Social Science English Medium Class 10 CBSE Syllabus 2025-26

• Children, Women and Workers
• Further Innovations

• Silk Routes Link the World
• Food Travels: Spaghetti and Potato
• Conquest, Disease and Trade

• Small-scale Industries Predominate

• Meanings of the symbols

• Silk Routes Link the World
• Food Travels: Spaghetti and Potato
• Conquest, Disease and Trade

• Developments in the post-World War I
• Stock Market Crash in the US 
• Breakdown of the International System of Exchange
• Repercussion in Politics

• The Coming Up of the Factory
• The Pace of Industrial Change

• The Early Entrepreneurs
• Where Did the Workers Come From?

• Small-scale Industries Predominate

• Print in Japan

• ‘Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world!’
• Print Culture and the French Revolution

• Children, Women and Workers
• Further Innovations

• Manuscripts Before the Age of Print
• Print Comes to India

• Introduction
• Proportion of Land and Water on Earth
• Causes of Depletion of Natural Resources
• Impact of Depletion of Natural Resources
• Steps to Prevent Depletion of Resources

• Different categories of existing plants and animal species:-

1. Normal Species
2. Endangered Species
3. Vulnerable Species
4. Rare Species
5. Endemic Species
6. Extinct Species

• National parks, biosphere reserve, wildlife sanctuaries.

• Various uses of Water
• Scarcity of Water

• Subsistence Farming
• Commercial Farming
• Shifting Agriculture
• Intensive Farming
• Extensive Farming
• Plantation Farming
• Mixed Farming
• Organic Farming
• Cooperative Farming

• Conventional Sources

1. Firewood
2. Coal
3. Petroleum
4. Natural Gas
5. Hydel Power

• Non-conventional Sources of Energy

1. Solar energy
2. Wind Energy
3. Nuclear Power
4. Geothermal Energy
5. Tidal Energy
6. Biogas

• Industrial Location
• Classification of Industries

• Agro-based Industries

1. Textile Industry
2. Cotton Textiles
3. Jute Textiles
4. Sugar Industry

• Mineral-based Industries

1. Iron and Steel Industry
2. Aluminium Smelting
3. Chemical Industries
4. Fertilizer Industry
5. Cement Industry
6. Automobile Industry
7. Information Technology and
   Electronics Industry

• Air pollution
• Water pollution
• Thermal pollution
• Noise pollution

• Resource Planning in India
• Conservation of Resources

• Introduction
• Quality of Cultivable Land
• Size of Land Holdings

• Classification of Soils

1. Alluvial Soils
2. Black Soil
3. Red and Yellow Soils
4. Laterite Soil
5. Arid Soils
6. Forest Soils

• Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation

• Different categories of existing plants and animal species:-

1. Normal Species
2. Endangered Species
3. Vulnerable Species
4. Rare Species
5. Endemic Species
6. Extinct Species

• National parks, biosphere reserve, wildlife sanctuaries.

• Reserved Forests
• Protected Forests

• Subsistence Farming
• Commercial Farming
• Shifting Agriculture
• Intensive Farming
• Extensive Farming
• Plantation Farming
• Mixed Farming
• Organic Farming
• Cooperative Farming

• Major Crops

1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Millets
4. Maize
5. Pulses
6. Food Crops other than Grains Sugarcane
7. Oil Seeds
8. Tea
9. Coffee
10. Horticulture Crops

• Non-Food Crops

1. Rubber
2. Fibre Crops
3. Cotton
4. Jute 

• Ferrous Minerals

1. Iron Ore
2. Manganese

• Non-Ferrous Minerals

1. Copper
2. Bauxite

• Non-Metallic Minerals
• Rock Minerals

• Firewood
• Coal
• Varieties of Coal
• Occurrence of Coal in India
• Production and Distribution
• Lignite

• Air pollution
• Water pollution
• Thermal pollution
• Noise pollution

• Communication
• Mass Media

• Introduction
• Types of International Trade

• Why and how is power shared in democracies

• Federal system of government
• Importance Features of Federalism

• Linguistic States
• Language policy
• Centre-State relations

• Are divisions inherent to the working of democracy?

• What has been the effect of caste on politics and of politics on caste?

• How has the gender division shaped politics?

• How do communal divisions affect democracy?

• Public/private division

• Communalism
• Secular state

• Caste inequalities
• Social and Religious Diversity of India
• Caste in politics
• Caste inequality today
• Politics in caste

• Sectional interest groups and public interest groups
• Movement groups
• Is their influence healthy?

• What role do political parties play in competition and contestation?

• Can or should democracy be judged by its outcomes

• What outcomes can one reasonably expect of democracies

• Does democracy in India meet these expectations

• Has democracy led to development, security and dignity for the people

• What sustains democracy in India

• Is the idea of democracy shrinking?

• What role can an ordinary citizen play in deepening democracy?

• Origins of social differences
• Overlapping and cross-cutting differences

• Range of outcomes
• Three determinants

• Among different organs of government
• Among governments at different levels
• Among different social groups
• Political parties, pressure groups and movements

• Federal system of government
• Importance Features of Federalism

• Union List
• State List

• Linguistic States
• Language policy
• Centre-State relations

• Public/private division

• Communalism
• Secular state

• Caste inequalities
• Social and Religious Diversity of India
• Caste in politics
• Caste inequality today
• Politics in caste

• Meaning
• Functions of Political parties
• Necessity

• Economic Outcomes of Democracy

• Sectional interest groups and public interest groups
• Movement groups
• Is their influence healthy?

• Foundational challenge
• Challenge of expansion
• Challenge of deepening

Human Development Indicators (in simple and brief as a holistic measure of development)

• Rising Importance of the Tertiary Sector in Production
• Employment Pattern of the Population
• Ways to Create More Employment

• Protection of Workers in the Unorganised Sector

• Introduction

• Meaning of consumer exploitation
• A brief understanding of the forms of consumer exploitation
• How consumer is exploited (one or two simple case studies)

• Sequence of Developmental Processes in a Plant Cell

• How to Compare Different Countries Or States?

• Historical Change in Sectors

• Rising Importance of the Tertiary Sector in Production
• Employment Pattern of the Population
• Ways to Create More Employment

• Protection of Workers in the Unorganised Sector

• Modern Money Form
• Similarities and Dissimilarities between Coins and Paper Notes

• Festival Season
• Swapna’s Problem

• House Loan
• Variety of Credit Arrangements
• Loans from Cooperatives

• Formal and Informal Credit: Who gets what? 

• Small producers: Compete or perish
• Competition and Uncertain Employment

• Safety
• Information about goods and services
• When choice is denied
• Where should consumers go to get justice?
• Learning to Become Well-Informed Consumers