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

> Polynomials CBSE Class 10 PYQs: all 17 questions from 40 official papers (2016–2026), by concept. Asked in 7 of 10 years.

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

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## Answer first

Polynomials PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Polynomials (Mathematics) had **17 questions** across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 7 of them. Asked in 7 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Zeroes and Coefficients, Graph of Polynomial, Zeroes of Polynomial.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Polynomials PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Polynomials 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.

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## Other Mathematics chapters

- [Real Numbers PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/real-numbers/)
- [Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/pair-of-linear-equations-in-two-variables/)
- [Quadratic Equations PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/quadratic-equations/)
- [Arithmetic Progressions PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/arithmetic-progressions/)
- [Triangles PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/triangles/)
- [Coordinate Geometry PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/coordinate-geometry/)
- [Introduction to Trigonometry PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/introduction-to-trigonometry/)
- [Some Applications of Trigonometry PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/applications-of-trigonometry/)
- [Circles PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/circles/)
- [Constructions PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/constructions/)
- [Areas Related to Circles PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/areas-related-to-circles/)
- [Surface Areas and Volumes PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/surface-areas-and-volumes/)
- [Statistics PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/statistics/)
- [Probability PYQs](/cbse-class-10/chapters/probability/)

## FAQ

### How many Polynomials questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 3 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2020, 1 in 2019 and 1 in 2018. Not asked in the other 3 years. That is 17 questions in all, about 5% of Mathematics.

### Which Polynomials topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Zeroes and Coefficients, Graph of Polynomial, Zeroes of Polynomial. 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.