10.

Different social groups in The Civil Disobedience Movement

i.        Rich Peasantry Group- the patidar and jats demanded reduction in revenue and participated in the boycott program

ii.        Poor peasantry Group-they wanted unpaid rent to be remitted ,

joined radical movement led by the socialist and communist

iii.        Business Class Group- prominent industrialist like Purushottam Das, G D Birla formed FICCI wanted protection against imports of foreign goods and rupee sterling exchange ratio and refused to sell imported goods

iv.        Working Class Group- Nagpur  Workers adopted boycott of foreign goods, against low wages and poor working conditions

v.        Women-participate in the protest marches, manufacturing of salt and boycotted foreign goods

vi.        Any other relevant point

Any three points to be explained

65(H)

3X1=3

11

Simon commission

i.        The new Tory government in Britain constituted a statutory commission under Sir John Simon.

ii.        Set up in response to the nationalist movement.

iii.        The commission was to look in to the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes.

iv.        The problem was that the commission didn’t have a single  Indian

member.

v.        When the Simon Commission arrived in India in1928, it was greeted

with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’.

vi.        All parties, including the Congress and the Muslim League, participated in the demonstrations.

vii.        Any other relevant point

Any three points to be explained

62(H)

3X1=3

12.

According to their main role:

• Basic or key industries which supply their products or raw materials to manufacture other goods e.g. iron and steel and coppers melting, aluminium smelting.

• Consumer industries that produce goods for direct use by consumers –

sugar, toothpaste, paper, sewing machines, fans etc.

67(G)

1.5+

1.5=3

13.

Need to use renewable energy Resources

i. The growing consumption of energy has resulted in the country becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas.

ii. Rising prices of oil and gas and their potential shortages have raised uncertainties about the security of energy supply in future

iii. Has serious repercussions on the growth of the national economy.

iv. Increasing use of fossil fuels also causes serious environmental problems.

v. Hence, there is a pressing need to use renewable energy sources like solar energy, wind, tide, biomass and energy from waste material.

Any other relevant point

Any three points to be explained

2(G)

3X1=3

14.

India is an important iron and steel producing country in the world yet, we are

not able to perform to our full potential largely due to