CBSE Syllabus 2026-27 Class 10th & 12th: Check Important Topics & Download PDF

Given below is the chapter-wise weightage of all chapters in the board exams:

• Sets and Functions- 23 marks
• Algebra-  25 marks
• Coordinate Geometry- 12 marks
• Calculus - 08 marks
• Statistics and Probability - 12 marks

Click on CBSE Class 12 Mathematics syllabus 2026 to download it. 

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Section A: Reading Skills

1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive, or literary.

2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation.

Note: The combined word limit for both passages will be 600-750.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked

Section B: Writing

II Grammar (7 Marks)
4. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)

5. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences
(Total seven questions to be done out of the eight given).
III Creative Writing Skills (16 Marks)
6. Short writing task – Classified Advertisements, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered (3 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 1 / Expression: 1)
7. Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (3 marks:Format: 1 / Content: 1 / Expression: 1)
8. Long Writing task: Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal/visual cues related to contemporary / age-appropriate topics. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)
9. Long Writing Task: Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words, thematically related to contemporary, topical issues. One out of the two given ques

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Students can check below the Chapter and units covered in the CBSE Class 12 Sociology syllabus 2026.

Unit	Chapter/Topics
Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society	Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community (Nonevaluative)
Unit 2: The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society	Theories and concepts in demography Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions Population Policy in India
Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change	Caste and the Caste System Tribal Communities Family and Kinship
Unit 5: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion	Social Inequality and Social Exclusion Systems justifying and perpetuating Inequality - Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes Adivasi Struggles The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights The Struggles of the Differently Abled
Unit 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity	Cultural communities and the nation state Regionalism in the Indian context The Nation state and religion related issues and identities Communalism, secularism and the nation state State and Civil Society
Unit 8: Structural Change	Understanding Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization
Unit 9: Cultural Change	Social Reform Movements Different Kinds of Social Change: Sanskritisation, Westernization, Modernization, Secularization
Unit 11: Change and Development in Rural Society	Agrarian Structure : Caste & class in Rural India Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Emerging Agrarian society Green revolution and its social consequences Transformation in Rural Society Circulation of labour Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society
Unit 12: Change and Development in Industrial Society	From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization How people find Jobs Work Processes: How work is carried out, working conditions, home based work, Strikes and Unions
Unit 15: Social Movements	Concept of Social Movements Theories and Classification of Social Movements Environmental Movements Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants

To know more on CBSE Class 12 Sociology Syllabus 2026 and to download subject-wise syllabus PDF, click on CBSE 12th syllabus 2026.

 

You can check the subject-wise CBSE 12th syllabus 2026 by clicking on the link provided. The syllabus mentions all the chapters and topics from where the questions are asked in the CBSE 12th exam 2026. Students must go through the entire syllabus thoroughly to prepare well for their board examination. Shiksha.com has also provides chapter-wise NCERT solutions Class 11, 12 for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics on this page.

Yes. Electrostatistics includes two chapters namely Electric Charges & Fields and Electrostatic Potentials & Capacitance. The unit covers topics such as Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law-force between two- point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges; equipotential surfaces, etc. Check the table below to know the weightage of the unit in the board exams:

Chapters	marks
Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields	16
Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Chapter–3: Current Electricity (Click for complete CBSE 12th Syllabus 2024)

 

Yes, Current Electricity is part of CBSE Physics syllabus. It includes topics like Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current; Ohm's law, V-I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity, temperature dependence of resistance, Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel, Kirchhoff's rules, Wheatstone bridge. The weightage of the unit in the final board exams is provided below:

Chapter	Marks
Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields	16
Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Chapter–3: Current Electricity (Click here for complete CBSE 12th Science syllabus)

Yes, Hydrocarbons is included in the CBSE 12th board syllabus. The topics that are in syllabus are:

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons:
Alkanes - Nomenclature, isomerism, conformation (ethane only), physical properties, chemical
reactions including free radical mechanism of halogenation, combustion and pyrolysis.
Alkenes - Nomenclature, structure of double bond (ethene), geometrical isomerism, physical
properties, methods of preparation, chemical reactions: addition of hydrogen, halogen, water,
hydrogen halides (Markovnikov's addition and peroxide effect), ozonolysis, oxidation, mechanism
of electrophilic addition.
Alkynes - Nomenclature, structure of triple bond (ethyne), physical properties, methods of
preparation, chemical reactions: acidic character of alkynes, addition reaction of - hydrogen,
halogens, hydrogen halides and water.
Aromatic Hydrocarbons:
Introduction, IUPAC nomenclature, benzene: resonance, aromaticity, chemical properties:
mechanism of electrophilic substitution. Nitration, sulphonation, halogenation, Friedel Craft's
alkylation and acylation, directive influence of functional group in monosubstituted benzene.
Carcinogenicity and toxicity.

 

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The CBSE primarily follows the NCERT textbooks for all classes. While schools can use supplementary materials and reference books, NCERT books are the core of CBSE syllabus to ensure a uniform standard across all affiliated schools.

You can download CBSE Class 10 syllabus 2026 for all subjects from cbse.nic.in. Students must finish their syllabus at least a month prior to the announcement of CBSE 10th exam dates.

You can get CBSE 10th books from the Board's website- cbse.gov.in. The CBSE class 10 books for all subjects can be downloaded from this page too.