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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(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 32/5/1, 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

How did the Indian folklore and symbols strengthen the idea of nationalism during the twentieth century? Explain 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

Think of folk tales and who collected them.

Hint 2

Recall the flags designed during Swadeshi and by Gandhiji in 1921.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Nationalists recorded folk tales sung by bards and toured villages to collect songs and legends. They believed these gave a true picture of a traditional culture uncorrupted by outside forces, and preserving them restored pride in the past. Examples: Tagore collected ballads, nursery rhymes and myths; Natesa Sastri published 'The Folklore of Southern India'.

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  2. Icons and symbols unified people. During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal a tricolour flag (red, green, yellow) was designed with eight lotuses for the eight provinces and a crescent moon for Hindus and Muslims.

    1 mark

  3. By 1921 Gandhiji designed the swaraj flag, a tricolour with a charkha in the middle. Carrying it in marches became a symbol of defiance.

    1 mark

Answer: Folklore revival (Tagore, Natesa Sastri) and symbols like the Bengal tricolour and the swaraj flag with charkha built national identity and unity.

Where the marks are

  • Folklore revival with example (1 mark)
  • Swadeshi tricolour flag with lotuses and crescent (1 mark)
  • Swaraj flag with charkha as a symbol of defiance (1 mark)

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