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Why did the industrialists participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain any three reasons.

Industrialists participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement:

1. After First World War, they had made huge profits but the present colonial policies were restricting their business activities.


2. They wanted imports to decrease and a foreign exchange ratio that would discourage imports so they supported Civil Disobedience movement when it began.


3. They saw swaraj as a time of no colonial restrictions and flourishing trade and business.


Explanation: Industrialists were largely supportive of the idea of swaraj in the expectation of a free economy to do business in. But they got apprehensive when they saw the protest as detrimental.


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29

Identify and label the following on the map of India:
(a) The place where the Indian National Congress session of September 1920 was held.
(b) The place where the movement of Indigo Planets took place.
(c) The place where No Tax campaign was held.




Note: The following questions are for the BLIND CANDIDATES only, in lieu of Question No. 29.
(1) The place where the Indian National Congress session of September 1920 was held.
(2) Name the place where the Civil Disobedience Movement started.
(3) Name the place where No Tax campaign was held.

 30

On the given political outline map of India:
(a) Identify
A. Coal Mine
B. International airport
(b) Locate and label
(i) Kandla—Sea Port



Note: The following questions are for the BLIND CANDIDATES only, in lieu of Question No. 30.
(1) Name the state where Bhadravati Iron and Steel Plant is located.
(2) In which state is the Kandla Sea Port located?
(3) Name the international airport in Tamil Nadu.

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Explain any three causes of conflict in the ‘Balkan area’ after 1871.

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Explain the use of petroleum as an energy resource and as an industrial raw material.