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How is energy a basic… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q31A)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 31(A)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/1/1, section D, question 31(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q31(A) · 5 marks · Long answerMinerals and Energy Resources

How is energy a basic requirement for economic development? Explain.

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

Hints

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Hint 1

List where energy is used: homes, factories, farms.

Hint 2

Name the two classes of energy sources and an example of each.

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. Energy is needed for all activities such as cooking, lighting and running vehicles and machinery.

    1 mark

  2. Large-scale manufacturing, essential for economic development, needs energy.

    1 mark

  3. Small-scale industries also depend on energy for their development.

    1 mark

  4. Energy is required to modernise agriculture, e.g. pumps, tractors and threshers, and to increase production.

    1 mark

  5. Sources are conventional (firewood, dung cakes, coal, petroleum, natural gas, thermal electricity) and non-conventional (solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas). Both support development.

    1 mark

Answer: Energy powers households, industries and agriculture, so it is a basic requirement for economic development.

Where the marks are

  • Needed for daily activities and machines (1 mark)
  • Large-scale industry (1 mark)
  • Small-scale industry (1 mark)
  • Modernising agriculture (1 mark)
  • Conventional and non-conventional sources with examples (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Minerals and Energy Resources, 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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