As per the latest CBSE Class 10 Social Science Syllabus, Map Skill or map Pointing questions will carry 5 marks. Break up of marks – 2 marks History map work and 3 marks Geography map work. The Map work syllabus is given below.
History – Map Work Syllabus
| Name of the Chapter | List of areas to be pointed on the Map |
|---|---|
| Nationalism in India | I. Congress sessions – 1920 Calcutta – 1920 Nagpur – 1927 Madras session II. 3 Satyagraha movements – Kheda – Champaran – Ahmedabad mill workers III. Jallianwala Bagh IV. Dandi March |
Geography – Map Work Syllabus
| Name of the Chapter | List of areas to be pointed on the Map |
|---|---|
| Resources and Development | Identify: Major Soil Types |
| Water Resources | Locating and Labelling: – Salal – Bhakra Nangal – Tehri – Rana Pratap Sagar – Sardar Sarovar – Hirakud – Nagarjuna Sagar – Tungabhadra |
| Agriculture | Identify: – Major areas of Rice and Wheat – Largest/Major producer states of Sugarcane, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cotton, and Jute |
| Minerals and Energy Resources | Identify: A. Iron Ore mines – Mayurbhanj – Durg -Bailadila – Bellary -Kudremukh B. Coal Mines – Raniganj – Bokaro – Talcher – Neyveli C. Oil Fields -Digboi -Naharkatia – Mumbai High -Bassien – Kalol -Ankaleshwar Locate & label: Power Plants A. Thermal -Namrup -Singrauli -Ramagundam B. Nuclear -Narora -Kakrapara -Tarapur -Kalpakkam |
| Manufacturing Industries | I. Manufacturing Industries (Locating and Labelling only) ● Cotton Textile Industries: a. Mumbai b. Indore c. Surat d. Kanpur e. Coimbatore ● Iron and Steel Plants: a. Durgapur b. Bokaro c. Jamshedpur d. Bhilai e. Vijayanagar f. Salem ● Software Technology Parks: a. Noida b. Gandhinagar c. Mumbai d. Pune e. Hyderabad, f. Bengaluru g. Chennai. h. Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lifelines of National Economy | Locating and Labelling: A. Major sea ports – Kandla – Mumbai – Marmagao – New Mangalore – Kochi – Tuticorin – Chennai – Vishakhapatnam – Paradip – Haldia B. International Airports: – Amritsar (Raja Sansi – Sri Guru Ram Dass jee) – Delhi (Indira Gandhi) – Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji) – Chennai (Meenam Bakkam) – Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose) – Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) |