Maharashtra Board Class 10 Social Science I Post-Paper Analysis

Know more about the SSC Class 10 Social Science I 2018 Paper in this blog post.

By 19th Mar, 2018 | 04:15 pm

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education conducted the Social Science Paper I (History and Political Science) exam for students of Class 10 today (19 March). Over 17 lakh SSC students appeared for this exam. Students must be happy and relieved as their Board Exams are now nearing an end.

Question Paper Design

Social Science Paper I tests students in History and Political Science. While the History section is of 28 marks, the Political Science section is of 18 marks. Let us take a look at the design of the History section of the question paper.

Question No.	No. of sub questions	Type of Question	Permitted Attempt	Marks
Q1. (A)	3	Objective	All	1 mark each
Q1. (B)	3	Objective	All	1 mark each
Q2.	3	Short answer type	Any 2 of 3	2 marks each
Q3.	3	Short answer type	Any 2 of 3	2 marks each
Q4.	3	Long answer type	Any 2 of 3	3 marks each
Q5.	3	Long answer type	Any 2 of 3	4 marks each

The design of the Political Science section of the question paper was as follows.

Question No.	No. of sub questions	Type of Question	Permitted Attempt	Marks
Q6.	3	Objective	All	1 mark each
Q7.	3	Very short answer type	Any 3 of 5	1 mark each
Q8.	3	Short answer type	Any 2 of 3	2 marks each
Q9.	2	Short answer type	Any 1 of 2	2 marks each

Chapter-wise Distribution of Marks for History

This year, the chapter-wise distribution of marks was according to the usual pattern.

Chapter-wise Distribution of Marks for Political Science

In Political Science, the weightage of marks for the chapter ‘Political Parties’ was slightly increased.

Social Science Paper I was a mixed bag of questions. Questions in the History section were of medium level. Some questions were easy, while some were difficult. Students who had studied hard throughout the year will be able to score well in the History section of the paper.

The Political Science section was easy because all questions were asked from textbook exercises. Students who had studied the answers to all their textbook exercise questions will be extremely happy as their preparation would have been fruitful, enabling them to score full marks in this section.