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How did symbols and… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q21b)

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

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

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

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

How did symbols and icons contribute to create a feeling of nationalism among the people in the national movement of India? Explain.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/2/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Think of the visual image linked with India's identity.

Hint 2

Recall Abanindranath Tagore's painting and Bankim Chandra's song.

Hint 3

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

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. The image of Bharat Mata, first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 'Vande Mataram' and later painted by Abanindranath Tagore during the Swadeshi movement, gave people a figure with which to identify the nation.

    1 mark

  2. Flags became symbols too. The Swadeshi tricolour of Bengal had eight lotuses and a crescent moon. Gandhiji's Swaraj flag of 1921 was a tricolour with a spinning wheel, and carrying it aloft in marches symbolised defiance.

    1 mark

Answer: Bharat Mata images and tricolour flags gave people a visible identity for the nation and unity in the movement.

Where the marks are

  • Bharat Mata image as a figure of national identification (1 mark)
  • Flags such as the Swadeshi flag and the Swaraj flag as symbols of unity and defiance (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 paper2025 board paper, set 32/2/1: every question, by section.

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