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History: Indo-China, Global World, Industrialisation, Print Culture, Novels PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: History: Indo-China, Global World, Industrialisation, Print Culture, Novels (Social Science) had 29 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: Global World, Print Revolution, Print and Censorship.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 7 of 10 years.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| CBSE Class 10 2026 | 5 |
| CBSE Class 10 2025 | 4 |
| CBSE Class 10 2024 | 2 |
| CBSE Class 10 2023 | 5 |
| CBSE Class 10 2022 | Not asked |
| CBSE Class 10 2020 | 6 |
| CBSE Class 10 2019 | 3 |
| CBSE Class 10 2018 | 4 |
| CBSE Class 10 2017 | Not asked |
| CBSE Class 10 2016 | Not asked |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global World | 4 | 3 | 2025, 2023, 2019 |
| Print and Censorship | 3 | 3 | 2025, 2020, 2018 |
| Print Revolution | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2018 |
| Print in East Asia | 3 | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Advertisements and Markets | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bretton Woods System | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Colonialism in Africa | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Indian Ocean Trade | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Industrialisation in Britain | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Industrialisation in India | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manuscripts in India | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pre-Modern World | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Print and Caste Reform | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Print and Religious Reform | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Print and Visual Culture | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Print in Europe | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Print in India | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Reading Culture | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rinderpest in Africa | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Silk Routes | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
How to practise History: Indo-China, Global World, Industrialisation, Print Culture, Novels PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s History: Indo-China, Global World, Industrialisation, Print Culture, Novels 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.2 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Assertion-Reason · Indian Ocean Trade: Assertion-reason on India's place in 16th-c. Indian Ocean trade PDF
- Q.3 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Print and Visual Culture: Picture-based: identify the painter of a famous artwork PDF
- Q.4 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Print in India: Correctly matched writer and contribution PDF
- Q.5 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Pre-Modern World: How globalisation began before the 16th century PDF
- Q.6 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Print Revolution: Gutenberg's role in spreading print culture in Europe PDF
CBSE Class 102025
- Q.2 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Global World: Reasons Europeans migrated to America up to the 19th century PDF
- Q.3 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Global World: Author of the Book of Marvels PDF
- Q.4 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Print Revolution: Main research advantage of 15th-century print PDF
- Q.34 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Case-based · Print and Censorship: Source on colonial press control and the Rowlatt Satyagraha PDF
CBSE Class 102024
CBSE Class 102023
- Q.2 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Print and Caste Reform: Common theme in writings of Ambedkar and Periyar PDF
- Q.3 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Industrialisation in India: Who set up the first iron and steel industry in India PDF
- Q.4 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Global World: Chronological order of interwar and postwar economic events PDF
- Q.25 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Print and Religious Reform: Impact of print on religious reform in 19th-c. India PDF
- Q.34 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Case-based · Advertisements and Markets: Case on colonial-era advertising and Manchester cloth labels PDF
CBSE Class 102020
- Q.3 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Print and Censorship: Why the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was passed PDF
- Q.4 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Bretton Woods System: Define the term veto PDF
- Q.5 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Fill in the blank · Print in East Asia: Where Chinese Buddhist missionaries took hand printing c. 768-770 PDF
- Q.6 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Manuscripts in India: Why reading manuscripts in India was not easy PDF
- Q.7 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · MCQ · Print in Europe: Identify who chapmen were PDF
- Q.22 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Industrialisation in Britain: Three effects of population growth in late 18th c. England PDF
CBSE Class 102019
- Q.2 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Print in East Asia: How hand printing technology reached Japan PDF
- Q.9 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Print in East Asia: Imperial China as a major producer of printed material PDF
- Q.20 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · Global World: Role of Indian trade in the late 19th-century world economy PDF
CBSE Class 102018
- Q.1 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Colonialism in Africa: Why European powers met in Berlin in 1885 PDF
- Q.2 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Print and Censorship: Why the Roman Catholic Church controlled publishers and booksellers PDF
- Q.8 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Rinderpest in Africa: Impact of rinderpest on livelihoods in 1890s Africa PDF
- Q.9 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Print Revolution: How the print revolution changed people's access to knowledge PDF
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FAQ
How many History: Indo-China, Global World, Industrialisation, Print Culture, Novels questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 5 in 2026, 4 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 5 in 2023, 6 in 2020, 3 in 2019 and 4 in 2018. Not asked in the other 3 years. That is 29 questions in all, about 9% of Social Science.
Which History: Indo-China, Global World, Industrialisation, Print Culture, Novels topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Global World, Print Revolution, Print and Censorship. 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.