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Social Science · 2025 · 2 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q23
(A) "Planning is the widely accepted strategy for judicious use of resources." Explain the statement.
(A)
"Planning is the widely accepted strategy for judicious use of resources." Explain the statement.
OR
(B)
"An equitable distribution of resources has become essential for a sustained quality of human life." Explain the statement.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Planning is important for a country which has enormous diversity in the availability of resources.
(ii) It is important for regions which are rich in certain types of resources but are deficient in some other resources.
(iii) Planning helps in balanced distribution of resources across national, state and regional levels.
(iv) Planning helps in sustainable development.
(B) “An equitable distribution of resources has become essential for a sustained quality of human life.” Explain the statement.
(i) Sustainable existence is a component of sustainable development.
(ii) If the present trend of resource depletion by a few individuals and countries continue the future of our planet will be in danger.
(iii) There is a dire need to address economic and environmental protection plans.
(iv) Uneven distribution of resources will create a wide gap in regional development resulting in disunity in a nation.
(v) Resource planning is essential for sustainable existence of all forms of life.
(vi) Appropriate technology, skill and institutional set up is required for resource development and distribution.
(vii) Judicious use of resources with qualitative and quantitative estimates is necessary.
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