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Two places A and… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2025-26, Q9)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 2 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2025-26: question 9

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section A, question 9, for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q9 · 2 marks · Map workNationalism in India

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 marked on the map.

  1. A)

    The place where the Civil Disobedience Movement was launched.

    1 mark
  2. B)

    The city where Indian National Congress session was held in September 1920.

    1 mark

Figure in the paper: Outline map of India (Survey of India, scale 1:16M) with latitude and longitude marks. Two horizontal lines are drawn and labelled A (near 20°N on the western coast, Gujarat area) and B (near 20°N on the eastern side, Odisha/West Bengal area). Students write the names of the places on the lines. See it in the official paper.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Gandhiji's salt march ended on the Gujarat coast.

Hint 2

The September 1920 special session adopted Non-Cooperation in an eastern city.

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: Dandi (Gujarat), where Gandhiji broke the salt law in 1930 to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement.

    1 mark

  2. B: Calcutta (Kolkata), where the Congress session of September 1920 adopted the Non-Cooperation programme.

    1 mark

Answer: A - Dandi; B - Calcutta (Kolkata)

Where the marks are

  • Identifies A as Dandi (1 mark)
  • Identifies B as Calcutta (1 mark)

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 2025-26: every question, by section.

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