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Explain the reasons… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q16a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 16(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/2/1, section B, question 16(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q16(a) · 5 marks · Long answerManufacturing Industries

Explain the reasons why most of the Jute industries in India are located in West Bengal.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Where is jute grown relative to the mills?

Hint 2

Think of the Hugli river and transport.

Hint 3

What does a big city like Kolkata offer?

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. Proximity of the jute-producing areas gives easy access to raw jute.

    1 mark

  2. Cheap and efficient water transport is available on the Hugli.

    1 mark

  3. A dense network of railways and roads helps movement of goods.

    1 mark

  4. There is plenty of water to process raw jute, and cheap labour is available from Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.

    1 mark

  5. Kolkata is a large urban centre providing banking, insurance and port facilities for exporting jute goods.

    1 mark

Answer: Nearness to raw jute, cheap water transport, rail and road network, water, cheap labour and Kolkata's port and banking facilities.

Where the marks are

  • Raw material nearby (1 mark)
  • Cheap water transport (1 mark)
  • Rail and road network (1 mark)
  • Water and cheap labour (1 mark)
  • Kolkata port, banking and insurance (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Manufacturing Industries, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2026 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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