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This year many changes have been made in the 10th Board Exam (CBSE Board Exam 2026). Which also includes social science and new pattern of science. Now a big update has come out for the students. To improve the quality of revaluation of these two subjects, the Central Board of Secondary Education has divided the question paper into different sections. Which the candidates should know. New guidelines to this have been issued.

According to the notice, the science paper will be divided into three sections, which include section A, B and C. Section A will be Biology, Section B Chemistry and Section C Physics. Whereas the question paper of Social Science will be divided into four sections. Questions to Economics will be asked in Section-A History, Section-B Geography, Section-C Political Science and Section-D. For detailed information, CBSE has advised to check the sample papers of both the subjects, which are available on the official website. Available at.

How was the pattern earlier?

Earlier the Science paper was divided into 5 sections, Section A contained 16 MCQs and 4 inference reasoning type questions. Whereas Section B had 6 short answer types, Section C had 7 short answer types, Section D had three long answer types and Section E had three source/case/or passage based questions. The Social Science paper was divided into 6 sections. Section A had MCQs, Section B had very short answer types of two marks, Section C had short answer types, Section D had long answer types, Section E had CAS based questions and Section F had map based questions. But now this pattern will not apply.

Candidates will have to follow these rules

• To write answers, all the students have been instructed to divide the answer book into three parts in science and four parts in social science.
• Answers to the questions will be written only in the space designated for that section. No permission to write answers of any section in any other section.
• If the answers are mixed then they will not be evaluated. Nor will any marks be given.
• Even after the declaration of result, such mistakes will not be accepted in the verification or revaluation process.

Instructions issued to schools

The board has advised all schools to disseminate information about this pattern to their students. They have also been asked to prepare for writing Saathi. Schools should ensure that students practice as much as possible. So that no mistake is made while writing the answers in the board exam. This rule will also be applicable in pre-board examination. The tenth Phase-1 examination will be conducted from 17 February to 9 March. The Social Science paper will be held on March 7 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. The same science paper is going to be held on 25 February 2026. For this also candidates will be given 3 hours time.

See CBSE notice here