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Key Facts: Kerala SSLC Social Science Exam

2.5 hours

Typical Kerala SSLC Social Science Terminal Evaluation duration

Kerala SSLC date sheet / exam pattern reporting

One public paper

Social Science I & II textbooks feed a single SSLC TE subject sitting

SCERT Kerala Class 10 Social Science organisation / Pareeksha Bhavan date sheets

80 + 20

Common TE + Continuous Evaluation mark split (of 100 subject marks)

Kerala SSLC Social Science assessment pattern

D+ / ~30%

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Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan SSLC grading practice

English MCQ adaptation

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Kerala SSLC Social Science is one Class 10 public TE paper (~2.5 hours, commonly 80+20) drawing on SCERT Social Science I & II — History, Geography, Civics, and Economics — with D+/~30% pass guidance. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation, not the official mixed board paper.

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1Which event is commonly dated 1498 in textbook accounts of Europeans reaching the Kerala coast?
A.Vasco da Gama’s voyage arriving near Calicut (Kozhikode)
B.The founding of the Indian National Congress
C.The Quit India Movement
D.The Partition of Bengal
Explanation: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reached the Malabar coast near Calicut in 1498, opening a direct sea route from Europe to India and beginning sustained European coastal trade interest in Kerala.
2The American War of Independence is important in modern world history mainly because it:
A.Established British permanent rule over the thirteen American colonies
B.Ended with the colonies winning independence and inspiring later democratic and anti-colonial ideas
C.Created the Mughal Empire in North America
D.Abolished all written constitutions worldwide
Explanation: The American Revolution (1775–1783) produced an independent republic and a written constitution; textbooks treat it as a major influence on later democratic and nationalist movements.
3A core slogan associated with the French Revolution is:
A.Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
B.Blood and Iron only as a French peasant tax slogan
C.No taxation without salt only as a Roman law
D.Workers of the factories unite under Louis XIV’s court etiquette
Explanation: The French Revolution (from 1789) is classically associated with the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, which influenced later democratic and nationalist thought.
4The Industrial Revolution first took strong root in which country?
A.Britain
B.Only the Mughal capital of Agra as the first steam factory hub
C.Only medieval Kerala temple towns as the first coal-power centres
D.Ancient Egypt under the pharaohs’ railway boards
Explanation: The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late eighteenth century with mechanised textile production, steam power, and factory organisation, later spreading elsewhere.
5The Russian Revolution of 1917 is significant mainly because it:
A.Restored absolute Tsarist rule permanently with no party politics
B.Overthrew the Tsarist order and led to the world’s first major socialist state under Bolshevik leadership
C.Annexed India to the Russian Empire by a salt treaty
D.Ended all industrialisation in Europe forever
Explanation: In 1917, revolutions in Russia ended Tsarist monarchy and brought the Bolsheviks to power, creating a socialist state that reshaped twentieth-century world politics.
6The Battle of Plassey (1757) strengthened which power’s political hold in Bengal?
A.The English East India Company
B.The Portuguese Estado da India only at that battle
C.The Japanese navy under Hideyoshi
D.The United Nations Trusteeship Council
Explanation: Plassey (1757) helped the English East India Company defeat Siraj-ud-Daulah’s forces (with key defections) and gain decisive leverage in Bengal’s revenues and politics.
7Lord Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse was used mainly to:
A.Annex Indian states that lacked a natural heir according to Company policy
B.Grant universal adult franchise in every princely state in 1757
C.Abolish the British army in India
D.Create the United Nations in Delhi
Explanation: Under the Doctrine of Lapse, states without a natural heir could be annexed by the Company; the policy increased princely resentment before 1857.
8Subsidiary Alliance arrangements typically required Indian rulers to:
A.Accept a British subsidiary force/resident and limit independent foreign policy
B.Abolish all agriculture in their territory
C.Join only Portuguese colonial leagues
D.Elect members of the modern Lok Sabha in 1600
Explanation: Subsidiary Alliance expanded Company control by stationing British forces, installing residents, and restricting rulers’ independent diplomacy—often without immediate formal annexation.
9A major economic critique of colonial rule in Indian History textbooks is the idea of:
A.Drain of wealth and deindustrialisation pressures under colonial trade and revenue systems
B.Complete industrial equality between India and Britain by 1750
C.Abolition of all land revenue for peasants under Company rule forever
D.Free university education for every child under the 1600 Company charter
Explanation: Nationalist and textbook analyses emphasise extraction of surplus (“drain”), decline of traditional crafts, and unequal integration into Britain’s industrial economy.
10The Revolt of 1857 is often described as significant because it:
A.Ended British presence in India immediately and forever
B.Was a large-scale uprising that led to the end of Company rule and the start of Crown rule (1858)
C.Created the Indian National Congress in the same week
D.Was only a European sailors’ mutiny in Lisbon
Explanation: The 1857 uprising shook Company power; afterwards the Government of India Act 1858 transferred administration from the Company to the British Crown.

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