CBSE Class 12 Economics sample paper 2025-26: question 25
From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section B, question 25, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.
Q25 · 1 mark · MCQRural Development
From the set of terms given in Column I and corresponding facts given in Column II, choose the correct pair of statements:
| Column I | Column II | |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Animal Husbandry | i | Instability in income |
| (b) Fisheries | ii | Mixed crop-livestock farming system |
| (c) Horticulture | iii | India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world |
| (d) Agro-processing industry | iv | Iron and steel industry |
- (A)(a)-i
- (B)(b)-ii
- (C)(c)-iii
- (D)(d)-iv
Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.
Hints
Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.
Hint 1
Which activity covers fruits and vegetables?
Hint 2
Livestock usually stabilises farm income.
Step-by-step solution
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Animal husbandry gives stability of income (not instability) and fisheries is not the mixed crop-livestock system; agro-processing has nothing to do with iron and steel.
- 1 mark
India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, which is a fact about horticulture: (c)-iii is the correct pair. Option (C).
Answer: (C) (c)-iii
Where the marks are
- Horticulture: India second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables (1 mark)
Revise the chapter
- Chapter: Rural Development (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
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