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Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard Social Science - History Unit 8: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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Unit 8: Nationalism: Gandhian Phase

 

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. Who was arrested during the anti-Rowlatt protests in Amritsar? 
a) Motilal Nehru 
b) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew
c) Mohamed Ali 
d) Raj Kumar Shukla
Answer Key: 
b) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew

2. In which session of the Indian National Congress was Non-Cooperation approved? 
a) Bombay 
b) Madras 
c) Calcutta 
d) Nagpur
Answer Key: 
c) Calcutta

3. Which among the following was declared as ‘Independence Day’?
a) 26th January 1930 
b) 26th December 1929.
c) 16th June 1946 
d) 15th January 1947 
Answer Key: 
a) 26th January 1930 

4. When was the first Forest Act enacted? 
a) 1858 
b) 1911 
c) 1865 
d) 1936 
Answer Key: 
c) 1865 

5. On 8 January 1933 which day was observed _____. 
a) Temple Entry Day 
b) Day of Deliverance 
c) Direct Action Day 
d) Independence Day 
Answer Key: 
a) Temple Entry Day 

6. Which act introduced Provincial Autonomy?  
a) 1858 Act 
b) Indian Councils Act, 1909 
c) Government of India Act, 1919 
d) Government of India Act, 1935 
Answer Key: 
d) Government of India Act, 1935 

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. Gandhi regarded _____ as his political guru 
2. Khilafat Movement was led by _____. 
3. Government of India Act 1919 introduced _____ in the provinces. 
4. The Civil Disobedience Movement in North West Frontier Province was led by _____. 
5. Ramsay Macdonald announced the _____ which provided separate electorates to the minorities and the depressed classes. 
6. _____ established Congress Radio underground during the Quit India Movement. 
Answer Key: 
1. Gopala Krishna Gokhale 
2. Ali brothers (Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali) 
3. Dyarchy 
4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 
5. Communal Award 
6. Usha Mehta 

III. Choose the correct statement.

1. i) The Communist Party of India was founded in Tashkent in 1920. 
ii) M. Singaravelar was tried in the Kanpur Conspiracy Case. 
iii) The Congress Socialist Party was formed by Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and Mino Masani. 
iv) The Socialists did not participate in the Quit India Movement. 
a) (i) and (ii) are correct. 
b) (ii) and (iii) are correct. 
c) (iv) is correct. 
d) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. 
Answer Key: 
d) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. 

2. Assertion : The Congress attended the First Round Table Conference.
Reason : Gandhi-Irwin Pact enabled the Congress to attend the Second Round Table Conference. 
a) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation. 
b) A is correct but R is wrong. 
c) A is wrong but R is correct. 
d) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation. 
Answer Key: 
c) A is wrong but R is correct. 

3. Assertion : The Congress Ministries resigned in 1939.  
Reason : The Colonial government of India entered the war without consulting the elected Congress ministries. 
a) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation 
b) A is correct but R is wrong 
c) Both A and R are wrong 
d) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation. 
Answer Key: 
d) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation.

IV. Match the following.  

1	Rowlatt Act	Surrender of titles
2	Non Co-operation Movement	Dyarchy
3	Government of India Act, 1919	M.N. Roy
4	Communist Party of India	Direct Action Day
5	16th August 1946	Black Act

Answer Key:

1	Rowlatt Act	Black Act
2	Non Co-operation Movement	Surrender of titles
3	Government of India Act, 1919	Dyarchy
4	Communist Party of India	M.N. Roy
5	16th August 1946	Direct Action Day

 

V. Answer the following briefly.

1. Describe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. 
Answer Key:
1. Two pominent leaders Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Sathyapal were arrested.
2. A public meeting was arranged at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on 13th April 1919. Thousands of people attended.
3. General Dyer blocked the only entrance of the park and fired at the gathering without any warning. The firing lasted for ten minutes.
4. Thousands were wounded and 379 were killed.
5. Rabindranath Tagore returned the knighthood and Gandhi surrendered his Kaiser - i - Hind medal in protest.

2. Write a note on the Khilafat Movement.
Answer Key:
1. First World War ended in 1918, The Caliph of Turkey, who was considered the head of Muslim world was given a harsh treatment.
2. The Khilafat Movement was started by Ali brothers, Moulana Mohamed Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali.
3. Gandhiji supported the movement and saw an opportunity for Hindu - Muslim unity.

