2025 · Main examination · Q11 mark
Framework (section 8.2) – research process
Research, concepts and social literacy
Multiple choice · Section I
HSC Society and Culture · Free interactive sample
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2023–2025 official papers · 54 marked questions and subparts. 60 marks per selected candidate written paper. The written paper is 60 marks: all 20 core marks and two 20-mark depth studies. The separately assessed 40-mark Personal Interest Project is excluded from this written-exam index. Showing 6 sample entries; trend percentages use this sample only. Official result percentages describe the published exam cohort.
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2025 · Main examination · Q94 marks
Contemporary context
Social and cultural continuity and change
Explain and apply · Section I
2025 · Main examination · Q11(a)5 marks
popular culture
Popular culture
Explain and apply · Section II · Optional question
2025 · Main examination · Q12(a)5 marks
belief systems and ideologies
Belief systems and ideologies
Explain and apply · Section II · Optional question
2025 · Main examination · Q13(a)5 marks
social inclusion and exclusion
Social inclusion and exclusion
Explain and apply · Section II · Optional question
2025 · Main examination · Q14(a)5 marks
social conformity and nonconformity
Social conformity and nonconformity
Explain and apply · Section II · Optional question
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Sample only: Main examinations only. Percentages show the share of known printed marks in the selected section and year. These describe the indexed historical papers, not probabilities for 2026.
| Topic | 2025 | Years present |
|---|---|---|
| Belief systems and ideologies | 1/1 | |
| Popular culture | 1/1 | |
| Research, concepts and social literacy | 1/1 | |
| Social and cultural continuity and change | 1/1 | |
| Social conformity and nonconformity | 1/1 | |
| Social inclusion and exclusion | 1/1 |
Belief systems and ideologies
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Popular culture
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Research, concepts and social literacy
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Social and cultural continuity and change
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Social conformity and nonconformity
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Social inclusion and exclusion
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
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All printed alternatives are counted in these historical shares; candidates follow the paper’s instructions to choose which questions to answer. Mixed-topic items are kept together, and each indexed question contributes its marks once.
ATARMAxxing topic labels and skills are analytical classifications checked against official questions, syllabi and NESA mapping grids. Each leaf mark allocation is counted once; mixed-topic items retain one allocation. Historical printed-mark shares describe the selected source corpus, including printed alternatives, and are not probabilities for 2026. Selective examiner-advice paraphrases retain the published question or section scope; source links provide the full guidance. The written paper is 60 marks: all 20 core marks and two 20-mark depth studies. The separately assessed 40-mark Personal Interest Project is excluded from this written-exam index.
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ATARMAxxing topic labels and skills are analytical classifications checked against official questions, syllabi and NESA mapping grids. Each leaf mark allocation is counted once; mixed-topic items retain one allocation. Historical printed-mark shares describe the selected source corpus, including printed alternatives, and are not probabilities for 2026. Selective examiner-advice paraphrases retain the published question or section scope; source links provide the full guidance. The written paper is 60 marks: all 20 core marks and two 20-mark depth studies. The separately assessed 40-mark Personal Interest Project is excluded from this written-exam index.
Classification: Society and Culture Stage 6 (2013), applicable to HSC 2026. Each question is counted at the separately marked subpart level. The source questions and stimuli remain in the authority's original documents.
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