English
CBSE Class X English Language and Literature curriculum (PDF)Published by CBSE for 2026-27
Reading Skills20 marks
- Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage
- Discursive passage of 400-450 words.
- Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words.
Writing Skills and Grammar20 marks
- Grammar
- Determiners
- Tenses
- Modals
- Subject – verb concord
- Reported speech: Commands and requests, Statements, Questions
- Writing Skills
- Writing a Formal Letter based on a given situation, in 100-120 words.
- Writing an Analytical Paragraph in 100-120 words on a given Map/ Chart/ Graph/ Cue/s.
Language through Literature40 marks
- A Letter to God
- Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
- Stories About Flying
- From the Diary of Anne Frank
- Glimpses of India
- Mijbil the Otter
- Madam Rides the Bus
- The Sermon at Benares
- The Proposal
- Dust of Snow
- Fire and Ice
- A Tiger in the Zoo
- How to Tell Wild Animals
- The Ball Poem
- Amanda!
- The Trees
- Fog
- The Tale of Custard the Dragon
- For Anne Gregory
- 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
- Bholi
- The Book that Saved the Earth
Social Science
CBSE Class X Social Science (087) curriculum (PDF)Published by CBSE for 2026-27
1History: India and the Contemporary World - II20 marks
2Geography: Contemporary India – II20 marks
3Political Science: Democratic Politics - II20 marks
4Economics: Understanding Economic Development20 marks