3. Why did Gandhi withdraw the Non Cooperation Movement?
Answer key:
1. At Chauri Chaura in UttarPradesh, a procession of the nationalists turned violent on 5th February, 1922, because of police provocation.
2. The police were outnumbered and they shut themselves in a police station.
3. The mob burnt the police station and 22 policemen were killed.
4. So Gandhiji immediately withdrew the movement.

4. Why was Simon Commission boycotted?
Answer Key:
1. All the “seven” members of the Simon Commission (1927) were whites and there were no Indians in it.
2. The Indians felt humuliated and angered as they were denied the right to decide their own Constitution. So all sections of India boycotted the commission.

5. What is Poorna Swaraj? 
Answer Key:
1. Some Congress leaders were not satisfied with the dominion status.
2. They wanted complete Independence. i.e. Poorna Swaraj
3. In December 1929, in the Congress session Jawaharlal Nehru as the President declared that Poorna Swaraj was the goal.
4. It included non - violence through Civil Disobidience including non - payment of taxes.

6. Write a note on Bhagat Singh.
Answer Key:
1. Bhagat Singh and his comrades reorganised the HRA in Punjab and renamed it as Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928.
2. Sanders, a British officer who was responsible for Lala Lajpat Rai’s death was assassinated.
3. Bhagat Singh along with B.K.Dutt threw a smoke bomb inside the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929.
4. He and Rajguru were arrested and sentenced to death.
5. Bhagat Singh’s daring courage was an inspiration for the Indian Youth across India.

7. What are the terms of the Poona Pact?
Answer Key:
The terms of the Poona Pact :
1. The principle of separate electorates was abandoned.
2. Instead the principle of joint electorate was accepted with reservation of seats for the depressed classes.
3. Reserved seats for the depressed classes were increased from 71 to 148.
4. In the Central Legislature 18% of the seats were reserved.

VI. Answer in detail.   

1. Examine the factors that led to the transformation of Gandhi into a mass leader.
Answer Key:
1. Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India in 1915 from South Africa after fighting for the civil rights of the Indians there for about 20 years.
2. Gandhiji faced humuliation and racial discrimination in South Africa.
3. Gandhiji developed Satyagraha as his weapon to protest against injustice.
4. He started various movements in India to catch the imagination of the masses.
5. He raised feelings of nationalism in the minds of all sections in India.
6. He started Non - Cooperation movement as a protest against the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
7. He announced no tax campaign in Bardoli in Feb 1922.
8. He campaigned for eradication of untouchability and Hindu - Muslim unity.
9. He received support by all people for his Civil Disobedience Movement, Salt Satyagraha (Dhandi March) and Quit India Movement.
10. The masses supported him during the Boycott of foreign cloth and all other movements spearheaded by him.
11. These factors led Gandhiji to become a mass leader.

2. Critically examine the Civil Disobedience Movement as the typical example of Gandhian movement.
Answer Key:
1. In the Congress session held in Lahore, in December 1929, under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, it was decided to launch a Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. A pledge was taken to attain Poorna Swaraj.
3. A charter of demands was presented to the Viceroy Lord Irwin.
4. They included total prohibition, release of all political prisoners, reduction of land revenue and abolition of salt tax.
5. On 12th March 1930, Gandhiji set out from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi with 78 of the inmates. It was called Dandi March.
6. Hundreds of people joined him. No incident of violence was reported in the mass march.
7. At the age of 61 Gandhi covered the distance of 241 miles in 24 days to reach Dandi at sunset on 5th April 1930.
8. Next morning he took a lump of salt breaking the “Salt law” All these stated that Civil Disobdience Movement is a typical example of Gandhian Movement.

3. Discuss the reasons behind the partition of India.
Answer Key:
1. Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon in 1905, became the first factor in the freedom struggle in India.
2. Muslim League was formed to protect the interests of Muslims.
3. Minto - Morley reforms 1909 introduced separate electorate for Muslims.
4. Jinnah proposed one third of seats be reserved for Muslims in the Central legislature.
5. He demanded a separate nation for Muslims. In 1940, the demand for a separate nation was made by Jinnah at the Lahore Session.
6. The British adopted divide and rule policy.
7. The Congress and the Muslim League could not come to an agreement in the Simla conference.
 

