods (FMCG) Industry in India - take any 4

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firms of the industry and group them according to make one or the other method appropriate based
their Objectives (Profit/ Non-profit making). on your understanding of commercial
organizations.
3. Make a comparative study of different core
industries in India - take any 5 industries (such as 7. Critically evaluate the tools (letters, e-mail, video-
- cement, steel, paints, paper, and infrastructure) conference, memo, and phone) of business
and group them according to various factors such communication in a commercial organization.
as - growth, profit potential, etc. Visit any commercial organization to understand
the working and importance of each of these tools.
4. Study any existing functional strategy for a
small/medium/large scale organization with 8. Write an essay/play about two organizations (one
respect to its Marketing, Finance, Human which uses communication effectively and one
Resource, Production, purchase and find the which does not) and show how this has an effect
problems in the existing strategies. on their total working and profitability.
5. Enact a play showing growing communication 9. Study the accounting books maintained by a
needs in today's organizations, depicting the manufacturing concern and prepare a report
possible problems that may occur due to poor highlighting the way in which they are maintained.
communication.
10. Study the balance sheet of a listed company.
6. Critically evaluate the ways (verbal and non- Define basic accounting terminologies, such as,
verbal) of business communication in a capital, liabilities, assets, (fixed and current),
commercial organization. Write the factors which revenue, expenditure, etc.

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