The AISSEE Class 9 Syllabus — Where 400 Marks Are Won

Class IX entry to a Sainik School is a narrower door than Class VI: fewer vacancies, older competition, and a paper that is markedly harder. The AISSEE Class 9 syllabus spans five sections across 400 marks — and the shape of that 400 tells you exactly how to prepare.

The Paper at a Glance

The paper runs 180 minutes for 150 questions — about 72 seconds each, the same brutal pace as the Class VI paper. There is no negative marking, so no bubble should ever be left empty. Eligibility requires the child to be 13 to 15 years old as on 31 March 2027 and to have passed or be appearing in Class VIII; the full rules are in our eligibility guide.

Mathematics — 200 Marks

Drawn from the Class VIII level. Expect:

• Rational numbers, integers, and operations on them
• Squares, square roots, cubes and cube roots
• Exponents and powers, standard form
• Algebraic expressions and identities, factorisation
• Linear equations in one variable
• Ratio and proportion, direct and inverse variation
• Percentage, profit and loss, discount, simple and compound interest
• Comparing quantities and unitary method problems
• Mensuration — area and perimeter of plane figures, surface area and volume of cube, cuboid and cylinder
• Geometry — lines and angles, triangles and congruence, quadrilaterals, practical geometry, construction
• Understanding quadrilaterals and properties of parallelograms
• Data handling — bar graphs, pie charts, mean, median, mode
• Playing with numbers — divisibility, number patterns
• Introduction to graphs and coordinate basics

How to prepare a 200-mark section

Three rules we apply in our Class IX batches:

1. Accuracy before speed, then speed relentlessly. At 4 marks a question, an error is expensive. Build accuracy first, then time every set.
2. Mensuration and algebra are the highest-yield chapters. They appear reliably and reward practice more than insight.
3. Vedic Maths still matters — squaring, cubing and multiplication shortcuts save whole minutes across 50 questions.

General Science — 50 Marks

Class VIII level physics, chemistry and biology:

• Force, pressure, friction, sound, light
• Chemical effects of electric current, some natural phenomena
• Coal and petroleum, combustion and flame
• Synthetic fibres and plastics, metals and non-metals
• Cell structure and function, microorganisms
• Reproduction and adolescence in animals
• Crop production and management
• Conservation of plants and animals, pollution of air and water
• Stars and the solar system

Social Science — 50 Marks

• History — the modern period, colonialism, the national movement, key figures and dates
• Geography — resources, agriculture, industries, human resources, land and soil
• Civics — the Constitution, secularism, Parliament, the judiciary, social justice
• Basic map and current-affairs awareness with an India focus

English — 50 Marks

• Comprehension passages with inference
• Grammar — tenses, modals, voice, narration, subject–verb agreement
• Sentence transformation and correction
• Vocabulary — synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, idioms
• Rearranging jumbled sentences
• Spelling and punctuation

Intelligence — 50 Marks

The same reasoning types as the Class VI paper, at a higher difficulty: analogies, series, coding and decoding, blood relations, direction sense, mirror images, embedded figures, matrices and logical reasoning. Our Intelligence section guide covers each type, and the AISSEE exam pattern breakdown sets both papers side by side.

How to Split Your Study Time

If Class IX does not work out, the RMS and RIMC routes have their own separate Class IX and Class VIII entries with different timelines, and we cover the comparison in Sainik School vs Navodaya, RMS and RIMC.