Maharashtra Board SSC Syllabus for Social Science Subject is available here for Class 9th and Class 10th. The Social Science syllabus of Maharashtra Board SSC level is divided in to two parts i.e. Part A – History and Political Science, and Part B – Geography and Economics. The part A syllabus of Maharashtra Board SSC Social Science subject includes Ancient, Medieval and Modern history, India's Political, Social and cultural values, Religious and social Reformation, Revolutions, world wars, democracy, political parties, fundamental rights and duties of citizen, Electrical process, Constitution, Democracy, Political Parties, Social Diversity and its Relationship with Democracy, Challenges in Democracy. The syllabus of Part B includes Natural Processes, Differences in Natural Resources, Reasons of Regional Imbalance, Recent Events and Future Changes in the Economy and co-relationship between economy and environment. Check here complete syllabus of Maharashtra Board SSC subject including chapters and detailed topics of all four subjects and evaluation scheme.
Evaluation Scheme of Maharashtra Board SSC Social Science:
- The total marks allotted for Social Science subject of Maharashtra Board Class 9th and Class 10th is 100 marks which is divided in to 80 marks for written test (Theory paper) and 20 marks for Practical/Viva/Projects.
- There will be two papers of Social Science subject of Maharashtra Board SSC as the syllabus is divided in to two parts of four subjects as under –
Part A: History and Political Science
Part B: Geography and Economics
- There will be practical/viva/project of 10 marks each for Part A and Part B of Maharashtra Board SSC Social Science subject.
- The time duration for each theory paper is 2 hours.
- The marks allotment for each subject of Social Science subject is as under –
| Papers |
Subjects |
Marks Allotted |
| Part A |
History |
28 |
| Political Science |
12 |
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| - |
Total |
40 marks |
| Part B |
Geography |
28 |
| Economics |
12 |
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| - |
Total |
40 marks |
| Grand Total |
4 subjects |
80 marks |
Maharashtra Board SSC Social Science Syllabus
Maharashtra Board Class 9th Social Science Syllabus for Part A–
| Subject |
Units |
Detailed topics |
| History |
Unit 1: Ancient and Medieval Civilizations |
Greek Indian Arabian |
| Unit 2: Renaissance and Feudalism |
Feudalism in Medieval Age, Decline, Crusades Reformation Renaissance |
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| Unit 3: Age of Revolutions |
Industrial Revolution American war of Independence French Revolution |
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| Political Science |
Unit 1: Introduction to Political Science |
Meaning, Nature and Scope of Political Science |
| Unit 2: Making of the Constitution of India |
Need of the Constitution, Constituent Assembly Preamble to the constitution of India |
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| Unit 3: Fundamental Rights and Duties |
Need of Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Rights mentioned in Indian Constitution What are Duties? |
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| Unit 4: Electoral Process |
What is election? Voter, Constituency, Candidate, Adult franchise, Direct and Indirect election |
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| Unit 5: Internal Work |
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Maharashtra Board Class 9th Social Science Syllabus for Part B–
| Subject |
Units |
Detailed topics |
| Geography |
Unit 1: Concept of Region |
Concept of Region Identification of a region |
| Unit 2: Natural resources |
Land Water Soil Forests Minerals |
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| Unit 3: Occupations |
Classification of occupations |
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| Unit 4: Agriculture |
Types of agriculture Major crops |
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| Unit 5: Industries |
Agro-based industries Other industries |
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| Unit 6 : Transportation, Communication and Tourism |
Types of transportation Means of Communication Tourism |
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| Unit 7: Population |
Growth of population Structure of population |
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| Unit 8: Regional development |
Human development Index Regional development in Maharashtra |
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| Unit 9: Practical |
Cartography Isopleths maps Field study |
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| Economics |
Unit 1: Introduction of Economics |
Introduction Concept of Economics, Meaning & Definition Importance of Economics |
| Unit 2: Basic Economic Concepts |
Human wants & classification of wants Commodity - Economic goods & Free goods Resources & Scarcity of resources Utility, value & Price Demand & Supply |
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| Unit 3: Sources of Income |
Personal Income: Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Agro allied Industry- Allutedar, Balutedar, Small Scale & Cottage Industry Modern Sources of Income: Income from Service Sector- Transport, Communication, Doctor, Lawyer, Chartered Accountant, Cyber Café. |
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| Unit 4: Family Budget |
Income & Expenditure, Explanation with the help of Examples Project on Income & Expenditure of family (local level) |
Maharashtra Board Class 10th Social Science Syllabus for Part A–
| Subject |
Units |
Detailed topics |
| History |
Unit 1: Imperialism |
Geographical discoveries and colonization Asia: India, China, Japan Africa |
| Unit 2: 20th Century Age of conflict |
First world war Russian Revolution The League of Nations Dictatorships in Europe, Second World War and world United Nations Organization |
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| Unit 3: Emancipation of Asia and Africa |
Asia Africa |
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| Unit 4: World after World War II |
Cold war Scientific and Technological Progress Globalization |
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| Political Science |
Unit 1: Democracy |
Meaning, Types and characteristics |
| Unit 2: Political Parties and types |
Meaning, Need, Types of Political Parties - National and Regional |
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| Unit 3: Social Diversity and Democracy |
What is social diversity? i) Caste/race and Democracy ii) Language and Democracy iii) Religion and Democracy iv) Gender and Democracy |
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| Unit 4: Challenges to Democracy |
Remedial measures to the challenges |
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| Unit 5: Internal Work |
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Maharashtra Board Class 10th Social Science Syllabus for Part B–
| Subject |
Units |
Detailed topics |
| Geography |
Unit 1: Physical Divisions of India |
Identification of Physical divisions |
| Unit 2: North Indian Mountains |
Himalayas Associated mountains |
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| Unit 3: North Indian Plain Region |
Deserts Western Plains Central Plains Eastern Plains Delta region |
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| Unit 4: Peninsular Plateau Region |
Malwa Plateau Chhotta Nagpur Plateau Maharashtra Plateau Karnataka Plateau Telangana Plateau |
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| Unit 5: Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats |
Sahyadries Eastern Ghats |
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| Unit 6 : Coastal Region |
Eastern coastal plain Western coastal plain |
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| Unit 7: Indian Islands |
Western Islands Eastern Islands |
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| Unit 8: Practical |
Cartography |
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| Unit 9: Practical |
One dimensional diagrams Two dimensional diagrams |
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| Economics |
Unit 1: Introduction of an Economy |
What is an economy? Types of Economy Main features of Economy |
| Unit 2: Basic problems of an economy solution |
Introduction Problems: For whom to produce? How much to produce? By whom to produce? How best are the resources being used? Solutions: Capitalism Socialism Mixed Economy |
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| Unit 3: Inflation |
Introduction Causes of inflation Effects of inflation Measures |
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| Unit 4: Public distribution system & consumer protection |
Introduction Public Distribution system - meaning & explanation Objectives of P.D.S. Progress of P.D.S. Drawbacks of P.D.S. Remedial Measures Consumer Protection - Rights & duties of cunsumer, food adulteration. |
