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"Agriculture and… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q31b)

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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(b)

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

"Agriculture and industries complement each other." 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 of what farms give to industry.

Hint 2

Think of what industry gives back to farms.

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. Agriculture and industry move hand in hand and are not exclusive of each other.

    1 mark

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

    1 mark

  3. Industries depend on agriculture for raw materials such as cotton, sugarcane and jute.

    1 mark

  4. Industries supply agriculture with irrigation pumps, fertilisers, pesticides, PVC pipes, machines and tools.

    1 mark

  5. Competitive, efficient industries help farmers raise output and make production more efficient. In a globalised economy this also raises the productivity of agriculture.

    1 mark

Answer: Industry takes raw materials from agriculture and supplies inputs and machines to it, so each helps the other grow.

Where the marks are

  • Move hand in hand (1 mark)
  • Agro-industries raise productivity (1 mark)
  • Industries use agricultural raw materials (1 mark)
  • Industries supply inputs and machines (1 mark)
  • Efficiency and competitiveness raise farm output (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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