Punjab Board Class 10 Social Science Syllabus 2026-27
Geography
- Resources and development
- Biogeography
- Water resources
- Agriculture
- Minerals and energy resources
- Manufacturing industries
- Transport and communication: lifelines of India
Economics
- Introduction to economics
- Development and its measurement
- Money and the financial system
- The service sector in the Indian economy
- Globalisation
- Consumer exploitation and protection
- Financial awareness
History
Topics include the geographical features of Punjab and their effect on its history; Punjab’s political and social condition before Guru Nanak Dev Ji; the Sikh Gurus through Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji; Guru Gobind Singh Ji; Banda Singh Bahadur and the Sikh misls; Maharaja Ranjit Singh; relations of the Sikhs with the British; and Punjab in the freedom struggle. The PDF also lists map work and historical places.
Political Science
- Democracy: working and functioning
- Democracy: sharing of power
- Competition and contestation in democracy
- Outcomes of democracy
- International democratic institutions — India’s role
Exam scheme
From the official Class X scheme of studies: Social Science (subject code 06) is 80 marks theory + 20 marks internal = 100.
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