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'Workers of Assam had… (Class 10 Social Science 2023, Q30b)

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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(b)

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

'Workers of Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of Swaraj.' 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

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

Hint 1

What did freedom mean to someone confined to a plantation?

Hint 2

Which 1859 law restricted their movement?

Hint 3

What happened to those who left?

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. For plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to move freely out of the confined space of the plantations and to keep a link with their home villages.

    1 mark

  2. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 they could not leave tea gardens without permission, which was rarely given.

    1 mark

  3. When they heard of the Non-Cooperation Movement, they defied the authorities, left the plantations and headed home.

    1 mark

  4. They never reached home: stranded by a railway and steamer strike, they were caught by the police and brutally beaten.

    1 mark

  5. They interpreted swaraj in their own way, as a time when all suffering would end, and chanted Gandhiji's name and demanded 'Swatantra Bharat', thereby identifying with the all-India movement beyond their locality.

    1 mark

Answer: Assam plantation workers understood swaraj as freedom to move and return home, defied the Inland Emigration Act, and acted in Gandhi's name.

Where the marks are

  • Meaning of freedom as free movement (1 mark)
  • Inland Emigration Act of 1859 restrictions (1 mark)
  • Defiance and leaving plantations (1 mark)
  • Stranded and beaten by police (1 mark)
  • Own interpretation of swaraj and identification with Gandhi/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 32/6/1: every question, by section.

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