CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus 2025-26 - CBSE 10th Class Social Science Syllabus Download PDF

I. Events and processes

I

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

17

18 + 2 map pointing*

II

Nationalism In India

17

II. Livelihoods,  Economies, and Societies

III

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)

6

Interdisciplinary project as part of Multiple assessments

(Internally assessed for 5 marks Sub-topics 2 to 4.4 The nineteenth century(1815-1914) to the end of Bretton Woods & the beginning of “Globalisation.”

4

IV

The Age of Industrialization

(To be assessed as part of Periodic Assessments only)

6

III. Everyday Life, Culture, and Politics

V

Print Culture and the Modern World

10

* Marks as mentioned above

1

Resources and Development

7

17 + 3 map pointing

2

Forest and Wildlife Resources

7

3

Water Resources

7

4

Agriculture

10

5

Minerals and Energy Resources

10

6

Manufacturing Industries

10

7

Lifelines of National Economy (Only map pointing to be evaluated in the Board Examination)

2

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

2

I

1

Power-sharing

15

20

2

Federalism

II

3

Gender, Religion, and Caste

12

III

4

Political Parties

12

IV

5

Outcomes of Democracy

11

1

Development

12

20

2

Sectors of the Indian Economy

12

3

Money and Credit

12

4

Globalization and The Indian Economy

To be evaluated in the Board Examination:

• What is Globalization?
• Factors that have enabled Globalisation

8

Interdisciplinary project as part of multiple assessments

(Internally assessed for 5 marks)

• Production across the countries
• Chinese toys in India
• World Trade Organisation
• The Struggle for a Fair Globalisation

6

5

Consumer Rights (Project Work)

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 Labelling:

• Salal
• Bhakra Nangal
• Tehri
• Rana Pratap Sagar
• Sardar Sarovar
• Hirakud
• Nagarjuna 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:

a. Iron Ore mines

• Mayurbhanj
• Durg
• Bailadila
• Bellary
• Kudremukh

b. Coal Mines

• Raniganj
• Bokaro
• Talcher
• Neyveli

c. Oil Fields

• Digboi
• Naharkatia
• Mumbai High
• Bassien
• Kalol
• Ankaleshwar

Locate & label: Power Plants

a. Thermal

• Namrup
• Singrauli
• Ramagundam

b. Nuclear

• Narora
• Kakrapara
• Tarapur
• Kalpakkam

Manufacturing Industries

I. Manufacturing Industries (Locating and Labelling 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. Gandhinagar c. Mumbai d. Pune e. Hyderabad, f. Bengaluru g. Chennai. h. Thiruvananthapuram

Lifelines of National Economy

Locating and Labelling: a. Major sea ports

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

b. International Airports:

• Amritsar (Raja Sansi - Sri Guru Ram Dass jee)
• Delhi (Indira Gandhi)
• Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji)
• Chennai (Meenam Bakkam)
• Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose)
• Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)

History

• The Rise of Nationalism in Europe.
• Nationalism in India:
• The Making of a Global World Sub topics1 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
• Globalization and The Indian Economy Sub topics:

What is Globalization?

Factors that have enabled Globalisation

20

25%

A

20

1 Mark MCQs (20x1)

(Inclusive Of Assertion, Reason, Differentiation &Stem)

1

20

B

4

2 Marks Narrative Questions (4x2)

(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create)

2

8

C

5

3 Marks Narrative Questions (5x3)

(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create)

3

15

D

4

5 Mark Narrative Questions (4x5)

(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create)

5

20

E

3

4 MARKS Case Study Questions (3x4)

(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis & Create)

4

12

F

1

Map Based

5

5

Total

37

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80 Marks

India and the Contemporary World II

No Deletion

Contemporary India – II
Chapter - Resources and Development

Types of Resources

Chapter - Forest and Wildlife

Biodiversity or Biological Diversity

Flora and Fauna in India

Vanishing Forests

Asiatic Cheetah: Where did they go?

The Himalayan Yew in trouble

Project Tiger

Chapter - Agriculture

Impact of Globalization on Agriculture

Chapter -Manufacturing Industries

Industry Market Linkage

Cotton Textiles, Jute Textiles, Sugar Industry

Iron Steel Industry, Cement Industry

Understanding Economic Development

No Deletion

Unit 3: Democratic Politics – II
Chapter - Democracy and Diversity

Full Chapter

Chapter - Gender, Religion and Caste

The image on pages 46, 48, and 49 of  NCERT Textbook – Democratic Politics –II  (reprinted edition 2020-2021)

Chapter - Popular Struggles and Movements

Full Chapter

Chapter - Challenges to Democracy

Full Chapter

a

Content accuracy and originality

2

b

Competencies exhibited and Presentation

2

c

Viva-Voce

1

Every student will need to undertake one project on …

Consumer Awareness OR Social Issues OR Sustainable Development

Objectives:

• The objective of the project work is to help students gain an insight and pragmatic understanding of the theme and see all the Social Science disciplines from an interdisciplinary perspective.
• It should also help in enhancing the Life Skills of the students.
• Students are expected to apply the Social Science concepts that they have learnt over the years to prepare the project report
• If required, students may go out to collect data and use different primary and secondary resources to prepare the project.
• If possible, various forms of art may be integrated in the project work.

The students will develop the following competencies:

• Collaboration
• Use analytical skills.
• Evaluate the situations during disasters.  Synthesize the information.
• Find creative solutions.
• Strategies for the order of solutions
• Use the right communication skills

History Chapter III

Geography Chapter 7

Making of a Global World

Lifelines of National Economy

The teachers may use the following pedagogies in facilitating the students in completion of the Interdisciplinary Project. 1) Constructivism

2) Inquiry-based learning

3) Cooperative learning

4) Learning station

5) Collaborative learning 6) Videos/ Visuals/ documentaries/ movie clippings

7) Carousel technique

8) Art integrated learning Group Discussions Multiple Assessment:Ex. Surveys/ Interviews/ Research work/ Observation/ Story based

⮚ Analyse the implications of globalisation for local economies.

⮚ Discuss how globalisation is experienced differently by different social groups. Enumerates how transportation works as a lifeline of the economy.

⮚ Analyse and infer the impact of roadways and railways on the national economy.

⮚ Analyses and infers the challenges faced by the roadways and railway sector in India

The schools do IDP between the months of April and September at the School under the guidance of a teacher. (Carryover of project to home must be strictly avoided)

Economics Chapter 4

Globalisation on and the Indian Economy

Presentation/ Art integration/ Quiz/ Debate/ role play/ viva, /group discussion, /visual expression/ interactive bulletin boards/ gallery walks/ exit cards/ concept maps/ peer assessment/ art integration /Self assessment/integrati on of technology etc.

⮚ Integrate various dimensions of globalisation in terms of cultural / political/ social /economical aspects)

⮚ Appraise the evolution of Globalisation and the global trends

⮚ Investigate the factors that facilitated the growth on MNC ‘s

Periodic Assessment

10 Marks

Using numerous assessment techniques Quizzes, debates, role plays, vivas, group discussions, visual expression, interactive bulletin boards, gallery walks, exit cards, concept maps, peer and self-assessments, etc. are a few examples. (5 Marks for this paper-and-pencil test)

Portfolio

5 Marks

• Classwork and Assignments
• Any exemplary work done by the student
• 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

Subject Enrichment Activity

5 Marks

Project Work

Total

20 Marks

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