Reference Books to Use for ICSE Class 10

Reference books which include questions and answers for each chapter, recent questions asked in the board examinations, etc. will help you out a LOT while preparing for your exams. They will also help you cover all the necessary points that you must know! You don’t have to write hundreds of model question papers or anything of the sort, but you should solve five to six recent board papers. However, if in the end, you find yourself not having the time to do that either, then at least get your hands on a reference book and go through it – entirely! By starting to read these reference books from now, you will find yourself acing in school tests, since most of the questions/answers given in these books are commonly asked in exams. However, at times, you can’t rely entirely on these books. If you feel doubtful of a given answer to a certain question in the book, do ask your school teacher if the answer given is correct. There’s no harm done in double checking! 🙂

Here are a few publishers whose reference books I found useful while preparing for the board examinations:

Together With ICSE (subject name) – X

Rachna Sagar Private Limited

ICSE Self Study in (subject name) (Class X)

Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd.

Self Tutor ICSE (subject name) – X

Sultan Chand & Sons (P) Ltd.

 

Please check out their books and go through them to prepare for your examinations! They will surely help you out! 🙂

 

As for workbooks/guides for English, the following are the ones that helped me out the most:

English II

Loyalties:
CANDID
John Galsworthy’s Loyalties Workbook
For ICSE Classes IX and X
By Dr. (Ms) Gillian Rosemary Hart
Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd. – New Delhi

The Golden Lyre:
Workbook on The Golden Lyre
ICSE – Classes IX-X
By Michael Shane Calvert
Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd. – New Delhi

A Treasure Trove of Short Stories:
A Treasure Trove of Short Stories (A Collection of Short Stories) Workbook
By S. Chakravarthi and R. S. Gupta
Franksons [A Unit of Frank Bros. & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.] – New Delhi

And additionally, you may purchase the Together With guidebook for English II which will have a point wise summary of all chapters/poems/acts as well as short solved questions and practice questions. I recommend using Together With for English II only for quick revision. Otherwise, the books mentioned above are quite thorough and will help a lot!

 

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