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Q. On the given political outline map of India, locate and label any five from the following 'geographical features' with appropriate symbols : 10.1 Bauxite mines located in Odisha. 10.2 Ratnagiri-iron-ore mines. 10.3 An oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh. 10.4 Hazribagh copper mines. 10.5 The eastern-most station on the East-West corridor. 10.6 The Southern-most metropolitan city connected by Golden Quadrilateral. [Note : The following questions are for the Visually Impaired Candidates only, in lieu of Qn. 10. Attempt any five : 10.1 Name the place where bauxite mines located in Odisha. 10.2 In which state the Jamnagar oil refinery is situated ? 10.3 Name any one place of copper mines located in Jharkhand. 10.4 Write the name of the eastern-most station of East-West corridor. 10.5 Name the Southern-most metropolitan city connected by Golden Quadrilateral. 10.6 Name the State where Ratnagiri iron-ore mines are located.]

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Concept understanding — Map Interpretation

Map Interpretation: A First Look

The Intuition — Why "Map"?

Imagine you have a real-world city (say, New Delhi) and a paper map of that city. The map is not the city itself — it's a representation. Every point on the map corresponds to exactly one point in the real city. And every point in the real city has a spot on the map (if the map is complete).

Now, think of a function $f: X \to Y$ between two sets $X$ and $Y$ .

$X$ is like the paper map (the domain).
$Y$ is like the real city (the codomain).
The function $f$ tells you: "For each point on the map, here is the real-world location it represents."

That's the core idea: a function is a mapping from one set to another.

The Precise Statement

In mathematics, map (or mapping) is just another word for function.

A map $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$ is a rule that assigns exactly one element of $Y$ to each element of $X$ .

We write:

f: X \to Y

For every $x \in X$ , there is a unique $y \in Y$ such that $f(x) = y$ .

Key points to remember:

Domain ( $X$ ): the set of all "inputs" (the map's points).
Codomain ( $Y$ ): the set of all possible "outputs" (the real city's points).
Image (or range): the set of actual outputs $\{ f(x) : x \in X \}$ — not necessarily all of $Y$ .

Why "Map Interpretation"?

When you interpret a map, you are doing the reverse:

Given a point $y$ in the codomain (the real city), you ask: "Which points on the map correspond to this?"

This leads to the idea of the preimage (or inverse image):

f^{-1}(y) = \{ x \in X : f(x) = y \}

If $f$ is one-to-one (injective), each $y$ has at most one $x$ .
If $f$ is onto (surjective), every $y$ has at least one $x$ .
If $f$ is bijective, every $y$ has exactly one $x$ — the map is a perfect, reversible representation.

A Simple Example

Let $X = \{ \text{Delhi}, \text{Mumbai}, \text{Chennai} \}$ and $Y = \{ \text{North}, \text{West}, \text{South} \}$ .

Define a map $f$ :

$f(\text{Delhi}) = \text{North}$
$f(\text{Mumbai}) = \text{West}$
$f(\text{Chennai}) = \text{South}$ …

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This question tests map-based knowledge of India's mineral belts, industrial locations, and transport corridors. The five features to locate/label are: Bauxite mines in Odisha (Koraput or similar), Ratnagiri iron-ore mines (Maharashtra), an oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh (Mathura), Hazaribagh copper mines (Jharkhand), the eastern-most station of the East-West corridor (Dibrugarh), and the southern-most metropolitan city on the Golden Quadrilateral (Chennai).

Map Interpretation & Concept

This is a classic "locate and label" question from Indian geography — it tests your ability to place specific resources and infrastructure on a political map. The key is to remember the spatial distribution of India's mineral belts and transport networks.

Why this approach works: Instead of memorising each location in isolation, group them by region. Bauxite and copper mines cluster in the mineral-rich eastern plateau (Odisha, Jharkhand). Iron ore follows the western coast (Ratnagiri in Maharashtra). Oil refineries are often near consumption centres or pipelines (Mathura on the Delhi-Mumbai pipeline). Transport corridors (East-West Corridor, Golden Quadrilateral) have fixed endpoints you can recall by their cardinal directions.

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Bauxite mines in Odisha (Feature 10.1)

Bauxite, the ore of aluminium, is abundant in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha. The major bauxite mining areas are Koraput (especially the Panchpatmali plateau) and Kalahandi. On the map, locate the southern part of Odisha, near the border with Andhra Pradesh, and mark it with the standard bauxite symbol (a triangle or square, as per your exam's legend).

Tip

For visually impaired candidates: The answer is Koraput (or Panchpatmali). Both are accepted.

2. Ratnagiri iron-ore mines (Feature 10.2)

Ratnagiri is a district on the western coast of Maharashtra. These are part of the Goa-Ratnagiri iron ore belt. On the map, find the Konkan coast, south of Mumbai, and mark it with the iron-ore symbol (usually a filled circle or cross).

Watch out

A common mistake is to place Ratnagiri in Karnataka or Goa. It is firmly in Maharashtra, just north of the Goa border.

3. An oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh (Feature 10.3)

Uttar Pradesh has two major refineries: Mathura (near Agra) and Barauni (though Barauni is in Bihar, not UP). The most prominent one in UP is Mathura Refinery, commissioned in 1982 and fed by the Salaya-Mathura pipeline. On the map, locate Mathura in western UP, near the Yamuna River, and mark it with the refinery symbol (a small rectangle or factory icon).

Note

For visually impaired candidates: The answer is Mathura.

4. Hazaribagh copper mines (Feature 10.4)

Hazaribagh is a district in Jharkhand (formerly part of Bihar). The copper mines here are part of the Singhbhum copper belt. On the map, locate Hazaribagh in the north-central part of Jharkhand, and mark it with the copper mine symbol (often a circle with a dot or a specific pattern).

