Write a newspaper report on: a) The Jal | Class 10 Social Science - India an the Contemporary World - II Chapter Nationalism in India, Nationalism in India NCERT Solutions

a) Why growth of nationalism in the colonies is linked to an anti-colonial movement.
b) How the First World War helped in the growth of the National Movement in India.
c) Why Indians were outraged by the Rowlatt Act.
d) Why Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Imagine you are a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.

What is meant by the idea of satyagraha?

Why did political leaders differ sharply over the question of separate electorates?

Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.

Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.

List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they, joined the movement.

Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonisation of the Americas.

a) Guiseppe Mazzini
b) Count Camillo de Cavour
c) The Greek war of independence
d) Frankfurt parliament
e) The role of women in nationalist struggles

Briefly trace the process of German unification.

Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?

Who were Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?

What changes did Napoleon introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the territories ruled by him?

Choose three examples to show the contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe.

How was the history of nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals?

Choose three examples to show the contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe.

Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.

a) Guiseppe Mazzini
b) Count Camillo de Cavour
c) The Greek war of independence
d) Frankfurt parliament
e) The role of women in nationalist struggles

Through a focus on any two countries, explain how nations developed over the nineteenth century.

Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

Give reasons for the following: 

a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.

b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.

c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.

d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.

Imagine that you are an indentured Indian labourer in the Caribbean. Drawing from the details in this chapter, write a letter to your family describing your life and feelings.

Write True or False against each statement:

a) At the end of the nine- teenth century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.

b) The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.

c) The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.

d) The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.

How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?