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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(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/2/1, 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 women 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

Recall what women did during the Salt March.

Hint 2

What shops did they picket?

Hint 3

Were women given leadership positions?

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. Women participated on a large scale in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

    1 mark

  2. During Gandhiji's Salt March, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to him.

    1 mark

  3. They took part in protest marches and manufactured salt.

    1 mark

  4. They picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops.

    1 mark

  5. Many were arrested and jailed, yet their presence in the Congress remained largely symbolic, as they held no position of authority.

    1 mark

Answer: Women took part in marches, salt-making and picketing and went to jail, though they held no real authority in the Congress.

Where the marks are

  • Large-scale participation (1 mark)
  • Salt March (1 mark)
  • Marches and salt manufacture (1 mark)
  • Picketing of foreign cloth and liquor shops (1 mark)
  • Arrests, with symbolic status in the Congress (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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