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"Agriculture and… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q31b)

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

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

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

Q31(b) · 5 marks · Long answerAgriculture

"Agriculture and Industry move hand in hand." Justify the statement.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Which industries use farm produce as raw material?

Hint 2

What do industries sell back to farmers?

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. Agro-based industries have boosted agriculture by raising its productivity.

    1 mark

  2. They depend on agriculture for raw materials such as cotton, jute and sugarcane.

    1 mark

  3. They sell irrigation pumps, fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, PVC pipes, machines and tools to farmers.

    1 mark

  4. Competitive manufacturing has helped farmers increase production and made the production process efficient.

    1 mark

  5. Both sectors create jobs in agriculture, manufacturing and services.

    1 mark

Answer: Industry gets raw material from agriculture and supplies it inputs and machinery, raising productivity and jobs in both, so they move hand in hand.

Where the marks are

  • Agro-industries raise productivity (1 mark)
  • Industry depends on agriculture for raw materials (1 mark)
  • Industry supplies inputs like pumps and fertilisers (1 mark)
  • Efficiency and higher production (1 mark)
  • Jobs in all sectors (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 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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