Am i in right thread - for current indian education system

hi friends,
I have posted my querries in other thread but i hardly did get any response despite so many views !!! Is therent a single who can reply my querries abt indian education currently ? Or are my querries seem annoying? Can someone help me atleast in this thread ?? Am i in right thread??
The plan is:
we are relocating to india after a decade . can someone give an overall piture of indian education system right now ? Have heard so many changes like samacheer kalvi, ruling out matriculation , strong recommendation for CBSE syllbus etc...

My kids will be doing 7th and 2nd std when we relocate. My doubts are:
1) how many subjects are there for these std at CBSE
2) which subject kids are giving more importance - like maths, geography etc.
3) are the question papers same for all schools and do they follow same books of same publications ?
4) Can i have a model/sample question paper of 6th std in maths? ( To have a better idea and compare my kid's level , so that i can take a precautionary measure.
5) What is exam pattern - when i was young , we had monthly test , quaterly exam, half yearly ,annual - full syllabus from june - march. Currently what is the style?
6) How stress full is home work?

I might have not consider valid points from your angle. So am giving the situation here.

Primary 6 kid - has 4 subjects :
1) English - very vast more than TOFFEL , stae by stage
2) Tamil - Ridiculously opposite to English - mostly choose the best for grammar & basic comprehension
3) Maths - again very tricky and open syllabus- questions never repeat in any of the current exam or prev exam
4) Science - quite interesting for kids , since it involves more (or full) practical knowledge than memorizing and reproducing.
5) Kids have homework in such a way that they have to google search everything on their own and have to write what they have understood from it- so no homework for parents but FULLY for the kids only - including even if it is any project work ( even parent wants to help - they can do it only at some level but cannot do themselves on whole !! bc in our olden days uncles , aunties help us in drawing science diagram , school project work - do a card board cutting etc..)

Above all these - they have never come across descriptive style of answer ( all questions are choose the best pattern) except in science 5-8 quest are WHY & HOW questions ( that too they write 2-3 lines thatss it - no stories/essays) and in english - comprehension alone carries 40 marks out of 100 ( They need to write for 1.5- 2 pages )

My kid have never read about indian history or politics(Civics - we call it our days ) Whats is expected in that angle ?

I think 2nd std kid should accustom without any hard struggles except the different education environment - because teachers here are so so friendly that kids never had a thought of fear , rather they all have more a friendly relationship with them. And above all they use to call them by name only
What if they come there. Though chennai is a metropolitan city, am fully out of touch with the schoolings and the requirement of current days.

Can you friends help me please.

And top of all these - can you give me a list of schools for my girls?

We have not decided the place of stay - might be around Tnaga / velachery / mylapore/madippakam .

Thank you..

 

Thank you Dinny and ramyaramani..
My is NCERT Syllabus is followed through out all CBSE Schools ? And hence is the same publication all through out the schools and only Q papers are set by the concern school itself ? Any idea pls?