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"Tribal peasants… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q25)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/1/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 25

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/1/1, section C, question 25, for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q25 · 3 marks · Short answerNationalism in India

"Tribal peasants interpreted the message of Mahatma Gandhi and the idea of 'Swaraj' in yet another way." Explain the statement in the context of Non-Cooperation Movement.

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

Recall what the colonial forest laws took away from the hill people.

Hint 2

Think of the Gudem Hills and their leader.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. The movement spread to tribal areas, but swaraj meant something different to the tribals. In the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh a militant guerrilla movement began in the early 1920s, which the Congress could not approve.

    1 mark

  2. The colonial government had closed forests, so people could not graze cattle or collect fuelwood and fruits. They felt their traditional rights were being denied, and they revolted when forced to give begar for road building.

    1 mark

  3. Their leader Alluri Sitaram Raju was inspired by Non-Cooperation and asked people to wear khadi and give up drinking, but he said India could be freed only by force. The rebels attacked police stations and fought guerrilla war. Raju was executed in 1924 and became a folk hero.

    1 mark

Answer: Tribals linked swaraj to freedom to enter forests and live by their traditional rights, and they fought militantly, as in the Gudem Hills under Alluri Sitaram Raju.

Where the marks are

  • Swaraj had a different meaning for tribals; Gudem Hills guerrilla movement (1 mark)
  • Forest restrictions, loss of rights and begar (1 mark)
  • Raju's leadership, belief in force, and his execution in 1924 (1 mark)

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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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/1/1: every question, by section.

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