Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has officially released the syllabus/curriculum for the Class 10 students for the academic session 2024-25. The syllabus of Class 10 Social Science (SST) remains the same as the previous year. The detailed syllabus is given below for you. You can also take a printout of the syllabus and use it when needed.

Board	CBSE
Class	10
Session	2024-25
Subject	Social Science (SST)
Content-Type	Syllabus/Curriculum
Official Website	https://cbseacademic.nic.in

SOCIAL SCIENCE (Code No. 087)

CLASS – X (2024-25)

Theory: 80 Marks
Internal Assessment: 20 Marks

Units	Marks
India and the Contemporary World - II (History)	18 + 2 (Map work)
Contemporary India - II (Geography)	17 + 3 (Map work)
Democratic Politics -II (Political Science)	20
Understanding Economic Development (Economics)	20
Total	80

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – II (HISTORY)

1. The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

2. Nationalism in India

3. The Making of a Global World

Subtopics: 1 to 1.3 (Pre-Modern World to Conquest, Disease, and Trade)

5. Print Culture and the Modern World

Unit 2: Contemporary India – II (GEOGRAPHY)

1. Resources and Development

2. Forest and Wildlife

3. Water Resources

4. Agriculture

5. Minerals and Energy Resources

6. Manufacturing Industries

7. Life Lines of National Economy (Only Map pointing will be evaluated in the Board Examination)

Unit 3: Democratic Politics – II (POLITICAL SCIENCE)

1. Power Sharing

2. Federalism

3. Gender, Religion, and Caste

4. Political Parties

5. Outcomes of Democracy

Unit 4: Understanding Economic Development (ECONOMICS)

1. Development

2. Sectors of the Indian Economy

3. Money and Credit

4. Globalization and the Indian Economy

What is Globalization?
Factors that have enabled Globalization

LIST OF MAP ITEMS CLASS X (2024-25)

A. HISTORY (Outline Political Map of India)

Chapter - 2 Nationalism in India – (1918 – 1930) for locating and labeling / Identification

1. Indian National Congress Sessions:

Calcutta (Sep. 1920)
Nagpur (Dec. 1920)
Madras (1927)

2. Important Centres of the Indian National Movement

Champaran (Bihar) - Movement of Indigo Planters
Kheda (Gujarat) - Peasant Satyagraha
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) - Cotton Mill Workers Satyagraha
Amritsar (Punjab) - Jallianwala Bagh Incident
Dandi (Gujarat) - Civil Disobedience Movement

B. GEOGRAPHY (Outline Political Map of India)

Resources and Development (Identification only)

Major soil Types Chapter

Water Resources (Locating and Labelling)

Dams:
- Salal
- Bhakra Nangal
- Tehri
- Rana Pratap Sagar
- Sardar Sarovar
- Hirakud
- Nagarjuna Sagar
- Tungabhadra

Agriculture (Identification only)

Major areas of Rice and Wheat
Largest / Major producer states of Sugarcane, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cotton, and Jute

Minerals and Energy Resources Minerals (Identification only)

Iron Ore mines
- Mayurbhanj
- Durg
- Bailadila
- Bellary
- Kudremukh
Coal Mines
- Raniganj
- Bokaro
- Talcher
- Neyveli
Oil Fields
- Digboi
- Naharkatia
- Mumbai High
- Bassien
- Kalol
- Ankaleshwar
Power Plants (Locating and Labelling only)
- Thermal
  - Namrup
  - Singrauli
  - Ramagundam
- Nuclear
  - Narora
  - Kakrapara
  - Tarapur
  - Kalpakkam

Manufacturing Industries (Locating and Labelling Only)

Cotton Textile Industries:
- Mumbai
- Indore
- Surat
- Kanpur
- Coimbatore
Iron and Steel Plants:
- Durgapur
- Bokaro
- Jamshedpur
- Bhilai
- Vijayanagar
- Salem
Software Technology Parks:
- Noida
- Gandhinagar
- Mumbai
- Pune
- Hyderabad
- Bengaluru
- Chennai
- Thiruvananthapuram

Lifelines of National Economy Major Ports: (Locating and Labelling)

Major Sea Ports
- Kandla
- Mumbai
- Marmagao
- New Mangalore
- Kochi
- Tuticorin
- Chennai
- Vishakhapatnam
- Paradip
- Haldia
International Airports
- Amritsar (Raja Sansi - Sri Guru Ram Dass jee)
- Delhi (Indira Gandhi)
- Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji)
- Chennai (Meenam Bakkam)
- Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose)
- Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi)