Social Studies
GED Social Studies Practice Test 1
Twenty multiple-choice questions across U.S. history, civics and government, economics, and geography. Answer all of them, then review each explanation.
Question 1 of 20
0 answered
The Declaration of Independence was adopted in what year?
Reading your result
Scores map to the 100-200 GED scale, where 145 passes. With 20 questions, each item carries real weight, so treat the score as a rough direction indicator and pay more attention to which content area your misses fall in.
If civics questions are the problem, that is the highest-value fix available on this section, since civics and government is roughly half the official test.
Pacing and question style
Seventy minutes for about 35 questions is roughly two minutes each. Document-based questions take longer than recall questions, so bank time on the ones you know outright.
When a question attaches to an excerpt, read the question first. You will often find you need only one paragraph of a long passage, and knowing what you are hunting for cuts the reading time in half.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there an essay on GED Social Studies?
- No. The extended response was removed from the Social Studies test; the essay now appears only on Reasoning Through Language Arts.
- How many questions are on the real test?
- About 35 questions in 70 minutes.