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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2023-24: question 37

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section F, question 37, for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q37 · 5 marks · Map workNationalism in India

Answer the following.

  1. (a)

    Two places A and B have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.

    i. Indian National Congress session at this place in 1920.
    ii. The place where Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt law.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same outline map of India locate and label any 3 of the following with suitable symbols.

    i. A Coal mine in Tamil Nādu
    ii. A dam built on river Chenab in India.
    iii. A largest natural major seaport located at Andhra Pradesh
    iv. Noida software technology park

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Outline map of India with states and union territories (no names printed), showing the Andaman and Nicobar islands in an inset box at bottom-left. Two places are marked with a dot and a box label: A is in the east near Kolkata's region (West Bengal/Bengal area, label box 'A.' in the east), and B is on the west coast in the Gujarat/Maharashtra area (label box 'B.'). Students must locate and name A and B, and then mark the listed features on the same outline map. See it in the official paper.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

A is in the east in the Bengal region and B is on the Gujarat coast. Which Congress session and which salt march fit?

Hint 2

For (b), recall the state or river for each item: Neyveli, Chenab, Andhra coast, Noida.

Hint 3

Use a distinct symbol for each feature type (mine, dam, port, software park) and label it.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. (a)(i) The 1920 session of the Indian National Congress was held at Calcutta (Kolkata), the special session in September 1920 that approved the Non-Cooperation Movement. This is place A on the map, in the east in West Bengal.

    1 mark

  2. (a)(ii) Gandhiji broke the salt law at Dandi, on the Gujarat coast, in 1930. This is place B on the west coast. Write both names on the lines near A and B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Mark any three with correct symbols: Neyveli (lignite/coal mine), Tamil Nadu, on the south-east coast inland of Puducherry.

    1 mark

  4. Salal Dam on the River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir, in the far north.

    1 mark

  5. Visakhapatnam, the largest natural seaport, on the Andhra Pradesh east coast. Noida Software Technology Park is in Uttar Pradesh near Delhi. Mark the chosen three with the proper symbols and label them.

    1 mark

Answer: (a) A: Calcutta; B: Dandi. (b) Neyveli (Tamil Nadu); Salal Dam (Chenab, J&K); Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh); Noida (Uttar Pradesh), any three located and labelled.

Where the marks are

  • Identifies A as Calcutta (1 mark)
  • Identifies B as Dandi (1 mark)
  • Each of any three features correctly located and labelled (1 mark each)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Nationalism in India, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2023-24: every question, by section.

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