CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus for Board Exam 2025, Download in PDF

Name of Board

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Official Website

cbse.gov.in

Class

CBSE Class 10

Academic Year

2024-2025

Subject

Social Science

Status of Syllabus

Released

Deletion in Syllabus

No deletion

Exam Pattern

Annual Theory Exam (80 Marks) + Internal Assessment (20 Marks)

Exam Duration

3 Hours

History (India and the Contemporary World - II)

Section

 Chapter No.

Chapter Name

No. of Periods

Marks Allocated

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 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

Geography (Contemporary India - II)

Chapter No.

Chapter Name

No. of Periods

Marks allocated

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

Political Science (Democratic Politics - II)

Unit no

Chapter No

Chapter Name

No. of Periods

Marks allocated

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

Economics (Understanding Economic Development)

Chapter No.

Chapter Name

No. of Periods

Marks allocated

1.

Development

12

20

2.

Sectors of the Indian Economy

12

3.

Money and Credit

12

4.

Globalisation 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)

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