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- Board- Kerala Board.
- Class – 10.
- Subject – Social Science 1.
- Chapter – 6.
- Chapter Name – Struggle and Freedom.
- Topic – Question Answer Solution.
(1.) What is the name of the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: ‘My experiments with Truth’ is the name of the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi.
(2.) How Gandhiji has gained trust and recognition of the common people of India?
Answer: There are following reasons that Gandhiji has gained trust and recognition of the common people of India
i) The agitations he conducted in South Africa.
ii) Simple lifestyle of Gandhiji in context with diet, clothing and language attracted common people.
iii) The way of non-violence Gandhiji used to struggle is implementable for common people.
iv) Common people attracted to Gandhiji and started to look at him as a saviour.
(3.) Which experience in South Africa inspired Gandhiji to fight against racial discrimination?
Answer: Gandhiji was advocating for an industrialist from Gujarat named Dada Abdulla. While travelling from Durban to Pretoria by train he pushed out of the first class compartment saying that he had no right to travel along with the British. That time he felt the intensity of the racial discrimination. This incident inspired Gandhiji to fight against racial disrimination.
(4.) Why were workers of Cotton mill in Ahmedabad on strike?
Answer: When the ‘Plague Bonus’ was denied for Cotton mill workers in Ahmedabad, they went on strike.
(5.) After Satyagrah against British rules in Champaran for what progressive changes Gandhiji did in that region?
Answer: After Satyagrah against British rules in Champaran Gandhiji established primary schools, medical aids and promoted cleaning activities.
(6.) Why Gandhiji did Satyagrah in Kheda?
Answer: In Kheda crops were failed due to drought and people were in miserable condition still the rulers were collecting tax. Gandhiji protested against them in 1918 and guided people with the advice that not to pay tax and the authorities were forced to reduce tax rates. All this process has been done without violence which is known as Ahimsa and because of this Gandhiji became a popular leader.
(7.) What was the influence of Gandhiji in India?
Answer: Gandhiji influenced in following manner
i) The struggle of Gandhiji was famous for his ideologies and the method of protest.
ii) National movement was only for the educated section of the society until Gandhiji’s entry in politics, after Gandhiji’s entry in politics his method of protest attracted common people and they got attached to the national movement.
iii) People from villages get involved in the national movement and thus national movement reaches to villages.
iv) Gandhiji became an influential personality and accepted as a national leader by all classes of society.
(8.) How did Gandhiji enter the National Movement?
Answer: The Rowlatt Act was the reason for the entry of Gandhiji in Indian National Movement. The Rowlatt Act which was passed by British Parliament in 1919 was to prevent extremist activities but it was also confining civil rights and according to this act anyone could be arrested and imprisoned without trial. Gandhiji protested against this act.
(9.) Why did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happen?
Answer: British arrested Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal who led the anti-Rowlatt Act agitations in Punjab. To protest against the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal people gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. Army was controlling the city and the protesters accused that they had violated instructions of the army chief General Dyer and he ordered them to shoot on the innocent armless people. The ground was surrounded by buildings and the only entrance was blocked by British army. Ten minutes of shooting caused the death of 379 protesters and the number of deaths could be double.
(10.) How the Non-cooperation Movement was implemented?
Answer: After protesting against anti-Rowlatt law Gandhiji got motivated and started a Noncooperation movement against the British. This movement has been implemented as follow
i) Farmers refused to pay taxes in Awadh.
ii) The tribal groups violated the forest law by entering into the forest and collecting forest produce in Northern Andhra.
iii) Coolies refused to carry the luggage of the British officials in Uttar Pradesh.
iv) Industrial workers in British industries stopped working.
v) Lawyers boycott courts.
vi) Students quitted British schools and colleges.
vii) Foreign clothes are burnt on the streets by the public, including women.
(11.) Who intensified activities of the Khilafat Movement?
Answer: Maulana Mohammad Ali and Maulana Shoukat Ali intensified the activities of the Khilafat Movement by declaring it as a part of Indian national movement.
