CBSE previous year question papers

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• CBSE official previous year question papers: index (all subjects)Official sourceFound via search of the official cbse.gov.in domain; every WebFetch/curl attempt against this page returned HTTP 403 across multiple research sessions, so its actual contents/links were never independently confirmed, linking to it anyway since it's CBSE's own listed archive page.
• CBSE Class 10 Mathematics (Standard): official Sample Question Paper 2025-26Official sourceYears covered: 2025-26Fetched and visually confirmed. A specimen/sample paper illustrating the current format, not an actual conducted exam.
• CBSE Class 10 Mathematics (Standard): official Marking Scheme 2025-26Official sourceYears covered: 2025-26
• CBSE Class 10 Mathematics (Standard) 2025: Set 30/1/1Years covered: 2025selfstudys.com, landing page fetched and correctly labeled, but the actual PDF loads through a JS-driven viewer that could not be independently verified byte-for-byte.
• CBSE Class 10 Mathematics (Standard) 2024: Set 30/1/1Years covered: 2024selfstudys.com, landing page fetched and correctly labeled; PDF content not independently verified (see 2025 entry note).
• CBSE Class 10 Mathematics 2019: Delhi Set 1Years covered: 2019
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2026: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2026Verified via HTTP HEAD (200, real zip archive), not just a search hit.
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2025: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2025Verified via HTTP HEAD (200).
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2024: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2024Verified via HTTP HEAD (200).
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2023: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2023Verified via HTTP HEAD (200).
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2022: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2022Verified via HTTP HEAD (200). Filename is misspelled "Scince" on CBSE's own server, that is CBSE's actual typo, preserved as-is.
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2020: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2020Verified via HTTP HEAD (200).
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2019: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2019Verified via HTTP HEAD (200).
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2018: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2018Verified via HTTP HEAD (200).
• CBSE Class 10 Science 2016: official paper (all sets/regions, ZIP)Official sourceYears covered: 2016Verified via HTTP HEAD (200). 2017 and 2021 could not be located at the same URL pattern, 2021 likely had no standard board exam (COVID-era alternate assessment), unconfirmed.
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2016: All India, Set 1Years covered: 2016BYJU'S mirror, fetched and visually confirmed genuine CBSE paper header. CBSE does not appear to maintain a public archive of actual conducted Social Science papers, only pre-exam sample papers.
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2017: All India, Set 1Years covered: 2017BYJU'S mirror, fetched and visually confirmed.
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2019: Set 1Years covered: 2019BYJU'S mirror, fetched and confirmed.
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2022: Term 2, Set 32/1/1Years covered: 2022BYJU'S mirror, fetched and visually confirmed (matches the known COVID-era Term-2 format, 40 marks).
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: Set 32/4/2Years covered: 2023BYJU'S mirror, fetched and visually confirmed.
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science: official Sample Question Paper 2024-25Official sourceYears covered: 2024-25Fetched and visually confirmed. Specimen paper, not an actual conducted exam.
• CBSE Class 10 Social Science: official Marking Scheme 2024-25Official sourceYears covered: 2024-25
• CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature: official Sample Question Paper 2024-25Official sourceYears covered: 2024-25Fetched and confirmed content (Code 184). Specimen paper, not an actual conducted exam.
• CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature: official Sample Question Paper 2023-24Official sourceYears covered: 2023-24URL verified live (200 OK, real PDF); not re-read in full this session.
• CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature 2025Years covered: 2025selfstudys.com, landing page verified to load and correctly describe year/set/subject code, but the actual PDF is gated behind a login/email-capture flow; could not confirm actual paper content.
• CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course A: official Sample Question Paper 2025-26Official sourceYears covered: 2025-26Fetched and read in full. Specimen paper, not an actual conducted exam.
• CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course B: official Sample Question Paper 2025-26Official sourceYears covered: 2025-26Fetched and read in full. Specimen paper, not an actual conducted exam.
• CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course A 2023: Set 3/4/1Years covered: 2023cbseguess.com, fetched and viewed actual pages; confirmed real scanned exam paper.

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