BodhiScorePunjab Board Class 10 Science Syllabus 2026-27
Exam scheme
Total 100 marks: written exam 80, internal assessment 20.
Chapters
- Chemical reactions and equations — writing and balancing equations; combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement; oxidation and reduction; corrosion and rancidity.
- Acids, bases and salts — chemical properties; acids and bases in water; pH in everyday life; salts from common salt (including washing soda, bleaching powder, baking soda, Plaster of Paris).
- Metals and non-metals — physical and chemical properties; reactivity series; ionic compounds; extraction and refining; corrosion and prevention.
- Carbon and its compounds — covalent bonding; saturated and unsaturated compounds; homologous series; nomenclature; combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution; ethanol (C2H5OH) and ethanoic acid; soaps and detergents.
- Life processes — nutrition, respiration, transportation and excretion in humans and plants.
- Control and coordination — nervous system, reflex action, human brain; coordination in plants; hormones in animals.
- How organisms reproduce — asexual and sexual reproduction; reproductive health.
- Heredity — variation; Mendel’s contribution; sex determination.
- Light — reflection and refraction — spherical mirrors and lenses; formulas and magnification.
- The human eye and the colourful world — accommodation; defects of vision; dispersion and scattering.
- Electricity — current, Ohm’s law, resistance, series/parallel, heating effect, electric power.
- Magnetic effects of electric current — magnetic field; right-hand thumb rule; Fleming’s left-hand rule; domestic circuits.
- Our environment — ecosystem, food chains, ozone depletion, waste management.
The official PDF also lists practical activities for the science lab.
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