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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/5/1 · 4 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 36

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/5/1, section E, question 36, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q36 · 4 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedFederalism

Read the given source and answer the questions that follow:

State Reorganisation Commission

"The report of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC), was implemented on November 1, 1956. This, in its own time and own way, has also transformed the political and institutional life of the nation. ... Gandhi and other leaders promised their followers that when freedom came, the new nation would be based on a new set of provinces, these based on the principle of language. However, when India was finally free in 1947, it was also divided...

Far from undermining Indian unity, linguistic states have helped strengthen it. It has proved to be perfectly consistent to be Kannadiga and Indian, Bengali and Indian, Tamil and Indian, Gujarati and Indian. To be sure, these states based on language sometimes quarrel with one another.

  1. (36.1)

    What promise did Gandhiji make to his followers?

    1 mark
  2. (36.2)

    How did language strengthen the unity of India?

    1 mark
  3. (36.3)

    Mention the names of major language of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh states.

    2 marks

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Read the sentence beginning 'Gandhi and other leaders promised'.

Hint 2

The passage says linguistic states did not weaken unity.

Hint 3

Recall the regional language of each 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. (36.1) Gandhiji promised that after freedom the new nation would be based on a new set of provinces formed on the principle of language.

    1 mark

  2. (36.2) Linguistic states strengthened unity because people could be both regional and Indian, for example Tamil and Indian. This also made administration easier.

    1 mark

  3. (36.3) The major language of Kerala is Malayalam.

    1 mark

  4. (36.3) The major language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu.

    1 mark

Answer: (36.1) Provinces based on language. (36.2) Linguistic states made the nation more united. (36.3) Kerala: Malayalam; Andhra Pradesh: Telugu.

Where the marks are

  • Gandhiji's promise (1 mark)
  • How language strengthened unity (1 mark)
  • Malayalam (1 mark)
  • Telugu (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Federalism (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Federalism, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2025 board paper, set 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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