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Answer the following. (Social Science 2025 32/6/1 Q37)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/6/1 · 5 marks · Map work

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 37

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/6/1, 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 the following information and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them:

    2 marks
  2. (b)

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

    3 marks

Figure in the paper: Outline political map of India (Map for Q. No. 37). Point A is marked with an arrow on the south-eastern coast, in the Tamil Nadu region. Point B is marked with an arrow in western India, in the Gujarat region near the Gulf of Khambhat/Kathiawar area. Scale 1:15,000,000. Blank outline political map of India on the same sheet as Q. 37(a); candidates locate and label any three of the four listed features on it. No features are pre-marked except the two places A and B noted in 37(a). See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/6/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

A is on the south-eastern coast; recall the 1927 session venue.

Hint 2

B is in Gujarat, linked with the mill workers' satyagraha.

Hint 3

Choose the three features you know best and place symbols carefully.

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 held its 1927 session. It is on the Tamil Nadu coast.

    1 mark

  2. (a) B is Ahmedabad in Gujarat, where Gandhi led the cotton mill workers' movement.

    1 mark

  3. (b) Any three: an international airport in Punjab, Amritsar (Raja Sansi), marked near the north-west.

    1 mark

  4. (b) Major sea port in Gujarat: Kandla (Deendayal) port on the Gulf of Kachchh; oil field in the Arabian Sea: Mumbai High off the Maharashtra coast.

    1 mark

  5. (b) Nuclear power plant in Uttar Pradesh: Narora. Mark each chosen feature with a suitable symbol and label it on the map.

    1 mark

Answer: A: Madras (Chennai); B: Ahmedabad. (b) Amritsar airport, Kandla port, Mumbai High, Narora (any three).

Where the marks are

  • A correctly identified (1 mark)
  • B correctly identified (1 mark)
  • Each of 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 32/6/1: every question, by section.

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