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CTET Social Studies (SST) MCQ with Answers, Paper 2

756 practice questions on Social Studies and its Pedagogy (Paper II) for CTET Paper II (Social Studies/Social Science), with answers; most also have an explanation or a worked solution. Try each one before you open its answer.

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1. Q.751

   While studying the Harappan civilisation, Class 6 students make clay models of seals, pots and beads, and explain them at a class exhibition. In the language of NEP 2020, this is an example of:

   1. A Rote learning through repetition
   2. B Art-integrated, experiential learning
   3. C Summative, end-of-term assessment
   4. D Programmed, step-by-step instruction
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   Correct answer: (B) Art-integrated, experiential learning

   NEP 2020 recommends experiential learning, including art-integrated education, in which art is used to learn concepts across subjects. Making and explaining models deepens understanding of Harappan crafts.

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2. Q.752

   Assertion (A): The Harappan script has not yet been deciphered. Reason (R): The Harappans did not know how to write.

   1. A Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. B Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   3. C A is true, but R is false
   4. D A is false, but R is true
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   Correct answer: (C) A is true, but R is false

   A is true: scholars have not yet been able to read the Harappan script. R is false: the Harappans did write, mostly short inscriptions on seals and other objects, so the problem is deciphering the script, not an absence of writing.

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3. Q.753

   Consider the following statements about an equinox (21 March or 23 September):

   1. The direct rays of the Sun fall on the Equator.

   2. The Northern Hemisphere has its longest day of the year.

   Which of these is/are correct?

   1. A 1 only
   2. B 2 only
   3. C Both 1 and 2
   4. D Neither 1 nor 2
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   Correct answer: (A) 1 only

   On an equinox the Sun's direct rays fall on the Equator and neither pole is tilted towards the Sun, so the whole Earth has equal days and nights. The longest day in the north comes on 21 June, the summer solstice.

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4. Q.754

   NCERT's Social and Political Life textbooks often explain ideas such as equality or livelihood through the story of a particular person or family. The main purpose of such case studies is to:

   1. A Let learners examine an abstract idea in a real-life situation and then generalise
   2. B Provide biographies of famous people for students to memorise for the test
   3. C Replace the discussion of concepts with stories that are only entertaining
   4. D Give examples that apply only to the particular region where that person happens to live
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   Correct answer: (A) Let learners examine an abstract idea in a real-life situation and then generalise

   A case study grounds a concept in the concrete experience of real people, so learners can analyse it, relate it to their own lives and then build a general understanding. It is not meant for memorising life details.

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5. Q.755

   After reading an account of a war between two kingdoms, the teacher asks, 'Whose experiences are missing here? How might a farmer or a soldier's family have seen this war?' The teacher is mainly helping students to:

   1. A Notice gaps in an account and think about the voices left out
   2. B Memorise the names of the kings and the battles
   3. C Prove that the textbook account is false
   4. D Decide which kingdom was right in the war
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   Correct answer: (A) Notice gaps in an account and think about the voices left out

   Asking whose experiences are missing trains students to read accounts critically and to think about ordinary people who are often absent from records about rulers. It does not mean the account is false.

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6. Q.756

   By the late nineteenth century, iron smelting by communities such as the Agarias was declining. Which of the following was NOT a reason for this decline?

   1. A The iron ore deposits of central India had been fully exhausted
   2. B Forest laws stopped smelters from collecting wood for charcoal
   3. C Smelters allowed into forests had to pay a high tax for every furnace
   4. D Iron and steel imported from Britain lowered the demand for local iron
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   Correct answer: (A) The iron ore deposits of central India had been fully exhausted

   Forest laws, heavy taxes on furnaces and imports of British iron and steel all hurt the smelters. The ore had not run out: central India still had rich deposits, such as those of the Rajhara hills in Chhattisgarh, which today supply the Bhilai steel plant.

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