Carefully study the given paragraph from your textbook and answer the questions that follows :
As the news of the Jallianwala Bagh spread, crowds took to the streets in many North Indian towns. There were strikes and clashes with the police and attacks on government buildings. The government responded with brutal repression, seeking to humiliate and terrorise people: Satyagrahis were forced to rub their noses on the ground, crawl on the streets, and do salaam (salute) to all sahibs ; people were flogged and villages (around Gujranwala in Punjab, now in Pakistan) were bombed. Seeing violence spread, Mahatma Gandhi called off the movement.
(i) Which Movement was called off by Gandhiji ?
(ii) Why was the Movement launched ?
(i) The Non-cooperation Movement (1920-22).
(ii) The Rowlatt Act of 1919 had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the Indian members. It gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years. Another reason was the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh of 1919.
Why the rich peasants became enthusiastic supporters of the Civil Disobedience movement?
What is meant by the idea of Satyagraha ?
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Explain the idea of Satyagraha according to Gandhiji. [CBSE 2014 (D)]
Imagine you are a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.
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Women played a very important role in the Civil Disobedience Movement.' Explain.
(i) Why the Congress ignored the dalit's or oppressed for a long time ?
(ii) Name the national leader who declared that swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untou- chability was not eliminated.
Name any two organisations which were formed by the business class to organise their business interests.
What was the impact of the First World War on India ?[CBSE 2015]
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Explain new economic and political situations created in India during the First World War. [CBSE 2008 (O)]
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What was the impact of the First World War on the economic conditions in India ? [CBSE March 2011, 2013 (D)]
Name the Commission which was formed to look into the functioning of the constitu tional system in India. Who was the President of the Commission.
Under what circumstances, the Puma Swaraj was demanded by the Congress ?
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Mention the main contents of resolution passed in the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress in December 1929 held under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. [CBSE2014]
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Explain the reason for the Lahore Session of the Congress in 1929 to be called the historical session.
Explain:
(a) Why is the growth of nationalism in the colonies linked to an anti-colonial movement ?
(b) How did the First World War help in the growth of the National Movement in India? [CBSE2014]
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Explain any four facts to show how did the First World War help in the growth of the National Movement in India. [CBSE March 2011]
(a) Why were Indians outraged by the Rowlatt Act ?
(b) Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?
What were the factors responsible for the gradual slow down of the Non Cooperation movement ? [CBSE 2008 (D), 2013 (D)]
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Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slow down in the cities ? Give reasons. [CBSE March 2011, 2014, 21015 (D)]
Why did the poor peasants join the Civil Disobedience Movement ? Why did the relationship between the poor peasants and the Congress remain uncertain ? [CBSE 2014(D)]
Explain the contribution of the various social groups in the Civil Disobedience Movement. [CBSE 2014]
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Various classes and groups of Indians participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement for different reasons. Choose any four classes and explain their reason to participate in the movement. [CBSE 2012]
Name any two industrialists who actively participated in the Civil Disobedience movement.
Why salt was chosen as a weapon by Gandhiji to fight against the Britishers ?
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Why did Mahatma Gandhi perceive “salt' as a powerful symbol that unite the nation? [CBSE March 2011]
Why did the business class participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement ? [CBSE 2014(D)]
What was the reaction of the people against the Rowlatt Act ? [CBSE 2013 (D)]
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Explain the reactions of Indian people against the Rowlatt Act passed through the Imperial Legislative Council in 1919. [CBSE March 2012 (O)]
Describe briefly any three economic effects of the Non-Cooperation Movement. [CBSE 2009 (O)]
Plantation workers too had their own understanding of Gandhiji's notion of Swaraj."Explain.
Who led the business community during | the Civil Disobedience Movement ? How did the community provide a big boost to the movement ? [CBSE 2010 (D), 2014(D)]
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Explain with examples the role of industrialist in the freedom struggle of India.
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Explain the attitude of the Indian merchants and the industrialist towards the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement.’ [CBSE 2015 (O)]
Who designed the Swaraj flag? What were the features of this flag ? How was it used as a symbol of defiance ? [CBSE March 2012]
List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Choose any three, and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they joined the movement.
Describe various problems in unifying people in India by the end of the 19th century. [CBSE 2009 (O)]
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What were the limits of the Civil Disobedience Movement? [CBSE March 2012]
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What are the limitations of Civil Disobedience Movement ? Explain.
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Explain any four limitations of Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930. [CBSE 2012]