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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/6/1 · 4 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 35

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/6/1, section E, question 35, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q35 · 4 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedForest and Wildlife Resources

Read the given source and answer the questions that follow:

COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION

Conservation strategies are not new in our country. We often ignore that in India, forests are also home to some of the traditional communities. In some areas of India, local communities are struggling to conserve these habitats along with government officials, recognising that only this will secure their own long-term livelihood. In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, villagers have fought against mining by citing the Wildlife Protection Act. In many areas, villagers themselves are protecting habitats and explicitly rejecting government involvement. The inhabitants of five villages in the Alwar district of Rajasthan have declared 1,200 hectares of forest as the Bhairodev Dakav 'Sonchuri', declaring their own set of rules and regulations which do not allow hunting, and are protecting the wildlife against any outside encroachments.

  1. (35.1)

    How are forests related with Communities?

    1 mark
  2. (35.2)

    Explain the aim of 'Wildlife Protection Act.

    1 mark
  3. (35.3)

    How are communities working for the conservation of Wildlife? Explain with example.

    2 marks

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of who lives in forests and what they depend on.

Hint 2

What does a law protecting wildlife prohibit?

Hint 3

Find the Alwar example in the passage.

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. (35.1) Forests are the home of traditional communities and the source of their livelihood, so communities depend on them.

    1 mark

  2. (35.2) The Wildlife Protection Act aims to prohibit hunting of wild animals and birds, punish violators and protect wildlife from encroachment.

    1 mark

  3. (35.3) In many areas villagers themselves protect habitats, even rejecting government involvement.

    1 mark

  4. Example: The people of five villages in Alwar, Rajasthan, declared 1,200 hectares of forest the Bhairodev Dakav 'Sonchuri', made their own rules that ban hunting, and protect wildlife from outside encroachment.

    1 mark

Answer: (35.1) Forests are home and livelihood for communities. (35.2) To ban hunting and protect wildlife. (35.3) Villagers protect habitats, e.g. Bhairodev Dakav 'Sonchuri' in Alwar.

Where the marks are

  • Forest-community link (1 mark)
  • Aim of the Act (1 mark)
  • Communities protect habitats (1 mark)
  • Alwar Sonchuri example (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Forest and Wildlife Resources, 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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