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 Salt Satyagraha create a strong possibility for participation by the poor?ExpertLevel 23What was the role of symbols such as the national flag and pledge in preparing for the Civil Disobedience Movement?ExpertLevel 23Why was openness important in the act of breaking the salt law?ExpertLevel 23How did Gandhi put British rule in a difficult position by choosing salt?ExpertLevel 23How can the relationship between Purna Swaraj and Salt Satyagraha be best understood?ExpertLevel 23Which is the strongest explanation of the relationship between leadership and people in the Civil Disobedience Movement?ExpertLevel 23Why is it insufficient to write only political slogans while explaining the Civil Disobedience Movement?ExpertLevel 23Why would it be wrong to measure the success of the Dandi March only by the breaking of the salt law?ExpertLevel 23How does studying the limitations of the Civil Disobedience Movement help in understanding its achievements?ExpertLevel 23What is the strongest basis for calling the Civil Disobedience Movement a decisive turning point in the Indian national movement?ExpertLevel 23What is the most appropriate reason for placing the Simon Commission protest in the long background of Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 24Why did the absence of Indians in the Simon Commission strengthen the idea of self-rule?ExpertLevel 24What deeper political message was present in the slogan Simon Go Back?ExpertLevel 24What change in national demands is shown by the sequence from Simon Commission protest to complete independence?ExpertLevel 24Why can the Lahore Session be called an ideological turning point before Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 24How did the declaration of complete independence prepare people for struggle?ExpertLevel 24What was the deepest political meaning of celebrating Independence Day on 26 January 1930?ExpertLevel 24What is the most accurate relation between the pledge of complete independence and the Dandi March?ExpertLevel 24Why are Gandhi’s eleven demands called a strategy to widen the mass base?ExpertLevel 24How was Gandhi’s letter to Irwin a moral preparation for struggle?ExpertLevel 24