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

1. Democracy: working and functioning
2. Democracy: sharing of power
3. Competition and contestation in democracy
4. Outcomes of democracy
5. 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.