Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

(i) Agriculture supports the cotton textile industry by providing its primary raw material — raw cotton. The industry's early concentration in Maharashtra and Gujarat was largely due to the availability of raw cotton in these cotton-growing belts.

(ii) The cotton textile industry supports agriculture and related sectors by providing a livelihood to farmers, cotton boll pluckers, and workers in ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing, and tailoring. By creating demand, it also supports allied industries like chemicals, dyes, packaging materials, and engineering works.

Source: Agro-based Industries, Chapter 6

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• The question has two clear parts — answer both with equal balance.
• Examiners look for: raw cotton as input from agriculture (part i), and the reverse linkage — employment to farmers/workers + support to allied industries (part ii).
• Mention specific examples from the textbook (cotton-growing belt, ginning/spinning/weaving workers, chemicals & dyes) to score full marks.
• Avoid padding — at 3 marks, ~70 words is ideal.