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Why did the Non-Cooper… (Class 10 Social Science 2025, Q25b)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/5/1 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 25(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/5/1, section C, question 25(b), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q25(b) · 3 marks · Short answerNationalism in India

Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement start slowing down in the cities? Analyse three causes.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/5/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Compare the price of khadi and mill cloth.

Hint 2

What was needed once British institutions were boycotted?

Hint 3

What did students and lawyers do after some time?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Khadi cloth was often more expensive than mass-produced mill cloth, so poor people could not afford it and could not boycott mill cloth.

    1 mark

  2. Boycott of British institutions needed alternative Indian institutions, but these were slow to come up.

    1 mark

  3. As a result, students and teachers trickled back to government schools and lawyers rejoined government courts.

    1 mark

Answer: Expensive khadi, slow growth of alternative Indian institutions, and the return of students, teachers and lawyers to British institutions.

Where the marks are

  • Khadi was costlier than mill cloth (1 mark)
  • Alternative institutions were slow to develop (1 mark)
  • Students, teachers and lawyers returned to government institutions (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 32/5/1: every question, by section.

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