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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/3/1, 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 answerAgriculture

The Government of India has invited some suggestions for institutional reforms in agriculture. Propose any five institutional reforms to the Government for the betterment of agriculture.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Institutional reforms concern credit, insurance and fair prices.

Hint 2

Think of what protects a farmer from crop failure.

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. Implement the crop insurance scheme effectively against drought, flood, cyclone, fire and disease.

    1 mark
  2. Encourage farmers to borrow from Grameen banks, co-operative societies and banks instead of moneylenders.

    1 mark
  3. Promote the use of Kisan Credit Cards among farmers.

    1 mark
  4. Promote the Personal Accident Insurance Scheme.

    1 mark
  5. Ensure Minimum Support Price to protect farmers from middlemen, and spread awareness of weather bulletins and farm programmes on radio and TV.

    1 mark

Answer: Crop insurance, easy institutional credit, Kisan Credit Cards, accident insurance, and MSP with awareness programmes.

Where the marks are

  • Crop insurance (1 mark)
  • Institutional credit (1 mark)
  • Kisan Credit Card (1 mark)
  • Personal accident insurance (1 mark)
  • MSP/awareness of weather bulletins (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Agriculture (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)

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