Syllabus for Class X Social Sciences paper revised

The eight marks that were earlier allocated to the topic of Disaster Management,through project work and assignments,will now no longer be counted in the examination and the marks will be distributed among other branches of the subject — History,Geography,Political Science and Economics.

According to the present division,the weightage of these subjects stood at 22,22,18 and 18 respectively.

According to the change,units like India and the Contemporary World II,India — Resources and their Development,Democratic Politics and Understanding Economic Development,have been given 20 marks each.

In History,students will have the option of studying any of the two topics out of Nationalism in Europe and Nationalist Movement in Indo-China,while the third unit on Nationalism in India remains compulsory.

Similarly,students have a choice between Print Culture and Nationalism and History of the Novel. They can also choose any one of the topics out of Industrialisation 1850s — 1950s,Urbanisation and Urban Lives and Trade and Globalisation.

The Board has also introduced a new topic ‘Forest and Wildlife Resources’ in Geography for the 2010 Board Examinations.

The sub-topics given in Chapter 4 of the NCERT Geography textbook — ‘Contemporary India Part II’,Food Security and Impact of Globalisation on Agriculture remain out of syllabus.