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SECTION – F (Map Skill… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q37)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, 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

SECTION – F (Map Skill Based Questions)

Two places 'A' and 'B' have been marked on the given Political outline map of India. Identify them with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them. On the same Political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols.

  1. (i)(a)

    The place where Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt law.

    1 mark
  2. (i)(b)

    The place where Session of Indian National Congress was held in 1927.

    1 mark
  3. (ii)

    On the same Political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols:
    (a) Hirakud – Dam
    (b) Mumbai – Software Technology Park
    (c) Raja Sansi – International Airport
    (d) Naraura – Nuclear Power Plant

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India (no names printed except title). Two points are marked: 'A' on the western coast in the Gujarat region, with a line drawn from it to the right towards the interior; and 'B' in the southern peninsula on the eastern side near the Tamil Nadu coast, with a line drawn from it to the right towards the sea. A scale bar is shown at the bottom left (0 to 500 km). See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

A is on the Gujarat coast: think of Gandhi's salt march.

Hint 2

B is near the Tamil Nadu coast, where the 1927 Congress session met.

Hint 3

Recall each feature's state before marking 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. (i)(a) A is Dandi, in Gujarat. Gandhi broke the salt law here in 1930.

    1 mark

  2. (i)(b) B is Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu. The Congress session of 1927 was held here.

    1 mark

  3. (ii) Locate and label any three of the following. Hirakud Dam is on the Mahanadi in Odisha (near Sambalpur). Mumbai Software Technology Park is on the Maharashtra coast. Raja Sansi International Airport is at Amritsar in Punjab. Naraura Nuclear Power Plant is in western Uttar Pradesh (Bulandshahr district). Mark each with a suitable symbol and name.

    3 marks

Answer: A = Dandi; B = Madras (Chennai); Hirakud Dam (Odisha), Mumbai STP (Maharashtra), Raja Sansi Airport (Punjab), Naraura NPP (Uttar Pradesh), any three marked

Where the marks are

  • A identified as Dandi (1 mark)
  • B identified as Madras/Chennai (1 mark)
  • Any three of the four features correctly located and labelled (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 paper2024 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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