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"Manufacturing… (Class 10 Social Science 2026, Q16a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 32/3/1, 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

"Manufacturing industries are considered the backbone of the economic development of the country." Justify 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

Think of how industry helps farmers and farm income.

Hint 2

Link industry to jobs and poverty.

Hint 3

How does the export of manufactured goods help the country?

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. Manufacturing industries help in the modernisation of agriculture.

    1 mark

  2. They reduce people's heavy dependence on agricultural income by creating secondary and tertiary sector jobs.

    1 mark

  3. Industrial development is a precondition for eradicating unemployment and poverty, and it aims to reduce regional disparities.

    1 mark

  4. They bring down poverty and help in the expansion of trade and commerce.

    1 mark

  5. Export of manufactured goods earns foreign exchange, so they contribute to the development of all sectors of the economy.

    1 mark

Answer: Manufacturing modernises agriculture, reduces dependence on agriculture, removes unemployment, poverty and regional disparity, expands trade and earns foreign exchange.

Where the marks are

  • Modernises agriculture (1 mark)
  • Reduces dependence on agriculture (1 mark)
  • Removes unemployment, poverty, regional disparities (1 mark)
  • Expands trade and commerce (1 mark)
  • Foreign exchange and overall development (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 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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