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Answer the following. (Social Science 2025 32/5/1 Q37)

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

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/5/1, 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. Identify them with the help of following information and write their names on the lines drawn near them:
    A. The place where the session of Indian National Congress was held.
    B. The place where Mahatma Gandhi started Satyagraha for indigo peasants.

    2 marks
  2. (b)

    On the same outline map of India locate and label any three of the following with suitable symbols:
    (i) Leading state in production of rice.
    (ii) Coal-mines located in Tamil Nadu.
    (iii) Major sea port located in Karnataka.
    (iv) Oil field located in Maharashtra.

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Outline political map of India with two marked points: A (in the east, near the Kolkata/West Bengal region on the Bengal side, with a line drawn to the right) and B (in the north, in the Bihar/Uttar Pradesh–Nepal border area, with a line drawn to the right). Students must write names on the lines near A and B and locate the features in part (b) on the same map. See it in the official paper.

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

Hints

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Hint 1

A is in eastern India on the Bengal side; B is near the Bihar-Nepal border.

Hint 2

Recall which Congress session and which satyagraha match those places.

Hint 3

For part (b) place the symbol on the west coast for the port and oil field, and in the south-east for Neyveli.

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: Calcutta (Kolkata), where the Indian National Congress held a session (the 1920 special session). Write this name on the line near A.

    1 mark

  2. (a) B: Champaran (Bihar), where Gandhiji started satyagraha for indigo peasants in 1917. Write this name on the line near B.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Locate and label any three, one mark each: rice - West Bengal (shade or label the state); coal mine - Neyveli (Tamil Nadu); sea port - New Mangalore (Karnataka coast); oil field - Mumbai High (off the Maharashtra coast). Use suitable symbols and place them correctly.

    3 marks

Answer: A: Calcutta (Kolkata); B: Champaran (Bihar). (b) Any three: West Bengal, Neyveli, New Mangalore, Mumbai High.

Where the marks are

  • A identified as Calcutta (1 mark)
  • B identified as Champaran (1 mark)
  • Any three features correctly located and labelled (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 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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