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 24Starting Salt Satyagraha after complete independence most clearly shows which strategy of Gandhi?ExpertLevel 24How did Gandhi transform salt from an economic issue into a political symbol?ExpertLevel 24Why was the discipline of volunteers in the Dandi March politically important?ExpertLevel 24How does the choice of Dandi seashore show the link between place and purpose?ExpertLevel 24Why was the salt tax a special burden on poor people?ExpertLevel 24How did the salt issue historically make women’s participation more possible?ExpertLevel 24How did choosing salt carry a difficult political idea to people in a simple form?ExpertLevel 24What complexity of the movement is explained by studying complete independence and the eleven demands together?ExpertLevel 24Why could the salt law bring different social classes onto a shared platform?ExpertLevel 24Why was violation of the salt law a dangerous signal for British authority?ExpertLevel 24What did the visibility of the Dandi March make the movement instead of leaving it only as an idea?ExpertLevel 24In which idea lay the moral basis of disobeying government laws in Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 24Why could the meaning of Salt Satyagraha remain limited without the declaration of complete independence?ExpertLevel 24What is the most accurate relation between salt and complete independence in Civil Disobedience?ExpertLevel 24How does placing demands first and then starting the Dandi March show Gandhi’s political sequencing?ExpertLevel 24Why is it necessary to write about the simplicity of the salt issue in a difficult exam answer?ExpertLevel 24How is the maturity of Indian politics visible from the Simon Commission to the Dandi March?ExpertLevel 24Which is the most accurate cause-effect relation in this subtopic?ExpertLevel 24What is the deepest conclusion of this whole subtopic?ExpertLevel 24