CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus 2023-24 | CBSE Syllabus for Class 10 Social Science

Unit 1: India and the Contemporary World – II – 60 Periods 

Themes

Learning Objectives

Section 1: Events and Processes

1. 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

• Enable the learners to identify and comprehend the forms in which nationalism developed along with the formation of nation-states in Europe in the post-1830 period.
• Establish the relationship and bring out the difference between European nationalism and anticolonial nationalism.
• Understand the way the idea of nationalism emerged and led to the formation of nation-states in Europe and elsewhere.

2. Nationalism in India:

• The First World War, Khilafat and Non – Cooperation
• Differing Strands within the Movement
• Towards Civil Disobedience
• The Sense of Collective Belonging

• Recognize the characteristics of Indian nationalism through a case study of the Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement.
• Analyze the nature of the diverse social movements of the time.
• Familiarize yourself with the writings and ideals of different political groups and individuals.
• Appreciate the ideas promoting Pan-Indian belongingness.

Section 2: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies:

3. The Making of a Global World: 

• The Pre-modern world
• The Nineteenth Century (1815-1914)
• The Inter-war Economy
• Rebuilding a World Economy: The Post-War Era

• Show that globalization has a long history and points to the shifts within the process.
• Analyze the implication of globalization for local economies.
• Discuss how globalization is experienced differently by different social groups

4. The Age of Industrialization:

• Before the Industrial Revolution
• Hand Labour and Steam Power
• Industrialization in the Colonies
• Factories Come Up
• The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth
• Market for Goods

• Familiarize with the Pro- to Industrial phase and Early – factory system.
• Familiarize with the process of industrialization and its impact on the labour class.
• Enable them to understand industrialization in the colonies with reference to Textile industries

Section 3: Everyday Life, Culture and Politics

5. Print Culture and the Modern World: 

• The First Printed Books
• Print Comes to Europe
• The Print Revolution and its Impact
• The Reading Mania
• The Nineteenth Century
• India and the World of Print
• Religious Reform and Public Debates
• New Forms of Publication
• Print and Censorship

• Identify the link between print culture and the circulation of ideas.
• Familiarize with pictures, cartoons, extracts from propaganda literature and newspaper debates on important events and issues in the past.
• Understand that forms of writing have a specific history and that they reflect historical changes within society and shape the forces of change.

Unit 2: Contemporary India – II

Themes

Learning Objectives

1. Resources and Development:

• Concept
• Development of Resources
• Resource Planning – Resource Planning in India, Conservation of Resources
• Land Resources
• Land Utilization
• Land Use Pattern in India
• Land Degradation and Conservation Measures
• Soil as a Resource – Classification of Soils, Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation (excluding Box Information on State of India’s Environment)

• Understand the value of resources and the need for their judicious utilization and conservation.

2. Forest and Wildlife:

• Conservation of forest and wildlife in India
• Types and distribution of forests and wildlife resources
• Community and Conservation

• Understand the importance of forests and wildlife.
• Understand the ability and knowledge of how forest and wildlife conservation and management are related to the economy and environment, both currently and in the future.

3. Water Resources: 

• Water Scarcity and The Need for Water Conservation and Management
• Multi-Purpose River Projects and Integrated Water Resources Management
• Rainwater Harvesting

• Comprehend the importance of water as a resource as well as develop awareness towards its judicious use and conservation.

4. Agriculture: 

• Types of Farming – Primitive Subsistence, Intensive Subsistence, Commercial
• Cropping Pattern – Major Crops, Food Crops other than Grains, Non-Food Crops, Technological and Institutional Reforms
• Food Security (excluding the impact of globalization on agriculture)

• Explain the importance of agriculture in the national economy.
• Identify various types of farming and discuss the various farming methods; describe the spatial distribution of major crops as well as understand the relationship between rainfall regimes and cropping patterns.
• Explain various government policies for institutional as well as technological reforms since independence.

5. Minerals and Energy Resources :

• What is a mineral?
• Mode of occurrence of Minerals – Where are these minerals found? Ferrous Minerals, Non-Ferrous Minerals, Non-Metallic Minerals, Rock Minerals
• Conservation of Minerals
• Energy Resources – Conventional Sources of Energy, Non-Conventional Sources of Energy
• Conservation of Energy Resources

• Identify different types of minerals and energy resources and places of their availability.
• Feel the need for their judicious utilization.

