Where Social Studies actually appears in the selection
| Stage | Content | Marks or weight |
|---|---|---|
| Tier-I (screening) | General reasoning, numeric ability, basic computer literacy, general knowledge, English and a Modern Indian Language. No Social Studies content at all. | 300 marks, 100 questions, 2 hours |
| Tier-II objective | Social Studies subject knowledge and the associated pedagogy, 60 multiple-choice questions, 0.25 deducted for a wrong answer. | 60 marks |
| Tier-II descriptive | 10 written questions on the same subject and teaching-method ground, answered in the same sitting. | 40 marks |
| Interview | Personal interview for candidates shortlisted from Tier-II in a ratio of about 1:3 against vacancies. | 15 per cent of merit |
| Final merit | 85 per cent from the Tier-II subject paper plus 15 per cent from the interview. Tier-I marks are discarded. | 100 per cent |
Tier-II runs 70 questions for 100 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes, and every one of those 100 marks is Social Studies or its pedagogy. That is the whole written weight of the selection for this post, because Tier-I is purely a screen and its 300 marks are not carried forward.
Dates and windows
| What | When | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Online application window as notified (Notification 01/2025) | 14 November 2025, 10:00 to 4 December 2025, 23:50 | Closed |
| Last date extended, then portal reopened | Extended to 11 December 2025, 23:59 by the CBSE notice of 5 December; reopened by the CBSE notice of 13 December until 15 December 2025, 23:59 for candidates blocked by the KVS/NVS qualification mismatch | Closed |
| Tier-I screening test, all posts | 10 and 11 January 2026 | Closed |
| Tier-I result | 28 February 2026 | Confirmed |
| Tier-II subject paper, TGT posts | 28 March 2026, morning shift | Closed |
| Tier-II results, first phases | From 20 and 21 August 2026 onwards | Confirmed |
| Tier-II result, TGT (Social Studies) | Declared in phases; not named in the press notes published so far | Tentative |
| Interviews and preference exercise | Schedule and call letters to be placed in candidate logins | Tentative |
This calendar is common to every post and every subject in CBSE Recruitment Notification 01/2025, covering KVS and NVS together. Only the Tier-II result phase differs from subject to subject, and CBSE has not published a complete phase-to-subject map in advance. The application window closed in three stages: 4 December 2025 as notified, extended to 11 December 2025 by the CBSE notice of 5 December, and reopened until 15 December 2025 by the CBSE notice of 13 December for candidates whom the KVS/NVS qualification mismatch had blocked, after Corrigendum-2 aligned the two sets of qualifications.
What this means for your preparation
The commonest mistake with KVS TGT Social Studies is treating the recruitment as one long general-studies exam. It is not. Tier-I contains no Social Studies whatsoever, and Tier-I marks are thrown away once the shortlist is drawn. Everything that decides a posting is compressed into the 100-mark subject paper plus a 15 per cent interview.
Four disciplines, one paper, no choice
Social Studies is the only TGT subject that is really four subjects. History, Geography, Political Science and Economics all sit inside the same 60 objective questions and 10 descriptive questions, and there is no optional section letting a candidate drop one. A history graduate who has never formally studied economics still faces economics questions. The qualification rule itself reflects this: the notification requires any two of History, Geography, Economics and Political Science at graduation level, one of which must be History or Geography, studied for three years or six semesters as an elective or main subject. So most candidates qualify on two disciplines and are examined on four. Budgeting preparation time evenly across the four, rather than deepening the two already held, is usually the better allocation.
Pitch the reading at Classes 6 to 10
CBSE published no topic list for TGT Social Studies in its Tier-II syllabus document, which covers only the PGT subjects and the promotional posts. In the absence of an official list, coaching compilations converge on the NCERT Social Science books for Classes 6 to 10 as the content spine: the Indus Valley and Sangam-age south India, the Revolt of 1857, colonial forest and pastoral society, nationalism in Europe and India, print culture and industrialisation; earth movements, plate tectonics, Indian relief, the river systems and the monsoon; the Constitution, elections, Parliament, federalism and party systems; and poverty, food security, sectors of the economy, globalisation and consumer rights. Treat that as a reported scope, not an official one, and read the NCERT texts themselves rather than summaries of them.
