BPSC TRE Social Science Questions: 40 with Answers (9-10)
Attempt 40 important BPSC TRE 4.0 (Class 9-10) Social Science questions with answers across History, Geography, Polity, Economics and teaching topics, then find your weak areas.
If you are preparing for BPSC TRE 4.0 with a job, family duties or a repeat attempt and very little time left, these BPSC TRE Social Science questions are made for honest, quick revision. This set gives you 40 important Social Science questions with answers across History, Geography, Polity and Economics, covering the full BPSC TRE 4.0 (Class 9-10) syllabus — from the Constitution of India and Modern World History to World Geography, Bihar's history and geography, and the teaching portions like assessment and learning theories.
Use the set the honest way: first attempt all 40 questions on your own, like a real exam, without peeking below. Only after you finish, check the answers and be truthful about what you got wrong. The wrong answers are the real lesson — note the topic of each one, because that is where your next study hour should go.
How to use these BPSC TRE Social Science questions
- Attempt first, check later. Give yourself a quiet 30–40 minutes, solve all 40, and only then read the answers. Guessing before you check teaches you nothing.
- Sort by topic, not by total score. If Polity and World Geography feel shaky but Bihar history is strong, you now know exactly which two topics to open your book on tonight.
- Don't skip the teaching portion. Questions on nature and aims of social science, assessment, learning theories and classroom issues are scoring if you revise the basics once — do not leave them for the last day.
- Move to full-length practice. After this set, sit a timed paper with the free Full Mock Test 1 for BPSC TRE 4.0 Social Science to feel the real pressure of the clock.
Three struggles are common, and each has one simple fix. If you forget facts quickly, revise your wrong answers again after two days instead of reading new material. If you run out of time in the paper, practise with a timer from today. If you keep confusing History and Geography topics, make a one-page list of dates versus places and read it every morning. Right now, do just one thing: solve these 40 questions, then take the free mock test and circle the two topics you scored lowest in — that is your plan for tomorrow.
40 BPSC TRE Social Science questions with answers (History, Geography, Polity, Economics)
Learning Theories in Social Science
Bruner's 'discovery learning' in social science means:
- (A) Teacher dictates all facts
- (B) Learning only from TV
- (C) Students explore and find out principles themselves
- (D) Memorising answers
Answer: (C) Students explore and find out principles themselves
Explanation: Promotes active inquiry.
Vygotsky's 'Zone of Proximal Development' suggests the teacher should:
- (A) Give only very easy tasks
- (B) Give only tests
- (C) Provide scaffolding for tasks a learner can do with help
- (D) Avoid helping students
Answer: (C) Provide scaffolding for tasks a learner can do with help
Explanation: Learning is social.
In the jigsaw technique, each student:
- (A) Becomes an expert on one part and teaches the group
- (B) Only writes the test
- (C) Only listens
- (D) Works alone on the whole chapter
Answer: (A) Becomes an expert on one part and teaches the group
Explanation: Developed by Elliot Aronson.
A teacher begins a lesson on 'Poverty' by asking students what they see in their neighbourhood. This reflects:
- (A) Rote learning
- (B) Behaviourist conditioning
- (C) Teacher-centred lecture
- (D) Building on prior knowledge and experience
Answer: (D) Building on prior knowledge and experience
Explanation: Constructivist approach.
According to Piaget, students in the formal operational stage (11+) can:
- (A) Think abstractly about concepts like democracy and justice
- (B) Only imitate
- (C) Only handle concrete objects
- (D) Not use language
Answer: (A) Think abstractly about concepts like democracy and justice
Explanation: Hypothetical reasoning develops.
Inquiry-based learning in geography would involve:
- (A) Students investigating why their area floods every year
- (B) Listening to a lecture only
- (C) Copying definitions
- (D) Memorising capitals
Answer: (A) Students investigating why their area floods every year
Explanation: Asking questions and collecting data.
Assessment in Social Science
NEP 2020 recommends that board examinations should test:
- (A) Only handwriting
- (B) Core capacities and competencies rather than rote memorisation
- (C) Only memorised facts
- (D) Only speed
Answer: (B) Core capacities and competencies rather than rote memorisation
Explanation: Competency-based assessment.
An open-book test in social science mainly assesses:
- (A) Ability to locate, analyse and apply information
- (B) Speed of copying
- (C) Rote memory
- (D) Handwriting
Answer: (A) Ability to locate, analyse and apply information
Explanation: Focuses on understanding.
