# Electricity CBSE Class 10 PYQ Chapter Wise (2016–2026)

> Electricity CBSE Class 10 PYQs: all 18 questions from 40 official papers (2016–2026), by concept. Asked in 8 of 10 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/cbse-class-10/chapters/electricity/

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## Answer first

Electricity PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Electricity (Science) had **18 questions** across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 8 of them. Asked in 8 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Resistors in Combination, Resistance and Resistivity, Ohm's Law.

## Year-wise question count

<ChapterQuestions exam="cbse-class-10" chapter="electricity" part="trend" />

## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

<ChapterQuestions exam="cbse-class-10" chapter="electricity" part="concepts" />

## How to practise Electricity PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Electricity questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

<ChapterQuestions exam="cbse-class-10" chapter="electricity" part="questions" />

## Other Science chapters

- [Chemical Reactions and Equations PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/chemical-reactions-and-equations/)
- [Acids, Bases and Salts PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/acids-bases-and-salts/)
- [Metals and Non-metals PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/metals-and-non-metals/)
- [Carbon and its Compounds PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/carbon-and-its-compounds/)
- [Periodic Classification of Elements PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/periodic-classification-of-elements/)
- [Life Processes PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/life-processes/)
- [Control and Coordination PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/control-and-coordination/)
- [How do Organisms Reproduce PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/how-do-organisms-reproduce/)
- [Heredity and Evolution PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/heredity-and-evolution/)
- [Light: Reflection and Refraction PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/light-reflection-and-refraction/)
- [The Human Eye and the Colourful World PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/the-human-eye-and-the-colourful-world/)
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- [Sources of Energy PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/sources-of-energy/)
- [Our Environment PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/our-environment/)
- [Sustainable Management of Natural Resources PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/sustainable-management-of-natural-resources/)

## FAQ

### How many Electricity questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2020, 2 in 2019 and 3 in 2018. Not asked in the other 2 years. That is 18 questions in all, about 6% of Science.

### Which Electricity topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Resistors in Combination, Resistance and Resistivity, Ohm's Law. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official CBSE Class 10 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 10 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.