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

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ISSO Application Date : 02 Nov' 2024 - 02 Nov' 2024
Updated on 19th October, 2024 by Mallika Thaledder

About ISSO 2024

The Silverzone International Social Studies Olympiad (iSSO) exam is designed to assess and enhance students' understanding of social studies subject 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 2024-25:

  • 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 ISSO registrations are ongoing. The last date to enrol is September 30, 2024.

  • The Silverzone ISSO exam will be held on November 5 and December 2, 2024.

  •  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 which has to be attempted in 40 minutes; for Classes 3 to 5, 30 questions; 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. 

  • The Silverzone ISSO results 2024-25 will be announced in January 2025, tentatively. 

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ISSO 2024 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
40 Minutes

ISSO Important Dates

ISSO International Social Studies Olympiad (session 2024)

02 Nov' 2024 - 02 Nov' 2024 . Online
Application Date
Last date to apply (Olympiad second exam)
05 Nov' 2024 - 05 Nov' 2024 . Offline
Exam Date
Olympiad (first exam date)
02 Dec' 2024 - 02 Dec' 2024 . Offline
Exam Date
Olympiad (second exam date)
05 Oct' 2024 - 05 Oct' 2024 . Online
Application Date
Last date to apply (Olympiad first exam)
  • 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.

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  • For Class 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 Class 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 Class 6 to 8, the exam consists of 35 questions to be completed in 40 minutes.

  • For Class 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 2024-25.

  • All students will use OMR sheets to mark their answers, ensuring accurate and efficient evaluation.

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ISSO 2024 Syllabus

ISSO 2024 International Social Studies Olympiad 2024

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 2024-25 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 2024-25 is 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 center on the day of the exam.

  • The Silverzone ISSO results for 2024-25 will be announced online via the official website.

  • The result check link for the Silverzone ISSO exam will be available on silverzone.org.

  • To view their results, students will need to enter details such as their enrollment number, name, phone number, parent's name, and email address in the result window.

General Information

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How is the iSSO exam evaluated?

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.

2. Who can participate in the ISSO exam 2024-25?

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.

3. From where can I check Silverzone iSSO result 2024-25?

The iSSO Silverzone Foundation results 2024-25 will be released through the official website - silverzone.org.

4. When will the Silverzone International Social Studies Olympiad 2024-25 be conducted?

The ISSO exam Silverzone Foundation will be held on two dates - November 5 and December 2, 2024.

5. Are there any preparation materials or guidelines provided for the ISSO exam?

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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