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"New crops can… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2024-25, Q22B)

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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 22(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, 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 answerThe Making of a Global World

"New crops can significantly impact survival and well-being." Provide evidence to support this statement.

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

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of one crop that came to Europe from the Americas.

Hint 2

What happened in Ireland in the 1840s?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. The humble potato helped Europe's poor eat better and live longer once it was introduced.

    1 mark

  2. Ireland's poorest peasants depended so heavily on potatoes that when disease destroyed the crop in the mid-1840s (the Irish Potato Famine), hundreds of thousands died of starvation. So a new crop can decide survival and well-being.

    1 mark

Answer: The potato improved the diet and lifespan of Europe's poor, but the potato blight of the 1840s caused mass starvation in Ireland.

Where the marks are

  • Potato improved diet and longevity in Europe (1 mark)
  • Irish famine of the 1840s caused by dependence on the potato (1 mark)

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Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Making of a Global World, 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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