The provinces were divided as:
a) Non - Muslim Majority, 

b) Muslim Majority in North West,
c) Muslim Majority in North East.

1. Due to differences, Jinnah declared 16th August 1946 as the ‘Direct Action Day’.
2. Hindu - Muslim conflicts arose in Bengal.
3. Lord Mountbatten proposed division of India into two dominions - India and Pakistan as per the “Mountbatten Plan” on 3 June 1947.
4. India got independence on 15th August 1947 after the partition was executed.

VII. Activity.   

1. Students can be asked to mark the important places of Gandhian Movement in a map and write a sentence or two about what happened there.
 
Answer Key:
Map: Indian National Movement (1900 – 1947)

Champaran: 
A Satyagraha campaign conducted against the oppression of the peasants by the Indigo planters.

Kheda: 
Gandhi helped to conduct kheda Satyagraha (1918) No – tax provincial struggle by the peasants ended successfully.

Jallianwala Bagh: 
Massacre of thousands of people. Nation wide Satyagraha and Vigourously Gandhi enter in to the Indian National Movement.

Chauri – Chaura: 
A preocession was conducted as a part of non – cooperation movement. Gandhi advised the participants not to indulge in violence. Violence brokeout Gandhi immediately suspended the movement.

Calcutta: 
In a special session the Indian National Congress approved the Non – cooperation movement worked to control Hindu Muslim conflict after the announcement of partition of India, (communal violence)

Nagpur: 
Non – Cooperation movement was adopted in the congress session chaired by Salem C. Vijayaraghawachariar.

Delhi: 
Gandhi gave his support or khilafat movement by Ali brothers for the cause of Hindu – Muslim unity.

Allahabad: 
Khilafat committee adopted Gandhi’s non – violence and non – cooperation programme.

Madras: 
Gandhi visited more than 20 times. During his Harijan Tour in Madurai he discard his following robes and wear a simple Dhoti.

Poona: 
Gandhi underwent fasting unconditionally against the separate electorates for the depressed classes, (a campaign against untouchability).

Sabarmathi Ashram: 
Gandhi set out from Sabarmathi Ashram with 78 followers as a part of Civil Disobedience movement undertook Salt March to defy the levy of tax on salt.

Lahore: 
In the All India Congress Session authorised Gandhi to launch the civil disobedience movement.

Dandi: 
Gandhi break the salt law by picking up salt from the coast at Dandi. (Dandi March)

Wardha: 
Undertook as the Headquarters of Satyagraha. All India villages Industries Association formed Idea of Quit India originated.

Bombay: 
Quit India Resolution was passed to end the British rule in India.

2. Students can be divided into groups and asked to debate the views of Gandhi, Jinnah, B.R. Ambedkar, Revolutionaries and Communists.
Answer Key:
(A debate for 5 to 7 minutes)

Step1: Class will be divided in to different groups representing the views of
1. Gandhi
2. Jinnah
3. B.R.Ambedkar
4. Revolutionaries
5. Communists.

Step 2: 
From each group one person will be asked to prepare the debate.

Step 3: 
Debate can be between Gandhi and Jinnah, Gandhi and Ambedkar. Revolutionaries and communists.

Step 4: 
The students can selects the Character of each (Revolutionary, communist) of their own choice.

Step 5: 
The final conclusion on the debate will be compiled and declared by the students as audience.

Step 6: 
Concluding part can be given by the teacher concerned.

Revolutionaries: 
Bhaghat singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Subhas Chandra Bose, R.K.Dutt.

Communist: Singaravelar, S.A.Dange, P.G. Joshi events for debate points can be taken from Jinnah.
1. Boycott of Simon commission Nehru’s report and Jinnah’s response.
2. Resignation of Congress Ministries
3. Negotiating Independence Simla conference.
4. Cabinet mission
5. Direct Action day call
6. Partition of India.

Gandhi:
1. Rowlatt Satyagraha
2. Khilafat movement
3. Chauri chaura no- tax campaign
4. Constructive programme
5. Civil Disobedience movement
6. Dandi march, left movement in 1930’s
7. Partition of India
8. Campaign against untouchability

Ambedkar:
1. Communal award and poona pact
2. Campaign against untouchability

Revolutionaries: Revolutionary Activities

Communists: Left movement in 1930’s.