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"India's prosperity… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q26)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/2/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 26

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/2/1, section C, question 26, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26 · 3 marks · Short answerManufacturing Industries

"India's prosperity lies in expanding and diversifying its manufacturing industries." Justify the statement.

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think about what happens to farm workers when industry grows.

Hint 2

Think about exports and the value of finished goods.

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. Manufacturing modernises agriculture, the backbone of our economy, and reduces people's dependence on farm income by creating jobs in the secondary and tertiary sectors.

    1 mark

  2. Industrial development is needed to remove unemployment and poverty. Setting up industries in tribal and backward areas also reduces regional disparities.

    1 mark

  3. Export of manufactured goods expands trade and earns foreign exchange. Countries that turn raw materials into valuable finished goods become prosperous.

    1 mark

Answer: Manufacturing modernises agriculture, creates jobs, reduces poverty and regional disparity, and earns foreign exchange, hence prosperity.

Where the marks are

  • Modernises agriculture and provides jobs (1 mark)
  • Removes unemployment, poverty and regional disparity (1 mark)
  • Exports earn foreign exchange; value addition brings prosperity (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Manufacturing Industries, 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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