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Over the forty… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2024-25, Q29)

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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 29

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section C, question 29, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q29 · 3 marks · Short answerCompetency-basedSectors of the Indian Economy

Over the forty years between 1973-74 and 2013-14, while production in all the three sectors has increased, it has increased the most in the tertiary sector. As a result, in the year 2013-14, the tertiary sector has emerged as the largest producing sector in India replacing the primary sector. Why do you think tertiary sector has become so popular in India? Support your answer giving any 3 reasons.

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Hints

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Hint 1

What services must a developing country provide?

Hint 2

How do farms and factories need services?

Hint 3

What do people buy as incomes rise?

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. Basic services such as hospitals, schools, post, police, courts, banks, transport and defence are needed in every country. In a developing country the government must provide them, which expands the tertiary sector.

    1 mark

  2. The growth of agriculture and industry raises demand for transport, trade and storage services.

    1 mark

  3. Rising incomes lead people to demand more services such as eating out, tourism, shopping, private hospitals and schools. New ICT-based services have also grown rapidly.

    1 mark

Answer: The tertiary sector grew because of the need for basic services, the growth of the primary and secondary sectors, rising incomes and new ICT services.

Where the marks are

  • Need for basic services (1 mark)
  • Dependence on primary and secondary growth (1 mark)
  • Rising incomes and ICT services (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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