Social Science
Towards Civil Disobedience
सविनय अवज्ञा की ओर
This Class 10 Social Science topic from Chapter 2, “Nationalism in India,” explains how the national movement moved towards Civil Disobedience. Students learn about the impact of the Simon Commission, the Lahore Congress and the demand for Purna Swaraj, followed by Gandhi’s Salt March and the launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930. The topic also examines participation by different social groups, the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, and the movement’s achievements and limitations in the wider struggle for independence.
Practice questions
Why did the demand to remove the salt tax become the most people-centred demand?ExpertLevel 22Choosing salt as a symbol shows which understanding of mass politics by Gandhi?ExpertLevel 22Why was breaking the salt law strategically most suitable for starting Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 22Why does calling the Dandi March merely walking reduce its meaning?ExpertLevel 22Why can the march from Sabarmati to Dandi be understood as moving public communication?ExpertLevel 22How did making salt at Dandi become a powerful symbol of resistance to authority?ExpertLevel 22Why is it necessary to understand both parts of the term Civil Disobedience together?ExpertLevel 22What was the most important expansion of method from Non-Cooperation to Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 22How was breaking law in Civil Disobedience moral protest and not disorder?ExpertLevel 22Why did the Dandi March become the natural next step after Irwin’s refusal?ExpertLevel 22Why is it incomplete to call Salt Satyagraha only a tax protest?ExpertLevel 22What expansion of national politics is shown by people joining along the route of the Dandi March?ExpertLevel 22Why can the Dandi March be called an effective example of visual politics?ExpertLevel 22Why can boycott of foreign goods be called both an economic and political weapon?ExpertLevel 22Which power of colonial rule was challenged by refusing to pay taxes?ExpertLevel 22What development in the national struggle is shown by events from the Simon Commission to the Dandi March?ExpertLevel 22How can the Lahore Session and Dandi March be understood as goal and means?ExpertLevel 22Why was the salt law seen as a symbol of colonial power interfering in everyday life?ExpertLevel 22Why can Salt Satyagraha be called a strong example of mass politics?ExpertLevel 22The combination of non-violence and law disobedience in Civil Disobedience was based on which idea?ExpertLevel 22