TBSE Madhyamik Syllabus 2026: Check TBSE 10th Syllabus 2026

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Poetry: The Hero - Rabindranath Tagore,Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth,Song of A Dream - Sarojini Naidu

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Prose: The Letter - Dhumaketu,With the Photographer - Stephen Leacock,The Diamond Necklace - Guy de Maupassant,Julius Caesar (Act - II,Scene - III, Scene - I,II) - William Shakespeare

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Supplementary reading: Malgudi Days - R.K. Narayan (Selective stories: An Astrologer's Day, The Missing Mail, Engine Trouble)

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Writing: An Article/Advertisement (within 80 words) based on visual or verbal cue,Letter to the editor (within 8 words)

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Grammar:

• Gaps filling with one or two words(s) to test preposition, articles and tense, editing, rearranging of jumbled words into meaningful sentences
• Transformation of sentences (Exclamatory to assertive, affirmative to interrogative, affirmative to negative and vice - versa), changing the mode of narration

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Comprehension: Multi choice questions,gaps filling, objectives,vocabulary

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ASL and project: Biography of an eminent literary personality/on a School event/ on an adventure or on a story writing ( 400 to 450 words),listening, reading and speaking

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Electricity:

• 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 and its applications in daily life
• Heating effect of electric current and its applications in daily life. Electric power, interrelation between P, V, I and R

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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. Electromagnetic induction.
• Induced potential difference, Induced current. Fleming's right hand rule, Direct current. Alternating current  frequency of AC. Advantage of AC over DC. Domestic electric circuits

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Light - reflection and refraction:

• 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), magnification.
• Refraction; Laws of refraction, refractive index. Refraction of light by spherical lens; Image formed by spherical lenses; Lens formula (Derivation not required); Magnification. Power of a lens; applications of spherical mirrors and lenses.

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Human eye and colourful world: Functioning of a lens in human eye, defects of vision and their corrections; Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light, scattering of light, applications in daily life

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Sources of energy: Different forms of energy, conventional and non-conventional sources of energy: Fossil fuels, solar energy; biogas; wind, water and tidal energy; Nuclear energy. Renewable versus non-renewable sources of energy

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Chemical reactions
Chemical Equation, Balanced chemical equation, implications of a balanced chemical equation, types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation, neutralization, oxidation and reduction

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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;
• Preparation and uses of sodium hydroxide, Bleaching powder, Baking soda, washing soda and Plaster of Paris

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Metals and non-metals: Properties of metals and non-metals, reactivity series, formation and properties of ionic compounds, 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)
• Difference between saturated hydrocarbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons, Chemical properties of carbon compounds (combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution reaction). Ethanol and Ethanoic acid (only properties and uses), soaps and detergents

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Periodic classification of elements: Need for classification, modern periodic table, gradation in properties, valency, atomic number, metallic and non-metallic properties

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Conservation of natural resources:

• 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.
• The Regional environment: Big dams: advantages and limitations; alternatives if any. Water harvesting. Sustainability of natural resources

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Growth of new India:

Introduction of Western Education - Views of Anglicists and Orientalists, Lord Bentinck, Macaulay’s Minute, Wood’s Despatch and Hunter Commission.

Social Reform Movements - Rammohan Roy, H.V.L.Derozio, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, Jyotiba Phule , Sayiid Ahmed Khan, Swami Dayananda, Swami Vivekananda

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National movement in India: Indian National Congress (1885-1905) - Moderates and Radicals. Gandhi and Mass Movements : Non- Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India. Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army

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Peasants's and workers's rebellions: Naval Revolt,1946,Telengana, Tebhaga, 1946,Trade Union Movements, 1920-1945

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North-east India: Assam and the Revolt of 1857 . Merger of principalities of Manipur, Tripura . Creation of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim

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Earth as a planet:
Movement of the Earth: Rotation and revolution and their effects. Determination of location of a place on the earth’s surface: Latitudes and longitudes, longitude and time (mathematical calculation), international date line and antipodes

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Major domains of the earth:

Lithosphere: Rocks- Classification and characteristics based on origin. Atmosphere: composition and structure. Hydrosphere: Ocean currents, tides

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• Resources:
  Agriculture – Types of farming, shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence farming, extensive commercial farming, plantation farming, mixed farming. Mineral: Classification and distribution of minerals (Ferrous – Iron ore, Manganese; Non- Ferrous – Copper, Bauxite), Conservation of minerals energy resources: Classification and distribution of energy resource (Conventional - Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas); Non-conventional (solar Energy, biogas, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy).
• Conservation of energy resources. Water as a source of energy. Mineral-based Industries: Locational factors, distribution, and recent trends: Iron and Steel (India, USA, Japan) Aluminum (India, USA) Petroleum refining industry (India, Middle East)

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Transport system:

Concept of major transport systems, their advantages, and disadvantages. (Roadways, Railways, Waterways, Airways, Pipelines) Status of Tripura as an industrial unit. Transport system of Tripura