From next year, the class 10 students of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) need to score a minimum of 33 per cent marks in theory and practical combined.
Besides in each subject of Social Science (History, Geography, Political Science and Economics), the student has to pass separately to be able to take admission in class 11.
The CBSE is expected to release the date sheet for class 10 and class 12 exams 2019 next month. CBSE has released a list of vocational subjects scheduled to be conducted during this period.
CBSE 10th exams 2019: Check the detail syllabus of Geography
Resources: Types — natural and human; need for resource planning.
Natural Resources: Land as a resource, soil formation, types and distribution; changing land-use pattern; land degradation and conservation measures.
Forest and wildlife resources: Types and distribution, depletion of flora and fauna; conservation and protection of forests and wildlife.
Agriculture: Types of farming, major crops, cropping pattern, technological and institutional reforms; their impact; contribution of Agriculture to the national economy — employment and output, food security, impact of globalisation.
Water resources: Sources, distribution, utilisation, multipurpose projects, water scarcity, need for conservation and management, rainwater harvesting. (One case study to be introduced)
Mineral Resources: Types of minerals, distribution, use and economic importance of minerals, conservation
Power Resources: Types of power resources – conventional and non-conventional, distribution and utilization, and conservation.
Manufacturing Industries: Types, spatial distribution, contribution to industries to the national economy, industrial pollution and degradation of the environment, measures to control degradation.
Transport, communication and trade.
CBSE class 10 exams 2019: Here in detail, the syllabus on Economics
Unit 1
The Story of Development: The traditional notion of development – National Income and Per-capita Income – Growth of NI – critical appraisal of existing development indicators (PCI, IMR, SR and other income and health indicators) – The need for health and educational development – Human Development Indicators (in simple and brief) as a holistic measure of development.
The approach to this theme: Use case study of three states (Kerala, Punjab and Bihar) or take a few countries (India, China, Sri Lanka and one developed country).
Unit II
Money and Financial System: Role of money in an economy – Historical Origin; Formal and Informal financial institutions for Savings and Credit – General Introduction; Select one formal institution such as a nationalized commercial bank and a few informal institutions – Local money lenders, landlords, self help groups, chit funds and private finance companies.
Unit III
The Role of Service Sector in Indian Economy: What is service sector (through examples); Importance of Service Sector in generating Employment and Income to the nation (with the help of a few case studies); Growth of Service Sector in India; India as a major service provider to the world; The need for public investment – The role of important infrastructure – education and health
Unit IV
Globalisation: What is Globalisation (through some simple examples); How India is being globalised and why – Development Strategy prior to 1991 – State Control of Industries: Textile goods as an example for elaboration; Economic Reforms 1991; Strategies adopted in Reform measures (easing of capital flows; migration, investment flows); Different perspectives on globalisation and its impacts on different sectors; Political Impacts of globalisation.
Unit V
Consumer Awareness: How consumer is exploited (one or two simple case studies) – factors causing exploitation of consumers – Rise of consumer awareness – how a consumer should be in a market – role of government in consumer protection.
CBSE Class 10 exams 2019: Check complete syllabus on Political Science
Political Science
- Era of One-Party Dominance: First three general elections, nature of Congress dominance at the national level, uneven dominance at the state level, coalitional nature of Congress. Major opposition parties.
- Nation-Building and Its Problems: Nehru’s approach to nation-building, Legacy of partition, challenge of ‘refugee’ resettlement, the Kashmir problem. Organisation and reorganisation of states; Political conflicts over language.
- Politics of Planned Development: Five year plans, expansion of state sector and the rise of new economic interests. Famine and suspension of five year plans. Green revolution and its political fallouts.
- India’s External Relations: Nehru’s foreign policy. Sino-Indian war of 1962, Indo-Pak war of 1965 and 1971. India’s nuclear programme and shifting alliances in world politics.
- Challenge to and Restoration of Congress System: Political succession after Nehru. Non-Congressism and electoral upset of 1967, Congress split and reconstitution, Congress’ victory in 1971 elections, politics of ‘garibi hatao’.
- Crisis of the Constitutional Order: Search for ‘committed’ bureaucracy and judiciary. Navnirman movement in Gujarat and the Bihar movement. Emergency: context, constitutional and extraconstitutional dimensions, resistance to emergency. 1977 elections and the formation of Janata Party. Rise of civil liberties organisations.
- Regional Aspirations and Conflicts: Rise of regional parties. Punjab crisis and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. The Kashmir situation. Challenges and responses in the North East.
- Rise of New Social Movements: Farmers’ movements, Women’s movement, Environment and Development-affected people’s movements. Implementation of Mandal Commission report and its aftermath.
- Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics: Participatory upsurge in 1990s. Rise of the JD and the BJP. Increasing role of regional parties and coalition politics. UF and NDA governments. Elections 2004 and UPA government.
- Recent Issues and Challenges: Challenge of and responses to globalization: new economic policy and its opposition. Rise of OBCs in North Indian politics. Dalit politics in electoral and nonelectoral arena. Challenge of communalism: Ayodhya dispute, Gujarat riots.
CBSE Class 10 exams 2019: Check complete syllabus on History
Unit I: Events and Processes
- Nationalism in Europe
(a) The growth of nationalism in Europe after the 1830s.
(b) The ideas of Giuseppe Mazzini etc.
(c) General characteristics of the movements in Poland, Hungary, Italy and Germany, Greece.
- Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
(a) French colonialism in Indo-China.
(b) Phases of struggle against the French.
(c) The ideas of Phan Dinh Phung, Phan Boi Chau, Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh).
(d) The second world war and the liberation struggle.
(e) America and the second Indo-China war.
- Nationalism in India: Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) First world war, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation.
(b) Salt Satyagraha.
(c) Movements of peasants, workers, tribals.
(d) Activities of different political groups.
Unit II: Economies and Livelihoods
- Industrialisation 1850s–1950s
(a) Contrast between the form of industrialization in Britain and India.
(b) Relationship between handicrafts and industrial production, formal and informal sectors.
(c) Livelihood of workers. Case studies: Britain and India
- Urbanisation and Urban Lives
(a) Patterns of urbanisation
(b) Migration and the growth of towns
(c) Social change and urban life.
(d) Merchants, middle classes, workers and urban poor. Case studies: London and Bombay in the nineteenth and twentieth century.
- Trade and Globalization
(a) Expansion and integration of the world market in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
(b) Trade and economy between the two Wars.
(c) Shifts after the 1950s.
(d) Implications of globalization for livelihood patterns.
Case studies: The post-War International Economic order, 1945 to the 1960s.
Unit III: Culture, Identity and Society
Print Culture and Nationalism
(a) The history of print in Europe.
(b) The growth of press in nineteenth-century India.
(c) Relationship between print culture, public debate and politics.
- History of the Novel
(a) Emergence of the novel as a genre in the west.
(b) The relationship between the novel and changes in modern society.
(c) Early novels in nineteenth-century India. (d) A study of two or three major writers.
