CBSE Class 7 Social Science, Chapter 1: The Story of Indian Farming
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond Part 2, pages 1–28. 21 topics, about 9 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpage 1
- India’s Agricultural Landscapepages 2–3
- Echoes from the Pastpages 3–5
- Climate, Seasons, and Crops: What Grows Where and When?pages 6–7
- The monsoon and agriculturepage 7
- The rhythm of seasons and crops: kharif, rabi, and zaidpages 8–10
- Soil, the Foundation of Cultivationpage 10
- How is soil formed?page 10
- Soils of Indiapage 11
- Soil-crop linkagespages 11–13
- Nurturing the soilpages 14–15
- Water: Rain-Fed vs. Irrigated Agriculturepage 15
- a. Rain-fed agriculturepages 15–16
- b. Irrigated agriculturepages 16–18
- Seedspages 18–19
- Agricultural Practices: Traditional Wisdom and Modern Innovationspage 19
- Traditional farming systemspages 20–21
- Contemporary agriculturepages 21–22
- Sustainable pathwayspages 22–24
- The Role of the Governmentpages 24–25
- Challengespages 25–27
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.