6. Manufacturing Industries: 

• Importance of Manufacturing – Industrial Location (excluding Industry Market Linkage),
• Agro-based Industry (excluding Cotton Textiles, Jute Textiles, and Sugar Industry),
• Mineral based Industries (excluding Iron Steel Industry, Cement Industry),
• Industrial Pollution and Environmental Degradation, Control of Environmental Degradation.

• Bring out the importance of industries in the national economy as well as understand the regional disparities which resulted due to the concentration of industries in some areas.
• Discuss the need for planned industrial development and debate over the role of government towards sustainable development.

7. Life Lines of National Economy: 

• Roadways
• Railways
• Pipelines
• Waterways
• Major Seaports
• Airways
• Communication
• International Trade
• Tourism as a Trade

• Explain the importance of transport and communication in the ever-shrinking world.
• Understand the role of trade and tourism in the economic development of a country.

Unit 3: Democratic Politics – II

Themes

Learning Objectives

1. Power Sharing: 

• Belgium and Sri Lanka
• Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka
• Accommodation in Belgium
• Why power sharing is desirable?
• Forms of Power Sharing

• Familiarize with the centrality of power sharing in a democracy.
• Understand the working of spatial and social power-sharing mechanisms.

2. Federalism: 

• What is Federalism?
• What makes India a Federal Country?
• How is Federalism practised?
• Decentralization in India

• Analyze federal provisions and institutions.
• Explain decentralization in rural and urban areas.

4. Gender, Religion and Caste:

• Gender and Politics – Public/Private division, Women’s political representation
• Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State (excluding image on pages 46, 48, 49 of NCERT Textbook – Democratic Politics –II – reprinted edition 2021)
• Caste and Politics – Caste inequalities, Caste in politics, Politics in caste

• Identify and analyze the challenges posed by communalism to Indian democracy.
• Recognize the enabling and disabling effects of caste and ethnicity in politics.
• Develop a gender perspective on politics.

6. Political Parties: 

• Why do we need Political Parties? – Meaning, Functions, Necessity
• How many parties should we have?
• National Parties
• State Parties
• Challenges to Political Parties
• How can Parties be reformed?

• Analyze party systems in democracies.
• Introduction to major political parties, challenges faced by them and reforms in the country.

7. Outcomes of Democracy: 

• How do we assess democracy’s outcomes?
• Accountable, responsive and legitimate government
• Economic growth and development
• Reduction of inequality and poverty
• Accommodation of social diversity
• Dignity and freedom of the citizens

• Evaluate the functioning of democracies in comparison to alternative forms of governments.
• Understand the causes for the continuation of democracy in India.
• Distinguish between sources of strengths and weaknesses of Indian democracy.

Unit 4: Understanding Economic Development

Themes

Learning Objectives

1. Development: 

• What Development Promises – Different People, Different Goals
• Income and Other Goals
• National Development
• How to compare different countries or states?
• Income and other criteria
• Public Facilities
• Sustainability of Development

• Familiarize with concepts of macroeconomics.
• Understand the rationale for overall human development in our country, which includes the rise of income, and improvements in health and education rather than income.
• Understand the importance of quality of life and sustainable development.

2. 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
• Sectors in terms of ownership: Public and Private Sectors

• Identify major employment-generating sectors.
• Reason out the government investment in different sectors of the economy.

3. Money and Credit:

• Money as a medium of exchange
• Modern forms of Money
• Loan activities of Banks
• Two different Credit situations
• Terms of Credit
• Formal Sector Credit in India
• Self-Help Groups for the Poor

• Understand money as an economic concept.
• Understand the role of financial institutions from the point of view of day-to-day life.

4. 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 Globalization
• World Trade Organization
• Impact of Globalization on India
• The Struggle for a fair Globalization

• Explain the working of the Global Economic phenomenon.

• 5. Consumer Rights: 

  • To be used only for Project Work

• Gets familiarized with the rights and duties as a consumer; and legal measures available to protect from being exploited in markets