India and the Contemporary World -II (History ) Chapter-2, Nationalism in India. CBSE Class-10 Term-2 Examination NCERT based Practice Questions with Modal Answer according to new syllabus by CBSE.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS  with Modal Answer according to recommend syllabus by CBSE 2021-22

 TERM II

CLASS X

SOCIAL SCIENCE - CODE 087

India and contemporary world-II

(History)

Very Short Answer Type Questions:-

1.How many miles were covered in Gandhi's Salt March?

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240 miles were covered by Gandhi ji from Sabarmati to Dandi with 78 followers on 12th March,1930.

2.The resolution of Purna Swaraj was adopted at which congress session?

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In December 1929, under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, In The Lahore Congress the resolution of Purna Swaraj was adopted. It was announced that on 26th January 1930 celebrated as independent day.

3.Who announced a vague offer of 'Dominion status' for india in 1929?

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In October 1929, the viceroy, Lord Irwin announced a vague offer of'Dominion status' for india.

4.When did Gandhi go to Landon for round table conference?

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In December 1931, Gandhi ji went to London for the second round table conference but he had to return with no solution.

5.Who was the president of Muslim League in 1930?

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 Sir Muhammad Iqbal was the president of Muslim League in 1930.

6.When did Gandhi designed a tricolour swaraj Flag?

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 Gandhi ji had designed the tricolour swaraj Flag in 1921. It had a spinning wheel in the centre representing the idea of self reliant.

7.Who himself took interest to revive folklore in West Bengal?

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Rabindranath Tagore took interest to revive folklore in West Bengal and 

in Madras, Natesa Sastri collected massive collection of folklore and songs.

8.With the growth of nationalism, who created the image of Bharat Mata in the 20th century?

Ans- The image of Bharat Mata was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870 when he wrote Vande Mataram for our motherland.

Long Answers Type Questions:-

1.Why was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 troublesome for plantation workers?

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 According to Inland Emigration Act of 1859 plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission. But when the Non-Cooperation Movement spread out near plantation centre, they left their job and headed towards their home. They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in there on village However they were cought by the police and brutally beaten up.

2.Why was the non-cooperation movement started in 1920?

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Gandhi ji had mentioned in his famous book Hind Swaraj (1909) that All Indians are cooperating with British.If Indians will refuse to co-operate, British rule in India would collapse within year. When Gandhi returned India from South Africa in 1915 ,he proposed the strategy for the Non Cooperation as a Movement. In the same time due to Khilafat issue Hindu and Muslim came under an umbrella by Gandhi's wisdom. Congress passed the resolution in its Calcutta Session in September 1920 to start a Non-cooperation movement in the support of Khilafat as well as for Swaraj. The Non Cooperation movement was adopted by the Congress in the Nagpur conference in December 1920 under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.

3.What was the reason for calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Ans- Gandhi ji decided to withdraw the Non Cooperation movement as he felt that his movement turned into violent path. Satyagrahis needed to be properly trained before they would be ready for mass struggle. Gandhi ji wanted to stop violence at any cost. The Chauri Chaura incident happened in Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district Uttar Pradesh on 4th February 1922 become the contemporary reason behind withdrawing the Non Cooperation movement. In this event People set on fire a police station in which many policemen were burnt alive.

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Geography(Contemporary India-II) Class -10 CBSE , Chapter-6; Manufacturing Industries Final Examination-2022 oriented Important Questions with NCERT based solutions.

Question 1:-

What are the challenge of Jute Textile industry in India?

Ans:-

Major Challenge are as below-

(a) Stiff competition in the international market from Synthetic Textile goods

(b) Competition With other Jute growing country as Bangladesh, Philippines, Thiland, Brazil and Egypt.

(c) Needs to diversify our Jute products to attract global markets of Jute like USA,UK, Canada Australia etc.

Question 2:-

What are the challenge faced by Cotton textile industry in India?

Ans- 

Some Major Challenge faced by Cotton textile industry in India are-

(a) Our outdated machinery

(b) irregular power supply

(c)Compitition From synthetic fibres

(d) Less labour output 

(e) Value added Final Goods are not exported 

Question 3:-

What do you mean by agglomeration economics?

