Assam ASSEB HSLC Class 10 Social Science study guide
Assam ASSEB HSLC Class 10 Social Science · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Assam Board of Secondary Education (ASSEB, formerly SEBA) conducts the HSLC examination that closes out Class 10 in Assam, and Social Science is one of its compulsory papers. This page is an independent study aid for candidates preparing for that paper; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published on behalf of ASSEB or any government body. The Assam ASSEB HSLC Class 10 Social Science study guide has 6 sections and about 2,027 words.
01History - Indian Nationalism and the Road to 1947
The History component tests the Indian national movement from the founding of the Congress to Independence, with questions on colonial policy, mass mobilisation and the causes and consequences of key events. The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay in December 1885; first president W.
345 words, about 2 min02Geography - Resources, Agriculture and Population
Geography combines resource and economic geography with India's population and environmental issues, and often asks for map work and simple data interpretation. Resources are classified as natural or human, renewable or non-renewable, and by status: potential, developed, stock and reserve.
305 words, about 2 min03Political Science - Constitution, Rights and Government
This section tests the Indian Constitution - rights and duties, organs of government, federal arrangements, elections and local self-government - through definitional and applied questions. The Constituent Assembly first met on 9 December 1946; the Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and enforced on 26 January 1950.
340 words, about 2 min04Economics - Concepts, Sectors, Money and Consumers
Economics questions test basic concepts, the three sectors, money and credit, development indicators and consumer rights, often through data or a village-level situation. Scarcity forces choice; the value of the forgone alternative is opportunity cost.
339 words, about 2 min05Assam and North-East India - Ahom Rule, Colonial Assam and the Freedom Movement
This domain weaves Assam's history, geography and constitutional arrangements into the social science paper, usually through short-answer questions on the Ahom kingdom, colonial Assam, the freedom movement and Sixth Schedule areas. Chao Lung Sukapha founded the Ahom kingdom in 1228 at Charaideo; the Ahoms ruled for about six centuries.
372 words, about 2 min06Disaster Management and Contemporary Social Issues
This part asks candidates to apply the disaster cycle to Assam's hazards and to reason about current social problems such as poverty, migration and misinformation. A hazard is a potential threat; a disaster occurs when a hazard exceeds a community's capacity to cope.
326 words, about 2 min