UK Board 10th Syllabus 2025-26, Check Uttarakhand Board Class 10th Syllabus Here

Sections

Topics

Marks

Section A

Reading

Two unseen passages of a total of 500 words with a variety of questions. Only prose passages will be used. One will be factual and the other will be literary. Passage 1 - 200 words– Three or four comprehension questions. Passage 2 - 300 words-Three or four comprehension questions and one or two questions on vocabulary.

15 Marks

Section B

Writing

Letter Writing - One letter based on the provided verbal stimulus and context. Type of letter: Informal: Personal, such as to family and friends. Formal: Letter of complaints, enquiries, requests, applications, Writing a short paragraph on a given outline/topic in about 60 words, Composition: A short writing task based on a verbal and/or visual stimulus (diagram, Picture, graph, map, chart, table, flow chart etc.) Maximum words 80

15 Marks

Section C

Grammar

A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures within a context. Test types used will include clause, gap-filling, sentence-completion, sentence-reordering, dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation (including combining sentences). The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas for teaching:

1. Use of non-finites.

2. Sentence connectors (as, since, while, then, just because, just, until)

3. Clauses with what, where and how.

4. Past Tense. 5. Modals (can, could, may, must, might)

15 Marks

Section D

Textboook

Two extracts from different prose lessons are included in the Textbook (Approximately 100 words each). These extracts, chosen from different lessons, will be literary and discursive. Each extract will be of 4 marks. 01 mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. 3 Marks in each passage will be used for testing local and global comprehension, besides a question on interpretation. One out of two questions is extrapolative in nature, based on any one of the prose lessons from the Textbook to be answered in about 80 words. One out of two questions on Drama Text (local and global comprehension question) (30-40 words)

16 Marks

Poetry

One extract from a poem from the prescribed reader, followed by two or three questions to test the local and global comprehension of the set text. The extract will carry three marks. Two out of three short-answer type questions on the interpretation of themes and ideas contained in the poems are to be answered in 30-40 words each.

7 Marks

Supplementary Reader

One out of two questions from the Supplementary Reader to interpret, evaluate and analyse character, plot or situations occurring in the lessons to be answered in about 100 words. One out of two short answer type questions of interpretative and evaluative nature based on lessons to be answered in 30-40 words. One out of two short-answer type questions based on factual aspects of the lessons to be answered in 20-30 words.

12 Marks

Units

Chapters

Marks

Chemical Substances - Nature and Behaviour

Chemical Reactions and Equations

25 Marks

Acids, Bases, and Salts

Metals and Non-Metals

Carbon and Its Compounds

World of Living

Life Processes

25 Marks

Control and Co-ordination in Animals and Plants

Natural Phenomena

12 Marks

Effects of Current

Magnetic Effects of Current

13 Marks

Units

Chapters

Marks

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World - II

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

20 Marks

Nationalism in India

The Making of a Global World

The Age of Industrialisation

Print Culture and the Modern World

Unit 2: Contemporary India- II

Resources and Development

18 Marks

Forest and Wildlife

Water Resources

Agriculture

Manufacturing Industries

Mineral and Energy Resources

Power Resources

Life Lines of National Economy

Unit 3: Democratic Politics II

Power-sharing

18 Marks

Federalism

Gender, Religion and Caste

Political Parties

Outcomes of Democracy

Unit 4: Understanding Economic Development

Development

16 Marks

Sectors of the Indian Economy

Money and Credit

Globalisation and the Indian Economy

Consumer Rights

Unit 5: Disaster Management

Tsunami

8 Marks

Safer Construction Practices

Survival Skills.

Alternate Communication systems during disasters.

Sharing Responsibility

Subjects

Marks Allotment

Theory Exam

Practical Exam

Internal Assessment

English

100 Marks

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Hindi

100 Marks

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Mathematics

80 Marks

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20 Marks

Social Science

80 Marks

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20 Marks

Science

80 Marks

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20 Marks