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Explain with examples… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q30A)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/4/1 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 30(A)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/4/1, section D, question 30(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q30(A) · 5 marks · Long answerNationalism in India

Explain with examples the significance of the Non-cooperation Movement in the Indian national movement.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/4/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Which groups joined this movement for the first time?

Hint 2

Think of the boycott and what it did to imports.

Hint 3

Think of the Khilafat issue.

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. It turned the national movement into a mass movement. Peasants, tribals, plantation workers, students and the middle class all participated.

    1 mark

  2. The idea of swaraj spread throughout the country and nationalist feeling grew among Indians.

    1 mark

  3. Boycott of foreign cloth and promotion of khadi encouraged swadeshi and self-reliance, and imports of foreign cloth fell, hurting Britain's economy.

    1 mark

  4. Indians set up their own educational institutions and industries.

    1 mark

  5. It promoted Hindu-Muslim unity, as the Khilafat issue was joined with the swaraj cause.

    1 mark

Answer: The movement brought mass participation, spread swaraj, promoted swadeshi and khadi, weakened British trade, and fostered Hindu-Muslim unity.

Where the marks are

  • Mass participation of peasants, tribals, workers (1 mark)
  • Spread of swaraj and nationalism (1 mark)
  • Swadeshi, khadi, boycott with economic effect (1 mark)
  • Indian educational institutions and industries (1 mark)
  • Hindu-Muslim unity (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 32/4/1: every question, by section.

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