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Explain the role of… (Class 10 Social Science 2024, Q25a)

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

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

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/5/1, section C, question 25(a), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

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

Explain the role of women in the Civil Disobedience Movement, with examples.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Recall what women did after the Salt March.

Hint 2

Think of picketing and jail-going, and which families the women came from.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Inspired by Gandhiji's Salt March, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to him. They took part in protest marches and manufactured salt.

    1 mark

  2. Women picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops, and many went to jail.

    1 mark

  3. In urban areas they were mostly from high-caste families and in rural areas from rich peasant households. Moved by Gandhi's call, they began to see service to the nation as a sacred duty of women.

    1 mark

Answer: Women joined marches, made salt, picketed shops and went to jail, seeing national service as a sacred duty.

Where the marks are

  • Marches and salt manufacture after the Salt March (1 mark)
  • Picketing foreign cloth and liquor shops, going to jail (1 mark)
  • Women from high-caste urban and rich peasant families; service as sacred duty (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 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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