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Key Facts: KSEAB SSLC Social Science Exam

3 hours

Common official duration of the KSEAB SSLC Social Science theory sitting

KSEAB SSLC date sheet / model paper logistics

85E

Common English-medium Social Science paper code on KSEAB model papers (confirm current year)

KSEAB/KSEEB SSLC model question papers

80 + 20

Commonly cited theory + internal structure (of 100 subject marks)

Karnataka SSLC Social Science assessment pattern

~35%

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KSEAB examination regulations (as commonly notified)

English MCQ adaptation

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Karnataka KSEAB SSLC Social Science is a ~3-hour Class 10 subject, typically 80 theory + 20 internal, covering History, Political Science, Geography, and Economics (plus Sociology/Business Studies in the full syllabus). This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation — not the official mixed board paper.

Sample KSEAB SSLC Social Science Practice Questions

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1Which European power established a lasting trading base at Calicut after Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India (1498)?
A.Portugal
B.Germany
C.Russia
D.Japan
Explanation: Vasco da Gama’s voyage opened a direct sea route from Europe to India for Portugal, which then built early coastal trading footholds in India.
2The Battle of Plassey (1757) is significant mainly because it:
A.Ended the Mughal Empire overnight with a single treaty abolishing all Indian states
B.Helped the English East India Company gain decisive political leverage in Bengal
C.Transferred India’s capital permanently to London
D.Created the Indian National Congress
Explanation: Plassey weakened the Nawab of Bengal and strengthened the Company’s political and revenue power in a rich province—an early foundation of British expansion.
3The Doctrine of Lapse is most closely associated with which British Governor-General?
A.Lord Dalhousie
B.Lord Mountbatten only as a Company clerk
C.Warren Hastings as inventor of sati
D.Lord Curzon as founder of the Arya Samaj
Explanation: Lord Dalhousie used the Doctrine of Lapse to annex states without a natural heir according to Company policy, intensifying princely resentment before 1857.
4Subsidiary Alliance, used to expand British control, primarily required Indian rulers to:
A.Accept a British resident and a Company military force while restricting independent foreign relations
B.Abolish all agriculture in their territory
C.Convert their kingdoms into Portuguese colonies only
D.Join the United Nations Security Council
Explanation: Under Subsidiary Alliance, rulers kept a British subsidiary force/resident and surrendered independent foreign policy—deepening Company dominance without always annexing territory at once.
5A major economic impact of British rule in India was:
A.Complete industrialisation of every Indian village by 1800
B.Drain of wealth and deindustrialisation pressures linked to colonial trade and revenue policies
C.Abolition of all land revenue for peasants forever
D.Free universal university education for every child by Company charter in 1600
Explanation: Textbook treatments emphasise colonial revenue extraction, decline of traditional crafts under unequal trade, and integration of India into Britain’s industrial economy on unequal terms.
6Rani Chennamma of Kittur is remembered in Karnataka History mainly for:
A.Founding the Indian National Congress in Mumbai
B.Leading resistance against British annexation policies in Kittur
C.Writing the Indian Constitution single-handedly
D.Commanding the Portuguese navy at Calicut
Explanation: Kittur Rani Chennamma resisted British attempts related to succession/annexation in Kittur and is a major figure in Karnataka’s anti-colonial memory.
7Sangolli Rayanna is associated with resistance linked to which region/polity context in Karnataka History?
A.Kittur area resistance after British pressure on local rule
B.Only the 1942 Quit India movement in Delhi
C.The Green Revolution in Punjab alone
D.The formation of SAARC
Explanation: Sangolli Rayanna is taught as a warrior-leader connected with resistance in the Kittur context against British power.
8Tipu Sultan is historically significant in South Indian resistance mainly because he:
A.Allied with the British to annex Mysore without conflict
B.Fought repeated wars against the British to defend Mysore’s power
C.Drafted the 1950 Constitution
D.Founded the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920
Explanation: Tipu Sultan waged major wars against the British (Anglo-Mysore conflicts) and remains central to Karnataka/South Indian anti-British history.
9A common aim of nineteenth-century social and religious reform movements in India was to:
A.Defend all social evils without change
B.Reform social practices and promote education, reason, and more equal social norms
C.Abolish the idea of any Indian languages in public life
D.Replace agriculture with only colonial plantation labour everywhere
Explanation: Reformers such as Raja Rammohan Roy, Jyotiba Phule, and others challenged practices like sati/child marriage (in their contexts), promoted education, and argued for social justice and modern learning.
10Raja Rammohan Roy is especially associated with campaigns against which practice?
A.Sati
B.Use of the wheel in transport
C.Printing of newspapers
D.Learning of mathematics
Explanation: Rammohan Roy is classically linked with opposition to sati and with modern social-religious reform and education.

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