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Economics · 2026 · 6 marks
CBSE 2026 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q33
(A) Read the following text carefully and answer the questions given below: “In India, high-yielding seed varieties were initially brought to the…
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions given below :
“In India, high-yielding seed varieties were initially brought to the State of Punjab, Haryana and portions of western Uttar Pradesh.”
(i)
Identify the approach initiated by Indian Government in 1966.
(ii)
State the primary goal of this approach.
(iii)
Describe any two impacts of this approach.
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions given below :
“It is an arrangement in which a firm hires some specialized firm(s) to carry out some of its activities (which were earlier being performed by itself). These service hirings could be from local / international markets.”
(i)
Identify the indicated outcome of the globalisation process.
(ii)
State any two factors responsible for making India as an important source of these activities.
(iii)
Explain examples of services that have expanded due to advancements in information technology.
Marking-scheme solution
(i)
Green Revolution was the approach initiated by Government of India.
(ii)
Primary goal of Green Revolution was to achieve self – sufficiency in food grains.
(iii)
Two impacts of Green Revolution are:
The green revolution enabled the government to procure sufficient amount of food grains to create buffer stock, to be used in times of food shortage.
The relative price of food grains declined in comparison to other items of consumption. This fall in price particularly benefited lower income groups, as they spend a large share of their income on food items.
(i)
The indicated outcome of the globalisation process is Outsourcing.
(ii)
India has emerged as a favourite outsourcing destination because of the:
growth of faster modes of communication, particularly the growth of Information Technology (IT).
availability of skilled and qualified manpower at relatively affordable costs.
(iii)
With rapid advancements in information technology, India has emerged as a major outsourcing hub for a wide range of services. These include voice-based business processes, data and record management, accounting, banking services, film editing, book transcription, clinical consultation and even online teaching.
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