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Key Facts: Maharashtra SSC Social Sciences (MSBSHSE) Exam

Code 73

MSBSHSE SSC general subject code for Social Sciences / Social Science

mahahsscboard.org SSC general subject codes list

Paper I + II

Common structure: Paper I History & Political Science; Paper II Geography & Economics

MSBSHSE / Balbharati Std X Social Sciences scheme summaries

80 + 20

Common theory + internal split for Social Sciences (subject total 100)

MSBSHSE / Maharashtra SSC subject pattern summaries

35%

Commonly reported minimum pass mark overall per subject (with separate theory floor often cited)

MSBSHSE SSC pass-criteria summaries (confirm current circular)

Balbharati Std X

History, Political Science, Geography, and Economics textbooks form the core syllabus sources

Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharati / eBalbharati)

MCQ study aid

Local bank is a 100-item English MCQ adaptation — not a full official paper or map/long-answer substitute

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Maharashtra SSC Social Sciences (MSBSHSE, code 73) totals 100 marks via ~80 theory (Paper I History+PS; Paper II Geog+Eco) + ~20 internal. Pass is commonly 35% overall with a separate theory floor as notified. Fees are as notified by MSBSHSE through schools. Official assessment mixes written answers and map work — not pure MCQ. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation — not an official paper simulation and not a substitute for map work or long answers.

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1In the Balbharati Std 10 History approach, what does 'historiography' primarily study?
A.The methods, sources, and ways of writing history
B.Only the list of kings and battles in chronological order
C.Only modern newspaper reporting of current events
D.Only the geography of historical battlefields
Explanation: Historiography is the study of how history is written — the methods, sources, schools of thought, and interpretive traditions used by historians, not merely a timeline of events.
2Which of the following is a primary source for reconstructing history?
A.A modern school textbook summary of the Mughal period
B.An inscription or contemporary official document from the period studied
C.A later historian’s secondary analysis without citing originals
D.A fictional historical novel written centuries later
Explanation: Primary sources are produced in or near the time under study (inscriptions, coins, contemporary documents, artefacts). Textbooks and later analyses are typically secondary.
3Leopold von Ranke is associated with which historiographical emphasis?
A.Writing history only as myth and legend
B.Rejecting all written documents as useless
C.Critical use of archival sources to reconstruct the past 'as it actually was'
D.Studying only economic statistics and never politics
Explanation: Ranke is a key figure in modern Western historiography for emphasising careful archival research and reconstructing the past from contemporary sources.
4In the Indian historiographical tradition discussed at SSC level, the term 'itihasa' is closest to which idea?
A.Only modern statistical survey methods
B.A type of British census report only
C.A geological rock layer used for dating fossils
D.A traditional category of historical narrative (often with puranic/epic associations)
Explanation: Itihasa refers to a traditional Indian category of historical narrative (often linked with epics/Puranic literature in school-level treatments of Indian historiographical tradition).
5What is the main idea of 'applied history' in the Std 10 Balbharati framework?
A.Using historical understanding in practical fields such as heritage, tourism, media, and public life
B.Memorising only battle dates without context
C.Studying only prehistory and never the modern period
D.Replacing all science subjects with history
Explanation: Applied history connects historical knowledge to practical uses — heritage management, tourism, mass media, museums, and related public applications.
6Which activity best illustrates applied history?
A.Ignoring all museums and heritage sites
B.Planning a heritage walk that explains a fort’s past to visitors
C.Deleting all local historical records
D.Studying only chemistry lab reactions
Explanation: A heritage walk uses historical research to interpret places for the public — a classic applied-history example linking past knowledge to tourism and heritage education.
7Which of the following is a classical performing art form of India often cited in history-of-arts discussions?
A.Only European opera as India’s sole classical form
B.Only modern computer animation
C.Bharatanatyam (a major classical dance tradition)
D.Only industrial design of cars
Explanation: Bharatanatyam is one of India’s major classical dance traditions and commonly appears in school-level surveys of Indian arts history.
8Ajanta caves are especially famous for which form of artistic heritage?
A.Modern oil paintings of the twentieth century only
B.Only British colonial railway architecture
C.Only contemporary street graffiti
D.Ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves with mural paintings and sculptures
Explanation: Ajanta (Maharashtra) is renowned for rock-cut Buddhist caves featuring remarkable mural paintings and sculptures — a key site in Indian art history.
9Ellora’s Kailasa temple is best described as:
A.A monolithic rock-cut temple complex (notably associated with the Rashtrakuta period)
B.A modern concrete skyscraper in Mumbai
C.A British-era fort only
D.A Mughal garden in Delhi only
Explanation: The Kailasa (Kailasanatha) temple at Ellora is a monumental monolithic rock-cut temple, commonly linked in school texts with Rashtrakuta patronage.
10In applied-history terms, mass media is important mainly because it:
A.Has no connection to how societies remember the past
B.Shapes public memory and disseminates historical narratives to large audiences
C.Only prints chemistry formulas
D.Replaces the need for any primary sources forever
Explanation: Mass media (print, radio, film, TV, digital) influences how the public learns and remembers history; studying this link is part of media-and-history themes.

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