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Explain any two… (Class 10 Social Science 2023, Q22b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/6/1 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 22(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/6/1, section B, question 22(b), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q22(b) · 2 marks · Very short answerAgriculture

Explain any two features of Rabi cropping season.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/6/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of the sowing and harvesting months.

Hint 2

Name some crops and the states that grow them.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Rabi crops are sown in winter, from October to December, and harvested in summer, from April to June.

    1 mark

  2. Important rabi crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard. They are grown mainly in the north and north-western states such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

    1 mark

Answer: Sown October–December and harvested April–June; crops include wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard, grown mainly in northern and north-western states.

Where the marks are

  • Sowing and harvesting season explained (1 mark)
  • Crops and growing regions 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 32/6/1: every question, by section.

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