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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/3/1, section F, question 37, for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q37 · 5 marks · Map workManufacturing Industries

Map based question (on the political outline map of India).

  1. (a)

    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: (i) The place where Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place. (ii) The place where the session of Indian National Congress was held in 1927.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols: (i) Bhakra Nangal – Dam (ii) Noida – Software Technology Park (iii) Tarapur – Nuclear Power Plant (iv) 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. For part (b), the student locates Bhakra Nangal (Dam), Noida (Software Technology Park), Tarapur (Nuclear Power Plant) and Haldia (Sea Port), of which any three are to be labelled with suitable symbols. See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Jallianwala Bagh is in the north-west, in Punjab.

Hint 2

The 1927 Congress session was held in a southern coastal city.

Hint 3

For (b), place each feature in its state first, then mark it near the right city or coast.

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) Place A, the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Amritsar (Punjab).

    1 mark

  2. (a)(ii) Place B, where the 1927 Congress session was held: Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Locate and label any three with the correct symbols. Bhakra Nangal is a dam on the Sutlej on the Punjab–Himachal Pradesh border, in the north.

    1 mark

  4. Noida (software technology park) is in Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi. Tarapur (nuclear power plant) is on the Maharashtra coast, north of Mumbai.

    1 mark

  5. Haldia (sea port) is in West Bengal, near Kolkata on the Hooghly. Any three correctly located and labelled earn 1 mark each (marks counted across these two steps and the previous one).

    1 mark

Answer: A – Amritsar; B – Madras (Chennai); (b) Bhakra Nangal (Punjab/Himachal), Noida (UP), Tarapur (Maharashtra) and Haldia (West Bengal) marked as needed (any three).

Where the marks are

  • Identifies A as Amritsar (1 mark)
  • Identifies B as Madras/Chennai (1 mark)
  • Each of any three correctly located and labelled features (1 mark each, 3 marks)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Manufacturing Industries, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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