HABIB PUBLIC SCHOOL

KARACHI

ADMISSION TEST
(SYLLABUS)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022

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CONTENTS
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Junior Section
1. Syllabus for Grade 1 2

Middle Section
2. Syllabus for Grade 7 5

Senior Section
3. Syllabus for Grade 8 (AKU and Cambridge) 8
4. Syllabus for Grade 9 AKU 11
5. Syllabus for Grade 9 Cambridge 15

These Admission test Syllabuses are a ‘guide only.’

Important Information:
Candidates should be in school by 8:00 a.m.
Candidates will be seated by 8:45 a.m.
Candidates will remain inside the classroom during the lunch break.
Please provide snacks and water bottle to your child.
No candidate will be allowed to leave before the finish time.
COVID-19 SOP’s will be strictly followed by candidates and parents.

Test paper timings for class 1:

English ----------------- 9:00 a.m. -- 9:40 a.m. (40 min)

Urdu --------------------- 9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (20 min)
Break for snack --------10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. (20 min)
Mathematic ------------- 10:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (40 min)

Test paper timings for class 7:

English ----------------- 9:00 a.m. -- 10:00 a.m. (60 min)

Urdu --------------------- 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (45 min)
Break for snack --------10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (15 min)
Mathematic ------------- 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. (60 min)

Test paper timings for class 8 & 9:

English ----------------- 9:00 a.m. ----10:00 a.m. (60 min)

Urdu --------------------- 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (60 min)
Break for snack --------11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. (20 min)
Mathematic ------------- 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. (60 min)
Science ------------------ 12:20 p.m – 01:20 p.m (60 min) For Class IX Only
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JUNIOR SECTION

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS 1 (Guide only)

MATHEMATICS Time: 40 Minutes

Questions will be based on some or all of the following topics:

1. Pre-number Use comparative terms for assessment of size, length

and height of an object; apply descriptors such as
bigger-smaller, longer-shorter, higher-lower etc. and
other related words in connection with the above
mentioned measurable parameters of objects.

2. Sets Classify similar/dissimilar sets; demonstrate one-to-

one matching notion of as many as, more or less etc.

3. Whole number Recognise numbers 1-50 inclusive through their

association with objects and pictures (e.g. use of the
idea of similar/dissimilar); count, name and write the
numbers 1-50 inclusive; know which number comes
before a given number, between two given numbers,
follows a given number; order numbers 1- 50
inclusive; knowledge of place value of a number (e.g.
units and tens up to and including 50); addition by
combining sets; addition of two numbers in which the
sum does not exceed 48; subtraction of numbers
represented by digits (e.g. manipulations with
numbers 1-9 inclusive). Backward counting 20-1,
4. Shapes Identify similar/dissimilar shapes (e.g. illustrated
with the use of a circle, rectangle, square, triangle and
oval); show awareness that each of these shapes has a
different pattern.
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JUNIOR SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS 1 (Guide only)

ENGLISH Time: 40 Minutes

Note: Questions will be based on some or all of the following areas in 1 & 2:

1. Words Candidates will be expected to have developed:

familiarity with phonics and spelling of simple words;
knowledge of graphemes/phonemes correspondence
through identifying and writing initial and final
phonemes in words (e.g. fit, pan, mat etc.);
recognition of sound and spelling patterns through use
of rhyme to identify rhyming words
(E.g. hop, top, mop and fat, mat, pat etc.).
2. Sentences Candidates’ understanding of basic rules for grammar
and punctuation will be tested through: Use of a
capital letter for the start of their own name and at the
beginning of a sentence; construction of very simple
sentences (e.g. 4-5 words); appreciation that a full
stop ends a sentence; recognition of upper case and
lower case letters of the alphabet and their sequence;
phonological awareness (e.g. sounds of letters and
words and be able to read them); knowledge sounds
of vowels; formation and reading of three letter
words, sight based vocabulary and ability to label
pictures. Singular/Plural, Words Opposites. Colors
names, Days of the Week.
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JUNIOR SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS 1 (Guide only)

SECTION B (URDU) Time: 20 Minutes

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MIDDLE SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS 7 (Guide only)

ENGLISH Time: 1 Hour

1. Comprehension (unseen passage)

 Analyze or make inferences from an unseen passage

2. Composition

 Approximately 350-words imaginative piece. A candidate’s language/written skills

will be gauged from an ability to form responses or convey ideas with coherency,
imagination, power of description, use of vocabulary or choice of words, accuracy
of spelling, simple sentence construction, creativity, description and application of
basic grammar rules.

URDU Time: 1 Hour

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MIDDLE SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS 7 (Guide only)

MATHEMATICS
Time: 1 Hour
Note: Geometrical tools (ruler, compass and protractor) are
required. Calculators and not allowed.

Questions will be based on some or all of the following topics:

SETS
● Concepts of a set and its members
● Definition of set and its types
● Definition of cardinality, finite and infinite sets
● Definition of Singleton and empty sets
● Union and Intersection of sets.

