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CBSEClass 10 · 2026

Mathematics (Basic)

Use the values supplied in the question.

Question 25 explicitly gives pi as 3.14 and the square root of three as 1.73.

Sat 17 February 20263 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2026

Mathematics (Standard)

Statistics and probability had no escape route.

All 11 marks in this unit were compulsory.

Board exam 20263 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2026

Science

The answer sheet had to follow three subjects.

Biology carried 30 marks, Chemistry 25 and Physics 25.

Sat 25 February 20263 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2025

Mathematics (Basic)

The long answers deserved protected time.

The four questions in Section D carried 20 marks.

Sat 10 March 20253 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2025

Mathematics (Standard)

Practising only MCQs would leave most of the paper uncovered.

MCQs and assertion–reason questions carried 20 marks.

Sat 10 March 20253 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2025

Science

Find the reason behind a wrong answer.

A missing arrow in Question 31 needs different help from not understanding a convex mirror.

Sat 20 February 20253 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2024

Mathematics (Basic)

The sprinkler story led to a quadratic.

Question 36 used two touching circles and their combined area.

Sat 11 March 20243 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2024

Mathematics (Standard)

The hollow cylinder required a difference of volumes.

Question 31 gave the metal volume and a difference between radii.

Sat 11 March 20243 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2024

Science

A chemical equation alone was not always enough.

Question 27 asked for equations and the accompanying colour change, temperature change or precipitate.

Sat 2 March 20243 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2023

Mathematics (Basic)

The stories covered three topics.

Question 36 used rows of plant pots, Question 37 a rangoli design and Question 38 blood-group counts.

Sat 21 March 20233 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2023

Mathematics (Standard)

A coordinate condition chose the right triangle.

Question 28 required the origin to lie inside an equilateral triangle.

Sat 21 March 20233 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2023

Science

Electric heating needed both numbers and reasoning.

Question 36 asked for current and resistance at two power settings, then a definition and an expression for heat.

Sat 4 March 20233 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2022

Mathematics (Basic)

A formula was only the start.

Question 9 asked students to prove a relation between height and two distances.

Sat 5 May 20223 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2022

Mathematics (Standard)

The lake photograph had to become geometry.

Question 14(a) awarded two marks for a labelled figure.

Sat 5 May 20223 PDFs
CBSEClass 10 · 2022

Science

Electricity mixed circuits and calculations.

Question 11 used series and parallel resistance.

Sat 10 May 20223 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2026

Biology

Knowing a name is only the start.

Question 2(v) matches kidney structures to functions.

Sat 13 March 20263 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2026

Chemistry

Explain what happens in the apparatus.

Question 2(i) asks how ammonia is separated and what the fountain experiment shows.

Sat 11 March 20263 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2026

Mathematics

Seven options meant 35 possible selections.

Section B asks for four whole questions, not a selection of convenient subparts.

Sat 2 March 20263 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2026

Physics

The lens calculation joined two situations.

Question 5(i) changes the object position and the image size.

Sat 9 March 20263 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2025

Biology

A neat cell needs the right chromosome count.

Question 3(v) asks for an animal cell at metaphase with four chromosomes.

Sat 24 March 20253 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2025

Chemistry

Keep calculation assumptions visible.

Question 4(i) gives a molecular mass of 6 from the supplied gas masses.

Sat 21 March 20253 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2025

Mathematics

The discount condition changed the bill.

In Question 7(iii), only an article bought in a quantity of ten or more receives the discount.

Sat 4 March 20253 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2025

Physics

A large angle does not guarantee total reflection.

Question 3(i) sends light from water into glass.

Sat 17 March 20253 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2024

Biology

Be explicit when counting chromosomes.

Question 8(v) shows anaphase with eight daughter chromosomes in the whole cell and four at each pole.

Sat 18 March 20243 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2024

Chemistry

Not every product remains a gas.

Question 7(iii) burns ammonia in excess oxygen.

Sat 11 March 20243 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2024

Mathematics

Cutting a solid creates new surfaces.

Question 2(ii) asks for the area of both cylinder halves and their painting cost.

Sat 15 March 20243 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2024

Physics

The arrow decides the useful distance.

Question 1(iii) shows a load moving along an incline.

Sat 4 March 20243 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2023

Biology

The heart arrows tell you the phase.

Question 8(v) shows blood leaving the ventricles.

Sat 29 March 20233 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2023

Chemistry

Recall and calculation both had a place.

Question 6(i) asked for definitions and a law; Question 6(ii) asked for a molecular formula.

Sat 20 March 20233 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2023

Mathematics

Precision instructions differed by question.

Question 3(i) required roots to one decimal place.

Sat 10 March 20233 PDFs
ICSEClass 10 · 2023

Physics

Equal heat capacity changes the comparison.

Question 3(iv) gives two bodies with the same thermal capacity but different masses.

Sat 17 March 20233 PDFs
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