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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/1/1 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 21(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/1/1, section B, question 21(a), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q21(a) · 2 marks · Very short answerNationalism in India

Explain the role of anti-colonial movement in the rise of 'modern nationalism' in India.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Think about what a common enemy did to different groups.

Hint 2

Name the movements that united people.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. People began to discover their unity while struggling against colonialism. The shared experience of oppression under colonial rule bound different groups together.

    1 mark

  2. Each group felt colonialism differently and had its own idea of freedom. Movements such as the Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movements brought them together under a common cause and built modern nationalism.

    1 mark

Answer: The anti-colonial struggle created a shared bond among diverse groups and so gave rise to modern nationalism.

Where the marks are

  • Unity discovered through the struggle against colonialism (1 mark)
  • The shared sense of oppression, and movements such as Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India (1 mark)

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