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Suppose you are the… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q33b)

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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 33(b)

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

Suppose you are the Sarpanch of your village. What suggestions will you give for creating additional employment in the village, so that the problem of unemployment of the residents of rural areas can be reduced?

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

Think of government schemes that guarantee rural work.

Hint 2

Think about farming support, credit and village industries.

Hint 3

Think about group-based and self-employment options and where villagers can sell 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. Employment guarantee: As Sarpanch I would press for more working days under MGNREGA 2005, so that villagers get assured paid work.

    1 mark

  2. Irrigation: I would arrange irrigation facilities such as wells, canals and tanks. This allows several crops a year and creates more farm work.

    1 mark

  3. Credit: I would encourage villagers to borrow from formal sources such as banks and cooperatives at low interest, to start or expand work.

    1 mark

  4. Local industries: I would promote small-scale and cottage industries and local industries such as dairy, handicrafts and food processing, using local resources to create jobs.

    1 mark

  5. Self-employment and markets: I would form Self-Help Groups, spread awareness of self-employment schemes, and organise local markets and fairs so that villagers can sell their products.

    1 mark

Answer: More MGNREGA days, irrigation, formal credit, cottage and local industries, SHGs and local markets.

Where the marks are

  • Increase MGNREGA working days (1 mark)
  • Provide irrigation facilities (1 mark)
  • Encourage formal loans (1 mark)
  • Promote small-scale cottage and local industries (1 mark)
  • Promote SHGs, self-employment awareness and local markets (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Development (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
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 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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