CBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2026-27

History (India and the Contemporary World - I)

• Section I: Events and Processes
• The French Revolution
• Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
• Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
• Section II: Livelihoods, Economies and Societies
• Forest Society and Colonialism
• Pastoralists in the Modern World
• Section III: Everyday Life, Culture and Politics
• Peasants and Farmers
• History and Sport: The Story of Cricket
• Clothing: A Social History

Geography (Contemporary India - I)

• Chapter 1: India - Size and Location
• Chapter 2: Physical Features of India
• Chapter 3: Drainage
• Chapter 4: Climate
• Chapter 5: Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
• Chapter 6: Population

Civics (Democratic Politics - I)

• Chapter 1: What is Democracy? Why Democracy?
• Chapter 2: Constitutional Design
• Chapter 3: Electoral Politics
• Chapter 4: Working of Institutions
• Chapter 5: Democratic Rights

Economics

• Chapter 1: The Story of Village Palampur
• Chapter 2: People as Resource
• Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge
• Chapter 4: Food Security in India

Literature (Beehive)

Prose

• The Fun They Had
• The Sound of Music
• The Little Girl
• A Truly Beautiful Mind
• The Snake and the Mirror
• My Childhood
• Packing
• Reach for the Top
• The Bond of Love
• Kathmandu
• If I Were You

Poetry

• The Road Not Taken
• Wind
• Rain on the Roof
• The Lake Isle of Innisfree
• A Legend of the Northland
• No Men Are Foreign
• The Duck and the Kangaroo
• On Killing a Tree
• The Snake Trying
• A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Literature (Moments)

• The Lost Child
• The Adventures of Toto
• Iswaran the Storyteller
• In the Kingdom of Fools
• The Happy Prince
• Weathering the Storm in Ersama
• The Last Leaf
• A House Is Not a Home
• The Accidental Tourist
• The Beggar

Grammar & Writing

Grammar

• Tenses (Present, Past, Future)
• Modals
• Active and Passive Voice
• Reported Speech
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Determiners
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions

Writing Skills

• Diary Entry
• Story Writing
• Article Writing
• Letter Writing (Formal/Informal)
• Report Writing
• Descriptive Paragraph

Literature (Kshitij - भाग 1)

गद्य (Prose)

• दो बैलों की कथा
• ल्हासा की ओर
• उपभोक्तावाद की संस्कृति
• साँवले सपनों की याद
• नाना साहब की पुत्री देवी मैना को भस्म कर दिया गया
• प्रेमचंद के फटे जूते
• मेरे बचपन के दिन
• एक कुत्ता और एक मैना

कविता (Poetry)

• साखियाँ एवं सबद (कबीर)
• पद (रैदास)
• दोहे (रहीम)
• आदमी नामा (नजीर अकबराबादी)
• एक फूल की चाह (सुमित्रानंदन पंत)
• गीत - अगीत (महादेवी वर्मा)
• अग्नि पथ (हरिवंश राय बच्चन)
• नए इलाके में (अरुण कमल)

Literature (Sparsh - भाग 1)

गद्य (Prose)

• धरती की आँखें
• चाँद का कुर्ता
• नाना साहब की पुत्री
• मेरे संग की औरतें
• रामवृक्ष बेनीपुरी
• भोर और बरखा
• अभिनव अभिव्यक्ति

कविता (Poetry)

• रागिनी
• अग्नि पथ
• तुम कब जाओगे अतिथि
• कलम का सिपाही

Grammar & Composition

• Grammar: संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, क्रिया, काल, वाच्य, संधि, समास
• Composition: निबंध, पत्र, अनुच्छेद, कहानी लेखन