Maharashtra Board Class 10 Social Science II Post-Paper Analysis

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

By 21st Mar, 2018 | 04:39 pm

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education conducted the Social Science Paper II (Geography and Economics) exam for students of Class 10 today, 21st March. Students got a one-day break after their Social Science Paper I which would have helped them in their last-minute revision of the difficult Geography and Economics concepts of Social Science Paper II. Most students felt that this paper was easier than Paper I, i.e. the History and Political Science Paper.

Social Science II Question Paper Design

Social Science Paper II tests students in Geography and Economics. While the Geography section is of 28 marks, the Economics section is of 18 marks. Let us take a look at the design of the Geography 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.(A)	4	Short answer	Any 2 of 4	2 marks each
Q2.(B)	3	Short answer	Any 2 of 3	2 marks each
Q3.(A)	1	Graph/diagram	All	2 marks
Q3.(B)	4	Map Observation	Any 2 of 4	1 mark each
Q3.(C)	4	Map marking	Any 2 of 4	1 mark each
Q4.	3	Long answer	Any 2 of 3	4 marks each

The design of the Economics section of the question paper is as follows.

Question No.	No. of sub questions	Type of Question	Permitted Attempt	Marks
Q5.	2	Objective	All	1 mark each
Q6.	3	Short answer	Any 3 of 5	2 marks each
Q7.	2	Long answer	Any 1 of 2	2 marks each

Social Science II Chapter-wise Distribution of Marks for Geography

Social Science II Chapter-wise Distribution of Marks for Economics

In Geography, few questions were of the medium difficulty level. Several questions were asked from textbook exercises. According to many students, the map marking section was relatively easy. Q3 (B), the Map Observation section, was of a medium difficulty level. On the whole, the Geography paper was of an easy to medium level.

In Economics, about 90% of the total questions asked were from textbook exercises. These questions were straight and direct. Interestingly, the Economics section was easy, and students can expect to score good marks in this section.

Overall, students who had worked hard, solved past year papers and practised textbook exercises would have been able to solve the questions with ease and would do well in this paper.