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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/4/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/4/1, 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

Answer the following.

  1. (i)(a)

    Two places A and B have been marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify them with the help of given information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them. The place where Mahatma Gandhi started Satyagraha for Indigo peasants.

    1 mark
  2. (i)(b)

    The place where the session of Indian National Congress held in December, 1920.

    1 mark
  3. (ii)

    On the same outline map of India locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols: (a) Tehri Dam (b) Naraura Atomic Power Station (c) Pune Software Technology Park (d) Haldia Sea Port

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India with two places marked as A and B, to be identified and named from the given clues (Champaran for Indigo Satyagraha; Nagpur for the December 1920 Congress session). Students locate and label on the same map the Tehri Dam, Naraura Atomic Power Station, Pune Software Technology Park 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 32/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

The indigo Satyagraha of 1917 took place in Bihar.

Hint 2

The 1920 Nagpur session was in central India, in Maharashtra.

Hint 3

For the locations, recall the state of each: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal.

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. (i)(a) Place A is Champaran (Bihar), where Gandhiji began the Satyagraha for indigo peasants in 1917.

    1 mark
  2. (i)(b) Place B is Nagpur (Maharashtra), the venue of the December 1920 Congress session.

    1 mark
  3. (ii) Tehri Dam: locate it on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand and mark it with a dam symbol.

    1 mark
  4. (ii) Naraura Atomic Power Station: locate it in western Uttar Pradesh on the Ganga and mark it with an atomic symbol.

    1 mark
  5. (ii) Haldia Sea Port: locate it on the West Bengal coast near Kolkata, and Pune Software Technology Park in Maharashtra, and mark them with suitable symbols. Any three of the four are required.

    1 mark

Answer: A: Champaran (Bihar); B: Nagpur (Maharashtra). Any three of Tehri Dam (Uttarakhand), Naraura (Uttar Pradesh), Pune STP (Maharashtra), Haldia (West Bengal) correctly marked and labelled.

Where the marks are

  • A correctly named as Champaran (1 mark)
  • B correctly named as Nagpur (1 mark)
  • Each of three correct locations marked and labelled (3 x 1 mark)

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