CBSE 2026 Social Science Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Social Science board paper from 2026, Q.P. code 32/3/3 (Series LM3NK, Set 3). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 38 compulsory questions. History, Geography, Political Science and Economics are four sections of 20 marks each, and answers must stay in the matching section. The paper mixes one-mark MCQs, 2-mark answers of about 40 words, 3-mark answers of about 60 words, 5-mark answers of about 120 words, and 4-mark case questions. The map question is worth 5 marks: 2 in History and 3 in Geography. Visually impaired candidates have a separate question in place of the map and pictures. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Social Science

Year

2026

Paper code

32/3/3

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

38

Pages

27

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A — History

  20 marks

  20 marks, including print culture and nationalism items, a picture question, and 2 marks of the map question

• Section B — Geography

  20 marks

  20 marks, including 3 marks of the map question

• Section C — Political Science

  20 marks

  20 marks of MCQs, short answers, long answers and a case-based question

• Section D — Economics

  20 marks

  20 marks of MCQs, short answers, long answers and a case-based question

Topics covered

• Print culture and the modern world
• Nationalism in India
• The making of a global world
• The rise of nationalism in Europe
• Map work: History and Geography

Questions from this paper

1. Arrange in order: publication of Sambad Kaumudi, the weekly Bengal Gazette, the Vernacular Press Act, and the first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas.
2. Identify the picture: Korean Jikji, the Diamond Sutra, the Tripitaka Koreana, or a Chinese script. Visually impaired candidates instead name the oldest printed book in Japan.
3. Match Vande Mataram, the picture of Bharat Mata, the Bardoli Satyagraha and the Poona Pact of 1932 with Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Abanindranath Tagore, Sardar Patel and Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
4. The Indus Valley civilisation was linked by coastal trade as early as 3000 BCE to North America, South America, West Asia or South Australia.
5. Identify where Mazzini founded the secret society Young Europe: Berne, Brussels, Marseilles or Vienna.