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    International Social Studies Olympiad (ISSO) - Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Admit Card, Result

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    Mayank MishraUpdated on Mar 09, 2026 09:53 AM

    About ISSO 2026

    The Silverzone International Social Studies Olympiad (ISSO) exam is designed to assess and enhance students' understanding of social studies subjects beyond rote memorisation. It challenges students from Class 1 to 10 to apply analytical and critical thinking skills to grasp complex social studies concepts. 

    More About SilverZone ISSO Exam 2026-27:

    • The ISSO Olympiad aims to spark genuine interest in social studies by encouraging students to explore current affairs, global issues, and the rich diversity of global history.
    • The International Social Studies Olympiad exam will be conducted in two parts, exam 1 in November and exam 2 in December 2026, for the upcoming academic year 2026-27. Last year, the Silverzone ISSO 2025-26 exam 1 was held on November 11, 2025, and exam 2 on December 3, 2025. 
    • The Silverzone will release the ISSO answer key in December 2026 for this year's exam. For the 2025-26 exam, the answer key was published in December 2025.
    • The Silverzone ISSO results 2026-27 will be released in February 2027 for the upcoming academic session. The Silverzone ISSO results for the 2025-26 exam were announced on February 20, 2026.
    • The ISSO exam format is objective, with multiple-choice questions tailored to each class level.
    • For Classes 1 and 2, the ISSO exam will consist of 25 questions to be attempted in 40 minutes; for Classes 3 to 5, 30 questions in 40 minutes; for Classes 6 to 8, 35 questions in 40 minutes; and for Classes 9 to 10, 40 questions in 50 minutes. 
    • There is no negative marking for any incorrect answers.
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    International Social Studies Olympiad (ISSO) - Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Admit Card, Result
    International Social Studies Olympiad (ISSO) - Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Admit Card, Result

    ISSO 2026 Highlights

    Full Exam Name
    International Social Studies Olympiad
    Short Exam Name
    ISSO
    Conducting Body
    SilverZone Foundation
    Frequency Of Conduct
    Once a year
    Exam Level
    Matriculate
    Languages
    English
    Exam Duration
    1 Hour

    ISSO Important Dates

    ISSO International Social Studies Olympiad (session 2026)

    • The Silverzone ISSO results will be announced in February 2027 for this year's exam. For the year 2025-26, the results were announced online via the official website on February 20, 2026.
    • The result check link for the Silverzone ISSO exam is available on silverzone.org.
    • To view their results, students must enter details such as their enrollment number, name, phone number, parents' names, and email address in the result window.



    • The iSSO exam is open to students from Class 1 to 10, providing a wide range of students the opportunity to participate.
    • Schools have to register with the Silverzone Foundation to allow their students to participate in the ISSO exam. The school facilitates the organization and administration of the exam for its students.
    • There are no specific prerequisites or prior qualifications required for students to participate, making it accessible to all eligible students within the class range.
    • Students from any school, whether national or international, can participate, as long as their school is registered with the Silverzone Foundation.
    Background wave

    • For Classes 1 and 2, the ISSO exam consists of 25 questions to be completed in 40 minutes. The exam features objective, multiple-choice questions designed to assess the foundational understanding of social studies concepts.
    • For Classes 3 to 5, the Silverzone ISSO exam consists of 30 questions to be completed in 40 minutes. The exam maintains an objective, multiple-choice format, with slightly more complex questions.
    • For classes 6 to 8, the exam consists of 35 questions to be completed in 40 minutes.
    • For Classes 9 and 10, the ISSO exam comprises 40 questions to be completed in 50 minutes. The exam is rigorous, featuring objective, multiple-choice questions that require higher-order thinking skills.
    • Students are encouraged to attempt all questions without the fear of losing marks for incorrect answers, as there is no negative marking in the ISSO exam 2026-27.
    • All students will use OMR sheets to mark their answers, ensuring accurate and efficient evaluation.

