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"Agriculture and… (Class 10 Social Science 2023, Q22)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/4/1 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 22

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/4/1, section B, question 22, for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q22 · 2 marks · Very short answerAgriculture

"Agriculture and industry move hand in hand." Support the statement with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/4/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Which industries use farm produce?

Hint 2

What do farmers buy from factories?

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Agro-industries have boosted agriculture by raising its productivity. Industries depend on agriculture for raw materials such as cotton, jute, sugarcane and oilseeds.

    1 mark

  2. Agriculture gets inputs from industry such as irrigation pumps, fertilisers, pesticides, PVC pipes, machines and tools. Thus both sectors grow together and depend on each other.

    1 mark

Answer: Industry takes raw materials from agriculture and supplies it with inputs such as fertilisers and machines, so they move together.

Where the marks are

  • Industry depends on agriculture for raw materials, with example (1 mark)
  • Agriculture depends on industry for inputs, with example (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Agriculture (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Agriculture, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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