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Rice is grown… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2025-26, Q16)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2025-26: question 16

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section B, question 16, for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q16 · 2 marks · Very short answerCompetency-basedAgriculture

Rice is grown as a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab, but as a subsistence crop in Odisha. Using your understanding of geographical factors and economic practices, explain why rice cultivation differs in these regions.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

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Hint 1

Compare how each region gets water for rice.

Hint 2

Who buys the rice, and how easily can it reach markets?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Climate and irrigation: Punjab and Haryana have well-developed canal and tubewell irrigation and use high-yielding varieties, so large surpluses are grown commercially. Odisha's rice is mostly rain-fed monsoon farming, mainly for local consumption.

    1 mark

  2. Economic factors: Punjab and Haryana have government procurement, markets and transport that help sell surplus rice; Odisha has traditional small holdings and limited market access, so rice stays a subsistence crop.

    1 mark

Answer: Assured irrigation, modern methods and market access make rice commercial in Punjab and Haryana; rain-fed, traditional, small-scale farming keeps it subsistence in Odisha.

Where the marks are

  • One climate or irrigation reason (1 mark)
  • One economic or market reason (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 paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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