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ICSE Class 10 History & Civics: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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ICSE · Class 10 · 2026-27

ICSE Class 10 History and Civics: chapter-wise study guide

All 18 chapters of ICSE Class 10 History and Civics for the 2026-27 session. Each chapter page explains the ideas, gives tricks to remember them, shows where students lose marks, and links to practice.

  • 18 chapters
  • 24 topic pages
Start with the first chapter

Exam note: History & Civics is Paper 1 of History, Civics and Geography (H.C.G.): one 2-hour paper of 80 marks (plus 15 minutes reading time) and 20 marks of internal assessment (one project). Part I (30 marks) is compulsory; in Part II you answer two of three Civics questions and three of five History questions.

Civics

  1. The Union Legislature

  2. The President

  3. The Vice-President

  4. Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

  5. The Supreme Court

  6. The High Courts

  7. Subordinate Courts

History

  1. The First War of Independence, 1857

    Only the causes and the listed consequences are tested; the events are studied for continuity.

  2. Factors Leading to the Growth of Nationalism

  3. First and Second Phases of the Indian National Movement

  4. Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement

  5. Forward Bloc and INA

  6. Independence and Partition of India

  7. The First World War

  8. Rise of Dictatorships

  9. The Second World War

  10. United Nations

  11. Non-Aligned Movement

Syllabus source: CISCE ICSE 2027 History & Civics syllabus (H.C.G. Paper 1), CISCE ICSE 2027 Specimen Question Paper and Marking Scheme, History & Civics (501)