A teacher notices that a student confuses 'weather' and 'climate'. The best remedial step is to:
- (A) Scold the student
- (B) Move on to the next chapter
- (C) Use daily weather records over time to show the difference
- (D) Ask the student to copy definitions 10 times
Answer: (C) Use daily weather records over time to show the difference
Explanation: Concrete data clarifies the concept.
Constitution of India
Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar is:
- (A) 16
- (B) 11
- (C) 12 schedules
- (D) 243
Answer: (A) 16
Explanation: Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar: 16.
Lok Sabha seats from Bihar is:
- (A) 22
- (B) 40
- (C) 250
- (D) 8
Answer: (B) 40
Explanation: Lok Sabha seats from Bihar: 40.
Number of Fundamental Rights at present is:
- (A) 243
- (B) 12 schedules
- (C) 6
- (D) 11
Answer: (C) 6
Explanation: Number of Fundamental Rights at present: 6.
Number of Fundamental Duties is:
- (A) 250
- (B) 22
- (C) 8
- (D) 11
Answer: (D) 11
Explanation: Number of Fundamental Duties: 11.
Number of schedules in the Constitution at present is:
- (A) 12 schedules
- (B) 6
- (C) 543
- (D) 40
Answer: (A) 12 schedules
Explanation: Number of schedules in the Constitution at present: 12 schedules.
Number of languages in the Eighth Schedule is:
- (A) 28
- (B) 8
- (C) 22
- (D) 250
Answer: (C) 22
Explanation: Number of languages in the Eighth Schedule: 22.
Bihar — History and Geography
Which place in Bihar is known for: 'Tomb of Sher Shah Suri'?
- (A) Sasaram
- (B) Sadaqat Ashram (Patna)
- (C) Madhubani
- (D) Barauni
Answer: (A) Sasaram
Explanation: Sasaram: Tomb of Sher Shah Suri.
Which place in Bihar is known for: 'Bihar's only tiger reserve'?
- (A) Tarapur (Munger)
- (B) Jagdishpur
- (C) Barauni
- (D) Valmikinagar (West Champaran)
Answer: (D) Valmikinagar (West Champaran)
Explanation: Valmikinagar (West Champaran): Bihar's only tiger reserve.
Which place in Bihar is known for: 'Oil refinery and fertiliser industry'?
- (A) Bodh Gaya
- (B) Barauni
- (C) Champaran
- (D) Sasaram
Answer: (B) Barauni
Explanation: Barauni: Oil refinery and fertiliser industry.
Veer Kunwar Singh led the 1857 revolt in Bihar at the age of about:
- (A) 20 years
- (B) 30 years
- (C) 50 years
- (D) 80 years
Answer: (D) 80 years
Explanation: He was zamindar of Jagdishpur (Bhojpur).
Which place in Bihar is known for: 'Home of Veer Kunwar Singh who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar'?
- (A) Jagdishpur
- (B) Champaran
- (C) Barauni
- (D) Tarapur (Munger)
Answer: (A) Jagdishpur
Explanation: Jagdishpur: Home of Veer Kunwar Singh who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar.
Which place in Bihar is known for: 'Headquarters of the Bihar Congress and seat of Bihar Vidyapeeth (1921)'?
- (A) Valmikinagar (West Champaran)
- (B) Muzaffarpur
- (C) Tarapur (Munger)
- (D) Sadaqat Ashram (Patna)
Answer: (D) Sadaqat Ashram (Patna)
Explanation: Sadaqat Ashram (Patna): Headquarters of the Bihar Congress and seat of Bihar Vidyapeeth (1921).
The highest peak in Bihar, Someshwar, lies in the:
- (A) Ramnagar–Someshwar hills (West Champaran)
- (B) Rajgir hills
- (C) Kaimur plateau
- (D) Barabar hills
Answer: (A) Ramnagar–Someshwar hills (West Champaran)
Explanation: Part of the Shiwalik range in Bihar.
Which river forms the boundary between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in the south-west (near Kaimur)?
- (A) Kosi
- (B) Bagmati
- (C) Mahananda
- (D) Karmanasa
Answer: (D) Karmanasa
Explanation: Considered inauspicious in folklore.
The Kisan Sabha movement in Bihar was led by:
- (A) Jagjivan Ram
- (B) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- (C) Rajendra Prasad
- (D) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Answer: (B) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Explanation: Founded the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929.
World Geography
Riyadh is the capital of which country?
- (A) Bhutan
- (B) Saudi Arabia
- (C) Indonesia
- (D) Myanmar
Answer: (B) Saudi Arabia
Explanation: Capital of Saudi Arabia: Riyadh.
Buenos Aires is the capital of which country?
- (A) Argentina
- (B) Maldives
- (C) South Africa (executive)
- (D) China
Answer: (A) Argentina
Explanation: Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires.
