CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2025-26 ICSE Class 10 : The CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Revised Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics and their Unit wise marks distribution
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
| # | Unit/Topic | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| I | The Productive Mechanism | |
| 1 | Factors of Production | |
| II | Theory of Demand and Supply | |
| 2 | Elementary Theory of Demand | |
| 3 | Elasticity of Demand | |
| 4 | Theory of Supply | |
| III | Market | |
| 5 | Meaning and Types of Markets | |
| IV | Banking in India | |
| 4.4 | Demonetisation | |
| 6 | Meaning and Functions of Money | |
| 7 | Commercial Banks | |
| 8 | Central Bank | |
| 9 | Introduction to Public Finance | |
| 10 | Public Revenue | |
| 11 | Public Expenditure | |
| 12 | Public Debt | |
| V | Inflation | |
| 13 | Inflation | |
| VI | Consumer Awareness | |
| 14 | Consumer Awareness | |
| Total | - |
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Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for Chapter 1: The Productive Mechanism
1 Factors of Production
- Meaning of Production Mechanism
- Factors of Production - Land
Land: meaning and characteristics, functions and its importance; factors affecting the productivity of land
- Factors of Production: Labour
- Characteristics of Labour
- Division of Labour
- Merits of division of labour
- Demerits of division of labour
- Factors of Production: Capital
- Forms of capital
- Characteristics of Capital
- Factors of Production Entrepreneur
- Characteristics of Entrepreneur
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for Chapter 2: Theory of Demand and Supply
2 Elementary Theory of Demand
- Concept for Demand
- Types of Demand
- Individual Demand and Market Demand
- Demand Schedule
- Demand Curve
- Determinants of Demand Or Demand Function
- Determinants of Individual Demand
- Determinants of Market Demand
- Individual Demand Function
- Determinants of Individual Demand
- Differences Between Substitute Goods and Complementary Goods
- Market Demand Function
Determinants of Market Demand
- Law of Demand
- Statement of the Law of Demand
- Assumptions of Law of Demand
- Explanation of the Law of Demand
- Causes of Operation of Law of Demand
- Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
- Income Effect
- Substitution Effect
- Change in the number of buyers
- Different Uses
- Exceptions to the Law of Demand
- Changes in Demand
- Movement along the Same Demand Curve (or Change in Quantity Demanded)
- Expansion of Demand
- Contraction of Demand
- Shift of the Demand Curve (or Change in Demand)
- Increase in Demand
- Decrease in Demand
- Movement along the Same Demand Curve (or Change in Quantity Demanded)
- Causes Behind Shifts of Demand Curve
- Distinction Between Extension of Demand and Increase in Demand
- Distinction Between Contraction of Demand and Decrease in Demand
3 Elasticity of Demand
- Elasticity of Demand
- Percentage Method of Measuring Price Elasticity of Demand
- Degrees (Or Kinds) of Price Elasticity of Demand
- Factors Affecting Price Elasticity of Demand
- Types of Elasticity of Demand
- Price Elasticity of Demand (Ep)
- Income Elasticity of Demand (Ey)
- Cross Elasticity of Demand (Ec)
4 Theory of Supply
- Concept of Supply
- Difference Between Supply and Stock
- Types of Supply
- Market Period Supply, Short Period Supply and Long Period Supply
- Individual and Market Supply
- Joint Supply and Composite Supply
- Factors Affecting Supply (Or Determinants of Supply)
- Supply Schedule
- Individual Supply Schedule
- Market Supply Schedule
- Supply Curve
- Individual Supply Curve
- Market Supply Curve
- Law of Supply
- Statement of the Law of Supply
- Assumptions of the Law of Supply
- Explanation of the Law of Supply
- Reasons Behind the Operation of the Law of Supply
- Exceptions to the Law of Supply
- Change in Quantity Supplied (Or Movements Along the Supply Curve)
- Expansion (or Extension) of Supply
- Contraction of Supply
- Change in Supply (Or Shifts of Supply Curve)
- Increase in Supply (or Rightward Shift of Supply Curve)
- Decrease in Supply (or Leftward Shift of Supply Curve)
- Distinction Between Change in Quantity Supplied (Or Movement Along Supply Curve and Change in Supply Or Shift of the Supply Curve)
- Distinction Between Expansion in Supply and Increase in Supply
- Distinction Between Contraction in Supply and Decrease in Supply
- Elasticity of Supply
- Meaning
- Measurement of Elasticity of Supply
- Types of Elasticity of Supply
- Factors Determining Elasticity of Supply
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for Chapter 3: Market
5 Meaning and Types of Markets
- Concept of Market
- Forms of Market Structure
- Perfect Competition
- Monopoly
- Monopolistic Competition
- Oligopoly
- Monopsony
- Perfect Competition
- Monopoly
- Monopolistic Competition
- Features of monopolistic competition
- Price and Output Determination under Monopolistic Competition
- Short-run equilibrium
- Long-Run Equilibrium of the Firm and the Group Equilibrium
- Wastes of Monopolistic Competition
- Oligopoly
- Monopsony
- Meaning
- Features
- Distinction Between Perfect Competition, Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition
- Similarities Between Monopolistic Competition and Perfect Competition
- Similarities Between Monopolistic Competition and Monopoly
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for Chapter 4: Banking in India
