WB Madhyamik Syllabus 2026: Check subject-wise important topics and Download syllabus PDF

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West Bengal Board Class 10 Syllabus 2026

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Testing Areas

Total Marks

Prose

25

Poetry

20

Rapid Reader

15

Grammar and Rhetoric

10

Writing

20

Total marks

90

Units

Important Topics

Reduced Syllabus

Arithmetic

Simple interest, Compound interest and uniform rate of increase or decrease, Partnership business

Miscellaneous problem on Mixture

Profit and Loss

Interest: Simple and Compound (upto three interest periods, calculating the interest of each period and compounding it)

Rate of growth related to social affaire (simple problems)

Algebra

Quadratic equation in one variable, Variation, Quadratic Surd, Ratio and proportion

Problems on finding H.C.F and L.C.M of polynomials by factorisation method. Relation between L.C.M and H.C.F.

Solution of linear simultaneous equations of two variables (by methods of elimination and cross-multiplication).

Solution of Quadratic Equation with rational roots. Acquaintance with Sridhar Acharaya’s method. Simple Applications.

Problems on Ratio and Proportion. Variation: Direct and inverse variation, joint variation, theorem on joint variation (statement only). Simple applications.

Inequations with one or two variables only. Graphical representation of inequations: solution region. 

Surds: Basic operations only (upto quadratic surds).

Geometry

Application of theorem for the solution of geometric problems, Construction of circumcircle and in circle of a triangle

Construction: 

To draw a circle circumscribing a triangle.

To draw a circle inscribed in a triangle.

Same as (i) before.

Same as (ii) before.

Same as (iii) before.

Simple applications based on above propositions and constructions

Mensuration 

Cuboid, Right circular cylinder, Sphere, Right circular cone, Problems related to different solid objects

Mensuration:

Except for rectangular parallelopiped everything is same as before.

Trigonometry

Concept of measurement of angle, Trigonometric Ratio and Trigonometric identities, Trigonometric Ratios of complementary angle, Application of Trigonometry Ratios: Heights & Distance

Trigonometry-

Same as before

Statistics

Mean, Medium, Ogive, Mode

Chapter

Names

Chapter 1

Ideas of History

Chapter 2

Reform: Characteristics and Observations

Chapter 3

Resistance and Rebellion: Characteristics and Analyses 

Chapter 4

Early Stages of Collective Action: Characteristics and Analyses

Chapter 5

Alternative Ideas and Initiatives (From mid-19th Century to the Early 20th Century): Characteristics and Observations

Chapter 6

Peasant, Working Class and Left Movements in 20th Century India: Characteristics and Observations

Chapter 7

Movements organized by Women, Students and Marginal People in 20th Century India: Characteristics and Analyses

Chapter 8

Post-Colonial India: Second half of the 20th Century (1947-1964)