    ISSO 2026 Syllabus

    ISSO International Social Studies Olympiad Syllabus

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 01


    All about me
    • Body parts, family, safety rules, good habits and manner, good touch and bad touch

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 02


    My needs
    • Food, clothes and shelter

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 03


    My community
    • School and neighbourhood, people who help us

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 04


    Our country
    • National symbols, festivals and celebrations

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 05


    Our surroundings
    • Air and water, environment, plants and animals

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 06


    Settled life
    • Transport and communication

    Class 1-Social studies: Unit 07


    Earth and sky
    • Sun and moon, seasons, weather

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 01


    All about me
    • Body parts, family, safety rules, good habits and manner, good touch and bad touch

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 02


    My needs
    • Food, clothes and shelter

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 03


    My community
    • School and neighbourhood, our helpers, places of worship

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 04


    Our country
    • National symbols, great people, historical monuments in India, festivals and celebrations

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 05


    Our surroundings
    • Air, water and land, environment

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 06


    Settled life
    • Time and directions, transport and communication

    Class 2-Social studies: Unit 07


    Earth and sky
    • Universe, weather and seasons

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 01


    All about me
    • Body, family, safety rules

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 02


    My needs
    • Food, clothes and shelter

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 03


    Occupation
    • Community helpers, agriculture

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 04


    Our country
    • Freedom fighters, historical monuments in India, festivals and celebrations, four metro cities

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 05


    The story of early man
    • Story of fire, invention of wheel, growing good

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 06


    Our enironment
    • Air, water and land

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 07


    Settled life
    • Transport and communication

    Class 3-Social studies: Unit 08


    Earth and sky
    • Solar system, weather and seasons

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 01


    Our country
    • National symbols, landscape and its people, our heritage

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 02


    Resources
    • Natural vegetation and soil, air and water

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 03


    Work and play
    • Agriculture, industries, sports

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 04


    Our government
    • Fundamental rights and duties, public services

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 05


    Time and directions
    • Time, mapping neighbourhood

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 06


    Settled life
    • Transport and communication

    Class 4-Social studies: Unit 07


    Earth and its neighbours
    • Solar system, moon and artificial satellites, climate and seasons

    Class 5-Social studies: Unit 01


    History and its evidence
    • Freedom struggles and independence, important dates, great personalities and achievers, inventions and discoveries

    Class 5-Social studies: Unit 02


    Governance
    • Structure of government, fundamental rights and duties, united nations and other regional organisations

    Class 5-Social studies: Unit 03


    Earth and its inhabitants
    • Landforms, weather and climatic zones, map, natural disaster and mitigation

    Class 5-Social studies: Unit 04


    Heritage
    • Music styles and dance forms, world heritage sites, handicrafts

    Class 5-Social studies: Unit 05


    Environment
    • Pollution, conservation of environment, healthy lifestyle

    Class 5-Social studies: Unit 06


    Settled life
    • Transport and communication, migration

    Class 6-Social studies: Unit 01


    History
    • What, where, how and when?, from hunting-gathering to growing food, in the earliest cities, what books and burials tell us, kingdoms, kings and the early republic, new questions and ideas, from a kingdom to an empire, villages, towns and trades
    • New empires and kingdoms, buildings, paintings and books

    Class 6-Social studies: Unit 02


    Geography
    • The earth in the solar system, globe: Latitudes and longitudes, motions of the earth, maps, major domains of the earth, our country-India

    Class 6-Social studies: Unit 03


    Political and social life
    • Understanding diversity, diversity and discrimination, what is government?, Panchayati Raj, rural administration, urban administration, rural livelihoods, urban livelihoods

    Class 7-Social studies: Unit 01


    History
    • Introduction: Tracing changes through a thousand years, kings and kingdoms, 12th to 15th century, the Mughals (16th to 17th century), tribes, nomads, and settled communities, devotional paths to the divine, the making of regional cultures
    • Eighteenth-century political formations

    Class 7-Social studies: Unit 02


    Geography
    • Environment, inside our earth, our changing earth, air, water, human-environment interactions, the tropical and the subtropical region, life in the deserts

