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The Civil Service Examination Social Sciences App supports a wide range of political and economic fields, from national general employment to local seniors and city hall examinations. Carefully selected good questions that were all asked in the past. With detailed answer commentary

The first important thing in preparing for the exam is to understand what kind of subjects are imposed and what kind of characteristics they have. And in the civil service examination, which has a large number of subjects, it is important to think about how much resources should be devoted to studying. Since social science as a liberal arts subject overlaps with specialized subjects, I will also explain the relationship between social science and specialized subjects.

[Contents of social science]

Social science questions are given in four fields: (1) law, (2) politics, (3) economy, and (4) society. From this, it can be said that social science is a subject that has a huge range and requires highly specialized content.

(1) Field of law

The questions are mainly given in three fields: (1) source of law, interpretation of law, outline of law such as classification of law, (2) constitution, (3) civil law, criminal law, and individual law such as administrative law. However, most of the questions are from (2) the constitutional field, and (3) there are not many questions from the civil law, criminal law, and administrative law fields.

(2) Political field

(1) Political principles, political system, etc. (2) Election system, roles of political parties, interest groups, etc. (3) Government system, local autonomy, (4) United Nations, international society, etc. The question is being asked.

(3) Economic field

Questions are given in two fields: (1) microeconomics, macroeconomics, and economic affairs, and (2) finance.

(4) Social field

Questions are given from three fields: (1) sociology, (2) psychology, and (3) social circumstances.

[Question ratio / importance]

Although the percentage of questions in the social science field varies depending on the local government, it accounts for about 20% in every local government every year. In addition, many local governments are required to answer questions in the social sciences, so it can be said that they are of high importance as subjects.

However, as will be described later, social sciences overlap with specialized subjects, so it cannot be said that their priority in studying is very high. In other words, the knowledge that is asked in the social sciences is covered with the knowledge that is asked in the specialized subjects to a certain extent, and if you study the specialized subjects, there will be a sufficient part. For this reason, the priority of studying social sciences is not so high, and it is important to focus on specialized subjects in order to prepare for social sciences.

And in the social sciences, there are some fields that appear frequently and some that do not. In the field of politics, only about 1 question is asked every year, while about 3 questions are asked about law, economy and society every year. In the social sciences, 3 questions are asked about law, economy and society. It can be said that the field is particularly important. In the field of society, sociology and psychology are rarely asked, and basically the questions are given based on social circumstances.

[Relationship between specialized subjects and social sciences as liberal arts subjects]

The four fields of (1) law, (2) politics, (3) economics, and (4) society, which are given in the social sciences, have a certain relationship with specialized subjects. Here, in specialized subjects, questions are given from three fields: legal, economic, and administrative, and the legal system includes the constitution, civil law, criminal law, administrative law, etc., and the economic system includes. ， Finance, economic principles are included, and the administrative system includes politics, administrative law, international relations, and social policy. In this way, it can be said that there is a certain degree of overlap between specialized subjects and social sciences.

It is true that social sciences have questions in fields that are not included in specialized subjects and have a small number of questions, and although they do not completely overlap with specialized subjects, social sciences are generally considered to be specialized subjects. It can be said that there is duplication.

[Social science measures / study methods]

The subjects of the civil service examination differ depending on the municipality, and the measures to be taken differ accordingly. And nowadays, there are some local governments that do not impose specialized subjects in the examination but only liberal arts subjects, and some take the local governments that take specialized subjects and some take the local governments that only take liberal arts subjects. ， The measures to be taken will be different. Therefore, in the following, we will introduce the measures for those who are also required to take specialized subjects and the measures for those who are only required to take liberal arts subjects.

・ Measures when specialized subjects are also imposed

As mentioned above, there is a certain degree of overlap in social sciences with specialized subjects. Therefore, it is not necessary to study social sciences later, concentrate on elective courses, and study social sciences that overlap with specialized courses for social sciences. You will have a policy of studying what you don't have.

The point to note here is that you need to be aware that you should study only the minimum necessary for non-overlapping fields. In other words, for those who are required to take specialized subjects, it is conceivable to take a study policy of studying specialized subjects first and then studying social sciences because of the overlap between social sciences and specialized subjects. Despite this policy, studying again in a field that is questioned in the social sciences, although it does not overlap with specialized subjects, emphasizes efficiency and impairs the meaning of devising the order of study. ..

Therefore, it is considered that the study of social science should be limited to the fields that do not overlap in the specialized subjects, and the study should be kept to the minimum.

・ Measures when only liberal arts subjects are imposed

Those who take the local government exams, which are only subject to liberal arts subjects, naturally do not study specialized subjects, and cannot take the policy of postponing the study of social sciences and concentrating on studying elective subjects, so they can study social sciences to some extent. You will need to study hard. However, many commercially available teaching materials for social sciences are premised on studying specialized subjects, and explanations are often simple, so beginners will study from scratch using commercially available teaching materials. It can be said that it is difficult. For this reason, in order to study with commercially available materials for the civil service examination, it is necessary to study with the same level of study intensity as those who take specialized subjects. Such learning is inefficient and is not a good idea for the civil service exam, which requires a huge range.

So how should we study? Regarding this, (1) it is considered to be a good idea to use the subject of "Political Economy" of the university entrance examination as the input. In the field of social science, the subject of "political economy" of university entrance examination corresponds as a learning field, and many of the teaching materials for university entrance examination are of high quality due to the wide market and many competitions, so beginners It is considered to be the best for the input of. The teaching materials used are not necessarily the latest, and it is sufficient if there is one that you used for the university entrance examination. This is because the latest information will always be studied separately in the field of current affairs.

Next, for (2) output, it is considered to be a good idea to use the past questions of social science in the high school graduate category. This is because the difficulty level of the exam is similar to that of the actual exam, and the explanations are not simple and are often written in an easy-to-understand manner.

In summary, (1) the textbook for university entrance exams will be used for input, and (2) the past questions of the civil service examination for high school graduates will be used for output.

【summary】

As mentioned above, the measures for social science differ depending on the examination subject of the local government to take the examination. And since social science is an important field with many points, it is necessary to take measures firmly, but it is necessary to take measures as efficiently as possible. Therefore, it is important to think about what kind of measures you should take from the subject you are taking and take measures.