CBSE Board Exam 2024 Live: Class 12 Social Science paper rated easy, balanced; check analysis

Dilpreet Singh Atwal from the Ram Lal Bhasin Public School, Ludhiana believed that the paper was “neither easy nor tough.”

Keshav Chadda from BCM school, Ludhiana claimed the paper to be “easy”. Angel Mehta from Atam Public School also believed the same.

Divya Maurya from Jesus Sacred Heart said the paper was “a little harder than what she expected.” “A few MCQs were confusing.” Gurnoor Kaur from the same school noted that the picture based question was also “very confusing.”

Parul Sharma, a social sciences teacher from Kundan Vidya Mandir School here said the paper was “quite conception.” The paper was “medium to hard”, according to her.

Anshul Kumar, Manager- BYJU’S analysis:

The Social Science paper for the Class 10 board examination was moderate, with most of the questions found to be from the syllabus. While the paper predominantly focused on conceptual understanding, it also included a few questions that tested theoretical knowledge and application skills.

The History section focused majorly on chapters like Rise of Nationalism in Europe and Nationalism in India. Geography drew questions mainly from Minerals and Energy Resources. Civics and Economics questions were centered around Political Parties and Power Sharing, Sectors of the Indian Economy and Globalisation.

Overall, the Social Science paper was found to be fair and in line with expectations.

CBSE Class 10 Social Science paper exam is over. Check what students and teachers said about the paper here.

Neil Bajpai said that the MCQ'S were a mixture of knowledge and application based questions.

For Ishani Gurjar and Akshat, the paper was very simple and direct.

Khushi said that the subjective questions were based on the clarity of concepts of the NCERT Syllabus.

in the words of Chaitanya Shukla and Devansh, the students who would have done good practice of the sample papers/ the pre board question papers, would have found the Question paper not so challenging.

According to the teachers the Map questions were direct and knowledge based. Few subjective questions were tricky and required critical analysis and thorough understanding of the concepts.

Most of the students were confident of their performance.

(Rajeev Mullick, Lucknow)

The social science paper was a balanced mix of analysis and application-based questions; the level of difficulty was moderate. The question paper was a balanced mix of knowledge, analysis, and application-based questions. The paper was a bit lengthy, and therefore, time management could have been a challenge for the class 10 students in today’s social science exam. Overall, students found that the CBSE social science paper was easy and straight from the prescribed syllabus and NCERT books. According to a subject teacher, barring very few questions, the paper is easy and well-balanced.

(Priyanka Swami ,TGT Social Science ,KIIT WORLD SCHOOL, GURUGRAM)

• Overall, it was a balanced paper and more or less based on general application of the theory. (ANUSHKA CHAND- LPS Southcity)
• The paper was moderate. Objective questions were quite easy and straight forward. Short and long answers were conceptual based and map-work was very easy. (MAITRAYEE JHA- LPS Southcity)
• Overall the paper was moderate. The MCQ were quite easy. Case based questions were complicated as asked on conceptual based. Short and long questions were tricky and quite lengthy. (Shivam Patel- LPS Southcity)
• MCQs were all textbook based and easy. Very short answers were also quite easy and included justification. Short questions were easy yet tricky as they were conceptual based. Long ones were quite easy with general statements . Case based study was asked indirectly. Map was very easy and direct. (DWANI BHATNAGAR - LPS Southcity)

– By Rajeev Mullick, Lucknow

The question paper was as per the syllabus and the difficulty level of the question paper was easy and comforting. A few multiple-choice questions (MCQs) were challenging, but the rest were simple and accommodating. Some questions based on the G20 summit were expected as per the learning objectives of Chapter ‘Globalisation and Indian Economy’, but somehow, they were totally excluded from the paper. Case-based questions had answers in the provided paragraphs. Internal choices were provided. Though some questions necessitated in-depth concept grasps, most of the subjective questions were also straightforward, well-placed and maintained the equilibrium. It was not lengthy, and students got enough time to revise before submissions of answer scripts. To sum up, the question paper was balanced and reassuring.

(Manisha Pundir- Subject Coordinator at VidyaGyan Sitapur)

The question paper consisted of 37 questions with internal choice as per board pattern. The difficulty level of the paper was moderate to easy. The map question was easy. Feedback from the students was that the paper was easy.

– Shruti Sharma, PGT History at Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad

March 11: Mathematics papers

March 13: Computer Applications, IT and AI papers.

Analysis of the CBSE Class 10 Social Science paper and students' reactions will be shared here soon. Stay tuned for all the latest updates.

There is no provision for students to raise objections to the CBSE board exam papers. However, they can submit their feedback on the question papers to the schools. Schools can send comments on the board exam question papers with the board.

The analysis of the CBSE Class 10th Social Science paper by teachers and subject experts, along with students' reactions, will be shared here after the paper is over.

Over 39 lakh students are taking the CBSE board exams this year for Class 10, 12.

The Class 10 Social Science paper of CBSE board exam 2024 started at 10:30 am on March 7. The duration of the exam is three hours. More details will be shared after the exam is over.

Maximum marks: 80

Duration: 3 hours

As per the sample paper:

1. Questions 1 to 20 are MCQs for one mark each.
2. Questions 21 to 24 are very short answer-type questions of two marks each.
3. Questions 25 to 29 are short answer-type questions of three marks each.
4. Questions 30 to 33 are long answer questions of five marks each.
5. Questions 34 to 36 are cased-based, for four marks each.
6. Question number 37 is map-based, for five marks, divided into two parts: History and Geography.

Four papers of CBSE Class 10 board exams are remaining, to be conducted on March 11 and 13:

March 11: Mathematics Standard, Mathematics Basic

March 13: Computer Application, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligance.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Class 10 Social Science examination on March 7. The exam is scheduled for 10:30 am, and the duration of the paper is three hours.