CBSE Class 12 History Exam Tomorrow: Check Important Map Questions for Last Minute Revision

CBSE Class 12 History Map Questions: The CBSE Class 12 History Exam 2025 is scheduled for April 1, 2025, and map-based questions are an essential part of the paper. These questions test your understanding of significant political events, international borders, important treaties, and institutions. To help you revise effectively, we have compiled a list of the most important map-based questions that are likely to appear in the exam. Make sure to practise these questions for last-minute revision and maximise your score in tomorrow’s exam.

CBSE Class 12 History Map Questions 2025

Given below are some important CBSE Class 12 History Map Questions for tomorrow's exam. 

1. Mature Harappan sites:

1. Harappa, 
2. Banawali
3. Kalibangan
4. 4 Balakot
5. Rakhigarhi, 
6. Dholavira,
7. Nageshwar
8. Lothal,
9. Mohenjo-Daro
10. Chanhudaro
11. KotDiji

2. On the given political map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:

I. Mahajanapada and cities:

• Vajji, Magadha, Kosala, Kuru, Panchala, Gandhara, Avanti, Rajgir, Ujjain, Taxila, Varanasi.

II. Distribution of Ashokan inscriptions:

• Pillar inscriptions – Sanchi, Topra, Meerut Pillar and Kaushambi.

3) Identify the Buddhist site mark with the number C given in the following map –

1. A) Ajanta

B) Bodhgaya

C) Sanchi

D None of these

Answer- A) Ajanta

2. Identify the Buddhist site where Buddha got the Enlightenment mark with the number A given in the following map

A) Sanchi

B) Bodhgaya

C) Ajanta

D None of these

Answer B) Bodhgaya

4. Identify the Buddhist site where Buddha got Nirvana in the following map: 

A) Kushinara

B) Bharhut

C) Ajanta

D) None of these

Answer- A)Kushinara

5. Mark the following map items on the map of India.

• Bidar,
• Golconda,
• Bijapur,
• Vijayanagar,Chandragiri,
• Kanchipuram,
• Mysore,
• Thanjavur Kolar,
• Tirunelveli

6. A. On the given political outline map of India, Locate & Label the following.

1. On the same political outline map of India, some places are marked as A and B; identify and label them.

Territories under Babur, Akbar and Aurangzeb:

• Delhi, Agra, Panipat, Amber, Ajmer, Lahore, Goa.

7. On the given political map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:

1.1 Territories/cities under British Control in 1857: Punjab, Sindh, Bombay, Madras, Fort St. David, Masulipatam, Berar, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Avadh, Surat, Calcutta, Patna, Benaras, Allahabad and Lucknow.

1.2 Main centres of the Revolt of 1857: Delhi, Meerut, Jhansi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Azamgarh, Calcutta, Benaras, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Agra, Awadh. 

8. On the given political map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:

I. Amravati – A Stupa

II.Rakhigarhi- Indus Valley Site

III.Agra-Territory Under the Control of Mughals

OR

Vijayanagar- Capital of the Vijayanagar empire

On the same outline map, two places have been marked as ‘A and B, as the centres of the Revolt of 1857. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.

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