Towards Civil Disobedience

Correct answer: A. Moving from waiting for constitutional reforms to mass struggle

Step 1: Purna Swaraj made complete independence the clear goal. Step 2: Congress moved beyond asking for reforms and prepared people for direct struggle. Step 3: In exams link political goal with strategy.

Correct answer: A. State control and taxation over daily necessities

Step 1: Salt was needed in every household. Step 2: Tax and control over salt made colonial injustice easy for ordinary people to understand. Step 3: Treat Salt Satyagraha as resistance linked with daily life.

Correct answer: A. It connected people with a pledge and collective resolve for freedom

Step 1: Observing Independence Day spread the idea of Purna Swaraj. Step 2: Pledges and meetings prepared people mentally for the coming movement. Step 3: Present this event as a background to the movement.

Correct answer: A. Because it affected both poor and rich people

Step 1: Salt was not needed by only one class. Step 2: So the demand to remove salt tax reached ordinary families easily. Step 3: Link popularity with wide social reach.

Correct answer: A. A strategy of dialogue and moral pressure before confrontation

Step 1: Gandhi first placed his demands peacefully. Step 2: This strengthened the moral basis of the movement when it began. Step 3: Understand both dialogue and satyagraha in Gandhi's politics.

Correct answer: A. Meetings and contact along the route spread the message

Step 1: The Dandi March was not just a walk to one place. Step 2: Interaction on the way carried the movement to villages and towns. Step 3: Study the march as both protest and communication.

Correct answer: A. People refused to obey an unjust law

Step 1: Breaking the law here did not mean creating disorder. Step 2: It was a peaceful moral protest against an unjust law. Step 3: Link legitimacy not only with law but also with justice.

Correct answer: A. One mainly withdrew cooperation while the other also involved breaking unjust laws

Step 1: Non-Cooperation mainly removed support from colonial institutions. Step 2: Civil Disobedience directly challenged laws such as the salt law. Step 3: In comparison answers mention method and goal.

Correct answer: A. It showed that Indian opinion was being ignored

Step 1: The absence of Indian members in the Simon Commission was seen as an insult. Step 2: It strengthened demands for self-rule and dignity. Step 3: Treat political neglect as an important background cause.

Correct answer: A. The ability to link a big goal with a simple mass issue

Step 1: Purna Swaraj was a major political goal. Step 2: A simple issue like salt made that goal understandable to common people. Step 3: Remember the link between a large goal and a simple symbol.

Correct answer: A. It taxed even the poor on a basic necessity of life

Step 1: Salt was a basic necessity. Step 2: Taxing it burdened even the poor, so Gandhi made it a symbol of injustice. Step 3: Understand the moral criticism of taxation.

Correct answer: A. The movement gained moral strength and wider acceptability

Step 1: Non-violence gave people a safe and clear method. Step 2: Discipline increased moral impact and helped retain support despite repression. Step 3: Present non-violence as both principle and strategy.

Correct answer: A. Salt was used in both villages and cities

Step 1: Salt was not linked to only one place or class. Step 2: It was understandable to village and city people, rich and poor alike. Step 3: Link mass reach with a common need of life.

Correct answer: A. It challenged both the revenue and authority of the state

Step 1: Taxes provided revenue to the government. Step 2: Refusing taxes challenged both its economic power and political authority. Step 3: Explain tax refusal from both economic and political angles.

Correct answer: A. It put pressure on British commercial interests

Step 1: Foreign cloth was linked with British industry and trade. Step 2: Boycott reduced demand for foreign goods and encouraged swadeshi. Step 3: Treat boycott as a tool of economic nationalism.

Correct answer: A. It linked social reform with political protest

Step 1: Picketing liquor shops was not only an economic act. Step 2: It combined social reform with opposition to government revenue. Step 3: Identify double purposes in such protest activities.

Correct answer: A. Because they were affected by revenue demands and economic distress

Step 1: Peasants faced daily problems of revenue and economic pressure. Step 2: They also saw the movement as a hope for relief. Step 3: Mention both national and local reasons for peasant participation.

Correct answer: A. Rich peasants wanted revenue reduction while poor peasants also wanted relief from debt and rent

Step 1: Peasant society was not uniform. Step 2: Different economic conditions created different expectations. Step 3: In exams identify different peasant groups separately.

Correct answer: A. Congress did not always keep workers demands at the centre of the movement

Step 1: Workers had their own economic demands. Step 2: Congress wanted broad support, so workers issues were not always central. Step 3: Explain limited participation in a balanced way.

Correct answer: A. Hope for reduction in colonial trade control and foreign competition

Step 1: Indian merchants faced competition from foreign goods. Step 2: They hoped the national movement would pressure economic policy. Step 3: Link business participation with economic interests.

Correct answer: A. They wanted firm safeguards for social equality and political representation

Step 1: Dalit communities faced social discrimination. Step 2: Therefore some leaders wanted safeguards for representation and equality along with freedom. Step 3: Do not ignore social justice issues in the national movement.

Correct answer: A. They were concerned about future representation and political safeguards

Step 1: Different communities had their own political concerns. Step 2: Worries about representation and safeguards made some groups cautious. Step 3: Write both participation and hesitation in a balanced way.

Correct answer: A. Because it spread the movement into both homes and public life

Step 1: Salt was also linked with household life. Step 2: Women's participation spread the movement in families and society. Step 3: Link women's role with expansion of mass support.

Correct answer: A. The national movement became connected with local problems

Step 1: Each region had its own problems. Step 2: Challenging forest laws gave the movement local meaning. Step 3: Explain the national-local link with examples.

Correct answer: A. Because making salt from the sea could become a direct symbol there

Step 1: Coastal areas were naturally connected with salt-making. Step 2: Breaking the law there was visible and easy to understand. Step 3: Study geography together with protest method.