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"There were variety… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q30a)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/3/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/3/1, 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

"There were variety of cultural processes through which Indian Nationalism captured people's imagination." Explain the statement with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/3/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of images, songs and stories.

Hint 2

Recall the flags used in the Swadeshi movement and by Gandhiji.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. The identity of India came to be associated with the image of Bharat Mata. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote 'Vande Mataram' in the 1870s as a hymn to the motherland. It was included in his novel Anandamath and sung widely during the Swadeshi movement.

    1 mark

  2. Abanindranath Tagore painted Bharat Mata as a calm, composed, divine and spiritual ascetic figure.

    1 mark

  3. A movement to revive Indian folklore developed. Nationalists such as Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri collected folk tales and songs to restore pride in the national past.

    1 mark

  4. Flags became symbols: the Swadeshi tricolour had eight lotuses and a crescent moon. Gandhiji later designed the Swaraj flag, a tricolour with a spinning wheel.

    1 mark

  5. Reinterpretation of history: Indians looked to the past to discover India's achievements and instil pride in the nation.

    1 mark

Answer: Nationalism spread through the Bharat Mata image, Vande Mataram, folklore revival, flags and reinterpretation of history.

Where the marks are

  • Bharat Mata and Vande Mataram (1 mark)
  • Abanindranath Tagore's painting (1 mark)
  • Folklore revival (1 mark)
  • Flags (1 mark)
  • Reinterpretation of history (1 mark)

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