CBSE Private Candidate Class 10 Syllabus 2026-27: Subject-Wise PDF & Marks Distribution

CBSE Class 10 English Language & Literature

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Sections

Unit/Component

Topics Covered

Marks

A

Reading Skills

Unseen discursive passage, Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart, etc and comprehension

20

B

Writing Skills with Grammar

Determiners, Tenses, Modals, Subject – verb concord, Reported speech, Commands and requests, Statements and Questions, Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation, Formal Letter(100-120 words), Analytical Paragraph based on Map/ Chart/ Graph/Cue/s.

20

C

Language through Literature

Reference to the Context (Prose & Poetry Extracts), Short answer questions, Long answer questions from FIRST FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

40

Total

80 marks

Sections

Unit/Component

Topics Covered

Marks

A

Reading Skills

Two unseen passages(continuous and non-continuous), comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and vocabulary

22

B

Writing Skills

Application writing, Factual description, formal letter, article writing

22

C

Grammar

Tenses, Modals, Subject – Verb Concord, Reported speech, Clauses, Determiners, Gap filling, Editing or Omission, Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation

10

D

Literature Textbook

Reference to the context, Short answer questions, Long answer questions from prescribed books

26

Total

80 marks

Unit

Unit Name

Topics

Marks

Unit I

Number systems

• Real Numbers-Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, Proofs of irrationality of √2, √3, √5

6

Unit II

Algebra

• Polynomials

• Pair of linear equations in two variables,

• Quadratic equations and

• Arithmetic Progressions

20

Unit III

Coordinate geometry

Concept of Coordinate geometry. Distance formula. Section formula (internal division)

6

Unit IV

Geometry

• Traingles

• Circles

15

Unit V

Trigonometry

• Introduction to Trigonometry,

• Trigonometric Identities,

• Heights & Distances

12

Unit VI

Mensuration

• Area of sectors and segments of a circle

• Surface areas and volumes of combinations of solids

10

Unit VII

Statistics and Probability

• Mean, median and mode of grouped data

• Classical definition of probability

• Simple Probability problems

11

Total

80

Unit

Unit Name

Topics

Marks

Unit I

Chemical Substances-Nature and Behaviour

• Chemical Reactions and Equations

• Acids, Bases and Salts

• Metals and Non-metals

• Carbon and its Compounds

25

Unit II

World of Living

• Life processes

• Control and co-ordination in animals and plants

• Reproduction

• Heredity

25

Unit III

Natural Phenomena

Reflection and Refraction of light, Functioning of a lens in the human eye, dispersion and scattering of light

12

Unit IV

Effects of Current

Electric Current, Ohm’s law; Resistance, Magnetic effects of current, Domestic electric circuits.

13

Unit V

Natural Resources

Our environment: Eco-system, Environmental problems, Ozone depletion, waste production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances.

5

Total

80