(12.) What was the outcome of uniting two movements together?
Answer: When Indian National Movement and Khilafat Movement got united then antiBritish feeling reached at grassroot level of the nation and with unity of these two movement Hindu-Muslim unity also spreaded nationwide.
(13.) What is the Khilafat Movement?
Answer: When Britain tried to limit the power of Khalifa, the ruler of Turkey and the spiritual leader of world Muslims, the world wide protest against this is known as Khilafat Movement.
(14.) What was a turning point in the history of the freedom movement in India?
Answer: Te Indian National Congress held the Lahore session in 1929 was the turning point in the history of the freedom movement.
(15.) Why Gandhiji chose salt against the British?
Answer: Due to following reasons Gandhiji Chose salt to fight against British
i) Two fifth portion of the income collected by the British through salt tax.
ii) Tax on salt was a burden for the poor.
iii) The British government banned small scale indigenous salt production.
iv) The sall prices hiked three fold.
v) A slogan for lifting salt tax was inspiring for all segments of the society.
(16.) Why are Round Table Conferences convened?
Answer: To discuss the administrative reforms which are going to be implemented in India the British government convened the Round Table conference.
(17.) Where and when the Round Table conferences convened?
Answer: The Round Table conferences were convened at James Place in London in 1930, 1931 and 1933.
(18.) What Mantra Gandhiji was given in the conference of the National Congress in 1942?
Answer: ‘Do or die’ was the Mantra Gandhiji given in the conference of the National Congress in 1942.
(19.) What were the reasons behind the Quit India Movement?
Answer: Following reasons are behind Quit India Movement
i) Hesitation of the British government to implement constitutional reforms in India.
ii) Extreme hate of the public due to price hike and famine.
iii) The assumption that the British would be defeated in the Second World War.
(20.) In the Quit India Movement what Gandhiji called for?
Answer: In the Quit India Movement Gandhiji called for following things
i) The sovereignty of the people shall be recognised by the Princely states.
ii) Farmers shall not pay land tax.
iii) Government officials shall disclose their loyalty to Indian National Congress without resigning their positions.
iv) Without quitting their positions in the army, soldiers shall disobey orders to shoot and kill Indians.
v) Students shall boycott education till attaining freedom, if possible.
(21.) Who formed the Swaraj Party? And why?
Answer: C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru opposed Gandhian idea of boycott movement and formed the Swaraj Party in 1923.
(22.) Who formed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?
Answer: Revolutionaries from Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar came together in Delhi and formed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
(23.) Who formed the All India Forward Bloc Party?
Answer: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc Party.
(24.) Who was the incharge of the Jhansi Regiment?
Answer: Captain Lekshmi was the in charge of the Jhansi regiment.
(25.) Why the All India Trade Union Congress formed?
Answer: The All India Trade Union Congress formed to organise and act as a working class and to facilitate Indian working class to cooperate with the working class outside India. This union was also participating actively in the Indian freedom struggle.
(26.) What demands All India Kisan Samiti included in a farmer’s manifesto?
Answer: Following demands All India Kisan Samiti included in a farmer’s manifesto
i) Reduce 50% of land tax and lease charge.
ii) Write off debts.
iii) Cancel feudal taxes.
iv) Ensure minimum wage for agricultural workers.
v) Recognise peasant unions.
(27.) Who known as Frontier Gandhi and why?
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan known as Frontier Gandhi due to his strong oppose to dual
nation theory and partition. He tried his best to unite Hindu and Muslim.
(29.) What was the ‘Mountbatten Plan’?
Answer: The Mountbatten Plan was
i) To form a separate country in Muslim majority area as per the Muslims wish.
ii) To divide Punjab and Bengal.
iii) To conduct a referendum to determine whether to add North West Frontier Province to Pakistan or not.
iv) To appoint a commission to determine the borders in Punjab and Bengal.