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 When many industries gathered to make use of advantages offered by the urban centres is said to be Agglomeration economics and this process is said to be Agglomeration. After independence Gradually a large industrial Agglomeration can be seen.

Question 4:-

What are the parameters which decide an industrial location?

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 However industrial location is decided by observing many factors like availability of raw material, labour,market advantages government policies etc but an idea location of any industry is mostly influenced by the following factors-

(a) Decision to locate factory at site

(b) Cost of obtaining raw material at site

(c) Cost of Production at site

(d) Cost of distribution of Production.

Question5:-

What are the challenge faced by sugar industry in India?

Ans- 

Some Major Challenge faced by sugar industry in India are:-

(a) Seasonal nature of industry-

(b) Old and inefficient method of production-

(c) Transport delay in reaching cane to factories due to bulky raw material-

(d) Need to maximize the use of by-product like baggase.

(e) A big challenge to keep the sucrose content maintained.

Question 6:-

Write the importance of Manufacturing sector in Indian economy.

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In any Country Manufacturing sector significantly contribute to national economy. In India during the last two decades manufacturing sector covered at 17% of GDP. However this is not so exciting comparing to East Asian countries economy, but due to this improvement our service sector has improved much, which helped to rise our GDP and Per Capita income of Indians. So, despite being not much higher level in this sector, in our national economy it has very important role.

Question 7:-

Explain the importance of Manufacturing sector for economic development.

Or, Describe the importance of manufacturing industries as a backbone of economic development of the country

Or, The Economic strength of a country is measured by the development of manufacturing industries. Justify it.

Or,Q. Why does the economic strength of a country measured by the development of manufacturing industries. Explain it.

Ans- 

Manufacturing sector is considered as the backbone of economic development for any country due to the following future:-

(a) It helps to reduce the unemployment rate , proverty and creates opportunities for financial equality. 

(b) It helps to reduce the dependence of people on agriculture and provides jobs in secondary and tertiary sector.

(c) Exporting national goods expand trading and enrich country in foreign exchange.

(d) Transforming Raw materials in to diverse variated goods increase value which makes prosperous.

(e) Manufacturing industry helps to modernise our agricultural Methods by providing modern machinery.

(f) Any country that transform their raw material into varieties of goods gets higher value.

(g)it helps to add more value of any meterial and increase GDP of country.

Question 8:-

Explain the facts about IT and electronics industry.

Ans- 

IT and electronics industry is rapidly growing industry of our country.It covers products like telephone, telivision, radars, computers and other equipment related to telecommunication. Bengaluru has emerged as the electronic capital of India. The continuing growth in hardware and software is the key to success in this sector in which India is doing well. It is most helpful to reduce the unemployment

Question 9:-

Why are jute Mills concentrated along Hugli river?

Or,

Why does the Chota Nagpur plateau region have the maximum concentration of iron and steel plants? Explain the reason.

Ans-The major factors responsible for the location of Jute Mills along Hugli river are-

(A) Availability of Cheap labour from neighbouring states like Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.

(B) Locational benifits of Water transport, railway network and roadways.

(C) Kolkata is a large Urban centre which provides banking and insurance facility for it.

(D) Proximity of Jute producing Area reduce the transport cost.

Question 10:-

Improve our weaving sector instead of exportiWhy it is important for us to ng yarn in large quantities?

Ans-

However our yarn is of best quality in market but Exporting of yarns does not provide much income as exporting of fabrics, because Value is added at every step from yarn to make fabric and to garment. It generates employment and increase our GDP. so it is important for us to improve our weaving sector instead of exporting yarn in large quantities to foreign countries.

Question 11:-

Explain the facts that have helped to healthy growth of automobile industry in India.

Ans-

The main factors mentioned below have helped to healthy growth of automobile industry in India:-

Liberalisation after independence- it helped to establish industry and produce vehicle in bulk.

Contemporary Models- It stimulated the customer to attract and to purchase the product.

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