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Answer the following. (Social Science 2025 32/2/1 Q37)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/2/1, 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

Answer the following.

  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 December 1927.
    B. The place where Jallianwala Bagh incident took place.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols:
    (i) Eastern terminal station of the East-West Corridor
    (ii) Leading state in coffee production
    (iii) Nuclear power plant located in Uttar Pradesh
    (iv) Major sea port located in Odisha

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India (printed on page 27, not attached here) with two places marked 'A' and 'B', each with a line drawn near it on which the student writes the name of the place. Political outline map of India (printed on page 27, not attached here). The student locates and labels any three of the four listed features with suitable symbols. See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Recall which city hosted the 1927 Congress session and where Jallianwala Bagh is.

Hint 2

Silchar lies at the eastern end of the East-West Corridor, Paradwip on the Odisha coast.

Hint 3

Naraura is in western UP; Karnataka is the leading coffee state.

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 Madras (Chennai), where the Indian National Congress session of December 1927 was held. Write this name on the line near A.

    1 mark

  2. (a) B is Amritsar (Punjab), the place of the Jallianwala Bagh incident. Write this on the line near B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Silchar (Assam), the eastern terminal of the East-West Corridor: mark it in the north-east with a symbol and label it.

    1 mark

  4. (b) Karnataka, the leading coffee-producing state: mark or shade it in the south-west and label it.

    1 mark

  5. (b) Naraura, nuclear power plant in Uttar Pradesh: mark it in western UP.

    1 mark

  6. (b) Paradwip, major seaport in Odisha: mark it on the Odisha coast. Any three of the four are required.

Answer: A – Madras (Chennai); B – Amritsar. (b) Silchar (Assam); Karnataka; Naraura (UP); Paradwip (Odisha), any three.

Where the marks are

  • A correctly identified as Madras/Chennai (1 mark)
  • B correctly identified as Amritsar (1 mark)
  • Each of any three features correctly located and labelled (3 × 1 = 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 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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