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"Plantation agriculture… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q15)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/3/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2026: question 15

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/3/1, section B, question 15, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q15 · 3 marks · Short answerAgriculture

"Plantation agriculture is also a type of commercial farming." Support the statement with suitable arguments.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

What is the purpose of the produce: self-use or sale?

Hint 2

Think of the scale of land, capital and labour.

Hint 3

Name the crops of plantations.

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. In plantation farming a single crop is grown on a large area, and it is a capital-intensive, labour-intensive type of commercial farming.

    1 mark

  2. It is an interface of agriculture and industry. It uses large estates, large capital and migrant labour, and the produce is grown mainly for the market.

    1 mark

  3. Examples are tea, coffee and rubber, grown for sale and processed in industry.

    1 mark

Answer: Plantation farming is commercial: single crop on a large area, heavy capital and labour, produce meant for the market (tea, coffee, rubber).

Where the marks are

  • Single crop on a large area (1 mark)
  • Large capital, labour, link to industry, grown for the market (1 mark)
  • Examples tea, coffee, rubber (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Agriculture (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Agriculture, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2026 board paper, set 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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