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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/2/1 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 23(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/2/1, section B, question 23(b), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q23(b) · 2 marks · Very short answerAgriculture

Differentiate between Rabi and Kharif cropping seasons.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think about when each is sown, relative to the monsoon.

Hint 2

Name a typical crop of each season.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Rabi crops are sown in winter (October–December) and harvested in summer (April–June). They need a cool climate to grow and a warm one to ripen. Examples are wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard, grown mainly in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Winter rain from western temperate cyclones helps them.

    1 mark

  2. Kharif crops are sown with the onset of the monsoon and harvested in September–October. They need hot weather and heavy rain. Examples are paddy, maize, jowar, bajra, cotton and soyabean, with rice grown in Assam, West Bengal and coastal Odisha.

    1 mark

Answer: Rabi: winter sowing, summer harvest (wheat, mustard). Kharif: monsoon sowing, autumn harvest (paddy, maize).

Where the marks are

  • Rabi season, examples or conditions (1 mark)
  • Kharif season, examples or conditions (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Agriculture (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Agriculture, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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