CGBSE 10th Syllabus 2025-26 for all subjects was made available on the official website. You can download the syllabus for Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. The complete syllabus with marking scheme and blueprint are mentioned in the PDF file. Download the latest PDF files and check out the chapters mentioned in the syllabus. Divide the time for each chapter and try to complete the syllabus within the given time. After completing the syllabus, you can start practicing the questions from CGBSE 10th Previous Year Question Papers. Through regular practice, you can analyze your strengths and weaknesses. Accordingly, you can focus more on the chapters that need more attention. Continue reading the article to get complete information about the syllabus.
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CGBSE 10th English Syllabus 2025-26
Below given is the detailed syllabus:
Section A: Reading Skills (20 Marks)
This section focuses on comprehension and interpretation of unseen passages.
- Unseen Passage (Factual or Discursive)
- Around 350–400 words.
- Could be based on factual data, historical events, environmental issues, or a social message.
- Students answer vocabulary-based and inferential questions.
- Weightage: 10 Marks.
- Unseen Passage (Case-based or Literary)
- Around 300–350 words.
- May involve stories, narratives, dialogues, or extracts requiring interpretation.
- Includes short-answer type questions, word meanings, synonyms/antonyms.
- Weightage: 10 Marks.
Key Skills Tested
- Understanding the central idea.
- Drawing inferences.
- Vocabulary enrichment.
- Skimming and scanning.
Section B: Writing and Grammar (20 Marks)
1. Writing Tasks (10 Marks)
Students are expected to write creatively, maintaining clarity, logical flow, and grammatical accuracy.
- Formal Letter / Informal Letter (to editor, complaint, application, request, etc.).
- Analytical Paragraph Writing (based on data, charts, or images).
- Diary Entry / Story Writing (for expression and creativity).
2. Grammar (10 Marks)
Application-based grammar questions are included from the prescribed syllabus.
- Tenses (past, present, future).
- Modals (can, could, may, might, must, should, etc.).
- Subject-Verb Agreement.
- Reported Speech (Statements, Questions, Commands).
- Determiners.
- Passive Voice.
- Editing / Omission (error correction in sentences).
Skills Developed:
- Accuracy in writing.
- Logical presentation of ideas.
- Correct usage of English grammar.
Section C: Literature (40 Marks)
This section includes Prose, Poetry, and Supplementary Reader. Students are required to study the prescribed NCERT books:
- First Flight (Main Reader)
- Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary Reader)
Prose (First Flight)
- A Letter to God – by Gregorio López y Fuentes
- Story of faith and human kindness.
- Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Excerpt from Mandela’s autobiography.
- Two Stories about Flying – Part I: His First Flight; Part II: Black Aeroplane.
- From the Diary of Anne Frank – Personal account of war and struggles.
- Glimpses of India – Travel experiences across Coorg, Assam, and Goa.
- Mijbil the Otter – Adventures with a pet otter.
- Madam Rides the Bus – Innocence and curiosity of a young girl.
- The Sermon at Benares – Teachings of Lord Buddha.
- The Proposal (Play) – Humorous one-act play by Anton Chekhov.
Poetry (First Flight)
- Dust of Snow – Robert Frost.
- Fire and Ice – Robert Frost.
- A Tiger in the Zoo – Leslie Norris.
- How to Tell Wild Animals – Carolyn Wells.
- The Ball Poem – John Berryman.
- Amanda! – Robin Klein.
- Animals – Walt Whitman.
- The Trees – Adrienne Rich.
- Fog – Carl Sandburg.
- The Tale of Custard the Dragon – Ogden Nash.
- For Anne Gregory – W.B. Yeats.
Supplementary Reader (Footprints Without Feet)
- A Triumph of Surgery – James Herriot.
- The Thief’s Story – Ruskin Bond.
- The Midnight Visitor – Robert Arthur.
- A Question of Trust – Victor Canning.
- Footprints Without Feet – H.G. Wells.
- The Making of a Scientist – Robert W. Peterson.
- The Necklace – Guy de Maupassant.
- The Hack Driver – Sinclair Lewis.
- Bholi – K.A. Abbas.
- The Book That Saved the Earth – Claire Boiko.
Internal Assessment (25 Marks)
- Listening Skills (5 Marks)
- Listening comprehension based on audio passages.
- Speaking Skills (5 Marks)
- Short speeches, debates, declamation, role plays, storytelling.
- Project Work (5 Marks)
- Creative assignments such as poster making, surveys, dramatization of texts.
- Notebook Submission (5 Marks)
- Regularity, neatness, and completion of assignments.
- Activities (5 Marks)
- Classroom participation and innovative tasks.
CGBSE 10th Syllabus 2025-26: How To Download
The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education has released the information about the CGBSE 10th Syllabus 2025-26 on the official website and the students can now download the official PDF of the syllabus easily. Check out the simple procedure given below to download the syllabus:
Step 1: Open the official website of the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education at cgbse.nic.in
Step 2: The home page will open on your screen and you have to click on the tab "Academic (Examination)".
Step 3: Then click on the "Class 10" option from the list of classes given below.
Step 4: Click on the subject of your choice to download the syllabus.
