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Previous year questions Nationlism in India #term2 board exams UP/ICSE/CBSE class 10

              S.S.M CLASSES   

1-What was the Rowlatt Act? (2011 OD)

2-Why was the Rowlatt Act imposed? (2011)

3-Why was the Khilafat movement started? (2012 OD)

4-What was the main reason to withdraw the Non-cooperation Movement? (2013 OD)

5-Name two main ‘Satyagraha’ movements organized by Mahatma Gandhi successfully in favour of peasants in 1916 and 1917. (2013 D)

6-Explain the idea of Satyagraha according to Gandhiji. (2014 D)

7-Explain the effects of ‘worldwide economic depression’ on India, towards late 1920s. (2013 OD)

8-Explain any three facts about the new economic situation created in India by the First World War. (2011 D)

9-How did the plantation workers understand the idea of ‘Swaraj’? Explain. (2011 OD)

10-Explain the circumstances under which Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1931. (2012 OD)

11-Explain the reaction of Indian people against the Rowlatt Act passed through the Imperial Legislative Council in 1919. (2012 OD)

12-How had the First World War created a new economic situation in India? Explain with three examples. (2013 D)

13-How was Rowlatt Act opposed by the people in India? Explain with examples. (2013 D)

14-Why did Gandhiji decide to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act, 1919? How was it organised Explain. (2016 D, 2015 D, 2014 OD)

15-Which were the two types of demands mentioned by Gandhiji in his letter to Viceroy Irwin on 31st January 1930? Why was abolition of ‘salt tax’ most stirring demand? Explain. (2013 OD)

16-Explain any three problems faced by the peasants of Awadh. (2011 D)

17-Explain any three reasons for the lukewarm response of some Muslim organizations to the Civil Disobedience Movement. (2011 D)

18-Explain any three effects of the Non-cooperation Movement on the economy of India. (2011 OD)

19-How did the rich peasants and women take part in Civil Disobedience Movement? (2011 OD)

20-Why did Non-cooperation Movement gradually slow down in cities? Explain any three reasons. (2012 D, 2013 OD)

21-Describe the role of the peasants in Awadh in the Non-cooperation Movement. (2012 D)

22-Describe any three major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh in the days of Non-Cooperation Movement. (2015 OD)

23-Describe any three suppressive measures taken by the British administration to clampdown on nationalists. (2014 D)

24-Describe the main features of the ‘Salt March’. (2014 OD)

25-The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle.” Analyse the reasons. (2015 D)

26-Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slow down in the cities? Explain (2015 D)

27-Why did Mahatma Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922? Explain the reasons. (2015 D)

28-Describe the main features of ‘Poona Pact’. (2015 OD)

29-Describe the spread of Non-Cooperation Movement in the countryside. (2015 OD)

30-Who had designed the ‘swaraj flag’ by 1921? Explain the main features of this ‘swaraj flag’. (2016 D)

31-How did cultural processes help in creating a sense of collective belongingness in India? Explain. (2011 D)

32-Evaluate the contribution of folklore, songs, popular prints etc., in shaping the nationalism during freedom struggle. (2017 D)

33-Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement’ in February, 1922? Explain any three reasons. (2017 OD)

34-Explain any five major problems posed by the First World War in India. (2015 OD)

35-Explain five points about Gandhiji’s idea of ‘satyagraha’. (2011 OD)

36-What was Gandhiji’s idea behind launching the Non-cooperation Movement? Mention four proposals suggested by Mahatma Gandhi with reference to Non-cooperation Movement. (2011 D)

37-How could non-cooperation become a movement? Explain with examples. (2014 D)

38-How did different social groups conceive the idea of ‘Non-Cooperation’? Explain with examples. (2014 OD)

39-How did the Civil Disobedience Movement come into force in various parts of the country? Explain with examples. (2016 OD

40-How did people and the colonial government react to the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain. (2012 D)

41-Why did Gandhiji start the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’? Explain any four features of Civil Disobedience Movement. (2013 OD)

42-Dalit participation was limited in the Civil Disobedience Movement”. Examine the statement. (2013 D)

43-Some of the Muslim political organizations in India, were lukewarm in their response to the ‘Civil Disobedient Movement’.” Examine the statement. (2013 D)

44-How did different social groups participate in Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain with examples. (2014 D)

45-Explain with examples the role of industrialists in the freedom struggle of India. (2014 D)

46-The Civil Disobedience Movement was different from the Non-Cooperation Movement”. Support the statement with examples. (2016 D)

47-Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju? Explain his role in inspiring the rebels with Gandhiji’s ideas. (2012 OD)

48-Describe the actions taken by the British administration against the nationalists who opposed the Rowlatt Act. (2012 OD)

49-Explain the impact of Jallianwala Bagh incident on the people. (2014 OD)

50-How did the ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ spread in cities across the country? Explain its effects on the economic front. (2015 OD, 2012 D)

51-Why did Mahatma Gandhiji decide to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain. (2016 OD)

52-Why did Mahatma Gandhi relaunch the Civil Disobedience Movement with great apprehension? Explain. (2016 OD)

53-Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of the same nation.” Justify the statement. (2015 D, 2013 D)

54-“Plantation workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and the notion of ‘Swaraj.” Support the statement. (2017 D)

55-How did the Colonial Government repress the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’? Explain. (2017 OD)

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