UP Board 10th Exam 2026 - Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Dates, Result

Science: Unit 01

• Chemical reactions: Chemical equation, balanced chemical equation, implications of a balanced chemical equation, type of chemical reactions: Combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation
• Chemical reactions: Type of chemical reactions-neutralization, oxidation and reduction
• Acids, bases, and salts: Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H+ and OH- ions, general properties, examples and uses, concept of pH scale (definition relating to logarithm not required), importance of pH in everyday life
• Acids, bases, and salts: Preparation and uses of sodium hydroxide, bleaching powder, baking soda, washing soda and plaster of Paris
• Metals and non-metals: Reactivity series, basic metallurgical processes; corrosion and its prevention
• Carbon compounds: Covalent bonding in carbon compounds. Versatile nature of carbon. Homologous series. Nomenclature of carbon compounds containing functional groups (halogens, alcohol, ketones, aldehydes, alkanes, and alkynes)
• Carbon compounds: Difference between saturated hydrocarbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons. Chemical properties of carbon compounds (combustion, oxidation, addition, and substitution reaction)
• Carbon compounds: Ethanol and ethanoic acid (only properties and uses), soaps and detergents
• Periodic classification of elements: Need for classification, Mendeleev's periodic table), modern periodic table, gradation in properties, valency, atomic number, metallic and non-metallic properties

Science: Unit 02

• Life processes: 'Living being'. Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and excretion in plants and animals
• Reproduction: Reproduction in animals and plants (asexual and sexual) reproductive health-need and methods of family planning. Safe sex vs. HIV/ AIDS. Child bearing and women's health
• Heredity and evolution: Heredity; Mendel's contribution-laws for inheritance of traits: Sex determination-(brief introduction), basic concepts of evolution

Science: Unit 03

• Reflection of light by curved surfaces; images formed by spherical mirrors, centre of curvature, principal axis, principal focus, focal length, mirror formula (derivation not required)
• Refraction: Laws of refraction, refractive index. Refraction of light by spherical lens; image formed by spherical lenses; lens formula (derivation not required)
• Refraction: Functioning of a lens in human eye, defects of vision and their corrections, applications of spherical mirrors and lenses. Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light

Science: Unit 04

• Electric current: Potential difference and electric current. Ohm's law; resistance, resistivity, factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends. Series combination of resistors, parallel combination of resistors
• Electric current: Heating effect of electric current, electric power, interrelation between P, V, I, and R
• Magnetic effects of current: Magnetic field, field lines, field due to a current carrying conductor, field due to current carrying coil or solenoid; force on current carrying conductor, Fleming's left hand rule, electric motor, electromagnetic induction
• Magnetic effects of current: Induced potential difference, induced current. Fleming's right hand rule, electric generator, direct current. Alternating current: Frequency of AC

Science: Unit 05

• Sources of energy: Different forms of energy, conventional and non-conventional sources of energy: Fossil fuels, solar energy; wind, water and tidal energy; nuclear energy. Renewable versus non-renewable sources of energy
• Our environment: Environmental problems, waste production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances
• Management of natural resources: Conservation and judicious use of natural resources. Forest and wild life; coal and petroleum conservation. Examples of people's participation for conservation of natural resources
• Dams: Advantages and limitations. Water harvesting. Sustainability of natural resources

Social science: Unit 01

• The rise of nationalism in Europe: The French revolution and the idea of the nation. The making of nationalism in Europe. The age of revolutions: 1830-1848. The making of Germany and Italy. Visualizing the nation. Nationalism and imperialism
• Nationalism in India: The First World War, Khilafat and non-cooperation. Differing strands within the movement. Towards civil disobedience. The sense of collective belonging
• The making of a global world: The pre-modern world. The nineteenth century (1815-1914). The interwar economy. Rebuilding a world economy: The post-war era
• Map work: Nationalism in India-(1918-1930) for locating and labelling/ identification-1. Indian national congress sessions: a) Calcutta (Sep. 1920), b) Nagpur (Dec. 1920), c) Madras (1927)
• Map work: Nationalism in India-(1918-1930) for locating and labelling/ identification-2. Important centres of Indian national movement: a) Champaran (Bihar)-movement of indigo planters, b) Kheda (Gujarat)-peasant satyagraha
• Map work: Nationalism in India-(1918-1930) for locating and labelling/ identification-2. Important centres of Indian national movement: c) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)-cotton mill workers satyagraha, d) Amritsar (Punjab)-Jallianwala Bagh incident
• Map work: Nationalism in India-(1918-1930) for locating and labelling/ identification-2. Important centres of Indian national movement: e) Chauri Chaura (U.P.)-calling off the non-cooperation movement, f) Dandi (Gujarat)-civil disobedience movement

