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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(b)

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

How were the various social groups involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain 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

Go group by group: peasants, business, workers, women.

Hint 2

What problem did each group want solved?

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. Rich peasants such as the Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of UP joined actively. The trade depression hit them hard and they could not pay the revenue demand.

    1 mark

  2. Poor peasants, who were tenants, wanted unpaid rent to the landlords remitted.

    1 mark

  3. Merchants and industrialists opposed colonial policies that restricted business. They wanted protection against imports and a favourable exchange ratio.

    1 mark

  4. Industrial workers did not participate much except in Nagpur. Some struck against low wages and poor conditions, such as railway and dock workers.

    1 mark

  5. Women took part in protest marches, made salt and picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops. Many went to jail.

    1 mark

Answer: Rich and poor peasants, business classes, workers and women each joined the movement for their own reasons.

Where the marks are

  • Rich peasants (1 mark)
  • Poor peasants (1 mark)
  • Merchants and industrialists (1 mark)
  • Workers (1 mark)
  • Women (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 paper2024 board paper, set 32/3/1: every question, by section.

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