CBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2026-27

History (India and the Contemporary World - II)

• Section I: Events and Processes
• The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
• Nationalism in India
• The Making of a Global World
• The Age of Industrialisation
• Section II: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
• Print Culture and the Modern World

Geography (Contemporary India - II)

• Chapter 1: Resources and Development
• Chapter 2: Forest and Wildlife Resources
• Chapter 3: Water Resources
• Chapter 4: Agriculture
• Chapter 5: Minerals and Energy Resources
• Chapter 6: Manufacturing Industries
• Chapter 7: Life Lines of National Economy

Civics (Democratic Politics - II)

• Chapter 1: Power Sharing
• Chapter 2: Federalism
• Chapter 3: Democracy and Diversity
• Chapter 4: Gender, Religion and Caste
• Chapter 5: Popular Struggles and Movements
• Chapter 6: Political Parties
• Chapter 7: Outcomes of Democracy
• Chapter 8: Challenges to Democracy

Economics (Understanding Economic Development)

• Chapter 1: Development
• Chapter 2: Sectors of the Indian Economy
• Chapter 3: Money and Credit
• Chapter 4: Globalisation and the Indian Economy
• Chapter 5: Consumer Rights

Literature (First Flight)

Prose

• A Letter to God
• Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Two Stories about Flying
• From the Diary of Anne Frank
• The Hundred Dresses - I
• The Hundred Dresses - II
• Glimpses of India
• Mijbil the Otter
• Madam Rides the Bus
• The Sermon at Benares
• The Proposal

Poetry

• Dust of Snow
• Fire and Ice
• A Tiger in the Zoo
• How to Tell Wild Animals
• The Ball Poem
• Amanda!
• Animals
• The Trees
• Fog
• The Tale of Custard the Dragon
• For Anne Gregory

Literature (Footprints Without Feet)

• 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
• The Hack Driver
• Bholi
• The Book That Saved the Earth

Grammar & Writing

Grammar

• Tenses (Present, Past, Future)
• Modals
• Active and Passive Voice
• Reported Speech
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Determiners
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Clauses

Writing Skills

• Formal Letters (Complaint, Order, Enquiry)
• Story Writing
• Article Writing
• Descriptive Paragraph (Person, Event, Place)
• Analytical Paragraph
• Report Writing

Literature (Kshitij - भाग 2)

गद्य (Prose)

• सूरदास - उत्साह, अट नहीं रही
• तुलसीदास - राम-लक्ष्मण-परशुराम संवाद
• देव - सवैया
• जयशंकर प्रसाद - आत्मकथ्य
• सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी 'निराला' - उत्साह
• नागार्जुन - यह दंतुरित मुस्कान
• मैथिलीशरण गुप्त - मानवीय करुणा की दिव्य चमक
• रामवृक्ष बेनीपुरी - संगतकार
• आचार्य रामचंद्र शुक्ल - नौबतखाने में इबादत
• महावीर प्रसाद द्विवेदी - साना-साना हाथ जोड़ि
• प्रेमचंद - नाना साहब की पुत्री
• रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर' - रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

कविता (Poetry)

• मैथिलीशरण गुप्त - मानवीय करुणा की दिव्य चमक
• रामवृक्ष बेनीपुरी - संगतकार
• नागार्जुन - यह दंतुरित मुस्कान

Literature (Sparsh - भाग 2)

गद्य (Prose)

• कबीर - साखी
• रैदास - पद
• मीराबाई - पद
• सूरदास - पद
• तुलसीदास - पद
• बिहारी - दोहे
• गिरिधर - रहीम
• देव - सवैया
• शिवप्रसाद मिश्र 'रुद्र' - प्रेमचंद
• श्यामाचरण दुबे - हरिहर काका
• रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर' - सन्नाटा

Grammar & Composition

• Grammar: वाक्य, समास, संधि, अलंकार
• Composition: निबंध, पत्र, अनुच्छेद, कहानी लेखन