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the capital of which country?
- (A) Japan
- (B) Sri Lanka (administrative)
- (C) Spain
- (D) Italy
Answer: (B) Sri Lanka (administrative)
Explanation: Capital of Sri Lanka (administrative): Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
The Mannerheim Line lies between:
- (A) Finland and the Soviet Union
- (B) North Korea and South Korea
- (C) North and South Vietnam
- (D) Pakistan and Afghanistan
Answer: (A) Finland and the Soviet Union
Explanation: Mannerheim Line: Finland and the Soviet Union.
Islamabad is the capital of which country?
- (A) Pakistan
- (B) Netherlands
- (C) Afghanistan
- (D) Turkey
Answer: (A) Pakistan
Explanation: Capital of Pakistan: Islamabad.
Athens is the capital of which country?
- (A) Indonesia
- (B) Greece
- (C) South Africa (executive)
- (D) Brazil
Answer: (B) Greece
Explanation: Capital of Greece: Athens.
Brussels is the capital of which country?
- (A) Myanmar
- (B) Spain
- (C) Australia
- (D) Belgium
Answer: (D) Belgium
Explanation: Capital of Belgium: Brussels.
Pretoria is the capital of which country?
- (A) Iran
- (B) Afghanistan
- (C) South Africa (executive)
- (D) Egypt
Answer: (C) South Africa (executive)
Explanation: Capital of South Africa (executive): Pretoria.
Rome is the capital of which country?
- (A) Maldives
- (B) United Kingdom
- (C) Italy
- (D) Egypt
Answer: (C) Italy
Explanation: Capital of Italy: Rome.
Nature and Aims of Social Science
Which is the most appropriate approach to teaching gender in social science?
- (A) Avoiding the topic
- (B) A single separate chapter on women
- (C) Teaching only about queens
- (D) Integrating women's perspectives across all topics
Answer: (D) Integrating women's perspectives across all topics
Explanation: NCF 2005 recommendation.
Classroom Issues in Social Science
The best way to handle a textbook statement that seems biased is to:
- (A) Discuss it critically with evidence in class
- (B) Tear out the page
- (C) Ask students to memorise it
- (D) Ignore it
Answer: (A) Discuss it critically with evidence in class
Explanation: Builds critical thinking.
Modern World History
Which statement is correct about Joseph Stalin?
- (A) Head of the Provisional Government overthrown in October 1917
- (B) Wrote the pamphlet 'What is the Third Estate?'
- (C) Introduced forced collectivisation of agriculture from 1929
- (D) Proposed division of power in 'The Spirit of the Laws'
Answer: (C) Introduced forced collectivisation of agriculture from 1929
Explanation: Joseph Stalin: Introduced forced collectivisation of agriculture from 1929.
Who is described here: 'German President who appointed Hitler as Chancellor in January 1933'?
- (A) Vladimir Lenin
- (B) Paul von Hindenburg
- (C) John Locke
- (D) Montesquieu
Answer: (B) Paul von Hindenburg
Explanation: Paul von Hindenburg: German President who appointed Hitler as Chancellor in January 1933.
Which statement is correct about Louis XVI?
- (A) Refuted divine and absolute right of monarchs in 'Two Treatises of Government'
- (B) Wrote the pamphlet 'What is the Third Estate?'
- (C) King of France executed in January 1793
- (D) German President who appointed Hitler as Chancellor in January 1933
Answer: (C) King of France executed in January 1793
Explanation: Louis XVI: King of France executed in January 1793.
Who is described here: 'King of France executed in January 1793'?
- (A) Louis XVI
- (B) Louis Blanc
- (C) Abbé Sieyès
- (D) Alexander Kerensky
Answer: (A) Louis XVI
Explanation: Louis XVI: King of France executed in January 1793.
Who is described here: 'Wrote 'The Social Contract''?
- (A) Olympe de Gouges
- (B) John Locke
- (C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- (D) Joseph Stalin
Answer: (C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Explanation: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Wrote 'The Social Contract'.
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Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in this BPSC TRE Social Science practice set?
There are 40 important questions with answers, spread across History, Geography, Polity and Economics plus the teaching topics like assessment, learning theories and classroom issues in social science.
Is there a free mock test for BPSC TRE 4.0 Social Science?
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What topics does the BPSC TRE 4.0 Class 9-10 Social Science paper cover?
It covers Modern World History, World Geography, the Constitution of India, Bihar's history and geography, and teaching areas such as the nature and aims of social science, assessment and learning theories.
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Does the Social Science paper include pedagogy and teaching questions?
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