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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/2/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 29

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/2/1, section C, question 29, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q29 · 3 marks · Short answerSectors of the Indian Economy

Analyse the problem of underemployment in agriculture sector in India.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Is everyone on the farm fully needed?

Hint 2

Why is it called disguised unemployment?

Hint 3

How could extra workers be employed outside farming?

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. More people are employed in agriculture than are needed. If a few move out, production is not affected, so workers are underemployed.

    1 mark

  2. All family members work on the same plot all year, so no one is idle but each works less than their potential. Their labour effort is divided.

    1 mark

  3. This is hidden or disguised unemployment, unlike open unemployment. It can be reduced by new opportunities such as cold storages, honey collection centres and vegetable processing industries.

    1 mark

Answer: Underemployment is disguised unemployment, where surplus workers share the same work; extra non-farm activities can absorb them.

Where the marks are

  • More workers than needed, so production unaffected if some leave (1 mark)
  • Everyone works but below potential (1 mark)
  • Hidden unemployment and remedy through additional opportunities (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Sectors of the Indian Economy, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2025 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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