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Mention the views of the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) towards the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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How did the Business class relate itself to the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain with examples.
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Examine the progress of the Civil Disobedience Movement among different strata of society.
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Explain the participation of women in the 'Civil Disobedience Movement'.
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Identify the painting from the options given below.
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Read the given case and answer the questions that follow:
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Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts on Satyagraha 'It is said of "passive resistance" that it is the weapon of the weak, but the power which is the subject of this article can be used only by the strong. This power is not passive resistance; indeed it calls for intense activity. The movement in South Africa was not passive but active ... .' 'Satyagraha is not a physical force. A satyagrahi does not inflict pain on the adversary; he does not seek his destruction ... In the use of satyagraha, there is no ill-will whatever. 'Satyagraha is pure soul-force. 'Truth is the very substance of the soul. That why is this force is called satyagraha. The soul is informed with knowledge. In it burns the flame of love ... Non-violence is the supreme dharma ... 'It is certain that India cannot rival Britain or Europe in force of arms. The British worship the war-god and they can all of them become, as they are becoming, bearers of arms. The hundreds of millions in India can never carry arms. They have made the religion of non-violence their own ...' |
- What type of movement Gandhiji organised in South Africa?
- Why is satyagraha considered as pure soul-force?
- How has Gandhiji described passive resistance?
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How did the Civil Disobedience Movement come into force in various parts of the country? Explain with examples.
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"The Civil Disobedience Movement was different from the Non-Cooperation Movement." Support the statement with examples.
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In which one of the following Indian National Congress Sessions was the demand of "Purna Swaraj" formalised in December 1929?
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How did a variety of cultural processes play an important role in making of nationalism in India? Explain with examples.
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"The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle." Analyse the reasons.
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How could non-cooperation become a movement? Explain with examples.
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Three features A, B and C are marked in the political outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked on the map :
A. The place where the Indian National Congress Session was held in 1920.
B. The city where the Jallianwala Bagh incident occurred.
C. The place where the peasants struggled against the indigo plantation system.
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Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slow down in the cities? Explain.
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Explain why the growth of nationalism in the colonies is linked to an anti-colonial movement.
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Explain why Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement.
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Write a newspaper report on:
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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Give explanation for the following:
Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century.
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Give explanation for the following:
Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants.
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Give explanation for the following:
What led to the major expansion of Bombay’s population in the mid-nineteenth century.
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