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How to Score 90+ in CBSE Class 10 Maths Basic
A practical plan to score 90+ in CBSE Class 10 Maths Basic, covering high-weightage chapters from real board papers, NCERT focus and repeated questions.
Maths Basic follows the same NCERT syllabus and paper structure as Standard, with more direct questions. That makes a 90+ very achievable with steady practice.
Where the marks are
| Chapter | Avg marks per paper | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trigonometry | 14.7 | 21% |
| Circles | 8.7 | 12% |
| Statistics | 8.0 | 11% |
| Probability | 6.3 | 9% |
| Surface Areas & Volumes | 5.7 | 8% |
| Real Numbers | 4.3 | 6% |
Averaged across 6 CBSE Class 10 Maths Basic board papers, 2023–2026. All chapters
Strategy
- NCERT exercises and examples. Basic questions stay very close to NCERT.
- Repeated questions. About 10% of Maths Basic board questions from 2022–2026 were asked again in near-identical form, most often from Polynomials, Circles and Probability. Practise them. See them here
- Section A first. Twenty one-mark questions are quick marks: practise them until each takes about a minute.
- Write every step in 3- and 5-mark questions.
- Draw the figure in geometry and heights questions.
Weekly routine
- 4 days: one chapter plus its previous year questions
- 1 day: Section A practice across chapters
- 1 day: a full timed paper, self-marked
- 1 day: rest and error-log review
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