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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/2/1, 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

(a) Two places A and B have been marked on the given political outline map of India (on page 23). Identify them with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them: (i) The place where the session of the Indian National Congress was held in December, 1920. (1) (ii) The place where Jallianwala Bagh incident occurred. (1) (b) On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols: (3×1=3) (i) Noida – Software Technology Park (ii) Bailadila – Iron-ore mines (iii) Tarapur – Nuclear Power Plant (iv) Haldia – Sea port. Note: The following questions are for the Visually Impaired Candidates only, in lieu of Q. No. 37. Answer any five questions. (5×1=5) (37.1) Name the place where Indian National Congress session took place in December, 1920. (37.2) Name the place where the Jallianwala Bagh incident occurred. (37.3) Name any one major coffee producing state of India. (37.4) Name the state where Bailadila iron ore mines are located. (37.5) Name the state where Tarapur nuclear power plant is located. (37.6) Name the state where Haldia sea port is located.

  1. (a)

    Identify places A and B on the political outline map of India using clues (i) Indian National Congress session of December 1920 and (ii) Jallianwala Bagh incident; write their names on the lines near them.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of: Noida – Software Technology Park; Bailadila – Iron-ore mines; Tarapur – Nuclear Power Plant; Haldia – Sea port.

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India with two places marked as A and B, with lines drawn near them for writing names. Students must also locate and label, with suitable symbols, Noida (Software Technology Park), Bailadila (Iron-ore mines), Tarapur (Nuclear Power Plant) and Haldia (Sea port), choosing any three. See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

The December 1920 Congress session was in central India, in a city of Maharashtra.

Hint 2

Jallianwala Bagh is in Punjab.

Hint 3

For part (b), recall each place's state first, then mark it on the map.

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) A is Nagpur, where the Congress session of December 1920 was held.

    1 mark
  2. (a)(ii) B is Amritsar, the site of the Jallianwala Bagh incident.

    1 mark
  3. (b) Any three, correctly located and labelled: Noida (Uttar Pradesh), a software technology park near Delhi; Bailadila (Chhattisgarh), iron-ore mines; Tarapur (Maharashtra), nuclear power plant on the coast north of Mumbai; Haldia (West Bengal), sea port near Kolkata.

    3 marks
  4. Visually impaired alternative (any five): Nagpur; Amritsar; Karnataka (coffee); Chhattisgarh (Bailadila); Maharashtra (Tarapur); West Bengal (Haldia).

Answer: (a) A: Nagpur; B: Amritsar. (b) Noida: Uttar Pradesh; Bailadila: Chhattisgarh; Tarapur: Maharashtra; Haldia: West Bengal. Visually impaired: Nagpur, Amritsar, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal.

Where the marks are

  • Identifies Nagpur (1 mark)
  • Identifies Amritsar (1 mark)
  • Locates and labels any three of the four places (3 marks)

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