Tip

For visually impaired candidates: The answer is Hazaribagh (or any copper mine in Jharkhand like Mosabani or Ghatsila — but Hazaribagh is the one named in the question).

5. Eastern-most station on the East-West Corridor (Feature 10.5) …

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Same / Similar Concept — real previous-year questions on the same or a closely similar concept, not this exact question.

CBSE 2022Set 61/1/12 marks
$Q. On the given political outline Map of India, locate and label any one of the following with appropriate symbol. (1 + 1 = 2) (I)$
(a) The State where Gandhiji withdrew Non-Cooperation Movement. (1)
(OR)
$(b) The State where Gandhiji started Satyagraha for the Kheda peasants. (II) On the same outline Map of India, a place related to the Capital city of Mughal Empire is marked as A. Identify it and write its name on the lines drawn near them.$
(1) [Visually Impaired alternative in lieu of Q.10: (I) Name any one capital city of Mughal Empire.
(1) (II)
(a) Mention any one centre related to the Revolt of 1857. (1)
(OR)
$(b) Name the State where Jallianwala Bagh event took place.]$
›Reveal solutionSolution

Part (a): Uttar Pradesh — Chauri Chaura, where Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.

Part (b): Gujarat — the Kheda Satyagraha; the Mughal capital A is Delhi (or Agra).

Part (b): Punjab — where the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place at Amritsar.

This map question pairs a National-Movement location with the identification of a Mughal capital. The point A can only be named exactly from the printed map.

Part (a)

State where the Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn. The Non-Cooperation Movement, launched in 1920, was suddenly called off by Gandhi in February 1922 after a mob at Chauri Chaura set fire to a police station and killed policemen; Gandhi would not let the movement continue once it had turned violent. Chauri Chaura lies near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, so the state to be located and labelled is Uttar Pradesh.

Part (b) …
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CBSE 2022Set 61/2/12 marks
$Q. (10.1) On the given political outline map of India (on page 11), locate and label any one of the following with appropriate symbol :$
(a) The place where Gandhiji withdrew Non-Cooperation Movement. (1)
(OR)
$(b) The place where Gandhiji started Satyagraha for the planters of Gujarat.$
(1) (10.2) On the same political outline map of India, a place related to the capital city of Mughal Empire is marked as ‘A’. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near it.
(1) [Visually Impaired alternative in lieu of Q.10: (10.1) Name any one capital city of the Mughal Empire.
(1) (10.2)
(a) Mention any one place related to the centre of the Revolt of 1857. (1)
(OR)
$(b) Name the State where the Jallianwala Bagh event took place. (1)]$
›Reveal solutionSolution

Part (a): Gandhiji withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement at Chauri Chaura (Uttar Pradesh).

Part (b): The Gujarat peasant Satyagraha was at Kheda (mill-workers' at Ahmedabad); a Mughal capital marked "A" would be Delhi/Agra/Fatehpur Sikri.

Part (b): Jallianwala Bagh is in Amritsar, so the State is Punjab.

This is a map-based question that asks the student to locate and label historical places on the political outline map of India. The map itself is not reproduced here, so the answers below supply the correct places to be identified.

Part (a) …
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CBSE 2022Set 61/3/12 marks
$Q. On the given political outline map of India, locate and label any one of the following with appropriate symbol : I.$
(a) The place where mutiny started in 1857. (1)
(OR)
$(b) The place where Gandhiji broke the Salt law. II. On the same outline map of India, a place related to Capital city of the Mughal Empire has been marked as A. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near it.$
(1) [Visually Impaired alternative in lieu of Q.10: I.
(a) Name the place from where mutiny started on 10th May, 1857. (1)
(OR)
$(b) Name the place where Gandhiji broke the Salt law. II. Name any one Capital city of Mughal Empire. (1)]$
›Reveal solutionSolution

Part (a): the 1857 mutiny started at Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) on 10 May 1857.

Part (b): Gandhi broke the Salt Law at Dandi (Gujarat coast, 6 April 1930); the Mughal capital A is Delhi (or Agra).

Part (b): Gandhi broke the Salt Law at Dandi; a Mughal capital is Delhi (or Agra).

The point A can only be named exactly from the printed map; the choices below are answered from their historical significance.

Part (a)

Where the 1857 mutiny started. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 — often called the First War of Independence — broke out at Meerut on 10 May 1857. Sepoys of the Bengal Army, angered by the imprisonment of comrades who had refused the greased Enfield cartridges, rose against their officers, freed the prisoners and then marched on Delhi, where they proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar emperor. Meerut lies in western Uttar Pradesh, about 70 km north-east of Delhi, and should be marked there.

Part (b)

Where Gandhi broke the Salt law, and the Mughal capital A. On 6 April 1930 Gandhi concluded his 24-day, 240-mile march from Sabarmati by picking up a lump of natural salt at Dandi, a small village on the Gujarat coast near Navsari, thereby breaking the British salt monopoly and launching the Civil Disobedience Movement. Dandi is on the southern Gujarat coast, south of Surat. For part II, the point A is related to the capital city of the Mughal Empire; on a political outline this is normally Delhi (Shahjahanabad, capital of Shah Jahan and the later Mughals) or Agra (capital under Akbar), depending on where A is marked. The Visually Impaired alternative asks only for the place from which the mutiny started on 10 May 1857 — Meerut.

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Map Interpretation & Concept

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Bauxite mines in Odisha (Feature 10.1)

2. Ratnagiri iron-ore mines (Feature 10.2)

3. An oil refinery in Uttar Pradesh (Feature 10.3)

4. Hazaribagh copper mines (Feature 10.4)

5. Eastern-most station on the East-West Corridor (Feature 10.5) …

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