Social science: Unit 02

• Resources and development: Types of resources. Resource planning in India. Land resources. Land utilization. Land use pattern in India. Land degradation and conservation measures. Soil as a resource. Classification of soils
• Resources and development: Soil erosion and soil conservation
• 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. Conservation of forest and wildlife in India. Project Tiger
• Forest and wildlife: Types and distribution of forests and wildlife resources. Community and conservation
• Water resources: Water scarcity and the need for water conservation and management. Multi-purpose river projects and integrated water resources management. Rainwater harvesting
• Agriculture: Types of farming. Cropping pattern. Major crops. Technological and institutional reforms. Impact of globalization on agriculture. Contribution in employment and production
• Minerals and energy resources: Mode of occurrence of minerals. Ferrons and non-ferrons minerals. Non-metallic minerals. Rock minerals. Conservation of minerals
• Minerals and energy resources: Energy resources: Conventional and non-conventional. Conservation of energy resources. Use and distribution
• Life lines of national economy: Transport-roadways, railways, pipelines, waterways, airways. Communication. International trade. Tourism as a trade
• Map work: Resources and development (identification only): Major soil types
• Map work: Water resources (locating and labelling)-Dams: 1. Salal, 2. Bhakra Nangal, 3. Tehri, 4. Rana Pratap Sagar, 5. Sardar Sarovar, 6. Hirakud, 7. Nagarjuna Sagar, 8. Tungabhadra
• Map work: Agriculture (identification only): 1. Major areas of rice and wheat, 2. largest/ major producer states of sugarcane, tea, coffee, rubber, cotton and jute
• Map work: Minerals and energy resources-minerals (identification only): Iron ore mines-Mayurbhanj, Durg, Bailadila, Bellary, Kudremukh
• Map work: Minerals and energy resources-minerals (identification only): Coal mines-Raniganj, Bokaro, Talcher, Neyveli
• Map work: Minerals and energy resources-minerals (identification only): Oil fields-Digboi, Naharkatia, Mumbai high, Bassien, Kalol, Ankleshwar
• Map work: Power Plants (locating and labelling only)-Thermal: Namrup, Singrauli, Ramagundam
• Map work: Power Plants (locating and labelling only)-Nuclear: Narora, Kakrapara, Tarapur, Kalpakkam
• Map work: Lifelines of national economy-Major ports (locating and labelling): Kandla, Mumbai, Marmagao, New Mangalore, Kochi, Tuticorin, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Paradip, Haldia
• Map work: Lifelines of national economy-International airports: Amritsar (Raja Sansi), Delhi (Indira Gandhi International), Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji), Chennai (Meenam Bakkam), Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose), Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)

Social science: Unit 03

• Power sharing and federalism: Why and how is power shared in democracies?. How has federal division of power in India helped national unity?. To what extent has decentralization achieved this objective?
• Power sharing and federalism: How does democracy accommodate different social groups?
• Democracy and diversity and gender, religion and caste: Are divisions inherent to the working of democracy?. What has been the effect of caste on politics and of politics on caste?. How has the gender division shaped politics?
• Democracy and diversity and gender, religion and caste: How do communal divisions affect democracy?
• Outcomes of democracy: Can or should democracy be judged by its outcomes?. What outcomes can one reasonably expect of democracies?. Does democracy in India meet these expectations?. Has democracy led to development, security and dignity for the people?
• Outcomes of democracy: What sustains democracy in India?
• Challenges to democracy: Is the idea of democracy shrinking?. What are the major challenges to democracy in India?. How can democracy be reformed and deepend?. What role can an ordinary citizen play in deepening democracy?

Social science: Unit 04

• Development: What development promises-different people different goals. Income and other goals. National development. How to compare different countries or states?. Public facilities. Sustainability of development. Infant-mortality rate
• Sectors of the Indian economy: Sectors of economic activities. Comparing the three sectors. Primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors in India. Division of sectors as organized and unorganized
• Globalization and the Indian economy: Production across countries. Interlinking production across countries. Foreign trade and integration of markets. What is globalization?. Factors that have enabled globalisation. World trade organisation
• Globalization and the Indian economy: Impact of globalization on India. The struggle for a fair globalisation
• Consumer rights: How consumer is exploited?. Factors causing exploitation of consumers. Rise of consumer awareness. How a consumer should be in a market?. Role of government in consumer protection

English: Unit 01

• The Enchanted Pool by-C. Rajgopalachari
• A letter to God by-G. L. Fuentes
• The ganga by-Pt. J.L. Nehru
• Socrates by-Rhoda Power

English: Unit 02

• The fountain by-James Russell Lowell
• The psalm of life by-H. W. Longfellow
• The village song by-Sarojini Naidu

English: Unit 03

• The inventor who kept his promise by-Thomas Alva Edison
• The judgement seat of Vikramaditya by-Sister Nivedita (adapted)

English: Unit 04

• Parts of sentence
• The sentence type
• The verb (transitive verb and intransitive verb)
• Primary auxiliaries (be, have, do)
• Modal auxiliaries
• Negative sentence
• Interrogative sentence
• Tense: Form and use
• The passive voice
• The parts of speech
• Indirect or reported speech
• Word formation
• Punctuation and spelling

English: Unit 05

English: Unit 06

• Long composition
• Controlled composition

English: Unit 07

English: Unit 08