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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
Asked in 8 of 10 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors in Combination | 7 | 6 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018 |
| Ohm's Law | 3 | 3 | 2020, 2019, 2018 |
| Resistance and Resistivity | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2018 |
| Electric Power | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2022 |
| Heating Effect of Current | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2020 |
| Measuring Instruments | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
How to practise Electricity PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Electricity questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- 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.
CBSE Class 102026
- Q.34 (Science (31/1/1)) · Short answer · Resistance and Resistivity: Resistivity of a wire from its radius, length and resistance PDF
CBSE Class 102025
- Q.25 (Science (31/1/1)) · Short answer · Resistors in Combination: Resistance when a wire is cut in three and joined in parallel PDF
- Q.32 (Science (31/1/1)) · Short answer · Resistors in Combination: Total resistance, current and potential difference in a circuit PDF
- Q.33 (Science (31/1/1)) · Short answer · Resistance and Resistivity: Resistivity relation and SI unit; alloys in heating devices PDF
CBSE Class 102024
CBSE Class 102023
- Q.13 (Science (31/1/1)) · MCQ · Resistors in Combination: Ratio of series to parallel resistance of four 8 ohm resistors PDF
- Q.15 (Science (31/1/1)) · MCQ · Measuring Instruments: Least count and reading of a voltmeter scale PDF
- Q.36 (Science (31/1/1)) · Long answer · Heating Effect of Current: Electric iron current and resistance at two power levels; Joule heating PDF
CBSE Class 102022
CBSE Class 102020
CBSE Class 102019
CBSE Class 102018
- Q.12 (Science (31/1)) · Short answer · Resistors in Combination: Combine three 9 ohm resistors to get 13.5 and 6 ohm PDF
- Q.13 (Science (31/1)) · Short answer · Resistance and Resistivity: Factors for resistance; metal vs glass conduction; alloys in heaters PDF
- Q.27 (Science (31/1)) · Short answer · Ohm's Law: Plot V-I graph from data and find resistance PDF
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- Periodic Classification of Elements PYQs
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- Light: Reflection and Refraction PYQs
- The Human Eye and the Colourful World PYQs
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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.