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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2024-25: question 37

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, 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.

    A. The place where the Peasant Satyagraha took place.
    B. Indian National congress session was held at this place in Sept. 1920.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

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

    i. A software Technology Park in Maharashtra.
    ii. A coal mine in Jharkhand.
    iii. The tallest dam in India.
    iv. A seaport located in West Bengal.

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Outline map of India with two marked places. Place A is on the west coast near Gujarat's coastline, with a line drawn from it to the left margin. Place B is in the east near the Bengal/Odisha region, with a line drawn from it to the right. Names are to be written on the lines. Same outline map of India (Survey of India, scale 1:16M) with latitude and longitude markings. Places A and B are marked with dots and lines as in 37(a). Students locate the listed features on this map. See it in the official paper.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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Hint 1

Gandhiji's peasant Satyagraha in Gujarat in 1917-18 was at Kheda.

Hint 2

The September 1920 special session decided on the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Hint 3

Locate the features by state: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and 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. (a) A is Kheda in Gujarat, where the Peasant Satyagraha took place. Write 'Kheda' on line A.

    1 mark

  2. (a) B is Calcutta (Kolkata), the venue of the Indian National Congress session of September 1920. Write 'Calcutta' on line B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Locate and label any three of these with suitable symbols: Pune (software technology park, Maharashtra); Bokaro (coal mine, Jharkhand); Tehri (tallest dam, Uttarakhand); Haldia (seaport, West Bengal). Each correct one earns 1 mark.

    3 marks

Answer: (a) A: Kheda (Gujarat); B: Calcutta. (b) Any three: Pune, Bokaro, Tehri Dam, Haldia.

Where the marks are

  • A identified as Kheda (1 mark)
  • B identified as Calcutta (1 mark)
  • Each correct location with a symbol, for any three (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 paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

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