NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020

                                         

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020- Subjects Included

• The subjects are broadly divided into two categories- Group A and Group B.
• Group A includes language subjects and a child must choose a minimum of one language and a maximum of two languages out of the group.
• While Group B includes the core subjects wherein students can choose three subjects or four subjects.
• To obtain the class 10 certificate and be pass in NIOS 10th result, a student must clear five subjects including one language subject.

NIOS 10th Scheme of Subjects

Groups	Subjects
Group A	English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Nepali,  Assamese, Marathi, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Odia, Arabic, Persian and Tamil.
Group B	Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Science, Economics, Business Studies, Home Science, Data Entry Operations, Psychology, Indian Culture and Heritage, Accountancy, Painting, and Data Entry Operations.

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020 for Science

Module	Marks
Measurement in Science & Technology	4
Matter - Structure and Behaviour	12
Motion and Force	5
Energy	14
The Universe and our Earth	6
Our Environment and Natural Resources	8
Man-Made Resources and Environmental Problems	5
Life Processes	17
Health, Hygiene and Diseases	4
Agricultural Practices	4
Technology and Communication	6
Total theory marks	85
Practical exam marks	15
Total marks	100

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020 for Social Science

Module No.	Module Name	Marks
1	Evolution of Human Society	17
2	India: Natural Environment, Resources and Development	15
3	People, Society and Culture	12
4	India’s Struggle for Freedom	15
5	Citizen, State and the Constitution	13
6	Democracy at Work	15
7	Contemporary India: Issues and Challenges	13

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020 for Mathematics

Module Name	Lesson Name	Marks
Algebra	Number Systems	26
	Indices ( Exponents )
	Radicals( Surds )
	Algebraic Expressions and Polynomials
	Special Products and Factorisation
	Linear Equations
	Quadratic Equations
	Number Patterns
Commercial Mathematics	Ratio and Proportion	15
	Percentage and its Applications
	Compound Interest
	Banking
Geometry	Lines and Angles	25
	Congruence of Triangles
	Concurrent Lines
	Quadrilaterals
	Similarity of Triangles
	Circles
	Angles in a Circle and Cyclic Quadrilateral
	Secants, Tangents and their Properties
	Constructions
	Coordinate Geometry
Mensuration	Area of Plane Figures	10
	Surface Area and Volume of Solids
Trigonometry	Introduction to Trigonometry	12
	Trigonometric Ratios of Some Special Angles
Statistics	Data and their Representation	12
	Graphical Representation of Data
	Measures of Central Tendency
	Introduction to Probability

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020 for Economics

Module No.	Module Name	Marks
1	Evolution and Characteristics of Wants	7
2	Human Wants and Production	8
3	Increasing Production of Goods and Services	7
4	Distribution of Goods and Services	7
5	Buying of Goods and Services	7
6	Selling of Goods and Services	8
7	Savings: Banks, Post Offices and Insurance	8
8	Understanding an Economy	9
9	Indian Economy: An overview and problems	19
10	World Economy	10
11	Environment and Sustainable Development	10

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020 for English

Section Name	Topics	Marks
Reading	Unseen Passages	15
Writing	Letter writing, report writing, paragraph writing, message writing	25
Grammar	Parts and types of a sentence, Subject-Verb Concord, The Verb and noun phrase, Time and tense, Non – finites, modals, Clauses, Reported speech	30
Literature	Poems and Prose	30

NIOS 10th Syllabus 2020 for Home Science

Module No.	Module Name	Marks
1	What is Home Science	2
2	The Food That We Eat	12
3	Fibres and Fabrics	10
4	Home Maintenance	10
5	Health and Environment	12
6	My family	15
7	Family Resources	12
8	Rights and Responsibilities	12
Total theory marks		85
Practical marks		15
Total marks		100