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“Pakistan was… (Class 12 Economics SQP 2025-26, Q28)

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EconomicsCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 12 Economics sample paper 2025-26: question 28

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section B, question 28, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q28 · 3 marks · Short answerCompetency-basedComparative Development Experiences of India and its Neighbours

“Pakistan was maintaining a healthy economic growth momentum of 6.3% till 1990s, however it lost its track of economic growth falling to 5.3% between 2015-17.”
Do you agree with the given statement? Justify your answer with valid arguments.

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Hints

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Hint 1

What drove Pakistan's early growth?

Hint 2

Was later growth based on technology or good monsoons?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Yes, I agree. Pakistan grew fast till the 1990s (about 6.3%) helped by the Green Revolution, mechanisation, public investment in infrastructure and import-substitution industrialisation.

    1 mark

  2. Growth later slowed (5.3% in 2015-17) because agricultural growth and food supply depended on good harvests rather than a systematic process of technological change.

    1 mark

  3. Political instability, heavy reliance on remittances and foreign aid, and a weak industrial base also held back its economic progress.

    1 mark

Answer: Agree: early growth came from the Green Revolution and import substitution, but dependence on harvests, remittances and foreign aid, and political instability slowed it.

Where the marks are

  • Agreement with reasons (marked as a whole, 3)

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