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'A variety of… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2025-26, Q6A)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2025-26: question 6(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section A, question 6(A), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6(A) · 3 marks · Short answerNationalism in India

'A variety of cultural processes played an important role in developing a sense of nationalism in India'. Support the statement with suitable examples.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think of images, songs, stories, flags and history writing.

Hint 2

Give one named example for each process you choose.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Image of Bharat Mata: India's identity was linked to the figure of Bharat Mata, first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay; Abanindranath Tagore painted her as a calm, divine, spiritual ascetic figure.

    1 mark

  2. Songs and folklore: 'Vande Mataram', from Bankim Chandra's novel Anandamath, was sung widely in the Swadeshi movement. Nationalists collected folk tales, ballads and songs (Tagore in Bengal, Natesa Sastri's 'The Folklore of Southern India' in Madras), restoring pride in the past.

    1 mark

  3. Flags and history: The Swadeshi tricolour of Bengal and Gandhiji's 1921 Swaraj flag with the spinning wheel became symbols of defiance. Reinterpretation of history made Indians proud of past achievements in art, science, religion and law, inspiring struggle against British rule.

    1 mark

Answer: Bharat Mata image, songs, folklore, flags and reinterpretation of history built nationalism.

Where the marks are

  • Any three cultural processes, each with a supporting example (1 mark each)

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