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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/2/1, section D, question 30(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

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

Analyse the role of the business classes in Civil Disobedience Movement.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Why did traders dislike colonial economic policy?

Hint 2

Which organisations did they form?

Hint 3

How did they help the movement?

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. Indian merchants and industrialists wanted to expand their business, so they reacted against colonial policies that restricted it.

    1 mark

  2. They wanted protection against imports of foreign goods and a favourable rupee-sterling exchange ratio.

    1 mark

  3. To organise business interests they formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress (1920) and FICCI (1927), led by Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G.D. Birla.

    1 mark

  4. They attacked colonial control over the Indian economy.

    1 mark

  5. They gave financial help and refused to buy or sell imported goods.

    1 mark

Answer: Business classes supported the movement with funds and boycotts to protect their interests against colonial economic control.

Where the marks are

  • Wanted business expansion (1 mark)
  • Protection against imports and rupee-sterling ratio (1 mark)
  • Formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress and FICCI (1 mark)
  • Attacked colonial economic control (1 mark)
  • Financial help and boycott of imported goods (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 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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