GED Social Studies Preparation Course: final exam 2026
A new random set of 35 questions from the course every time. Score 80% or more to download your certificate. You see your answers at the end.
- 35 questions
- Pass mark: 145 on each GED subject test
- Score 80% or more to download your certificate.
- 35 minutes
How this mock exam works
Each attempt draws 35 questions at random from all 99 questions for this test, so no two attempts are the same.
The official test has these parts:
- One 70-minute test (including 2 minutes of instructions and final review), no break
- Civics and government: about 50%
- United States history: about 20%
- Economics: about 15%
- Geography and the world: about 15%
At the end you see your score, every answer and its explanation. Your best score is saved in this browser, so you can try again until you pass comfortably.
What you will learn
- Describe the time, question types, content areas and passing score of the GED Social Studies test
- Tell facts from opinions, find the main idea and purpose, and choose the best evidence in a source
- Explain the principles and structure of U.S. government, including checks and balances and the Bill of Rights
- Place key events in U.S. history in order, from the Articles of Confederation to the end of the Cold War
- Use supply and demand, opportunity cost, inflation and unemployment to explain economic situations
- Read maps with latitude, longitude and scale, and explain migration and human–environment links
- Read tables and graphs and calculate the mean, median, mode, range, rates and percent change
Score 80% or more to download your certificate.