CLASS 10 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 2
Simple, student-friendly answers to all 11 end-of-chapter questions.
11 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
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Question 1
Students, teachers, lawyers, peasants, tribal groups and plantation workers joined for different reasons.
Students, teachers, lawyers, peasants, tribal groups and plantation workers joined for different reasons.
Question 2
Salt affected everyone; breaking the tax law non-violently made resistance accessible and widely visible.
Salt affected everyone; breaking the tax law non-violently made resistance accessible and widely visible.
Question 3
Sample response: participation brings political voice and courage, while risks and unequal household expectations may continue.
Sample response: participation brings political voice and courage, while risks and unequal household expectations may continue.
Question 4
Leaders differed between protecting representation and preventing division; the Poona Pact provided reserved seats in joint electorates.
Leaders differed between protecting representation and preventing division; the Poona Pact provided reserved seats in joint electorates.
Question 5
Shared resistance to colonial control and exploitation helped create national unity.
Shared resistance to colonial control and exploitation helped create national unity.
Question 6
War taxes, inflation, recruitment and hardship increased anger; limited reforms disappointed expectations.
War taxes, inflation, recruitment and hardship increased anger; limited reforms disappointed expectations.
Question 7
It allowed detention without trial and curtailed civil liberties even in peacetime.
It allowed detention without trial and curtailed civil liberties even in peacetime.
Question 8
The Chauri Chaura violence led Gandhi to suspend the movement to preserve non-violence.
The Chauri Chaura violence led Gandhi to suspend the movement to preserve non-violence.
Question 9
Non-violent resistance based on truth, courage and willingness to suffer rather than harm others.
Non-violent resistance based on truth, courage and willingness to suffer rather than harm others.
Question 10
Both personify a nation; their symbols express identity, but an image may not represent every community equally.
Both personify a nation; their symbols express identity, but an image may not represent every community equally.
Question 11
Jallianwala Bagh: troops fired on an unarmed gathering in 1919. Simon Commission: Indians protested its all-British membership in 1928.
Jallianwala Bagh: troops fired on an unarmed gathering in 1919. Simon Commission: Indians protested its all-British membership in 1928.