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Map skill-based question… (Social Science 2025 32/3/1 Q37)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/3/1, section F, question 37, for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q37 · 5 marks · Map workNationalism in India

Map skill-based question (2+3=5).

  1. (a)

    Two places 'A' and 'B' have been marked on the given political outline map of India (on page 23). 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 place in 1927.
    B. The place where Mahatma Gandhi broke the Salt Law.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols:
    (i) An international airport of West Bengal
    (ii) A software technology park of Karnataka
    (iii) A nuclear power plant located in Maharashtra
    (iv) A major sea port of Odisha

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India (printed on page 23 of the paper) with two places marked as 'A' and 'B' for Section F 37(a); students write the names of these places on the lines drawn near them. For 37(b), the same map is used to locate and label the four listed features with suitable symbols (international airport in West Bengal, software technology park in Karnataka, nuclear power plant in Maharashtra, major sea port in Odisha). See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think of the 1927 Congress session city in South India.

Hint 2

Dandi is on the coast of Gujarat.

Hint 3

For (b), choose the three features you know best and place a symbol and label for each.

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

    1 mark

  2. (a) B: Dandi, in Gujarat, where Gandhi broke the Salt Law. Write this name on the line near B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Mark and label any three. International airport of West Bengal: Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport), on the eastern coast.

    1 mark

  4. (b) Software technology park of Karnataka: Bengaluru, in the south. Nuclear power plant of Maharashtra: Tarapur, on the north Maharashtra coast.

    1 mark

  5. (b) Major sea port of Odisha: Paradip, on the Odisha coast. Mark each with a suitable symbol (airplane, dot, circle or anchor) and name it.

    1 mark

Answer: A: Madras (Chennai); B: Dandi. (b) Kolkata; Bengaluru; Tarapur; Paradip (any three).

Where the marks are

  • A correctly identified as Madras (1 mark)
  • B correctly identified as Dandi (1 mark)
  • Each of any three features correctly located and labelled (1 mark each)

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 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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