The descriptive 40 marks are the differentiator
Ten descriptive questions carry 40 of the 100 Tier-II marks, an average of four marks each, inside a 150-minute paper shared with 60 objective questions. Candidates who have only ever sat OMR teaching exams routinely run the objective half slowly and then write the descriptive answers in a rush. A workable split is roughly 70 minutes for the objective section and 70 for the written answers, leaving ten in hand. Because the objective section deducts 0.25 for a wrong answer while the descriptive section deducts nothing, the arithmetic favours answering every descriptive question, even partially, before returning to guess at objective questions you are unsure of.
327 posts, and the cadre size matters
The notification advertises 327 TGT (Social Studies) posts: 134 unreserved, 88 OBC non-creamy-layer, 49 SC, 32 EWS and 24 ST. With interview shortlisting at roughly one in three against vacancies, that implies of the order of a thousand candidates called to interview across categories, from a Tier-II field itself drawn at about 1:10 from Tier-I. Social Studies is one of the larger TGT cadres in the notification, which cuts both ways: more posts, but also one of the largest applicant pools of any TGT subject, because the graduation requirement is met by a very wide range of arts degrees. Do not assume a big vacancy number implies a soft cut-off.
CTET Paper-II is a gate, not a tie-breaker
The notification requires a pass in CBSE's Central Teacher Eligibility Test Paper-II, alongside a Bachelor or Honours degree with at least 50 per cent marks and a B.Ed. with at least 50 per cent, plus the ability to teach through both English and Hindi. CTET marks contribute nothing to the merit list; the certificate simply has to be valid and producible at document verification. Candidates are also required to be not more than 35 years old for TGT posts, with the usual category relaxations, and the post sits at Level-7 of the pay matrix, Rs 44,900 to Rs 1,42,400. Missing paperwork at verification, rather than marks, is what removes people at this stage.
Common questions
How many questions in KVS TGT Social Science come from Social Science?
In Tier-I, none. Tier-I is a 100-question, 300-mark screening paper made up of general reasoning, numeric ability, basic computer literacy, general knowledge, English and a Modern Indian Language, with one mark deducted for each wrong answer. All the subject content sits in Tier-II, where 60 objective questions worth 60 marks and 10 descriptive questions worth 40 marks are drawn from Social Studies and its pedagogy, for 100 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes.
How many KVS TGT Social Studies vacancies were advertised in 2025?
CBSE Recruitment Notification 01/2025, dated 13 November 2025, advertises 327 KVS TGT (Social Studies) posts. The category split is 134 unreserved, 88 OBC non-creamy-layer, 49 SC, 32 EWS and 24 ST. These posts form part of a combined KVS and NVS advertisement of 14,967 vacancies. No revised or supplementary vacancy figure for this subject has been notified since the original table was published.
Which graduation subjects qualify me for KVS TGT Social Studies?
The notification requires a Bachelor or Honours degree with at least 50 per cent marks, including any two of History, Geography, Economics and Political Science studied at graduation level for three years or six semesters as an elective or main subject, and at least one of those two must be History or Geography. A B.Ed. with at least 50 per cent marks and a pass in CTET Paper-II are also required, along with the ability to teach through English and Hindi.
Is the KVS TGT Social Studies Tier-2 result out?
As of 22 September 2026, CBSE is still declaring Tier-II results in phases. Press notes seen so far name PGT (Chemistry) and non-teaching posts on 21 August 2026 and PGT (Hindi) with TGT (Hindi) on 5 September 2026, and each note states that results for the remaining posts are being finalised and will follow. TGT (Social Studies) has not been named in those notes. Results are checked through the candidate login on examinationservices.nic.in.
Is there an official KVS TGT Social Studies syllabus for Tier-2?
CBSE published a Tier-II syllabus document with the notification, but it sets out syllabi for the PGT subjects and for the promotional posts under headings such as Perspective on Education and Leadership, Management and Supervision, and Administration and Finance. It does not contain a topic list for TGT Social Studies. In practice candidates work from the graduation-level qualification wording and the NCERT Social Science curriculum for Classes 6 to 10, which is a widely reported scope rather than an officially notified one.
Do my Tier-1 marks count towards the KVS TGT Social Studies merit list?
No. Tier-I is a screening test only. Its marks decide who is called for the Tier-II subject paper, at a shortlisting ratio of roughly one in ten against vacancies, and are then set aside. The final merit list is built from 85 per cent weightage on the Tier-II subject paper and 15 per cent on the interview. A very strong Tier-I score therefore buys entry to the subject paper and nothing beyond that.
