CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus 2026-27 PDF

I. The French Revolution:

· French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century

· The Outbreak of the Revolution

· France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic

· Did Women have a Revolution?

· The Abolition of Slavery

· The Revolution and Everyday Life

II. Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution:

· The Age of Social Change

· The Russian Revolution

· The February Revolution in Petrograd

· What Changed after October?

· The Global Influence of the Russian Revolution and the USSR

III. Nazism and the Rise of Hitler:

· Birth of the Weimar Republic

· Hitler’s Rise to Power

· The Nazi Worldview

· Youth in Nazi Germany

· Ordinary People and the Crimes Against Humanity

Section 2: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies:

IV. Forest Society and Colonialism:

· Why Deforestation?

· The Rise of Commercial Forestry

· Rebellion in the Forest

· Forest Transformations in Java

· Familiarize with the names of people involved, the different types of ideas that inspired the revolution, the wider forces that shaped it.

· Know the use of written, oral and visual material to recover the history of revolutions.

· Explore the history of socialism through the study of Russian Revolution.

· Familiarize with the different types of ideas that inspired the revolution.

· Discuss the critical significance of Nazism in shaping the politics of modern world.

· Get familiarized with the speeches and writings of Nazi Leaders.

· Discuss the social and cultural world of forest communities through the study of specific revolts.

· Understand how oral traditions can be used to explore tribal revolts.

V. Pastoralists in the Modern World:

· Pastoral Nomads and their Movements

· Colonial Rule and Pastoral Life

· Pastoralism in Africa

· Analyze the impact of colonialism on forest societies, and the implication of scientific forestry.

· Show the different processes through which agrarian transformation may occur in the modern world.

· Analyze the impact of modern states, marking of boundaries, processes of sedentarization, contraction of pastures, and expansion of markets on pastoralism in the modern world.

· Location

· Size

· India and the World

· India’s Neighbours

2. Physical Features of India:

· Major Physiographic Divisions – Himalayan Mountains, Northern Plains, Peninsular Plateau, Indian Desert, Coastal Plains, Islands

3. Drainage:

· Concept

· Drainage Systems in India

· The Himalayan Rivers – Ganga and Brahmaputra River System

· Understand the major landform features and the underlying geological structure; their association with various rocks and minerals as well as nature of soil types.

· Identify the river systems of the country and explain the role of rivers in the human society.

· Lakes

· Role of Rivers in the Economy

· River Pollution

4. Climate:

· Concept

· Climatic Controls

· Factors influencing India’s climate – Latitude, Altitude, Pressure and Winds (excluding Jet Streams and Western Cyclonic Disturbances and related figures)

· The Seasons – Cold Weather Season, Hot Weather Season, Advancing Monsoon, Retreating/Post Monsoons

· Distribution of Rainfall

· Monsoon as a unifying bond

5. Natural Vegetation and Wild Life:

· Types of Vegetation – Tropical Evergreen Forests, Tropical Deciduous Forests, Thorn Forests and Shrubs, Montane Forests, Mangrove Forests

· Wild Life

6. Population:

· Population Size and Distribution – India’s Population Size and Distribution by Numbers, India’s Population Distribution by Density

· Population Growth and Processes of Population Change – Population Growth, Processes of Population

Change/Growth

· Identify various factors influencing the climate and explain the climatic variation of our country and its impact on the life of the people.

· Explain the importance and unifying role of monsoons.

· Explain the nature of diverse flora and fauna as well as their distribution.

· Develop concern about the need to protect the biodiversity of our country.

· Analyse the uneven nature of population distribution and show concern about the large size of our population.

· What is Democracy?

· Features of Democracy

· Why Democracy?

· Broader Meanings of Democracy

2. Constitutional Design:

· Democratic Constitution in South Africa

· Why do we need a Constitution?

· Making of the Indian Constitution

· Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution

3. Electoral Politics:

· Why Elections?

· What is our System of Elections?

· What makes elections in India democratic?

4. Working of Institutions:

· How is the major policy decision taken?

· Understand how different historical processes and forces have promoted democracy.

· Develop a sophisticated defense of democracy against common prejudices.

· Develop a historical sense of the choice and nature of democracy in India.

· Understand the process of Constitution making.

· Develop respect for the Constitution and appreciation for Constitutional values.

· Recognize Constitution as a dynamic and living document.

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· Understand representative democracy via competitive party politics.

· Familiarize with Indian electoral system.

· Reason out for the adoption of present Indian Electoral System.

· Develop an appreciation of citizen’s increased participation in electoral politics.

· Recognize the significance of the Election Commission.

· Get an overview of central governmental structures.

· Political Executive

· The Judiciary

5. Democratic Rights:

· Life without Rights

· Rights in a Democracy

· Rights in the Indian Constitution

· Expanding scope of rights

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· Distinguish between political and permanent executive authorities and functions.

