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"Agriculture… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2024-25, Q21)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2024-25: question 21

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section B, question 21, for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q21 · 2 marks · Very short answerSectors of the Indian Economy

"Agriculture and industry are not exclusive of each other. They move hand in hand". Justify your answer with examples.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think about where cotton, sugarcane and jute reach factories from.

Hint 2

What do farmers buy from industries to grow more?

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. Agriculture and industry are interdependent and move hand in hand. Agro-based industries (cotton textiles, sugar, jute, edible oil) depend on farms for raw materials, and farming gains from industry's growth.

    1 mark

  2. Industry supplies irrigation pumps, fertilisers, pesticides, insecticides, PVC pipes, machines and tools to farmers. This raises agricultural productivity, and agro-industries have given agriculture a major boost.

    1 mark

Answer: Industry takes raw materials from agriculture and sells inputs such as pumps and fertilisers to farmers, so the two grow together.

Where the marks are

  • Agro-industries depend on agriculture for raw materials (1 mark)
  • Industry supplies inputs such as pumps and fertilisers that raise farm productivity (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Sectors of the Indian Economy, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

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