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Answer the following. (Class 12 Economics SQP 2024-25, Q32)

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EconomicsCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 4 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Economics sample paper 2024-25: question 32

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section B, question 32, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q32 · 4 marks · Long answerCompetency-basedRural Development

Answer the following.

  1. (I)

    Interpret the given picture based on the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) initiated by the Government of India.

    3 marks
  2. (II)

    State any two examples of allied activities.

    1 mark

Figure in the paper: Hand-drawn picture: a hexagonal Parliament-like building surrounded by trees on the left; on the right, a thatched hut under a large tree; in the middle three gear icons labelled 'Member of Parliament', 'Villagers' and 'Health and Education'. See it in the official paper.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Who is in charge of each model village?

Hint 2

Allied activities are farm-related but not crop growing.

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. (I) The picture links Parliament, villages, and health and education. Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, each Member of Parliament identifies a village in his or her constituency and develops it as a model (adarsh) village.

    1 mark

  2. MPs were to develop three villages as model villages, covering more than 2,500 villages in all.

    1 mark

  3. MPs prepare a village development plan, motivate villagers to take up activities and build infrastructure in health, nutrition and education.

    1 mark

  4. (II) Allied activities: livestock (animal husbandry)

    ½ mark

  5. and fisheries (also horticulture, poultry).

    ½ mark

Answer: (I) Under SAGY, MPs adopt and develop villages as model villages with plans and infrastructure in health, nutrition and education. (II) Livestock and fisheries.

Where the marks are

  • Interpretation of SAGY (3)
  • Two allied activities (½ + ½)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Rural Development (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Rural Development, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

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