4.4 Demonetisation
- Demonetisation
6 Meaning and Functions of Money
- Meaning and Functions of Money
- Legal definition of money
- Function of Money
- Medium of exchange
- Measure of value
- Standard of deferred payment
- Store of value
- Concept for Barter System
- Evolution of Money
- Barter system
- Major stages of Evolution of Money
- Commodity Money
- Metallic Money
- Paper Money
- Credit Money or Bank Money
- Near Money
- Recent forms of Money
- Plastic Money
- E-Money
- Online Banking (Net Banking)
- E-Banking
- Forms of Money
- Full Bodied Money
- Flat Money
- Legal Tender Money
- Bank Money
- Near Money
- Features of Money
- Functions of Money
- Primary Functions
- Secondary Functions
- Contingent Functions
- Primary Function
- Medium of exchange
- Measure of value
- Secondary Functions
- Contingent Function
7 Commercial Banks
- Meaning of Commercial Banks
- Importance of Banks
- Functions of Commercial Banks
- Primary Functions
- Accepting Deposits
- Demand Deposits
- Time Deposits
- Granting Loans and Advances
- Advances
- Loans
- Creation of Credit
- Agency Functions
- General Utility Functions
- Primary Functions
- Concept of Credit Creation
- Nationalisation of Banks
- Background of Nationalisation
8 Central Bank
- Quantitative and Qualitative Credit Control Measures Adopted by RBI
- Central Bank Function - Banker's Bank
- Central Bank Function - Goverment Bank
- Meaning of Central Bank
- Differences Between a Central Bank and a Commercial Bank
- Need for a Central Bank
- Functions of a Central Bank
- Bank of Note-Issue
- Banker, Agent and Advisor to the Government
- Banker to the Banks (or Bank of Banks) and Supervisor
- Custodian of Foreign Exchange Reserves
- Controller of Credit
- Monetary Policy of the Central Bank
- Quantitative Methods
- Qualitative (Or Selective) Methods
- Demonetisation
9 Introduction to Public Finance
- Meaning and Scope of Public Finance
- Nature of Public Finance
- Positive Aspect
- Normative Aspect
- Public Finance and Private Finance
- Comparison between Public Finance and Private Finance
- Similarities
- Dissimilarities
- Comparison between Public Finance and Private Finance
10 Public Revenue
- Meaning of Public Revenue
- Significance of Public Revenue
- Sources of Public Revenue
- Objectives and Significance of Taxes
- Concept of Direct Taxes
- Merits and Demerits of Direct Taxes
- Concept of Indirect Taxes
- Merits and Demerits of Indirect Taxes
- Goods and Service Tax (Gst)
- Objectives (Or Benefits) of Gst
- Other Kinds of Taxes
- Specific and Advalorem Taxes
- Concept for Proportional Tax
- Concept for Progressive Tax
- Concept for Regressive Tax
- Concept for Digressive Tax
11 Public Expenditure
- Concept for Public Expenditure
- Meaning of public expenditure
- Revenue and Capital expenditure with examples
- Reason for the growth of public expenditure in India
- Types of Public Expenditure
- Revenue Expenditure and Capital Expenditure
- Developmental and Non-developmental Expenditure
- Productive and Unproductive Expenditure
- Reasons for the Growth of Public Expenditure
- Political Causes
- Social Causes
- Economic Causes
- Objectives of Public Expenditure
- Role of Public Expenditure in Economic Development
12 Public Debt
- Meaning of Public Debt
- Difference Between Public and Private Debts
- Types of Public Debt
- Internal and External Debts
- Productive and Unproductive Debts
- Redeemable and Irredeemable Debts
- Funded and Unfunded Debts
- Voluntary and Compulsory Debts
- Gross and Net Debts
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for Chapter 5: Inflation
13 Inflation
- Introduction of Inflation
- Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Food Basket
- Relationship Between Value of Money and Price Level
- Types of Inflation
- Creeping Inflation
- Walking or Trotting Inflation
- Running Inflation
- Hyper Inflation
- Open Inflation
- Repressed Inflation
- Stagflation
- Sectoral or Sporadic Inflation
- Comprehemive Inflation
- Demand Pull Inflation
- Cost Push Inflation
- Effects of Inflation
- Positive and negative effects of inflation on production.
- Positive and negative effects of inflation on distribution with reference to fixed income group and business income group only.
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus for Chapter 6: Consumer Awareness
14 Consumer Awareness
- Factors Causing Exploitation of Consumers
- Rise of Consumer Awareness
- Legal Measures Available to Protect Consumers from Being Exploited (COPRA, RTI)
- Awareness of Food Adulteration and Its Harmful Effects
- Consumer Awareness
- Consumer is Exploitation
- Meaning of consumer exploitation
- A brief understanding of the forms of consumer exploitation
- How consumer is exploited (one or two simple case studies)
- Consumer Movement
- Need for Consumer Movement
- Consumer Movement in India
- Reasons for Consumer's Exploitation
- Concept of Consumer Rights
- Food Adulteration
- Consumer Protection Act 1986 (COPRA)
- Salient features of The Indian Consumer Protection Act, 1986
- Importance of Consumer Protection
- Objectives of the Consumer Protection Act 1986
- Right to Information Act 2005
- Understanding the Importance of Educating Consumers of Their Rights
- Technical and Administrative Measures for Consumer Protection
- A brief understanding of:
- Public Distribution System (PDS);
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS);
- AGMARK,
- ECOMARK
- Consumer Duties
- Standardisation of Product
