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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/1/1, 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

Map based questions on the given outline political Map of India.

  1. (a)

    Two places (A) and (B) have been marked on the given outline political Map of India. Identify them with the help of given information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them:
    (A) The place where the session of INC was held in September, 1920.
    (B) The place where Mahatma Gandhi broke Salt Law.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same outline Map of India, locate and label any THREE of the following with suitable symbols:
    (i) Hirakud Dam
    (ii) Tarapur Atomic Power Station
    (iii) Pune Software Technology Park
    (iv) Paradip Sea Port

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Outline political map of India with two marked points: A is in the east near West Bengal (eastern India, north of the Bay of Bengal coast) with a line drawn to the right, and B is on the west coast near Gujarat/Maharashtra border region (Arabian Sea coast) with a line drawn to the left. Students must write the names of A and B on the lines. See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

A is in eastern India, near West Bengal, and B is on the Gujarat coast.

Hint 2

The 1920 session approved Non-Cooperation. The Salt Law was broken at the end of the Salt March.

Hint 3

For part (b), recall the state of each feature: two are in Odisha and two in Maharashtra.

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) A is Calcutta (Kolkata), where the INC session of September 1920 approved the Non-Cooperation Movement. Write it on the line near A.

    1 mark

  2. (a) B is Dandi in Gujarat, where Gandhiji broke the Salt Law in 1930. Write it on the line near B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Hirakud Dam is on the Mahanadi in Odisha. Mark it with a dam symbol and label it.

    1 mark

  4. (b) Tarapur Atomic Power Station is in Maharashtra, on the coast north of Mumbai. Pune Software Technology Park is in Maharashtra, inland from Mumbai.

    1 mark

  5. (b) Paradip Sea Port is on the Odisha coast. Locate and label any three of these four with suitable symbols.

    1 mark

Answer: A = Calcutta (Kolkata); B = Dandi (Gujarat). Hirakud Dam and Paradip Port are in Odisha; Tarapur and Pune are in Maharashtra.

Where the marks are

  • Identifies A as Calcutta (1 mark)
  • Identifies B as Dandi (1 mark)
  • Correctly locates and labels any three of the four features (1 mark each, 3 marks)

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 paper2023 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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