CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 32(b)
Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/6/1, section D, question 32(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.
Q32(b) · 5 marks · Long answerResources and Development
Explain the various stages of resource planning and its need in India. (3 + 2 = 5)
Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/6/1.
Hints
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Hint 1
Planning begins with knowing what resources exist.
Hint 2
Why can't every region develop equally without planning?
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 mark
Stage 1: identification and inventory of resources across the regions, by surveying, mapping and qualitative and quantitative estimation of them.
- 1 mark
Stage 2: evolving a planning structure with appropriate technology, skill and institutional set-up to implement resource development plans.
- 1 mark
Stage 3: matching the resource development plans with the overall national development plans.
- 1 mark
Need: resources are essential for development, but technology and quality human resources are also prerequisites for development of any region.
- 1 mark
Resources are unevenly distributed across India, so planning is needed to use them judiciously and balance regional development.
Answer: Stages: inventory of resources; planning structure with technology and institutions; matching with national plans. Need: resources are vital and unevenly distributed.
Where the marks are
- Identification and inventory by survey and mapping (1 mark)
- Planning structure with technology, skill and institutions (1 mark)
- Matching with national development plans (1 mark)
- Resources essential for development, with technology and human resources (1 mark)
- Uneven distribution of resources (1 mark)
Revise the chapter
- Chapter: Resources and Development (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
- Topic: Development of Resources and Resource Planning
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