Odisha Board Class 10 Social Science Syllabus 2026-27

Session

Matric (Class 10), BSE Odisha. Social Science (SSC). Prescribed textbooks: Itihas o Rajniti Bigyan and Bhugol o Arthniti. Four internal assessments, half-yearly and annual examinations (100 marks each).

History (Itihas)

1. National movement and Gandhi era
2. Constitutional development and independent India
3. Partition and integration of princely states
4. India after independence — planning and social change
5. Contemporary India — reforms since 1991

Political science (Rajniti Bigyan)

1. Indian democracy and the Constitution
2. Fundamental rights and duties
3. Union, state and local government
4. Election commission and electoral process
5. Panchayati raj and consumer awareness

Geography (Bhugol)

1. Resources — land, water, minerals and energy
2. Agriculture and green revolution
3. Industries and infrastructure
4. Transport and communication
5. Environment and sustainable development

Economics (Arthniti)

1. Economic growth and development
2. Sectors of the Indian economy
3. Money and banking
4. Globalisation and liberalisation
5. Poverty, unemployment and government programmes

Units are taught term-wise with aspirational components as scheduled in the official PDF.

Prescribed from BSE Odisha annual subject-wise syllabus for Class X, session 2026-27.