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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/2/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 30(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, 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

"The Gandhian idea of Satyagraha, emphasized the power of truth and struggle against injustice." Explain the statement with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Start with what Gandhiji meant by satyagraha.

Hint 2

Recall his early local satyagrahas in 1917–18.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Satyagraha stressed the power of truth and the need to search for it. It was a new method of mass agitation based on truth, tolerance and non-violence.

    1 mark

  2. According to Gandhiji, it was not passive but needed intense activity, a moral force and not physical force.

    1 mark

  3. It meant resisting injustice without violence. Gandhiji made people aware of their rights and encouraged them to fight for them peacefully.

    1 mark

  4. Examples: Champaran (1917) against the oppressive indigo plantation system, and Kheda (1917–18) for revenue relaxation after crop failure.

    1 mark

  5. Example: Ahmedabad (1918) for cotton mill workers. Gandhiji later extended it to the Rowlatt Satyagraha, Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements.

    1 mark

Answer: Satyagraha was non-violent resistance based on truth, applied in Champaran, Kheda, Ahmedabad and later national movements.

Where the marks are

  • Power of truth, new method of mass agitation (1 mark)
  • Active moral force, not physical force (1 mark)
  • Resisting injustice non-violently, awareness of rights (1 mark)
  • Champaran and Kheda examples (1 mark)
  • Ahmedabad or later movements (1 mark)

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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 paper2024 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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