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) Women participated in large numbers in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
(ii) During the movement, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to Gandhiji.
(iii) They participated in protest marches, manufactured salt, and picked foreign cloth and liquor shops.
(iv) Many were put to jail by the police.
(v) Moved by Gandhiji's call, they began to see service to the nation as a sacred duty of women.
Why did the business class participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement ? [CBSE 2014(D)]
What is meant by the idea of Satyagraha ?
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Explain the idea of Satyagraha according to Gandhiji. [CBSE 2014 (D)]
What were the major demands of the peasants who participated in the Non cooperation Khilafat movement ? Mention any two ?
Who was the writer of the book, Hind Swaraj'. What was the theme of the book?
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Explain the ideas of Gandhiji as he expressed in the famous book ‘Hind Swaraj’ regarding Non-cooperation. [CBSE 2012]
Why was the Simon Commission constituted ? Why was the commission rejected by the Indians ?
Who designed the Swaraj flag? What were the features of this flag ? How was it used as a symbol of defiance ? [CBSE March 2012]
Name the Pact which gave the Depressed Classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils.
"The effects of Non-cooperation on the economic front were more dramtic."Explain.
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Explain the effects of Non-Cooperation Movement on the economic front.
[CBSE 2014 (F)] Or
Explain the impact of Non-Cooperation Movement in the economic field.
[CBSE 2012]
Plantation workers too had their own understanding of Gandhiji's notion of Swaraj."Explain.
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]
Under what circumstances the Civil Disobedience or the Salt Movement was launched? Explain. [CBSE 2013 (O)] Or
Describe the main events leading to Salt March and Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930. [CBSE March 2011 ]
(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.
What was Satyagraha ? Name any two places where Satyagraha was launched by Gandhiji.
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Name the two main ‘Satyagraha' movements organised by Mahatma Gandhi successfully in favour of peasants in 1916 and 1917.
[CBSE 2008 (D), March 2011]
What were circumstances which led to Jallianwala Bagh incident ? Describe in brief the reaction of the people immediately after the incident. [CBSE 2009 (F)] Or
Explain the impact of Jallianwala Bagh incident on the people. [CBSE 2014 (O)]
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?
Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism. [CBSE 2015 (O)]
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 ?
Mention any three efforts made by Gandhiji to get Harijans their rights. [CBSE March 2011]
How did the British government respond to protests, clashes and attacks by the Indian against the Jallianwala Bagh incident ?