GSEB Class 10th Detailed Syllabus 2023

Chapters

Topics

Chemical Substances-Nature and Behaviour

Chemical reactions, Acids, bases and salts, Metals and nonmetals, Carbon compounds, etc.

World of Living

Life processes, Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution, etc.

Natural Phenomena

Reflection of light, Refraction:Laws of Refraction, etc.

Electric Current & Magnetic Effects

Electric current, Ohm’s law, potential difference, Advantage of AC over DC, etc.

Natural Resources

Sources of energy, Eco-system, Coal and Petroleum conservation, etc.

Prose (First Flight)

1. A Letter to God

7. Glimpses of India

2. Nelson Mandela

8. Mijbil the Otter

3. Two Stories about Flying

9. Madam Rides the Bus

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank

10. The Sermon at Benares

5. The Hundred Dresses –I

11. The Proposal

6. The Hundred Dresses –II

Poetry

1. Dust of Snow

7. Animals

2. Fire and Ice

8. The Trees

3. A Tiger in the Zoo

9. Fog

4. How to Tell Wild Animals

10. The Tale of Custard the Dragon

5. The Ball Poem

11. For Anne Gregory

6. Amanda

SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Footprints without Feet)

1. A Triumph of Surgery

6. The Making of a Scientist

2. The Thief’s Story

7. The Necklace

3. The Midnight Visitor

8. The Hack Driver

4. A Question of Trust

9. Bholi

5. Footprints without Feet

10. The Book that Saved the Earth

Extended Reading Texts – (either one)

Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 June 12, 1942 to March 14, 1944, By Anne Frank (unabridged edition uploaded on CBSE website)

The Story of My Life – 1903, Chapters 1-14 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition)

Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 March 16, 1944 to August 01, 1944 By Anne Frank (unabridged edition uploaded on CBSE website)

The Story of My Life – 1903 Chapters 15-23 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition)

Literature Reader

Prose

1. Two Gentlemen of Verona

4. A Shady Plot

2 Mrs Packletide’s Tiger

5. PatolBabu

3. The Letter

6. Virtually True

Poetry

1. The Frog and the Nightingale

2. Ozymandias

3. The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner

4. Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments

5. Snake

Drama

1. The Dear Departed

2. Julius Caesar

Main Course Book

1. Health and Medicine

4. Environment

2. Education

5. Travel and Tourism

3. Science

6. National Integration

Extended Reading Texts – (either one)

Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 June 12, 1942, to March 14, 1944, By Anne Frank (unabridged edition uploaded on CBSE website)

The Story of My Life – 1903, Chapters 1-14 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition)

Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 March 16, 1944, to August 01, 1944, By Anne Frank (unabridged edition uploaded on CBSE website)

The Story of My Life – 1903 Chapters 15-23 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition)

Subject

Chapters/Units/Topics

Geography

Resources

Natural Resources

Forest and wildlife resources

Agriculture

Water resources

Mineral Resources

Power Resources

Manufacturing Industries

Lifelines of National Economy

Economics

The Story of Development

Money and Financial System

The Role of the Service Sector in the Indian Economy

Globalisation

Consumer Awareness

History

Nationalism in Europe

Nationalist Movement in Indo-China

Nationalism in India: Civil Disobedience

Movement

Industrialisation 1850s–1950s

Urbanisation and Urban Lives

Trade and Globalisation

Print Culture and Nationalism

History of the Novel

Political Science

Working of Democracy

Power-sharing mechanisms in Democracy

Competition and contestations in Democracy

Outcomes of Democracy

Challenges to Democracy

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