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CBSE Class 10

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CBSE Class 10 board exam is an important stage in students’ life as it lays the foundation for their future and career. CBSE class 10th board results act as the most critical parameter in deciding whether the students will be able to get into their desired stream in class 11th or not. CBSE Class 10 Board Exam serves as an indicator of a student’s academic performance.

CBSE Class 10: Subjects

There are five compulsory subjects, two optional subjects and two internal assessment subjects. So, students must study 9 subjects in their CBSE Class 10. Let's see the subjects for the Class 10 board exams:
Sets of Subjects Subjects
Compulsory Subjects Subject 1 Language 1
Subject 2 Language 2
Subject 3 Science
Subject 4 Mathematics
Subject 5 Social Science
Optional Subjects Subject 6 Skill Subject
Subject 7 Language 3 / Any Academic subject other than opted above
SUBJECTS OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT {Assessment and certification at school level} Subject 8 & 9
  • Art Education
  • Health & Physical Education (Work Experience subsumed)

CBSE Class 10: Syllabus & Study Material for 2023-24

CBSE releases the syllabus for classes 1 to 12. The curriculum serves as a guideline for teachers and students. Let’s see the syllabus for Class 10:
Subjects Chapters
Hindi Download CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course - A Syllabus Download CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course - B Syllabus
English Prose:
  • A letter to God
  • Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
  • Two Stories About Flying
  • From the Diary of Anne Frank
  • Glimpses of India
  • Mijbil the Otter
  • Madam Rides the Bus
  • The Sermon at Benares
  • The Proposal (Play)
Poems:
  • Dust of Snow
  • Fire and Ice
  • A tiger in the Zoo
  • How to Tell Wild Animals
  • The Ball Poem
  • Amanda!
  • The Trees
  • Fog
  • The Tale of Custard the Dragon
  • For Anne Gregory
FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET BOOK
  • A triumph of Surgery
  • The Thief's Story
  • The Midnight Visitor
  • A Question of Trust
  • Footprints Without Feet
  • The making of a Scientist
  • The necklace
  • Bholi
  • The Book That Saved the Earth
Grammar
  • Tenses
  • Modals
  • Subject – verb concord
  • Reported speech
  • Commands and requests
  • Statements
  • Questions
  • Determiners
Mathematics UNIT I: NUMBER SYSTEMS
  • REAL NUMBER
UNIT II: ALGEBRA
  • POLYNOMIALS
  • PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
  • QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
  • ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS
UNIT III: COORDINATE GEOMETRY
  • COORDINATE GEOMETRY
UNIT IV: GEOMETRY
  • TRIANGLES
  • CIRCLES
UNIT V: TRIGONOMETRY
  • INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY
  • TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES
  • HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES: Angle of elevation, Angle of Depression
UNIT VI: MENSURATION
  • AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES
  • SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES
UNIT VII: STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
  • STATISTICS
  • PROBABILITY
Science Theme: Materials 
  • Unit I: Chemical Substances - Nature and Behaviour
    • Chemical reactions
    • Acids, bases and salts
    • Metals and nonmetals
    • Carbon compounds
Theme: The World of the Living
  • Unit II: World of Living
    • Life processes
    • Control and co-ordination in animals and plants
    • Reproduction
    • Heredity and Evolution
Theme: Natural Phenomena
  • Unit III: Natural Phenomena
    • Reflection of light by curved surfaces
    • Refraction
    • Refraction of light by spherical lens
Theme: How Things Work
  • Unit IV: Effects of Current
    • Electric current, potential difference and electric current
    • Magnetic effects of current
Theme: Natural Resources
  • Unit V: Natural Resources
    • Our environment
Social Science Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – II
  • Events and Processes:
    • The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
    • Nationalism in India
  • Livelihoods, Economies and Societies:
    • The Making of a Global World
    • The Age of Industrialization
  • Everyday Life, Culture and Politics:
    • Print Culture and the Modern World
Unit 2: Contemporary India – II 
  • Resources and Development
  • Forest and Wildlife
  • Water Resources
  • Agriculture
  • Minerals and Energy Resources
  • Manufacturing Industries
  •  Life Lines of National Economy
Unit 3: Democratic Politics – II 
  • Power Sharing
  • Federalism
  • Gender, Religion and Caste
  • Political Parties
  • Outcomes of Democracy
Understanding Economic Development
  • Development
  • Sectors of the Indian Economy
  • Money and Credit
  • Globalization and the Indian Economy
  • Consumer Rights: To be used only for Project Work

CBSE Class 10 Study Plan to Maximise Score in 2023-24 Exams

5 Tips to Maximise Score in CBSE Class 10 Board 2023-24 Exams:
  1. As a Class 10 student, you must follow a proper schedule and devote equal time to every subject.
  2. You should give special attention to sample papers and previous year’s question papers. As the exams approach, start solving them daily to know about the exam pattern, marking scheme, important questions etc.
  3. Get a thorough knowledge of the CBSE class 10 syllabus as the board’s question papers are prepared per the CBSE board syllabus.
  4. Each chapter should be revised thoroughly before the final board exam.
  5. Make separate notes of important formulae, diagrams, graphs, chemical reactions etc.

List of Future Exams after Class 10

Some of the competitive exams for CBSE Class 10 students are listed below:
  • National Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE)
  • National Talent Search Examination (NTSE)
  • Assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational Testing (ASSET)
  • Indian National Mathematical Olympiad [INMO]
  • International Maths Olympiad (IMO)
  • Science Olympiad Foundation [SOF] Exams
  • Indian National Olympiad (INO)/National Cyber Olympiad (NCO)
  • International English Olympiad (IEO)
  • IAF Airmen Recruitment/Indian Navy Metric Recruitment/Indian Army Soldier Recruitment
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