CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus 2025-26

CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus

CBSE Social Science Syllabus for Class 10 2025-26 sessions (Subject code 087)


CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus
– Social Science is a compulsory subject up to secondary stage of school education. The Social Science curriculum draws its content mainly from History, Geography, Political Science and Economics. Together they provide a comprehensive view of society over space and time, and in relation to each other. Each subject’s distinct methods of enquiry help the learners to understand society from different angles and form a holistic view. 

The final examination (Board Exam) for CBSE Class 10 Social Science paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks shall be for Internal Assessment. 

 Let us have a look at the syllabus, unit wise weightage for CBSE Class 10 Social Science paper.

CLASS X Social Science Syllabus 2025-26

Course Structure

History (India and the Contemporary World-II)

20 Marks inclusive of map pointing
Unit No. Chapter no. Chapter Name Marks
I
Events and processes
1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe 18+2 map pointing
2 Nationalism in India
II
Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
3 The Making of a Global World
(To be evaluated in the Board Examination Subtopics: 1 to 1.3 Pre Modern World to Conquest, disease and trade)
Interdisciplinary project as part of multiple assessments
(Internally assessed for 5 marks) Subtopics 2 to 4.4 –The nineteenth century (1815-1914) to end of Bretton Woods & the beginning of “Globalisation”
4 The Age of  Industrialisation
(To be assessed  as part of Periodic Assessment only)
III.
Everyday Life, Culture and politics
5 Print Culture and the Modern world

 

Geography (Contemporary India-II)

Marks-20 inclusive map pointing

Chapter No. Chapter Name Marks
1 Resources and Development

17+3 map pointing

2 Forest and Wildlife Resources
3 Water resources
4 Agriculture
5 Minerals and energy Resources
6 Manufacturing Industries
7 Lifelines of National Economy

(Only map pointing to be evaluated in the Board Examination)

Interdisciplinary project as part of multiple assessments (Internally assessed for 5 marks)

 

Political Science (Democratic Politics-II)

20

Unit No.

Chapter No. Chapter name

Marks

I 1 Power-sharing Federalism

20

2
II 3 Gender, Religion and Caste
III 4 Political Parties
IV 5 Outcomes of Democracy

Economics (Understanding Economic Development)

20

Chapter No. Chapter name Marks
1 Development

20

2 Sectors of the Indian Economy
3 Money and Credit
4
  • Globalisation and the Indian Economy to be evaluated in the Board Examination
  • What is Globalisation?
  • Factors that have enabled Globalisation
  • Interdisciplinary project as part of multiple assessment (Internally assessed for 5 marks)
  • Production across the countries
  • Chinese toys in India
  • World Trade Organisation
  • The Struggle for a Fair Globalisation
5 Consumer Rights (Project Work)

MAP WORK

Subject/ Name of the Chapter List of areas to be located/ labeled/ identified on the map
History  
Nationalism in India I. Congress sessions:

  • 1920 Calcutta
  • 1920 Nagpur
  • 1927 Madras session

II. 3 Satyagraha movements:

  • Kheda
  •  Champaran
  •  Ahmedabad mill workers

III. Jallianwala Bagh
IV. Dandi March

Geography
Resources and Development Identify Major Soil Types
Water Resources Locating and Labeling:

  •  Salal
  • Sardar Sarovar
  • Bhakra Nangal
  • Hirakund
  • Tehri
  • Nagarjun Sagar
  • Rana Pratap Sagar
  • Tungabhadra
Agriculture Identify:

  • Major areas of Rice and Wheat
  • Largest/Major producer states of Sugarcane, Tea, Coffee,
  • Rubber, Cotton and Jute
Minerals and Energy Resources Identify:

