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"Manufacturing… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q31a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 31(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/1/1, 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 answerManufacturing Industries

"Manufacturing industries are considered the backbone of the economic development of a country." Justify the statement.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think about jobs, exports and value addition.

Hint 2

What happens when raw materials become finished goods?

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. A country's economic strength is measured by the development of its manufacturing industries.

    1 mark

  2. Manufacturing helps modernise agriculture.

    1 mark

  3. It provides jobs in the secondary and tertiary sectors, and industrial development is needed to remove unemployment and poverty.

    1 mark

  4. Export of manufactured goods expands trade and brings foreign exchange.

    1 mark

  5. Countries that turn raw materials into finished goods of higher value become prosperous. Industries in tribal and backward areas reduce regional disparities.

    1 mark

Answer: Manufacturing drives growth through jobs, poverty removal, exports and foreign exchange, value addition and reduced regional disparity.

Where the marks are

  • Measure of economic strength (1 mark)
  • Modernises agriculture (1 mark)
  • Jobs and removal of poverty (1 mark)
  • Exports and foreign exchange (1 mark)
  • Value addition and reduced regional disparity (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Manufacturing Industries, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2025 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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