CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications: Syllabus, Units & Sample Practice

Unit 1 — Networking (15 marks)

• Ch 1 The Internet & Web

  World Wide Web, web servers and clients, websites and web pages, web browsers, blogs, news groups, web and e-mail addresses, and downloading/uploading files.

• Ch 2 Internet Protocols & Services

  Protocols TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, HTTPS and remote login/file transfer (SSH, SFTP, FTP, SCP, TELNET); web services (chat, email, video conferencing, e-banking, e-governance, social networking); mobile technologies SMS, MMS, 3G, 4G, 5G.

Unit 2 — HTML (25 marks)

• Ch 3 HTML Structure & Text

  Creating and saving an HTML document; core tags html, head, title and body with attributes; headings h1–h6, paragraphs, bold/italic/underline, ordered, unordered and description lists, and font tags.

• Ch 4 Images, Tables, Links & Media

  Inserting images (img with src, width, height, alt), superscript/subscript, tables (table, tr, th, td, rowspan, colspan), links (anchor with href, mailto, targets) and embedding audio and video.

• Ch 5 Forms & Cascading Style Sheets

  HTML forms — text box, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list and combo box — and CSS for colour, background, borders, margins, height/width, fonts, alignment and float.

Unit 3 — Cyber Ethics (10 marks)

• Ch 6 Netiquette & Software Licences

  Netiquette, software licences and the open-source software movement.

• Ch 7 IP Rights & Safe E-commerce

  Intellectual-property rights, plagiarism and digital property rights; freedom of information and the digital divide; e-commerce privacy, fraud and secure data transmission.

Unit 4 — Practicals (50 marks)

• Ch 8 Lab Test (20 marks)

  Design one web page based on a given diagram using HTML.

• Ch 9 Report File & Viva (20 marks)

  A report file of at least ten HTML pages (15) plus a viva voce based on it (5).

• Ch 10 Project (10 marks)

  A project that uses most of the concepts learnt across the course.

Point to the Method

Names the tool to reach for (e.g. "HTML headings run from h1 to h6") without giving the answer.

Guided Reasoning Prompt

Prompts the key idea (e.g. "Which number is the largest heading, and which tags are not headings at all?").

Complete Worked Solution

Shows the full reasoning and explains why the chosen tag is correct.

Write HTML, Don’t Just Read It

HTML carries 25 of the 50 theory marks and the whole lab test — code real pages with tables, links, forms and CSS so the tags become second nature.

Build Your Ten-Page Report File Steadily

The report file needs at least ten HTML pages and is worth 15 marks on its own, so add a page each week rather than leaving it to the end.

Learn Protocols and Ethics by Their Job

Tie each protocol (HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP) and each cyber-ethics idea (licences, IP rights, secure e-commerce) to what it actually does — short, factual answers that score reliably.

How is CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165) assessed?

It uses a 50 + 50 split: a 50-mark theory paper covering Units 1–3 (Networking, HTML and Cyber ethics) plus 50 marks of practical work, totalling 100. This differs from the 80 + 20 scheme used by core subjects. Always confirm the current scheme with CBSE or your school.

What are the units in the Class 10 Computer Applications syllabus?

There are four: Unit 1 Networking (15), Unit 2 HTML (25), Unit 3 Cyber ethics (10) and Unit 4 Practicals (50). HTML is the most heavily weighted theory unit.

How are the 50 practical marks divided?

The Lab Test carries 20 marks (design one web page from a given diagram in HTML), the Report File plus viva carries 20 (a report file of at least ten HTML pages for 15, viva voce for 5), and a Project carries 10.

How is Class 10 Computer Applications different from Class 9?

It is the same subject (code 165) across both classes, but Class 10 shifts from IT basics, cyber safety and office tools to networking, HTML/web-page design and cyber ethics. Both years share the 50 theory + 50 practical scheme.