Unit 1 Ch 2 : Nationalism in India — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

Explain any three problems faced by the Indian cotton weavers by the turn of the nineteenth century.

Look at the following examples. Which of these are unorganised sector activities?

1. A teacher taking classes in a school.
2. A headload worker carrying a bag of cement on his back in a market.
3. A farmer irrigating her field.
4. A doctor in a hospital treating a patient.
5. A daily wage labourer working under a contractor.
6. A factory worker going to work in a big factory.
7. A handloom weaver working in her house.

How do pressure groups and movements exert pressure on politics? Explain with an example.

Details of funds released for farmers during the last five years are as under for loans and the development of irrigation and transportation facilities.

2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
13,000	13,397.13	13,045.72	11,495.67	16218.75	12744.11

How would income and employment increase if farmers are provided with loans, irrigation and transportation facilities?

Describe any three features of Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.

"Water scarcity may be an outcome of large and growing population in India." Analyse the statement.

How was Simon Commission greeted in India?

"Democratic governments are attentive to the needs of people and less corrupt". Do you agree to this point? Write your opinion.

In which industries were European managing agencies interested?

Taking the examples of Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman, explain how social differences divide similar people from one another but also unite very different people.