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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 32/6/1 · 4 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2025: question 35

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 32/6/1, section E, question 35, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q35 · 4 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedNationalism in India

Read the following source and answer the questions that follow:

The Independence Day Pledge, 26 January 1930

"We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people, as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life, so that they may have full opportunities of growth. We also believe that if any government deprives people of these rights and oppresses them, the people have a further right to alter it or abolish it. The British Government in India has not only deprived the Indian people of their freedom but based itself on the exploitation of the masses, and has ruined India economically, politically, culturally and spiritually. We believe, therefore, that India must sever the British connection and attain Purna Swaraj or Complete Independence."

  1. (35.1)

    Why was Swaraj considered as an inalienable right of the India?

    1 mark
  2. (35.2)

    Which type of government is supported in the source?

    1 mark
  3. (35.3)

    Explain any two effects of British rule in India.

    2 marks

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 32/6/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Look at the first sentence of the pledge.

Hint 2

What does the pledge say people may do to an oppressive government?

Hint 3

Look at the sentence beginning 'The British Government in India'.

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. (35.1) Swaraj was seen as a necessary condition for the freedom and growth of every Indian, so every people has a natural right to it.

    1 mark

  2. (35.2) The source supports a democratic, independent government, with Purna Swaraj and the people having the right to alter or abolish an oppressive government.

    1 mark

  3. (35.3) British rule ruined India economically, politically, culturally and spiritually.

    1 mark

  4. (35.3) It deprived Indians of their freedom and exploited the masses.

    1 mark

Answer: (35.1) Needed for freedom and growth; (35.2) democratic, independent government; (35.3) ruined India in all spheres; deprived freedom and exploited the masses.

Where the marks are

  • Swaraj necessary for freedom and growth (1 mark)
  • Democratic independent government (1 mark)
  • Any one effect of British rule, such as ruin in all spheres (1 mark)
  • Any second effect, such as loss of freedom or exploitation (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 32/6/1: every question, by section.

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