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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, 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

Map skill-based question (History 2 marks and Geography 3 marks).

  1. (a)

    Two places 'A' and 'B' have been marked on the given political outline map of India (on page 27). Identify them with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them :
    A. The place where the session of Indian National Congress was held in 1920.
    B. The place where Gandhiji started Dandi March. (2 × 1 = 2)

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols : (3 × 1 = 3)
    (i) Leading state in production of Jute
    (ii) Atomic Power Plant located in Gujarat
    (iii) Iron and Steel Plant located in Jharkhand
    (iv) Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India (printed on page 27 of the paper, not included in this extract). Two places are marked, labelled 'A' and 'B' with blank lines beside them for the student to write names: A is to be identified as the 1920 Indian National Congress session venue and B as the starting point of the Dandi March. For 37(b), the student locates and labels any three of: leading Jute-producing state, Atomic Power Plant in Gujarat, Iron and Steel Plant in Jharkhand, and Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport. See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

The 1920 Congress session was in a city in central India, in Maharashtra.

Hint 2

The Dandi March began from Gandhiji's ashram in Gujarat.

Hint 3

Use the state or place named for each item and mark it with a symbol.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. (a) A: Nagpur, where the Congress session of 1920 was held. This is written on the line near A.

    1 mark

  2. (a) B: Sabarmati (Ahmedabad, Gujarat), the starting point of the Dandi March, written near B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Any three of the following are to be marked and labelled on the map, each with 1 mark. (i) West Bengal, the leading jute-producing state, shaded and labelled in eastern India. (ii) Kakrapara atomic power plant, in southern Gujarat, marked with a symbol. (iii) Bokaro or Jamshedpur steel plant in Jharkhand, marked with a symbol. (iv) Amritsar airport in Punjab, marked with a symbol.

    3 marks

Answer: A: Nagpur; B: Sabarmati. (b) Any three: West Bengal (jute), Kakrapara (atomic power, Gujarat), Bokaro/Jamshedpur (steel, Jharkhand), Amritsar (airport).

Where the marks are

  • A is Nagpur (1 mark)
  • B is Sabarmati (1 mark)
  • Each of three correctly located and labelled items (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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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