REAL NUMBER SYSTEM (INTEGERS)

● Sets of natural numbers, whole numbers and integers
● Even, odd, prime and composite integers

FACTORS AND MULTIPLES

● G.C.D. and L.C.M. of three numbers by prime factorization method
● G.C.D. of two and three numbers by division method
● Link between G.C.D. and L.C.M
● Word Problems

BODMAS / THE FOUR OPERATIONS

● Simplifying expressions involving two brackets
● Simplifying expressions involving three brackets (emphasis on problems
involving common fractions)

BASICS OF ALGEBRA

 Introduction to Algebraic Expression

 Concept of Coefficient, variable and constant
 Concept of Exponent and Base
 Writing a natural number in exponential form
 Arranging a polynomial in ascending and descending order. First and
second degree polynomials in one variable (Monomial, Binomial and
Trinomial)
 Addition and Subtraction of monomials, binomials, and trinomials of
first and second degree
 Evaluate and simplify an algebraic expression when the values of
variables involved are given.
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SQUARE, CUBE, SQUARE ROOTS AND CUBE ROOTS

 Finding squares and cube of integers
 Finding square roots of perfect square numbers by prime factorization
method or by division method
 Finding cube root of perfect cube numbers by prime factorization method
 Finding square root of a rational number by prime factorization method
and by division method

PERCENTAGES
 Expressing a given quantity as a percentage of the other
 Percentage increase or decrease in a given quantity
 Word problem about percentage increase or percentage decrease

MEASUREMENT
 Conversion of units of measurements (length, mass, volume and time
from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa)

AREA AND PERIMETER

 Area and Perimeter of Square, Rectangle and composite shapes

LINES AND ANGLES

 Definition of parallel lines, rays and segments

 Identification of adjacent, alternate, corresponding, interior, vertically opposite,
Complementary and supplementary angles.
 Finding measure of unknown angles at a point and on a straight line.
Finding measure of unknown angles of a triangle

INFORMATION HANDLING
 Introduction of different types of graphs (pie chart, bar graph and line graph etc.)
 Interpretation of bar graph, line graph and pie chart
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SENIOR SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS 8 AKU and Cambridge (Guide only)

ENGLISH Time: 1 Hour

1. Comprehension (unseen Passage)

 Analyse or make inferences from an unseen passage

2. Composition
 Approximately 400-words imaginative piece. A candidate’s language/written
skills will be gauged from an ability to form responses or convey ideas with
coherency, imagination, power of description, use of vocabulary or choice of
words, accuracy of spelling, simple sentence construction, creativity, description
and application of basic grammar rules.

URDU Time: 1 Hour

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MATHEMATICS Time: 1 Hour

Note: Geometrical tools (ruler, compass and protractor) are required.

Calculators are not allowed.

REAL NUMBER SYSTEM

 Multiplication and division of integers
 Introduction of rational and the set of rational numbers
 Addition and subtraction of rational number
 Multiplication and division of rational numbers. (emphasis on problems
involving negative common and decimal fractions)

BODMAS
 Simplifying expressions involving three brackets (problems involving
negative, common and decimal fractions)

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
 Introduction of expressions of third and fourth degree in one variable
 Introduction of expressions of first and second degree in two variables
 Addition and subtraction of polynomials in one and two variables of
first and second degrees (involving one pair of brackets)
 Multiplication of linear and quadratic polynomials in one variable
(division up to trinomials)
 Simplification of linear and quadratic polynomials in one variable
involving one or two brackets
 Evaluation of monomials and binomials in one variable up to second degree
 Evaluation of monomials and binomials in two variables up to second degree
 Evaluation of polynomials in one variable up to third degree

FACTORISATION OF ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

● Factorization of algebraic expressions (involving common factors only)

SOLUTION OF LINEAR EQUATIONS

● Solution of linear equations in one variable
● Word problems

RATIO AND PROPORTION

● Introduction of Ratio and Equivalent Ratio
● Increase and Decrease in Ratios.
● Rate and Proportional Parts

PERCENTAGE
● Percentage Change, Percentage Profit, Percentage Loss

FINDING SELLING PRICE AND COST PRICE

● Word problems
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MENSURATION
● Finding perimeter of a semi- circular region
● Finding area and perimeter of a triangular region
● Area and perimeter of shaded regions consisting of circular, semi-
circular, triangular, rectangular and square regions
● Finding volume of a solid cylinder, cube and cuboid
● Finding surface area of a cube, cuboid and closed cylinder

ANGLES
● Finding unknown angles on a line and at a point
● Finding unknown angles produced by parallel lines and a transversal
(corresponding angles, alternate angles, interior angles)
● Finding unknown angles of triangles and quadrilaterals

POLYGON
● Introduction of plane, flat and curved surfaces
● Definition of a polygon, vertex, side and diagonal of a polygon
● Types of polygons (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon,
octagon)
● Introduction of regular and irregular polygons.
● Definition of reflex angles
● Definitions of concave and convex polygons
● Number of diagonals in 4-sided to 8-sided polygons
● Identification of exterior and interior angles of a polygon
● Find the measure of interior angles of a regular polygon and use of formula
for finding the sum of the measures of interior and exterior angles of a
regular 3-sided to 8-sided polygon
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SENIOR SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS: Grade 9-AKU Section (Guide only)

ENGLISH Time: 1 Hour

1. Reading Comprehension
 Reading narrative expressive and expository texts. (Factual/ informative texts with
MCQs and CRQs.)
2. Writing Composition
 Writing narrative, expository, factual/ informative, expressive, interpersonal/
transactional communicative informal letters and essays

MATHEMATICS Time: 1 Hour

Note: Calculators and not allowed.

