Class 10 is the first board exam, and for CBSE it is set from the NCERT textbooks. Here is every chapter of the four core Class 10 NCERT books — each one a free PDF you can read or download.
Quick answer
| Book | Chapters | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Science | 13 | 217 |
| Maths | 14 | 217 |
| Social Science (4 books) | 22 | 376 |
| English (First Flight + Footprints without Feet) | 18 | 210 |
NCERT Class 10 Science
- Chemical Reactions and Equations — 16 pages
- Acids, Bases and Salts — 20 pages
- Metals and Non-metals — 21 pages
- Carbon and its Compounds — 21 pages
- Life Processes — 21 pages
- Control and Coordination — 13 pages
- How do Organisms Reproduce? — 15 pages
- Heredity and Evolution — 6 pages
- Light – Reflection and Refraction — 27 pages
- The Human Eye and the Colourful World — 10 pages
- Electricity — 24 pages
- Magnetic Effects of Electric Current — 13 pages
- Our Environment — 10 pages
NCERT Class 10 Maths
- Real Numbers — 9 pages
- Polynomials — 14 pages
- Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables — 14 pages
- Quadratic Equations — 11 pages
- Arithmetic Progressions — 24 pages
- Triangles — 26 pages
- Coordinate Geometry — 14 pages
- Introduction to Trigonometry — 20 pages
- Some Applications of Trigonometry — 11 pages
- Circles — 10 pages
- Areas Related to Circles — 7 pages
- Surface Areas and Volumes — 10 pages
- Statistics — 31 pages
- Probability — 16 pages
NCERT Class 10 Social Science
Social Science is four separate books: Geography (Contemporary India II), Economics (Understanding Economic Development), History (India and the Contemporary World II) and Political Science (Democratic Politics II).
- Resources and Development — 12 pages
- Forest and Wildlife Resources — 6 pages
- Water Resources — 11 pages
- Agriculture — 12 pages
- Minerals and Energy Resources — 16 pages
- Manufacturing Industries — 13 pages
- Lifelines of National Economy — 13 pages
- Development — 16 pages
- Sectors of the Indian Economy — 20 pages
- Money and Credit — 16 pages
- Globalisation and the Indian Economy — 20 pages
- Consumer Rights — 19 pages
- The Rise of Nationalism in Europe — 28 pages
- Nationalism in India — 22 pages
- The Making of a Global World — 28 pages
- The Age of Industrialisation — 24 pages
- Print Culture and the Modern World — 26 pages
- Power-sharing — 12 pages
- Federalism — 16 pages
- Gender, Religion and Caste — 17 pages
- Political Parties — 17 pages
- Outcomes of Democracy — 12 pages
NCERT Class 10 English
Chapters 1–9 are from First Flight; chapters 10–18 below are from the supplementary reader Footprints without Feet (numbered 1–9 in that book).
- A Letter to God — 15 pages
- Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom — 16 pages
- Two Stories about Flying — 16 pages
- From the Diary of Anne Frank — 15 pages
- Glimpses of India — 17 pages
- Mijbil the Otter — 14 pages
- Madam Rides the Bus — 17 pages
- The Sermon at Benares — 9 pages
- The Proposal — 21 pages
- A Triumph of Surgery — 7 pages
- The Thief’s Story — 6 pages
- The Midnight Visitor — 6 pages
- A Question of Trust — 6 pages
- Footprints without Feet — 6 pages
- The Making of a Scientist — 7 pages
- The Necklace — 8 pages
- Bholi — 9 pages
- The Book That Saved the Earth — 15 pages
How to use NCERT for Class 10 boards
- Science and Maths: finish every in-text question and exercise. Board papers follow the NCERT style closely.
- Social Science: make a one-page summary per chapter with dates, terms and map items. Maps are easy marks.
- English: know each story’s theme and characters; the long answers are about those, not about memorising lines.
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