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Describe any three… (Social Science 2024 32/4/1 Q26)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/4/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 26

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/4/1, section C, question 26, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26 · 3 marks · Short answerAgriculture

Describe any three features of cultivation of millets in India. (3×1=3)

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/4/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Name the three millets.

Hint 2

Think of rainfall, soil and the states.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Jowar, bajra and ragi are the main millets. They are coarse grains with high nutrition.

    1 mark

  2. Millets are rain-fed crops grown mostly in drier areas that need little irrigation. Jowar is grown mainly in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

    1 mark

  3. Bajra grows on sandy and shallow black soils, mainly in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Ragi grows well on red, black and sandy loam soils in dry regions.

    1 mark

Answer: Millets are rain-fed coarse grains grown on varied soils in particular states.

Where the marks are

  • Types of millets (1 mark)
  • Rain-fed with producing states (1 mark)
  • Soil requirement of bajra or ragi (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 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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