Latest CBSE Class 10 Syllabus for 2024-25

Exam Name

Class 10th – CBSE

Conducting Body

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Category

Syllabus

Frequency of Conduction

Once in an Academic year

Mode of Exam

Offline

Exam Duration

3 Hours

Question Paper Marks

100 marks (Theory marks + Internal Assessments)

Negative Marking

No Negative Marking

Composition 

Competency-Based Questions would be minimum 40% These can be in the form of Multiple Choice Questions, Case-based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other types.  Objective Type Questions will be 20%  Remaining 40% short answer/long answer questions (as per existing pattern)

Official Website

cbse.nic.in

Subjects

Compulsory

Optional

Subjects of

Internal Assessment

Subject 1

Subject 2

Subject 3

Subject 4 

Subject 5

Subject 6

Subject 7

Subject 8 and 9

Assessment and certification at school level

Names of the subjects

Language I (Hindi -Course A or Hindi -Course B or English Language and Literature )

Language II (Anyone from the Group of Languages (Group-L) other than the Language chosen as Subject 1)

Mathematics – Basic or Mathematics Standard

Science

Social Science

Skill subject

Language III /Any subject other than opted above 

Art Education 

Health & Physical Education Work Experience*

Group

Group-L

Group-L

Group- A1

Group-S

GroupL/GroupA2

1.

Chemical Substances-Nature and Behaviour

• Chemical Reactions
• Acids, Bases, and Salts
• Metals and Non-Metals
• Carbon Compounds
• Periodic Classification of Elements

2.

World of Living

• Life Processes
• Reproductions
• Heredity and Evolution

3.

Natural Phenomena

Reflection of Light and Laws

4.

Effects of Current

• Effect of current
• Magnetic Effects of Current

5.

Natural Resources

• Our Environment
• Management of Natural Resources

Sr. No.

Subjects

Topics

1

Number system

Real numbers

2

Algebra

• Polynomials
• Quadratic Equations
• Pair of linear equations in two variables
• Arithmetic progressions

3

Coordinate Geometry

Lines [In two dimensions]

4

Geometry

• Triangles
• Circles
• Constructions

5

Trigonometry

• Introduction to Trigonometry
• Heights and Distance
• Trigonometric Identities

6

Mensuration

• Areas related to circles
• Surface Areas and volumes

7

Statistics and Probability

• Statistics
• Probability

Themes

Learning Objectives

Section 1: Events and Processes

2. Nationalism in India

• The First World War, Khilafat and Non - Cooperation

• Differing Strands within the Movement

• Towards Civil Disobedience

• The Sense of Collective Belonging

• Recognize the characteristics of Indian nationalism through a case study of Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement.

• Analyze the nature of the diverse social movements of the time.

• Familiarize with the writings and ideas of different political groups and individuals.

• Appreciate the ideas promoting Pan Indian

belongingness.

Section 2: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies

3. The Making of a Global World

• The Pre-modern world

• The Nineteenth Century (1815-1914)

• The Inter war Economy

• Rebuilding a World Economy: The Post-War Era

• Show that globalization has a long history and points to the shifts within the process.

• Analyze the implication of globalization for local economies.

• Discuss how globalization is experienced differently by different social groups.

4. The Age of Industrialization

• Before the Industrial Revolution

• Hand Labour and Steam Power

• Industrialization in the colonies

• Factories Come Up

• The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth

• Market for Goods

• Familiarize with the Pro- to-Industrial phase and Early – factory system.

• Familiarize with the process of industrialization and its impact on the labour class.

• Enable them to understand industrialization in the colonies with reference to Textile industries.

Themes

Learning Objectives

5. Minerals and Energy Resources

• What is a mineral?

• Mode of occurrence of Minerals

• Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Minerals

• Non-Metallic Minerals

• Rock Minerals

• Conservation of Minerals

• Energy Resources

o Conventional and Non-Conventional

• Conservation of Energy Resources

• Identify different types of minerals and energy resources and places of their availability

• Feel the need for their judicious utilization

6. Manufacturing Industries

• Importance of manufacturing

• Contribution of Industry to National Economy

• Industrial Location

• Classification of Industries

• Spatial distribution

• Industrial pollution and environmental degradation

• Control of Environmental Degradation

• Bring out the importance of industries in the national economy as well as understand the regional disparities which resulted due to concentration of industries in some areas.

• Discuss the need for a planned industrial development and debate over the role of government towards sustainable development.

7. Life Lines of National Economy

• Transport – Roadways, Railways, Pipelines, Waterways, Airways

• Communication

• International Trade

• Tourism as a Trade

• Explain the importance of transport and communication in the ever-shrinking world.

• Understand the role of trade and tourism in the economic development of a country.

Themes

Learning Objectives

6. Political Parties

• Why do we need Political Parties?

• How many Parties should we have?

• National Political Parties

• State Parties

• Challenges to Political Parties

• How can Parties be reformed?

• Analyze party systems in democracies.

• Introduction to major political parties, challenges faced by them and reforms in the country.

7. Outcomes of Democracy

• How do we assess democracy’s outcomes?

• Accountable, responsive, and legitimate government

• Economic growth and development

• Reduction of inequality and poverty

• Accommodation of social diversity

• Dignity and freedom of the citizens

• Evaluate the functioning of democracies in comparison to alternative forms of governments.

• Understand the causes for the continuation of democracy in India.

• Distinguish between sources of strengths and weaknesses of Indian democracy.

Themes

Learning Objectives

3. Money and Credit

• Money as a medium of exchange

• Modern forms of money

• Loan activities of Banks

• Two different credit situations

• Terms of credit

• Formal sector credit in India

• Self Help Groups for the Poor

• Understand money as an economic concept.

• Understand the role of financial institutions from the point of view of day-to- day life.

4. Globalization and the Indian Economy

• Production across countries

• Interlinking production across countries

• Foreign Trade and integration of markets

• What is globalization?

• Factors that have enabled Globalization

• World Trade Organization

• Impact of Globalization on India

• The Struggle for a Fair Globalization

• Explain the working of the Global Economic phenomenon.

Sr.No.

Syllabus

Subjects

1.

पाठ्यपुस्तक क्षितिज हिंदी भाग-2 व पूरक पाठ्यपुस्तक कृतिका भाग – 2

• सूरदास

• तुलसीदास

• देव

• जयशंकर प्रसाद

• सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी ‘निराला’

• नागार्जुन

• गिरिजा कुमार माथुर

• ऋतुराज

• मंगलेश डबराल

• स्वयं प्रकाश

• रामवृक्ष बेनीपुरी

• यशपाल

• सर्वेश्वर दयाल सक्सेना

• मन्नू भंडारी

• महावीर प्रसाद द्विवेदी

• यतीन्द्र मिश्रा

• भदंत आनंद कौसल्यायन

• माता का अँचल

• जॉर्ज पंचम की नाक

• एही ठैयाँ झुलनी हेरानी हो रामा!

• मैं क्यों लिखता हूँ ?

Subject

Syllabus

Reading Skills

Unseen passage with Multiple Type Questions

Writing Skills and Grammar

Ten multiple type questions of

• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject-verb concord
• Reported speech
• Commands and requests
• Statements
• Questions
•  Determiners

Literature textbook and Supplementary Reading text

• First Flight
• Footprints Without Feet