    Class 7-Social studies: Unit 03


    Political and social life
    • On equality, role of the government in health, how the state government works, growing up as boys and girls, women change the world, understanding media, markets around us, a shirt in the market

    Class 8-Social studies: Unit 01


    History
    • How, when and where, from trade to territory: The company establishes power, ruling the countryside, tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age, when people rebel 1857 and after, civilising the “native”, educating the nation, women, caste and reform
    • The making of the national movement: 1870s – 1947

    Class 8-Social studies: Unit 02


    Geography
    • Resources, land, soil, water, natural vegetation and wildlife resources, agriculture, industries, human resources

    Class 8-Social studies: Unit 03


    Political and social life
    • The Indian constitution, understanding secularism, parliament and the making of laws, judiciary, understanding marginalisation, confronting marginalisation, public facilities, law and social justice

    Class 9-Social studies: Unit 01


    History
    • The French revolution, socialism in Europe and the Russian revolution, Nazism and the rise of Hitler, forest society and colonialism, pastoralists in the modern world

    Class 9-Social studies: Unit 02


    Geography
    • India-size and location, physical features of India, drainage, climate, natural vegetation and wildlife, population

    Class 9-Social studies: Unit 03


    Political and social life
    • What is democracy?, why democracy?, constitutional design, electoral politics, working of institutions, democratic rights

    Class 9-Social studies: Unit 04


    Economics
    • The story of village Palampur, people as resource, poverty as a challenge, food security in India

    Class 10-Social studies: Unit 01


    History
    • The rise of nationalism in Europe, nationalism in India, the making of a global world, the age of industrialisation, print culture and the modern world

    Class 10-Social studies: Unit 02


    Geography
    • Resources and development, forest and wildlife resources, water resources, agriculture, minerals and energy resources, manufacturing industries, lifelines of national economy

    Class 10-Social studies: Unit 03


    Political and social life
    • Power-sharing, federalism, gender, religion and caste, political parties, outcomes of democracy

    Class 10-Social studies: Unit 04


    Economics
    • Development sectors of the Indian economy money and credit globalisation and the Indian economy consumer rights
    • The Silverzone ISSO exam 2026-27 tests foundational understanding of social studies concepts.

    • To prepare well for the ISSO exam, students can download previous years' ISSO question papers from the official website. 

    • The Silverzone ISSO exam papers PDFs for Classes 1 to 10 can be accessed from silverzone.org.

    • The Silverzone ISSO exam admit card for 2026-27 will be issued in offline mode.

    • Students participating in the International Social Studies Olympiad can obtain their admit cards from their respective schools.

    • It is essential to bring the Silverzone ISSO admit card to the examination centre on the day of the exam.

    • The foundation will release the ISSO answer key in December 2026, on the official website, silverzone.org, in a PDF format. 
    • Students can use the Silverzone ISSO answer key to know the correct answer and calculate their exam scores.

    General Information

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: When will the Silverzone International Social Studies Olympiad be conducted?
    A:

    The ISSO exam Silverzone Foundation will be conducted in two parts: exam 1 in November 2026 and exam 2 in December 2026.

    Q: Who can participate in the ISSO exam 2026-27?
    A:

    The Silverzone ISSO exam is open to students from Class 1 to 10. Schools must register with the Silverzone Foundation to allow their students to participate.

    Q: From where can I check Silverzone iSSO result 2026-27?
    A:

    The iSSO Silverzone Foundation results 2026-27 will be declared through the official website at silverzone.org in February 2027.

    Q: How is the iSSO exam evaluated?
    A:

    Students will use OMR answer sheets to record their responses. There will be no negative marking for incorrect answers. The answer sheets are collected and evaluated by the Silverzone Foundation.

    Q: Are there any preparation materials or guidelines provided for the ISSO exam?
    A:

    The ISSO exam aligns with the general social studies curriculum. Students are required to study their regular social studies materials and stay informed about current affairs and global issues. The previous years’ question papers PDFs are available on the official website.

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