Class 10 Previous Year Questions – Subject-wise CBSE List

If you are looking for class 10 previous year questions, this page is where you start. It does not contain a question set itself — it points you to the right subject page, chapter by chapter, where the actual previous year board questions and solutions live. Right now that list is short, and this page says so honestly instead of padding it out with links that go nowhere.

What This Class 10 Previous Year Questions Hub Covers

This page is a navigation hub for the Previous Year Questions section of the site, filtered to Class 10. It groups CBSE board questions by subject and then by chapter, with the actual exam year attached to each question — not generic “sample paper” style items.

Only Science is live at the moment. The other core subjects — Mathematics, Social Science, English, and Hindi — are being built and will appear here once they are ready. We would rather show you an honest three-state list than a page full of dead links.

Subject-wise Directory of Class 10 Previous Year Questions

Use the table below to jump straight to your subject. Each row tells you whether the previous year questions are already published or still coming.

In Science, numerical and diagram-based questions from Chemical Reactions and Equations, Electricity, and Light repeat across most years, so that chapter set is worth attempting first. Once Mathematics goes live, it will need separate MCQ and case-study sets rather than one mixed list, because the CBSE paper pattern for this subject has changed in recent years. Social Science, English Language and Literature, and Hindi will follow the same chapter-wise, year-tagged format once published.

How to Use These Previous Year Questions for Revision

Reading through old question papers is not the same as practising them. To actually gain from a previous year question set, follow a fixed routine instead of skimming answers.

1. Finish the NCERT chapter notes first — attempting board questions before you know the concept just wastes the paper.
2. Attempt the chapter’s previous year question set closed-book, under a timer that matches its marks weightage (for example, give yourself the same minutes a 3-mark question gets in the actual exam).
3. Check the solution and find the exact step where you lost marks, not just whether the final answer matches.
4. Write that mistake down in one dedicated notebook — the pattern of repeated mistakes matters more than any single wrong answer.
5. Come back to the same question set after a week and attempt it again without looking at your first attempt.

One mistake shows up again and again in CBSE marking schemes: a student gets the correct numerical answer but skips the unit, or leaves a diagram unlabelled. Under CBSE evaluation, that still costs a mark even though the number itself is right. Treat units and labels as part of the answer, not decoration.

What’s Inside Each Subject’s Previous Year Question Page

Once a subject page is live, its previous year questions are grouped by chapter, and each question is tagged with the exam year it actually came from — so you know if a question is from a recent paper or an older one.

Recent CBSE Class 10 papers mix competency-based questions — case study and assertion-reason formats — with traditional numerical and short-answer questions. A chapter’s page shows both types where they exist. Older year tags, from before this shift, will only have the traditional format, so pay attention to the year when you compare question style, not just content.

You can already see this working format on the Class 10 Science previous year questions page, where chapters carry real year tags and step-by-step solutions rather than copied textbook answers. For the exact chapter list the board draws questions from, it also helps to check the official NCERT textbook page against what you are revising.

Class 10 Previous Year Questions FAQs

Which Class 10 subjects have previous year questions available on this site right now?

Only Science is live at the moment. Mathematics, Social Science, English Language and Literature, and Hindi are marked as coming soon and will be added once their chapter-wise sets are ready.

Are the previous year questions here tagged with the actual exam year, or are they made-up practice questions?

They carry the genuine exam year they were asked in. That is intentional — knowing the year helps you tell whether a question follows the older format or the newer competency-based pattern.

Should I attempt previous year questions before or after finishing NCERT notes for a chapter?

After. Attempting board questions before you know the chapter’s concepts wastes the practice value of the question, since you will not be able to judge where you are actually going wrong.

Do these previous year question pages include the CBSE marking scheme or just the final answer?

Each solution is written step by step so you can see where marks are awarded, not just the final number. This helps you spot the exact step where marks are commonly lost, such as a missing unit or diagram label.

How are competency based questions like case study and assertion reason handled in older previous year papers?

They generally are not, because CBSE introduced this format more recently. Older year tags mostly contain the traditional numerical and short-answer style, while recent years mix both formats — the year tag tells you which to expect.

Reference: NCERT textbooks (CBSE).