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(a) Three locations are shown on the outline map of India. Identify these locations and write their names on the lines marked on the map.             (3) 1. The highest dam in India on the Bhagirathi River. 2. A state whose land has been affected due to overgrazing. 3. A National Park famous for the presence of tigers. (b) On the map, locate and label the following appropriately                                                                       (2) 1. (i) A port in western India which was famous for cotton exports in the seventeenth century. OR (ii) A state where Jute Mills were established. OR (iii) A famine in this area in 1888-89 led many people to migrate to Bombay to work in cotton mills. 2. (i) The Naval Kishore Press started functioning in this city in the 1880s. OR (ii) The place where Rokeya Hossein, a reformer, started a girls' school.

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(a) 1. TehriDam           2. Rajasthan 3. Corbett National Park (b) 1. (i) Surat OR (ii) Bengal  OR       (iii) Kutch 2. (i) Lucknow  OR (ii) Calcutta