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"The development… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q33b)

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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 33(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/1/1, section D, question 33(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q33(b) · 5 marks · Long answerDevelopment

"The development goals of different categories of people may differ." Evaluate the statement.

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think about what a landless labourer and a rich farmer each want.

Hint 2

Can one person's development be another's loss? Think of dams.

Hint 3

Give two examples and then conclude that the statement is valid.

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. Different people seek different things in life, according to their aspirations, so their development goals differ.

    1 mark

  2. People look for what is most important to them. A landless rural labourer wants more days of work and better wages, while a prosperous farmer wants a higher support price for his crops.

    1 mark

  3. Sometimes the goals of two persons or groups conflict. A girl expects the same freedom and opportunities as her brother, and also that he shares the household work, but this may not suit the family's traditional expectations.

    1 mark

  4. What is development for one may not be development for another. An industrialist wants more dams for electricity, but the people displaced by the dams resent them.

    1 mark

  5. So development goals depend on the group and the situation, and the statement is valid. Conflicting goals call for a balanced approach that considers everyone's welfare.

    1 mark

Answer: The statement is valid. Different groups have different, sometimes conflicting, development goals, as the examples of the girl and her brother and the industrialist and the displaced people show.

Where the marks are

  • Each person seeks different things (1 mark)
  • Goals depend on aspirations, with an example (1 mark)
  • Goals may conflict (1 mark)
  • Example such as the dam or the girl and her brother (1 mark)
  • Evaluation and conclusion (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Development, 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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