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Explain any three… (Class 10 Social Science 2023, Q26)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/4/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 26

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/4/1, section C, question 26, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26 · 3 marks · Short answerAgriculture

Explain any three institutional reforms taken for the development of Indian agriculture.

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

Hints

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Hint 1

Institutional reforms concern credit, insurance and prices.

Hint 2

Recall the schemes KCC and PAIS.

Hint 3

What does the government do to ensure fair prices?

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. Provision of crop insurance against drought, flood, cyclone, fire and disease protects farmers from losses.

    1 mark

  2. Establishment of Grameen Banks, cooperative societies and banks to give loans to farmers at low interest rates, and the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and Personal Accident Insurance Scheme (PAIS).

    1 mark

  3. Announcement of Minimum Support Price and procurement prices for important crops, and weather bulletins and farm programmes on radio and TV, which protect farmers from speculators and middlemen.

    1 mark

Answer: Crop insurance; Grameen banks, cooperatives, KCC and PAIS; MSP and weather bulletins.

Where the marks are

  • First reform explained (1 mark)
  • Second reform explained (1 mark)
  • Third reform explained (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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