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How is the issue of… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q29)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/1/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 29

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/1/1, section C, question 29, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q29 · 3 marks · Short answerDevelopment

How is the issue of sustainability important for development? Explain.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think about what happens to future generations if we use resources recklessly.

Hint 2

Separate renewable from non-renewable resources.

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. Sustainable development protects people from pollution and ensures their health and quality of life. It conserves the environment, which is necessary for development to continue.

    1 mark

  2. Renewable resources such as solar and wind energy, groundwater and crops can sustain development. Even renewable resources may be overused, e.g. groundwater is overused if we draw more than rain replenishes.

    1 mark

  3. Non-renewable resources are a fixed stock and get exhausted with use. So resources must be conserved for future generations, and new discoveries will also get depleted in time.

    1 mark

Answer: Sustainability protects the environment and health, ensures careful use of renewable and non-renewable resources, and preserves them for future generations.

Where the marks are

  • Protects environment, health and quality of life (1 mark)
  • Renewable resources and the danger of overuse, e.g. groundwater (1 mark)
  • Non-renewable resources are limited and need conservation for the future (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Development (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Development, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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