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Mr.Y from a… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2024-25, Q26A)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2024-25: question 26(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section C, question 26(A), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26(A) · 3 marks · Short answerCompetency-basedSectors of the Indian Economy

Mr.Y from a city in India visits a rural area and finds five people working in a small agricultural farm. More than two people are not required to work in the farm and removing the other three will not affect production. How can one solve this problem of underemployment in rural areas? Explain.

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

Name this type of unemployment first.

Hint 2

Where else could the extra three work in the village?

Hint 3

What can the government supply to help start new work?

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. This is disguised unemployment: more people work than the farm needs. The three extra people can take up other work that adds to family income, such as building dams, canals or roads in the village.

    1 mark

  2. The government can invest in the transport and storage of crops and in better rural roads. It can promote cold storage, dal mills and honey collection centres near forests, and food-processing units for potato, tomato, fruits and rice. These give farmers better prices and create jobs.

    1 mark

  3. Cheap loans at low interest can help rural people start new ventures, which reduces underemployment.

    1 mark

Answer: Move surplus workers to non-farm jobs: public works, storage and processing industries, and cheap rural credit.

Where the marks are

  • Identifies disguised unemployment and suggests alternative jobs (1 mark)
  • Infrastructure and agro-processing or storage units (1 mark)
  • Low-interest loans (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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