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Answer the following. (Social Science 2025 32/4/1 Q37)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/4/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/4/1, 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. (i)

    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:

    2 marks
  2. (ii)

    On the same political outline map of India, locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols:

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Political outline map of India with two marked points. Point A is on the east coast of the southern peninsula, with a line drawn from it extending to the right into the sea area. Point B is on the western coast in the Gujarat region, with a line drawn from it extending to the right into the land area. Names are to be written on the lines near them. Same political outline map of India as Q.37(i). Students locate and label any three of: a major dam on the Chenab river, a nuclear power plant in Uttar Pradesh, a major software technology park in Karnataka, a 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 32/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

The 1927 Congress session was held in a major city on the south-eastern coast.

Hint 2

Dandi is on the Gujarat coast.

Hint 3

For part (ii), choose the three features whose locations you know best, and label each with a symbol.

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. (i) Place A (east coast, southern peninsula): Madras (Chennai), the venue of the 1927 Indian National Congress session.

    1 mark

  2. (i) Place B (Gujarat coast): Dandi, where Gandhiji broke the salt law.

    1 mark

  3. (ii) Mark and label any three of the following. Salal dam on the river Chenab, in Jammu and Kashmir (north).

    1 mark

  4. Naraura nuclear power plant in western Uttar Pradesh (Bulandshahr district, on the Ganga).

    1 mark

  5. Bengaluru (software technology park) in southern Karnataka, or Paradip (sea port) on the Odisha coast.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) A = Madras (Chennai); B = Dandi. (ii) Any three of: Salal (Chenab dam), Naraura (nuclear plant, UP), Bengaluru (software technology park, Karnataka), Paradip (port, Odisha).

Where the marks are

  • Identifies A as Madras (Chennai) (1 mark)
  • Identifies B as Dandi (1 mark)
  • Correctly locates and labels each of any three features, 1 mark each (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 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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