· Understand the parliamentary system of executive’s accountability to the legislature.

· Understand the working of Indian Judiciary.

· Recognize the need for rights in one’s life.

· Understand the availability

/access of rights in a democratic system/government.

· Identify and be able to comprehend the Fundamental Rights given by the Indian Constitution to its citizens.

· Create awareness regarding the process of safeguarding rights.

· Overview

· Organization of Production

· Farming in Palampur

· Non-farm activities in Palampur

2. People as Resource:

· Overview

· Economic Activities by Men and Women

· Quality of Population

· Unemployment

3. Poverty as a Challenge:

· Overview

· Two typical cases of Poverty

· Understand the demographic concepts.

· Understand how population can be an asset or a liability for the nation.

· Poverty Estimates

· Vulnerable Groups

· Interstate Disparities

· Global Poverty Scenario

· Causes of Poverty

· Anti-Poverty measures

· The Challenges Ahead

4. Food Security in India:

· Overview

· What is Food Security?

· Why Food Security?

· Who are food insecure?

· Food Security in India

· What is Buffer Stock?

· What is the Public Distribution System?

· Current Status of Public Distribution System

· Role of Cooperatives in food security

· Identify vulnerable group and interstate disparities.

· Appreciate the initiatives of the government to alleviate poverty.

· Understand the concept of food security.

· Appreciate and analyse the role of government in ensuring food supply.

2. Objectives: The main objectives of giving project work on Disaster Management to the students are to:

a. create awareness in them about different disasters, their consequences and management

b. prepare them in advance to face such situations

c. ensure their participation in disaster mitigation plans

d. enable them to create awareness and preparedness among the community.

3. The project work should also help in enhancing the Life Skills of the students.

4. If possible, various forms of art may be integrated in the project work.

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alternative solutions.

· 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

Activity

1. The Rise of Nationalism in Europe:

· The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation

· The Making of Nationalism in Europe

· The Age of Revolutions: 1830-1848

· The Making of Germany and Italy

· Visualizing the Nation

· Nationalism and Imperialism

2. Nationalism in India:

· The First World War, Khilafat and Non – Cooperation

· Differing Strands within the Movement

· Towards Civil Disobedience

· The Sense of Collective Belonging

· Establish the relationship and bring out the difference between European nationalism and anti- colonial nationalisms.

· Understand the way the idea of nationalism emerged and led to the formation of nation states in Europe and elsewhere.

· Recognize the characteristics of Indian nationalism through a case study of Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement.

· Analyze the nature of the diverse social movements of the time.

· Familiarize with the writings and

ideals of different political groups and individuals.

Section 2: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies:

3. The Making of a Global World:

· The Pre-modern world

· The Nineteenth Century (1815-1914)

· The Inter war Economy

· Rebuilding a World Economy: The Post-War Era

4. The Age of Industrialization:

· Before the Industrial Revolution

· Hand Labour and Steam Power

· Industrialization in the Colonies

· Factories Come Up

· The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth

· Market for Goods

Section 3: Everyday Life, Culture and Politics:

5. Print Culture and the Modern World:

· The First Printed Books

· Print Comes to Europe

· The Print Revolution and its Impact

· The Reading Mania

· The Nineteenth Century

· India and the World of Print

· Religious Reform and Public Debates

· New Forms of Publication

· Print and Censorship

· Show that globalization has a long history and point to the shifts within the process.

· Analyze the implication of globalization for local economies.

· Discuss how globalization is experienced differently by different social groups.

· Familiarize with the Pro- to- Industrial phase and Early – factory system.

· Familiarize with the process of industrialization and its impact on labour class.

· Enable them to understand industrialization in the colonies with reference to Textile industries.

· Identify the link between print culture and the circulation of ideas.

· Familiarize with pictures, cartoons, extracts from propaganda literature and newspaper debates on important events and issues in the past.

· Understand that forms of writing have a specific history, and that they reflect historical changes within society and shape the forces of change.

· Concept

· Development of Resources

· Resource Planning – Resource Planning in India, Conservation of Resources

· Land Resources

· Land Utilization

· Land Use Pattern in India

· Land Degradation and Conservation Measures

· Soil as a Resource – Classification of Soils, Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation (excluding Box Information on State of India’s Environment)

2. Forest and Wildlife

· Conservation of forest and wildlife in India

· Types and distribution of forests and wildlife resources

· Community and Conservation

3. Water Resources:

· Water Scarcity and The Need for Water Conservation and Management

· Multi-Purpose River Projects and Integrated Water Resources Management

· Rainwater Harvesting

4. Agriculture:

· Types of Farming – Primitive

Subsistence, Intensive Subsistence, Commercial

· Understand the importance of forests and wild life.

· Understand the ability and knowledge of how forest and wildlife conservation and management relate to the economy and environment, both currently and in the future.

