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Social Science Class 10 Syllabus 2023-24
On April 21st, 2022, CBSE released a reduced syllabus for classes 9 to 12 of the 2022-23 academic session.
After so many changes in the last 2 to 3 years, CBSE has finalised a reduced syllabus for Class 10 teachers and students to follow. However, the term-based examination pattern will NOT BE FOLLOWED in 2022-23.
We were prompt about the syllabus release and have updated the changes in all the subjects for you. Here, you can find:
- PDF download links to the latest reduced Class 10 Social Science Syllabus for 2022-23 academic session; and
- simple analysis of all the deleted topics/ chapters to be followed this year.
SST Deleted Syllabus Class 10 2023
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We have also provided the syllabus for the 2020-21 session that was previously restored so that you can compare the deleted and added topics.
2020-21 Reduced Syllabus
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| CHAPTER-WISE SYLLABUS ANALYSIS (2022-23) |
| Topics Added (✔️) | Topics Deleted (❌) |
| UNIT I: INDIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – I (HISTORY) |
| Chapter 1 - The Rise of Nationalism in Europe |
| NIL |
| Chapter 2 - Nationalism in India |
| NIL |
| Chapter 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 |
| Chapter 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 |
| Chapter 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 |
| UNIT II: CONTEMPORARY INDIA – I (GEOGRAPHY) |
| Chapter 1 - Resources and Development |
| NIL |
| Chapter 2 - Forest and Wildlife |
❌ Biodiversity or Biological Diversity
❌ Flora and Fauna in India
❌ Vanishing Forests
❌ Asiatic Cheetah: Where did they go?
❌ The Himalayan Yew in trouble
❌ Project Tiger |
| Chapter 3 - Water Resources |
✔️ Water Scarcity and The Need for Water
✔️ Conservation and Management
✔️ Multi-Purpose River Projects and Integrated Water Resources Management
✔️ Rainwater Harvesting |
| Chapter 4 - Agriculture |
✔️ Food Security
❌ Impact of Globalisation on Agriculture |
| Chapter 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 |
| Chapter 6 - Manufacturing Industries |
❌ Industry Market Linkage
❌ Contribution of Industry to National Economy
❌ Classification of Industries
❌ Cotton Textiles, Jute Textiles, Sugar Industry
❌ Steel Industry, Cement Industry
❌ Spatial distribution |
| Chapter 7 - Lifelines of National Economy |
| NIL |
| UNIT III: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS – I (POLITICAL SCIENCE) |
| Chapter 1 - Power Sharing |
| NIL |
| Chapter 2 - Federalism |
| NIL |
| ❌ Chapter 3 - Democracy and Diversity |
| Chapter 4 - Gender, Religion and Caste |
✔️ Gender and Politics - Public/ Private division, Women’s political representation
✔️ Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State
❌ 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 |
| ❌ Chapter 5 - Popular Struggles and Movements |
| Chapter 6 - Political Parties |
| NIL |
| Chapter 7 - Outcomes of Democracy |
| NIL |
| ❌ Chapter 8 - Challenges to Democracy |
| UNIT 4: UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ECONOMICS) |
| Chapter 1 - Development |
| NIL |
| Chapter 2 - Sectors of the Indian Economy |
| NIL |
| Chapter 3 - Money and Credit |
| NIL |
| Chapter 4 - Globalisation and the Indian Economy |
| NIL |
| ❌ Chapter 5 - Consumer Rights |
| Only to be considered for Project Work |
| CLASS 10 SOCIAL SCIENCE BLUEPRINT 2022-23 |
| Units |
Unit Name |
Marks |
| I |
India and the Contemporary World – II (History) |
20 |
| II |
Contemporary India – II (Geography) |
20 |
| III |
Democratic Politics - II (Political Science) |
20 |
| IV |
Understanding Economic Development (Economics) |
20 |
|
INTERNAL ASSESSMENTPeriodic Tests (10) + Portfolio (05) + Subject Enrichment Activity (Project Work) (05) |
20 |
|
TOTAL |
100 |
MAP ITEMS
UNIT I: INDIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – II (HISTORY)
Chapter 2 - Nationalism in India
- Indian National Congress Sessions:
- Calcutta (Sep. 1920)
- Nagpur (Dec. 1920)
- Madras (1927)
- Important Centres of Indian National Movement
- Champaran (Bihar) - Movement of Indigo Planters
- Kheda (Gujrat) - Peasant Satyagraha
- Ahmedabad (Gujarat) - Cotton Mill Workers Satyagraha
- Amritsar (Punjab) - Jallianwala Bagh Incident
- Chauri Chaura (U.P.) - Calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement
- Dandi (Gujarat) - Civil Disobedience Movement
UNIT 2: CONTEMPORARY INDIA – II (GEOGRAPHY)
Chapter 1 - Resources and Development
<green> ✔️ <green> Chapter 3 - Water Resources
- Dams: Salal, Bhakra Nangal, Tehri, Rana Pratap Sagar, Sardar Sarovar, Hirakud, Nagarjuna Sagar, Tungabhadra.
Chapter 4 - Agriculture (Identification Only)
- Major areas of Rice and Wheat
- Largest/ Major producer states of Sugarcane, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cotton and Jute
<green> ✔️ <green> Chapter 5 - Minerals and Energy Resources
- Minerals (Identification only)
- Iron Ore mines: Mayurbhanj, Durg, Bailadila, Bellary, Kudremukh
- Coal Mines: Raniganj, Bokaro, Talcher, Neyveli
- Oil Fields: Digboi, Naharkatia, Mumbai High, Bassein, Kalol, Ankaleshwar
- Power Plants (Locating and Labelling only)
- Thermal: Namrup, Singrauli, Ramagundam
- Nuclear: Narora, Kakrapar, Tarapur, Kalpakkam
Chapter 6 - Manufacturing Industries
- <red> ❌ <red> Cotton Textile Industries: Mumbai, Indore, Surat, Kanpur, Coimbatore
- <red> ❌ <red> Iron and Steel Plants: Durgapur, Bokaro, Jamshedpur, Bhilai, Vijaynagar, Salem
- Software Technology Parks: Noida, Gandhinagar, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram
Chapter 7 - Lifelines of National Economy
- Major Ports: Kandla, Mumbai, Marmagao, New Mangalore, Kochi, Tuticorin, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Haldia
- International Airports: Amritsar (Raja Sansi), Delhi (Indira Gandhi International), Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji), Chennai (Meenambakkam), Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose), Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)
| COMPETENCY-BASED QUESTION PAPER DESIGN |
| S. No. |
Typology of Questions |
Total Marks |
| 1 |
Remembering and Understanding: Exhibiting memory of previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts, and answers; Demonstrating understanding of facts and ideas by organising, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions and stating main ideas. |
28 |
| 2 |
Applying: Solving problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way. |
15 |
| 3 |
Formulating, Analysing, Evaluating and Creating: Examining and breaking information into parts by identifying motives or causes; Making inferences and finding evidence to support generalisations; Presenting and defending opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas, or quality of work based on a set of criteria; Compiling information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern or proposing alternative solutions. |
32 |
| 4 |
Map Skill |
05 |
|
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT |
20 |
| TOTAL |
100 |
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