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Nationalism in India

CBSE Class 10 · Social Science · Chapter 2

Past board exam questions

CBSE 2027 sample paper · 5 marks

Evaluate the economic consequences of the Non-Cooperation Movement for colonial rule in India.

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1. The effects of non-cooperation on the economic front were dramatic: foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires. 2. The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from Rs 102 crore to Rs 57 crore. 3. In many places merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. 4. As the boycott movement spread, people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones. 5. Production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up, and the making and wearing of khadi became very popular.

CBSE 2027 sample paper · 5 marks

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.

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1. During the First World War, Indian merchants and industrialists had made huge profits and become powerful. Keen on expanding their business, they reacted against colonial policies that restricted business activities. 2. They wanted protection against imports of foreign goods, and a rupee-sterling foreign exchange ratio that would discourage imports. 3. To organise business interests, they formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress in 1920 and the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in 1927. Led by prominent industrialists like Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G. D. Birla, they attacked colonial control over the Indian economy and supported the Civil …

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct option : I. Gandhi-Irwin Pact II. Rowlatt Act III. Poona Pact IV. Khilafat Movement

  1. I, III, IV and II
  2. II, IV, III and I
  3. II, IV, I and III
  4. I, III, II and IV
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II, IV, I and III

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Arrange the following events in chronological order and choose the correct option : I. Second Round Table Conference II. Formation of Depressed Class Association III. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress IV. Formation of Awadh Kissan Sabha

  1. I, II, IV, III
  2. I, II, III, IV
  3. IV, III, II, I
  4. IV, III, I, II
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IV, III, II, I

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Arrange the following events in chronological order and choose the correct option : I. Salt Satyagraha II. Kheda Satyagraha III. Rowlatt Satyagraha IV. Ahmedabad Mill Workers Satyagraha

  1. II, I, III, IV
  2. II, IV, III, I
  3. III, II, IV, I
  4. II, I, IV, III
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II, IV, III, I

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

In which of the following sessions of the Congress was the demand for ‘Purna Swaraj’ formally recognised ?

  1. Calcutta Session, 1901
  2. Delhi Session, 1923
  3. Lahore Session, 1929
  4. Bombay Session, 1934
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Lahore Session, 1929

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Arrange the following events of Indian National Movement in chronological order and choose the correct option : I. Formation of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army II. Second Round Table Conference III. Chauri Chaura incidence IV. Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act

  1. II, I, IV, III
  2. I, II, IV, III
  3. IV, III, II, I
  4. IV, III, I, II
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IV, III, I, II

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Between which two leaders was the Poona Pact signed in 1932 ?

  1. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin
  4. Mahatma Gandhi and M.A. Jinnah
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Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi