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‘‘Workers had their… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q25b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 32/4/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2024: question 25(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/4/1, section C, question 25(b), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q25(b) · 3 marks · Short answerNationalism in India

‘‘Workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of ‘Swaraj’.’’ Explain the statement with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/4/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of Assam plantation workers.

Hint 2

What restricted their movement?

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 being free to move out of the confined plantations. It also meant keeping a link with their home villages.

    1 mark

  2. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 they could not leave the plantations without permission, and permission was rarely given.

    1 mark

  3. When they heard of the Non-Cooperation Movement, thousands defied the authorities and left the plantations. They believed Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would get land in their villages.

    1 mark

Answer: Plantation workers saw Swaraj as freedom to move and own land.

Where the marks are

  • Freedom of movement and village link (1 mark)
  • Defied the Inland Emigration Act (1 mark)
  • Belief in Gandhi Raj and land (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 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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