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GED Test Prep - Social Studies

Practice Quiz presents 75 free review questions and explanations for the Social Studies Test of General Educational Development (GED) Exam given by ACE.

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Practice Quiz presents 75 free review questions and explanations for the Social Studies Test of the General Educational Development Exam given by ACE.

The GED exam consists of five subject area exams, covering a broad range of general knowledge determined to be equivalent to the education level of a high school degree in the US:

Mathematics, with 40 multiple-choice questions and 10 numerical or coordinate answer questions, which the test taker has a total of 90 minutes to complete. The test taker is provided formulas and a basic calculator.

Language Arts: Writing, with 50 multiple choice questions and an essay question. The test taker has 75 minutes for the multiple choice section and 45 minutes for the essay.

Language Arts: Reading, with 40 questions on two passages, with 65-minutes to complete them

Social Studies, with 50 multiple choice questions and 70 minutes to complete them.

Science, with 50 multiple choice questions and 80 minutes to complete them.

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There are about 35 questions on the GED Social Studies Test, divided into three categories: Reading for Meaning in Social Studies, Analyzing Historical Events and Arguments in Social Studies, and Using Numbers and Graphs in Social Studies.

The GED Social Studies Test is 1 hour and 10 minutes long.

The passing score for the GED Social Studies Test is 145.

Passing all four subjects of the GED exams grants the test taker a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED).

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