Tamil Nadu SSLC Exam Date:23 Feb' 26 - 28 Feb' 26
The TN 10th half-yearly exams are set to commence on December 10, 2025, and will conclude on December 23, 2025. Students must prepare thoroughly for all subjects using the official Tamil Nadu Board SSLC half-yearly syllabus. The Directorate of Government Examinations, Tamil Nadu, prescribes the Class 10 half-yearly exam syllabus 2025-26. By now, most schools have completed 100% of the syllabus, and therefore, it is likely that students will need to study the entire syllabus for their half-yearly exams.
Schools generally conduct exams based on the syllabus portion that has been covered to date. Students should revise all chapters and topics from the prescribed textbooks to score well in the upcoming exams.
In the following tables, we have provided the Tamil Nadu SSLC exam syllabus for half-yearly papers. Students must utilise their time well for the impending exams and thoroughly study the syllabus.
The TN SSLC English half-yearly syllabus includes prose, poems, and supplementary readings from all seven units. Students must revise each chapter thoroughly, focusing on themes and textual comprehension. The following table summarises all topics included for the half-yearly exam.
| Unit | Section | Topic |
|---|---|---|
1. | Prose | His First Flight |
Poem* | Life | |
Supplementary | The Tempest | |
2. | Prose | The Night the Ghost Got In |
Poem | The Grumble Family | |
Supplementary | Zigzag | |
3. | Prose | Empowered Women Navigating the World |
Poem* | I Am Every Woman | |
Supplementary | The Story of Mulan | |
4. | Prose | The Attic |
Poem | The Ant and the Cricket | |
Supplementary | The Aged Mother | |
5. | Prose | Tech Bloomers |
Poem* | The Secret of the Machines | |
Supplementary | A Day in 2889 of an American Journalist | |
6. | Prose | The Last Lesson |
Poem* | No Men Are Foreign | |
Supplementary | The Little Hero of Holland | |
7. | Prose | The Dying Detective |
Poem | The House on Elm Street | |
Supplementary | A Dilemma |
*Memoriter
The Mathematics syllabus for the TN SSLC half-yearly exam covers eight major chapters. Each chapter includes concepts and subtopics that students must understand thoroughly. The table below presents the syllabus in a simplified structure. Check it out.
| Chapter | Chapter Name | Included Topics |
|---|---|---|
1. | Relations and Functions | • Introduction • Ordered Pair • Cartesian Product • Relations • Functions • Representation of Functions • Types of Functions • Special Cases of Functions • Composition of Functions • Graphs of Linear, Quadratic, Cubic & Reciprocal Functions |
2. | Numbers and Sequences | • Euclid’s Division Lemma & Algorithm • Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic • Modular Arithmetic • Sequences • Arithmetic Progression • Series • Geometric Progression • Sum to n terms of GP • Special Series |
3. | Algebra | • Linear Equations in Three Variables • GCD & LCM of Polynomials • Rational Expressions • Square Root of Polynomials • Quadratic Equations • Graph of Variations • Quadratic Graphs • Matrices |
4. | Geometry | • Similarity • Thales Theorem • Angle Bisector Theorem • Pythagoras Theorem • Circles & Tangents • Concurrency Theorems |
5. | Coordinate Geometry | • Area of Triangle • Area of Quadrilateral • Inclination of Line • Straight Line • General Form of Straight Line |
6. | Trigonometry | • Trigonometric Identities • Heights & Distances |
7. | Mensuration | • Surface Area • Volume • Combined Solids • Conversion of Solids Without Change in Volume |
8. | Statistics & Probability | • Measures of Dispersion • Coefficient of Variation • Probability • Algebra of Events • Addition Theorem of Probability |
The TN SSLC half-yearly exam Science syllabus includes Physics, Chemistry, and Biology units as mentioned in the table below. For the TN Class 10 Science half-yearly exam, all chapters are important as they build conceptual clarity for board exams. Check out the table below to know the details of topics incorporated in the syllabus:
| Unit | Topic |
|---|---|
1. | Laws of Motion |
2. | Optics |
3. | Thermal Physics |
4. | Electricity |
5. | Acoustics |
6. | Nuclear Physics |
7. | Atoms and Molecules |
8. | Periodic Classification of Elements |
9. | Solutions |
10. | Types of Chemical Reactions |
11. | Carbon and Its Compounds |
12. | Plant Anatomy and Plant Physiology |
13. | Structural Organisation of Animals |
14. | Transportation in Plants and Circulation in Animals |
15. | Nervous System |
16. | Plant and Animal Hormones |
17. | Reproduction in Plants and Animals |
18. | Genetics |
19. | Origin and Evolution of Life |
20. | Breeding and Biotechnology |
21. | Health and Diseases |
22. | Environmental Management |
23. | Visual Communication |
In the following four tables, we have provided the TN SSLC syllabus for History, Civics, Geography and Economics. Students can go through the same and prepare for the upcoming half-yearly exams:
| S.No. | Topic |
|---|---|
1. | Outbreak of World War I and Its Aftermath |
2. | The World Between Two World Wars |
3. | World War II |
4. | The World After World War II |
5. | Social and Religious Reform Movements in the 19th Century |
6. | Early Revolts Against British Rule in Tamil Nadu |
7. | Anti-Colonial Movements and the Birth of Nationalism |
8. | Nationalism: Gandhian Phase |
9. | Freedom Struggle in Tamil Nadu |
10. | Social Transformation in Tamil Nadu |
| S.No. | Topic |
|---|---|
1. | India – Location, Relief and Drainage |
2. | Climate and Natural Vegetation of India |
3. | India – Agriculture |
4. | India – Resources and Industries |
5. | India – Population, Transport, Communication and Trade |
6. | Physical Geography of Tamil Nadu |
7. | Human Geography of Tamil Nadu |
| S.No. | Topic |
|---|---|
1. | Indian Constitution |
2. | Central Government |
3. | State Government |
4. | India’s Foreign Policy |
5. | India’s International Relations |
| S.No. | Topic |
|---|---|
1. | Gross Domestic Product and Its Growth: An Introduction |
2. | Globalisation and Trade |
3. | Food Security and Nutrition |
4. | Government and Taxes |
5. | Industrial Clusters in Tamil Nadu |


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The TN half-yearly marks are used for internal assessment and progress evaluation only. They are not added to the final board exam scores.
All government, government-aided and private schools that follow the Tamil Nadu State Board curriculum use the same official TN SSLC syllabus for the half-yearly exams.
Most schools cover the full SSLC syllabus by this time, so students are expected to prepare all chapters and units from the prescribed textbooks for the half-yearly exam.
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Focus on topics like Ohm’s Law, refraction, and magnetic field lines in Physics.
In Chemistry, revise acids and bases, oxidation–reduction, and the periodic table.
For Biology, make sure you understand photosynthesis, asexual reproduction, and basic diagrams.
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