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Explain the importance… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q31a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/3/1, 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 answerAgriculture

Explain the importance of agriculture in the Indian Economy.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of food, jobs and industry.

Hint 2

What does India export from farms?

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. Agriculture gives employment: about two-thirds of India's population is engaged in it, and it is the main livelihood for more than half.

    1 mark

  2. It produces food for the population's consumption.

    1 mark

  3. It supplies raw materials to industries such as cotton, jute and sugar.

    1 mark

  4. Agricultural products such as tea, coffee and spices are exported, earning foreign exchange.

    1 mark

  5. It contributes to the GDP and national income.

    1 mark

Answer: Agriculture provides employment, food, industrial raw material, exports and a share of national income.

Where the marks are

  • Employment and livelihood (1 mark)
  • Food (1 mark)
  • Raw material (1 mark)
  • Exports (1 mark)
  • GDP and national income (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 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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