· Comprehend the importance of water as a resource as well as develop awareness towards its judicious use and conservation.

· Explain the importance of agriculture in national economy.

· Food Security (excluding impact of globalization on agriculture)

5. Minerals and Energy Resources

· What is a mineral?

· Mode of occurrence of Minerals – Where are these minerals found?, Ferrous Minerals, Non-Ferrous Minerals, Non- Metallic Minerals, Rock Minerals

· Conservation of Minerals

· Energy Resources – Conventional Sources of Energy, Non-Conventional Sources of Energy

· Conservation of Energy Resources

6. Manufacturing Industries:

· Importance of Manufacturing – Industrial Location (excluding Industry Market Linkage), Agro based Industry (excluding Cotton Textiles, Jute Textiles, Sugar Industry), Mineral based Industries (excluding Iron Steel Industry, Cement Industry), Industrial Pollution and Environmental Degradation, Control of Environmental Degradation

7. Life Lines of National Economy:

· Roadways

· Railways

· Explain various government policies for institutional as well as technological reforms since independence.

· Identify different types of minerals and energy resources and places of their availability.

· Feel the need for their judicious utilization.

· Bring out the importance of industries in the national economy as well as understand the regional disparities which resulted due to concentration of industries in some areas.

· Discuss the need for a planned industrial development and debate over the role of government towards sustainable development.

· Explain the importance of transport and communication in the ever-shrinking world.

· Waterways

· Major Seaports

· Airways

· Communication

· International Trade

· Tourism as a Trade

· Belgium and Sri Lanka

· Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka

· Accommodation in Belgium

· Why power sharing is desirable?

· Forms of Power Sharing

2. Federalism:

· What is Federalism?

· What make India a Federal Country?

· How is Federalism practiced?

· Decentralization in India

4. Gender, Religion and Caste:

· Gender and Politics – Public/Private division, Women’s political representation

· Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State (excluding image on page 46, 48, 49 of NCERT Textbook – Democratic Politics –II

– reprinted edition 2021)

· Caste and Politics – Caste inequalities, Caste in politics, Politics in caste

6. Political Parties:

· Why do we need Political Parties? – Meaning, Functions, Necessity

· Understand the working of spatial and social power sharing mechanisms.

· Analyze federal provisions and institutions.

· Explain decentralization in rural and urban areas.

· Identify and analyze the challenges posed by communalism to Indian democracy.

· Recognize the enabling and disabling effects of caste and ethnicity in politics.

· Develop a gender perspective on politics.

· Analyze party systems in democracies.

· National Parties

· State Parties

· Challenges to Political Parties

· How can Parties be reformed?

7. Outcomes of Democracy:

· How do we assess democracy’s outcomes?

· Accountable, responsive and legitimate government

· Economic growth and development

· Reduction of inequality and poverty

· Accommodation of social diversity

· Dignity and freedom of the citizens

· Evaluate the functioning of democracies in comparison to alternative forms of governments.

· Understand the causes for continuation of democracy in India.

· Distinguish between sources of strengths and weaknesses of Indian democracy.

· What Development Promises – Different People, Different Goals

· Income and Other Goals

· National Development

· How to compare different countries or states?

· Income and other criteria

· Public Facilities

· Sustainability of Development

2. Sectors of the Indian Economy:

· Sectors of Economic Activities

· Comparing the three sectors

· Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sectors in India

· Division of sectors as organized and unorganized

· Understand the rationale for overall human development in our country, which includes the rise of income, improvements in health and education rather than income.

· Understand the importance of quality of life and sustainable development.

· Identify major employment generating sectors.

· Reason out the government investment in different sectors of economy.

3. Money and Credit:

· Money as a medium of exchange

· Modern forms of Money

· Loan activities of Banks

· Two different Credit situations

· Terms of Credit

· Formal Sector Credit in India

· Self Help Groups for the Poor

4. Globalization and the Indian Economy:

· Production across countries

· Interlinking production across countries

· Foreign Trade and integration of markets

· What is Globalization?

· Factors that have enabled Globalization

· World Trade Organization

· Impact of Globalization in India

· The Struggle for a fair Globalization

5. Consumer Rights:

To be used only for Project Work

· Understand money as an economic concept.

· Understand the role of financial institutions from the point of view of day-to- day life.

· Explain the working of the Global Economic phenomenon.

· Gets familiarized with the rights and duties as a consumer; and legal measures available to protect

from being exploited in markets.

Consumer Awareness

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Social Issues

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Sustainable Development

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descriptions and stating main ideas.

acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way.

Compiling information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutions.

For example, Quiz, Debate, Role Play, Viva, Group Discussion, Visual Expression, Interactive Bulletin Boards, Gallery Walks, Exit Cards, Concept Maps, Peer Assessment, Self-

Assessment, etc.

· 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

Activity