SETS AND OPERATIONS

 Union and Intersection
 Difference
 Complement of sets
 Venn Diagram

PERCENTAGE AND ITS APPLICATION

 Profit and Loss
 Cost Price and Selling Price
 Discount

RATIO AND PROPORTION

 Simplification of Ratio
 Continued Ratio
 Direct and Inverse Proportion
 Variation

ALGEBRIC EXPRESSION
 Simplification of algebraic expression
 Simplification of algebraic fraction
 Application of algebraic identities

FACTORIZATION
 Factorization of linear and quadratic expression
 Factorization by using identities

LINEAR EQUATION
 Solution of linear equation
 Application of linear equation
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ANGLES
 Vertically opposite angle, supplementary angles, complimentary angles
 Angles on parallel lines by transversal

SCIENCE (For candidates appearing for science group only)

CELL AND TISSUE

 Structure and function of the cell organelles of a plant cell and animal cell
 Function of xylem and phloem
 Difference b/w simple and compound tissues
 Compare major animal tissues

RESPIRATION
 Differentiate between respiration and breathing
 Organs of respiratory system and their structure and function
 Diseases related to respiratory system

PHOTOSYNTHESIS
 Structural adaptation of leaf for photosynthesis
 Process of photosynthesis with equation

HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

 Structure and function of digestive organ and action of enzymes in specific regions of
alimentary canal

ELEMENTS & COUMPOUNDS

 Atoms and their sub-atomic particles
 Elements
 Compounds
 Formulae
 Equation balancing and valency

MATERIAL CHANGE
 Physical and chemical changes
 Reaction with acids
 Arrangement of elements in groups and periods of the periodic table

LIGHT
 How light travels?
 Reflection of light
 Refraction of light
 Dispersion of light

SOUND
 Structure and function of different parts of human ear
 How sound travels?
 Define loudness, Pitch, Amplitude, Frequency and Wavelength
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‫‪URDU‬‬ ‫‪Time: 30 min.‬‬

‫اردو نصاب براۓ داخلہ ‪ -‬جماعت نہم (اے‪-‬کے‪-‬یو)‬

‫ح‬ ‫ح‬
‫ق‬ ‫ی‬ ‫ل‬‫خ‬ ‫ت‬
‫یترریر‬
‫ح‬
‫دررخواس‪،‬خ‪،‬رمضموون‬
‫ر‬
‫ح‬
‫قوا ئ‪:‬غرلےکاجراء‬
‫ح‬ ‫م‬
‫مطلع‪ ،‬قطع‪،‬رردی‪،‬قف‬
‫ر‬
‫ح‬
‫ترہنرری‬
‫ش‬ ‫ش‬ ‫ح‬ ‫ش‬
‫رعمشعرریکتری(ا سناشعارر)‬ ‫یسکھبرربنررد‬
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SENIOR SECTION (continued)

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS: Grade 9-Cambridge Section (Guide only)

ENGLISH Time: 1 Hour

1. Comprehension
 Unseen Passage (questions and answers, meanings, expressions).
2. Composition
 Descriptive and Narrative

MATHEMATICS Time: 1 Hour

Note: Calculators and not allowed.

 Direct and Inverse Proportion

 Simultaneous Linear equation
 Co-ordinate geometry (Straight line)
 Volume and Surface area
 Factorization.
 Algebric Expressions
 Pythagoras Theorem
 Similarity and congruency

SCIENCE (For candidates appearing for science group only)

CELL AND TISSUE

 Structure and function of the cell organelles of a plant cell and animal cell
 Function of xylem and phloem
 Difference b/w simple and compound tissues
 Compare major animal tissues

RESPIRATION
 Differentiate between respiration and breathing
 Organs of respiratory system and their structure and function
 Diseases related to respiratory system

PHOTOSYNTHESIS
 Structural adaptation of leaf for photosynthesis
 Process of photosynthesis with equation

HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

 Structure and function of digestive organ and action of enzymes in specific regions of
alimentary canal
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ELEMENTS & COUMPOUNDS

 Atoms and their sub-atomic particles
 Elements
 Compounds
 Formulae
 Equation balancing and valency

MATERIAL CHANGE
 Physical and chemical changes
 Reaction with acids
 Arrangement of elements in groups and periods of the periodic table

LIGHT
 How light travels?
 Reflection of light
 Refraction of light
 Dispersion of light

SOUND
 Structure and function of different parts of human ear
 How sound travels?
 Define loudness, Pitch, Amplitude, Frequency and Wavelength

URDU Time: 1 Hour

)‫ جماعت نہم (کیمبرج‬- ‫اردو نصاب براۓ داخلہ‬

‫ مستقبل‬، ‫ ماضی‬، ‫ جملہ سازی بالحاظ زمانہ حال‬-