CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2025-26: question 5(B)
From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section A, question 5(B), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.
Q5(B) · 2 marks · Very short answerThe Making of a Global World
'Sometimes the new crops could make the difference between life and death.' Explain the statement with any two examples.
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Hints
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Hint 1
Think of one crop that came from the Americas to Europe.
Hint 2
What good did it do, and what happened when it failed in Ireland?
Step-by-step solution
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New crops could decide between life and death. Example 1: the introduction of the humble potato in Europe helped the poor to eat better, eat well and live longer.
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Example 2: Ireland's poor peasants became so dependent on potatoes that when disease destroyed the potato crop in the mid-1840s (Irish Potato Famine), hundreds of thousands died of starvation.
Answer: Potato improved diet and life expectancy of Europe's poor, but its blight in Ireland (1840s) caused mass starvation.
Where the marks are
- Potato improved nutrition and longevity of Europe's poor (1 mark)
- Irish potato blight of mid-1840s caused death of hundreds of thousands (1 mark)
Revise the chapter
- Chapter: The Making of a Global World (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
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