CBSE Class 10 Social Science Sample Paper 2025-26

1. Solve Sample Papers Regularly

•Practicing sample papers helps students get used to the real exam environment, including the 3-hour time limit.

•It improves writing speed by allowing you to attempt a full-length paper within the exam time.

•Helps you understand the distribution of marks across short, long, and case-based questions.

•Builds confidence by reducing exam fear and uncertainty.

•Identifies your strengths and weaknesses, so you can revise weak areas before the final exam.

2. Focus on NCERT First

•NCERT textbooks are the primary source for CBSE exam questions, with most being directly picked or slightly modified.

•Ensure you read every line of NCERT thoroughly and mark key definitions, facts, and dates.

•Practice Intext Questions, Exercises, and Maps provided in the textbook.

•Don’t skip the Case Studies and Activity Boxes – CBSE often frames analytical questions from them.

•Use NCERT as your base material before moving on to sample papers and reference books.

3. Highlight Key Terms and Dates

•Social Science is rich in facts, years, and important events—keeping them memorized ensures scoring accuracy.

•Create short notes or flashcards for quick revision of key terms like “Federalism,” “Globalisation,” “Industrialisation,” etc.

•Prepare a timeline chart for history chapters to remember important events and movements in chronological order.

•Highlight keywords in definitions—examiners award marks when answers use the right terminology.

•Revision becomes easier when important terms and years are visually highlighted.

4. Work on Presentation

•Write answers in structured format – with headings, subheadings, and bullet points instead of long paragraphs.

•Underline key terms, dates, and concepts with a pencil to catch the examiner’s eye.

•Use diagrams, flowcharts, and maps wherever possible to make answers visually appealing.

•Start answers with a short introduction, add main points in bullets, and end with a conclusion (especially for long answers).

•Good presentation can improve impression and help you score more, even if your answer content is average.

5. Map Practice

•Map-based questions are a fixed part of the Social Science exam and are easy to score if practiced well.

•Revise Geography maps (like rivers, dams, resources, industries) and History maps (like nationalist movement centers).

•Practice locating and labeling regularly to avoid mistakes in the exam.

•Solve previous years’ map-based questions for familiarity with CBSE patterns.

•Ensure neatness—use a sharp pencil, correct labeling, and clean presentation in map answers.

6. Revise Previous Year Papers

•Previous year papers give you an idea of recurring questions and important chapters.

•Helps identify weightage trends—which chapters carry more marks.

•Practice answering within the given word limit as CBSE is strict about length.

•Compare your answers with the official CBSE marking scheme to understand how examiners allot marks.

•Regular revision of past papers ensures that you don’t miss out on commonly repeated topics.