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 Dandi March give moral strength to Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 22Starting Salt Satyagraha after complete independence best shows which strategy of Gandhi?ExpertLevel 22How did Gandhi turn salt from an economic issue into a political symbol?ExpertLevel 22Why was the discipline of volunteers in the Dandi March important for the politics of the movement?ExpertLevel 22How does the choice of Dandi seashore show the link between place and purpose?ExpertLevel 22Why was the salt tax a special burden on poor people?ExpertLevel 22How did the salt issue historically make women’s participation more possible?ExpertLevel 22How did choosing salt carry a difficult political idea to people in a simple form?ExpertLevel 22What complexity of the movement is explained by studying complete independence and the eleven demands together?ExpertLevel 22Why could the salt law bring different social classes onto a shared platform?ExpertLevel 22Why was violation of the salt law a dangerous signal for British authority?ExpertLevel 22What did the visibility of the Dandi March make the movement instead of leaving it only as an idea?ExpertLevel 22In which idea lay the moral basis of disobeying government laws in Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 22Why could the meaning of Salt Satyagraha remain limited without the declaration of complete independence?ExpertLevel 22What is the most accurate relation between salt and complete independence in Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 22How does placing demands first and then starting the Dandi March show Gandhi’s political sequencing?ExpertLevel 22Why is it necessary to write about the simplicity of the salt issue in a difficult exam answer?ExpertLevel 22How is the maturity of Indian politics visible from the Simon Commission to the Dandi March?ExpertLevel 22Which is the most accurate cause-effect relation in this subtopic?ExpertLevel 22What is the deepest conclusion of this whole subtopic?ExpertLevel 22