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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/1/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2023: question 30(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/1/1, section D, question 30(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q30(b) · 5 marks · Long answerNationalism in India

Analyse the role of folklore and symbols in the revival of nationalism in India during late 19th century.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

What did nationalists collect in villages?

Hint 2

Name Tagore's and Natesa Sastri's work.

Hint 3

Describe the flags designed.

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. Nationalism was developed through folklore and symbols. Nationalists recorded folk tales sung by bards and toured villages to collect songs and legends.

    1 mark

  2. They felt preserving folk tradition would help discover national identity and restore pride in the past.

    1 mark

  3. In Bengal, Tagore collected ballads, nursery rhymes and myths and led the folk revival; in Madras, Natesa Sastri published The Folklore of Southern India.

    1 mark

  4. Leaders used icons and symbols to unify people. In the Swadeshi movement a tricolour with eight lotuses and a crescent moon was designed.

    1 mark

  5. By 1921 Gandhiji designed the Swaraj flag, red, green and white, with a spinning wheel representing self-help.

    1 mark

Answer: Folklore and flags created pride and unity, reviving nationalism.

Where the marks are

  • Folk tales collected (1 mark)
  • Need to preserve tradition (1 mark)
  • Tagore/Natesa Sastri (1 mark)
  • Swadeshi flag (1 mark)
  • Swaraj flag (1 mark)

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 paper2023 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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