Iron Ore Mines
Mayurbhanj Durg
Bailadila Bellary
Kudremukh

Coal Mines
Raniganj
Bokaro
Talcher
Neyveli

Oil Fields
Digboi Naharkatia
Mumbai High Bassien
Kalol Ankaleshwa

Locate and label: Power Plants

Thermal

  • Namrup
  • Singrauli
  • Ramagundam

Nuclear

  • Narora
  • Kakrapara
  • Tarapur
  • · Kalpakkam
Manufacturing Industries
  • Manufacturing Industries (Locating and labeling only)
  • Cotton textile Industries: a. Mumbai, b. Indore, c. Surat, d. Kanpur, e. Coimbatore
  • Iron and Steel Plants: a. Durgapur, b. Bokaro, c. Jamshedpur, d. Bhilai, e. Vijayanagar, f. Salem
  • Software technology Parks: a. Noida, b. Gandhi- nagar, c. Mumbai, d. Pune, e. Hyderabad, f. Bengaluru, g. Chennai,h. Thiruvananthapuram
Lifelines of National Economy Locating and Labeling

a. Major Sea Ports

  • Kandla
  • Tuticorin
  • Mumbai
  • Chennai
  • Marmagao
  • Visakhapatnam
  • New Mangalore
  • Paradip
  • Kochi
  • Haldia

b. International Airports

  • Amritsar (Raja Sansi-Sri Guru Ram Das ji)
  • Delhi (Indira Gandhi)
  • Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji)
  • Chennai (Meenambakkam)
  • Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose)
  • Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)

Note

  1. Items of Locating and Labelling may also be given for Identification.
  2. The Maps available in the website of  of India may be used.

 

CLASS X QUESTION PAPER  DESIGN (Subject Wise Weightage)

Syllabus Marks (80) Percentage
History    
  • The Rise of Nationalism in Europe.
  • Nationalism in India:
  • The Making of a Global World Sub topics 1 to 1.3
  • Print Culture and the Modern World
  • Map pointing
 18+2 25%
Political Science    
  • Power – sharing
  • Federalism
  • Gender, Religion and Caste
  • Political Parties
  • Outcomes of Democracy
 20  25%
Geography    
  • Resources and Development
  • Forest and Wildlife Resources
  • Water Resources
  • Agriculture
  • Mineral& Energy resources
  • Manufacturing industries.
  • Lifelines of National Economy (map pointing)
  • Map pointing
 17+3  25%
Economics    
  • Development
  • Sectors of the Indian Economy
  • Money and Credit
  • Globalisation and The Indian Economy Sub topics:
  • What is Globalisation?
  • Factors that have enabled Globalisation
 20  25%

 

Weightage to Type of Questions

Type of Questions Marks (80) Percentage
1 Mark- MCQs (20×1)
(Inclusive Of Assertion, Reason, Differentiation & Stem)
20 25%
2 Marks- Long Answer Questions (4×2)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create)
8 10%
3 Marks- Long Answer Questions (5×3) (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create) 15 18.75%
4 Marks- Case Study Questions (3×4) (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create) 12 15%
5 Mark- Long Answer Questions (4×5)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create)
20 25%
Map Pointing 5 6.25%

Weightage to Competency Levels

Sr. No. Competencies Marks (80) Percentage
1 Remembering and Understanding: Exhibiting memory of previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts, and answers; Demonstrating understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions and stating main ideas. 24 30%
2 Applying: Solving problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way. 11 13.25%
3 Analysing, Evaluating and Creating:
Examining and breaking information into parts by identifying motives or causes; Making inferences and finding evidence to support generalizations; Presenting and defending opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas, or quality of work based on a set of criteria.
Compiling information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutions.
40 50%
4 Map Skill 5 6.25%

Total

80 100%

Guidelines For Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

Type of Assessment Description Marks
Periodic Assessment Pen Paper Test.

5

Multiple Assessment Quiz, debate, role play, viva, group discussion, visual expression, interactive bulletin boards, gallery walks, exit cards, concept maps, peer assessment, Self- assessment etc. through Interdisciplinary project 5
Subject Enrichment Activity Project Work on Consumer Rights OR Social Issues OR Sustainable Development (Interdisciplinary) 5
Portfolio Classwork, Work done (activities/ assignments) reflections, narrations, journals, etc. Achievements of the student in the subject throughout the year Participation of the student in different activities like heritage India quiz 5

 

Class X Prescribed Textbooks

S.No. Subject Name of the Book Publisher
1 History India and the Contemporary World-II NCERT
2 Political Science Democratic Politics-II NCERT
3 Geography Contemporary India-II NCERT
4 Economics Understanding Economic Development NCERT
5 Disaster Management Together, towards a safer India- Part III CBSE