CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications Syllabus, Units & Marks

Studying this subject? See the CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications course, or read the units below first.

What is the CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications syllabus?

CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications is organised into 4 units. The full unit list, the topics inside each one and the exam pattern are below, taken from the syllabus we teach to.

CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications unit list

What each unit covers

Unit 1: Networking

• Internet: World Wide Web, web servers, web clients, web sites, web pages, web browsers, blogs, news groups, HTML, web address, e-mail address, downloading and uploading files from a remote site
• Internet protocols: TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, HTTPS
• Remote login and file transfer protocols: SSH, SFTP, FTP, SCP, TELNET, SMTP, TCP/IP
• Services available on the Internet: information retrieval, locating sites using search engines, finding people on the net
• Web services: chat, email, video conferencing, e-Learning, e-Banking, e-Shopping, e-Reservation, e-Governance, e-Groups, social networking
• Mobile technologies: SMS, MMS, 3G, 4G, 5G

Unit 2: HTML

• Introduction to web page designing using HTML: create and save an HTML document, access a web page using a web browser
• HTML tags: html, head, title, body (attributes: text, background, bgcolor, link, vlink, alink), br, hr, comments, h1..h6, p, b, i, u
• Lists: ul (unordered), ol (ordered), li; description lists dl, dt, dd; attributes of ol (start, type) and ul (type)
• Font tags (attributes: face, size, color)
• Insert images: img (attributes: src, width, height, alt), sup (superscript), sub (subscript)
• HTML Forms: textbox, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list, combobox
• Embed audio and video in an HTML page
• Tables: table, tr, th, td, rowspan, colspan
• Links: significance of linking, anchor element (attributes: href, mailto), targets
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): colour, background-colour, border-style, margin, height, width, outline, font (family, style, size), align, float

Unit 3: Cyber ethics

• Netiquettes
• Software licenses and the open source software movement
• Intellectual property rights, plagiarism and digital property rights
• Freedom of information and the digital divide
• E-commerce: privacy, fraud, secure data transmission

Unit 4: Practicals (Lab Exercises)

• Create static web pages
• Use style sheets (CSS) to enforce a format in an HTML page
• Embed pictures, audio and videos in an HTML page
• Add tables and frames in an HTML page
• Decorate web pages using graphical elements
• Create a website using several web pages (any open source or proprietary tool)
• Work with HTML forms: text box, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list, combo box
• Write a blog using HTML pages discussing viruses, malware, spam and antiviruses
• Create a web page on plagiarism with reported cases and IP-law punishments across countries

Exam pattern

Total 100 marks: Theory 50 marks + Practical 50 marks (3-hour theory exam). Practical breakup: Lab Test 20 marks (design one web page from a given diagram), Report File 15 marks (at least 10 HTML pages) + Viva voce 5 marks, and Project 10 marks.

Practical and project work

50-mark internal practical assessment. Lab test (20): design one HTML web page based on a given diagram. Report file (15): a file of at least 10 HTML pages covering web design, CSS, forms, tables and embedded media. Viva voce (5): based on the report file. Project (10): a website using most concepts learnt across the course.

Reviewed by Kajal Ma'am (MCA), teaching CBSE Computer Science & Informatics Practices since 2006. Weightage per the official CBSE 2026-27 curriculum.