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Geography: Manufacturing Industries and Lifelines PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Geography: Manufacturing Industries and Lifelines (Social Science) had 22 questions across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 10 years; last in 2025. The concepts asked in the most papers: Importance of Manufacturing, Transport Network, Industrial Pollution.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 9 of 10 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Importance of Manufacturing | 4 | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2018, 2017 |
| Transport Network | 3 | 3 | 2023, 2020, 2018 |
| Industrial Pollution | 3 | 2 | 2019, 2016 |
| Roadways | 2 | 2 | 2019, 2016 |
| Transport and Communication | 2 | 2 | 2022, 2017 |
| Aluminium Industry | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chemical Industry | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Classification of Industries | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Electronics Industry | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pipelines | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sea Ports | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Textile Industry | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterways | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
How to practise Geography: Manufacturing Industries and Lifelines PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Geography: Manufacturing Industries and Lifelines questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.
CBSE Class 102025
- Q.31 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · Importance of Manufacturing: Manufacturing as the backbone of economic development PDF
CBSE Class 102024
- Q.26 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Importance of Manufacturing: Manufacturing as the backbone of economic development PDF
CBSE Class 102023
CBSE Class 102022
- Q.2 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Pipelines: Importance of pipelines as a means of transport PDF
- Q.5 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Textile Industry: Flowchart on textile production: raw material and value addition PDF
- Q.12 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Case-based · Transport and Communication: Case on transport, communication and national integration PDF
CBSE Class 102020
- Q.9 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Sea Ports: Oldest artificial sea port of India PDF
- Q.12 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Fill in the blank · Aluminium Industry: Industry whose output is used for aircraft, utensils and wires PDF
- Q.24 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Transport Network: Why efficient transport is needed for fast development PDF
CBSE Class 102019
- Q.15 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Industrial Pollution: Environmental degradation crosses state and national borders PDF
- Q.21 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · Industrial Pollution: How industries cause environmental degradation in India PDF
- Q.22 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · Roadways: Why roadways have an edge over railways in India PDF
CBSE Class 102018
CBSE Class 102017
- Q.2 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Waterways: River associated with National Waterway No. 2 PDF
- Q.13 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Importance of Manufacturing: Role of manufacturing in India's economic development PDF
- Q.14 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Transport and Communication: How transport and communication make life prosperous PDF
- Q.24 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Chemical Industry: Role of chemical industries in the Indian economy PDF
CBSE Class 102016
- Q.12 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Classification of Industries: Classify industries by source of raw material and contrast them PDF
- Q.14 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Industrial Pollution: Three steps to reduce environmental damage from industry PDF
- Q.24 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Roadways: Why roadways still have an advantage over railways in India PDF
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FAQ
How many Geography: Manufacturing Industries and Lifelines questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 3 in 2020, 3 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 4 in 2017 and 3 in 2016. Not asked in the other year. That is 22 questions in all, about 7% of Social Science.
Which Geography: Manufacturing Industries and Lifelines topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Importance of Manufacturing, Transport Network, Industrial Pollution. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official CBSE Class 10 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 10 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.