Odisha BSE HSC Social Science case studies
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The Annual HSC Examination, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSE Odisha), is the state-level Class X school-leaving examination for Odisha. BSE Odisha is a body corporate constituted under the Odisha Secondary Education Act, 1953, and the board states that it "examines those who have completed a prescribed course of study and awards certificates to the successful candidates." Social Science is one of the subjects in the Class X scheme of studies; the board publishes a "Subject Wise Syllabus Class X" and a separate document on the "PATTERN OF QUESTION WITH DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS FOR CLASS – IX & X (ANNUAL HSC EXAMINATION, 2026)". The Odisha BSE HSC Social Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,477 words.
1Reservoir Release Before a Cyclone
On 15 August a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is forecast to cross the Odisha coast near Paradip within 48 hours. The Mahanadi basin upstream of Hirakud has received 210 mm of rain in three days, and inflow to the reservoir has risen to 45,000 cusecs and is still climbing.
880 words, about 4 min2A Teacher's Resignation in 1921
In February 1921 a teacher at a government-aided upper primary school in a village near Balasore is visited by three volunteers of the district Congress committee. They ask him to resign, to persuade parents to withdraw sixty children from the school, and to burn the school's stock of English readers at the next weekly market.
870 words, about 4 min3Who Was Consulted? A Gram Sabha Resolution
In a gram panchayat of 1,240 voters spread over five hamlets, the Gram Sabha meets on 12 June to approve the annual action plan. Two hundred and ten people attend, almost all men from the two upper hamlets.
925 words, about 5 min4Paddy or Groundnut on a Flood-Prone Holding
A farmer in Bargarh district holds 1.2 hectares, of which 0.8 hectare is low-lying and submerges in a heavy monsoon year while 0.4 hectare is upland. For kharif she must choose between two plans.
806 words, about 4 min5Consent, Compensation and a Bauxite Mine
A village of 180 families in the Scheduled Area of a district on the Kalahandi–Rayagada border sits on a hill that a company proposes to mine for bauxite. The company's notice says 96 families will lose cultivated land, 40 of them Scheduled Tribes, and that 60 families have no Record of Rights for land they have farmed for three generations.
996 words, about 5 min