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How did the Business… (Class 10 Social Science 2023, Q30a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 32/6/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 32/6/1, 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

How did the Business class relate itself to the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 32/6/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Why did industrialists dislike colonial policies?

Hint 2

Name the organisations they formed and their leaders.

Hint 3

What changed after the Round Table Conference?

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. During the First World War Indian merchants and industrialists made huge profits and became powerful. Keen to expand business, they opposed colonial policies that restricted it.

    1 mark

  2. They wanted protection against imports and a rupee-sterling exchange ratio that would discourage imports.

    1 mark

  3. They formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress and the FICCI (1927) to organise their interests.

    1 mark

  4. Led by Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G.D. Birla, they supported the movement at first with financial help and by refusing to buy or sell imported goods. They saw swaraj as freedom for trade and industry.

    1 mark

  5. After the failure of the Round Table Conference, business groups were no longer enthusiastic. They feared militant activities and prolonged disruption of business.

    1 mark

Answer: Business groups supported Civil Disobedience at first with money and boycott of imports for their own interests, but withdrew enthusiasm after the Round Table Conference failure.

Where the marks are

  • Wartime profits and opposition to colonial restrictions (1 mark)
  • Demand for import protection and exchange ratio (1 mark)
  • Formation of FICCI and similar bodies (1 mark)
  • Support by leaders, finance, boycott, view of swaraj (1 mark)
  • Later withdrawal due to fear of militancy and disruption (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 32/6/1: every question, by section.

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