📘 Syllabus Overview
🧪 Understanding CBSE Class 10 Science Curriculum & Exam
The Class 10 Science curriculum is structured by NCERT and consists of 16 chapters. However, as per the current CBSE guidelines:
- ✅ Only 14 chapters are included for board exam study
- 🧮 These chapters are divided across 5 major units
- 📝 The board exam carries 80 marks (theory)
- The question paper is skill based.
📚 Further Reading: Class 10 Science Syllabus & Weightage
🔬 UNIT 1: Chemical Substances
🔬 UNIT 1: Chemical Substances
🧪 Weightage: 25 Marks
This unit is Chemistry-heavy and focuses on basic reactions and compounds.
Chapters Covered:
- Chemical Reactions and Equations
- Acids, Bases, and Salts
- Metals and Non-Metals
- Carbon and its Compounds
✅ Tip: Practice balancing equations, understanding pH, and organic compound structures.
🌱 UNIT 2: World of Living
🔬 UNIT 1: Chemical Substances
🧬 Weightage: 25 Marks
This is the Biology unit and carries the same weightage as Chemistry. Understanding processes and diagrams is crucial here.
Chapters Covered:
5. Life Processes
6. Control and Coordination
7. How do Organisms Reproduce?
8. Heredity and Evolution
✅ Tip: Focus on flowcharts, labeled diagrams, and examples from daily life.
⚡ UNIT 3: Effects of Current
🔌 Weightage: 13 Marks
This Physics unit focuses on real-life applications of electricity and magnetism.
Chapters Covered:
9. Electricity
10. Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
✅ Tip: Master Ohm’s Law, circuit diagrams, and Fleming’s rules.
🌈 UNIT 4: Natural Phenomena
🎯 Total = 80 Marks | 14 Chapters | 5 Units
🔍 Weightage: 12 Marks
Another Physics-based unit — this one deals with light and human perception.
Chapters Covered:
11. Light – Reflection and Refraction
12. The Human Eye and the Colorful World
✅ Tip: Use ray diagrams and concept-based problem-solving techniques.
🌏 UNIT 5: Natural Resources
🎯 Total = 80 Marks | 14 Chapters | 5 Units
🎯 Total = 80 Marks | 14 Chapters | 5 Units
♻️ Weightage: 5 Marks
An environmental science unit with a focus on sustainability and human impact.
Chapters Covered:
13. Our Environment
14. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
✅ Tip: Understand keywords like food chain, reduce-reuse-recycle, and conservation.
🎯 Total = 80 Marks | 14 Chapters | 5 Units
🎯 Total = 80 Marks | 14 Chapters | 5 Units
🎯 Total = 80 Marks | 14 Chapters | 5 Units
🎯 Why This Matters
Understanding this structure will help you:
✅ Prioritize your preparation based on weightage
✅ Master different answer styles (factual, numerical, analytical)
✅ Decode question demands from the verbs used
📌 Pro Tip: Practicing past papers and model questions with these themes.
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1️⃣ Knowledge & Understanding
2️⃣ Application of Knowledge & Concepts
2️⃣ Application of Knowledge & Concepts
🔹 Weightage: 46% (≈37 marks out of 80)
🧠 Focused on factual recall, definitions, labeling, and direct explanations.
📘 Trained to use verbs like: Define, State, List, Describe, Identify
2️⃣ Application of Knowledge & Concepts
2️⃣ Application of Knowledge & Concepts
2️⃣ Application of Knowledge & Concepts
🔹 Weightage: 22% (≈17.5 marks out of 80)
🔍 Applying concepts to real-life scenarios, calculations, and cause-effect reasoning.
✏️ Practicing keywords like: Explain, Calculate, Illustrate, Adapt, Distinguish
3️⃣ Formulation, Analysis & Evaluation
2️⃣ Application of Knowledge & Concepts
3️⃣ Formulation, Analysis & Evaluation
🔹 Weightage: 32% (≈25.5 marks out of 80)
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