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Analyse how… (Class 10 Social Science SQP 2026-27, Q7B)

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Social ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2026-27 · 5 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 Social Science sample paper 2026-27: question 7B

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2026-27, section A, question 7B, for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q7B · 5 marks · Long answerNationalism in India

Analyse how Indian merchants and industrialists associated themselves with the Civil Disobedience Movement, highlighting the forms of support they extended and the reasons for their participation.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2026-27.

Hints

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

Hint 1

How did the First World War change the position of Indian businessmen?

Hint 2

Name the organisations they formed.

Hint 3

What kind of help could businessmen give to the movement?

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. During the First World War, Indian merchants and industrialists made huge profits and became powerful. They wanted to expand their business and so reacted against colonial policies that restricted it.

    1 mark

  2. They wanted protection against imports and a rupee-sterling exchange ratio that would discourage imports.

    1 mark

  3. To organise their interests they formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress (1920) and FICCI (1927). Led by Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G.D. Birla, they attacked colonial control of the economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement when it was launched.

    1 mark

  4. Forms of support: they gave financial assistance and refused to buy or sell imported goods. They saw swaraj as a time when colonial restrictions would end and trade and industry would flourish.

    1 mark

  5. After the failure of the Round Table Conference their enthusiasm waned. They feared militant activities, prolonged disruption of business and the growing influence of socialism among young Congressmen.

    1 mark

Answer: Industrialists backed the movement with money and a boycott of imports, hoping swaraj would free trade from colonial limits, but became hesitant after the Round Table Conference.

Where the marks are

  • War profits and resentment of colonial restrictions (1 mark)
  • Demand for protection and a favourable exchange ratio (1 mark)
  • Formation of ICC and FICCI, with leaders attacking colonial control (1 mark)
  • Financial aid and boycott of imported goods; swaraj seen as free trade (1 mark)
  • Later hesitation: fear of militancy, disruption and socialism (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 paperSample paper 2026-27: every question, by section.

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