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SOCIAL SCIENCE 
 
 
GRADE X 
 
 
 
 REVISED  HAND BOOK 
 
 
 2 0 1 5-16 
 
 
 
 
TEM II 
 
 
Prepared by  
NARAYANAN MANNANDI 
www.isbsocialnotes.weebly.com 
 
 
The Indian School Bahrain  
Page 2


   
 
SOCIAL SCIENCE 
 
 
GRADE X 
 
 
 
 REVISED  HAND BOOK 
 
 
 2 0 1 5-16 
 
 
 
 
TEM II 
 
 
Prepared by  
NARAYANAN MANNANDI 
www.isbsocialnotes.weebly.com 
 
 
The Indian School Bahrain  
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 80 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 C O N T E N T   
 
 
No. 
                               CHAPTERS Page No. 
  
TERM II ( SA 2 ) 
 
HISTORY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 2 
 
Nationalism in India 
 
82-94 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Nationalism in Indo China 
 
95-102 
GEOGRAPHY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
 Minerals and Energy Resources 
 
104-111 
 
Chapter 6 
 
 Manufacturing Industries 
 
112-121 
 
Chapter 7 
 
 Lifelines of National Economy                 
 
122-128 
DE.POLITICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Popular Struggles and Movements 
 
130-134 
 
Chapter 6 
 
Political Parties              
 
135-138 
 
Chapter 7  
 
Outcomes of Democracy              
 
139-142 
 
Chapter 8 
 
Challenges to Democracy 
 
143-144 
ECONOMICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Money and Credit                                        
 
146-150 
 
Chapter 4 
 
Globalization and the Indian Economy       
 
151-156 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Consumer Rights                                         
 
157-163 
  
Sample Papers 
 
  
One Mark Questions & Answers 
 
 
Total 90 Marks 
 
Board Papers 
 
 
 
Page 3


   
 
SOCIAL SCIENCE 
 
 
GRADE X 
 
 
 
 REVISED  HAND BOOK 
 
 
 2 0 1 5-16 
 
 
 
 
TEM II 
 
 
Prepared by  
NARAYANAN MANNANDI 
www.isbsocialnotes.weebly.com 
 
 
The Indian School Bahrain  
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 80 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 C O N T E N T   
 
 
No. 
                               CHAPTERS Page No. 
  
TERM II ( SA 2 ) 
 
HISTORY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 2 
 
Nationalism in India 
 
82-94 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Nationalism in Indo China 
 
95-102 
GEOGRAPHY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
 Minerals and Energy Resources 
 
104-111 
 
Chapter 6 
 
 Manufacturing Industries 
 
112-121 
 
Chapter 7 
 
 Lifelines of National Economy                 
 
122-128 
DE.POLITICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Popular Struggles and Movements 
 
130-134 
 
Chapter 6 
 
Political Parties              
 
135-138 
 
Chapter 7  
 
Outcomes of Democracy              
 
139-142 
 
Chapter 8 
 
Challenges to Democracy 
 
143-144 
ECONOMICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Money and Credit                                        
 
146-150 
 
Chapter 4 
 
Globalization and the Indian Economy       
 
151-156 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Consumer Rights                                         
 
157-163 
  
Sample Papers 
 
  
One Mark Questions & Answers 
 
 
Total 90 Marks 
 
Board Papers 
 
 
 
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 81 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 
 
TERM II 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT  I 
 
 
 
 
 
HISTORY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PREPARED BY 
 
NARAYANAN  MANNANDI 
THE INDIAN SCHOOL, BAHRAIN 
 
 
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SOCIAL SCIENCE 
 
 
GRADE X 
 
 
 
 REVISED  HAND BOOK 
 
 
 2 0 1 5-16 
 
 
 
 
TEM II 
 
 
Prepared by  
NARAYANAN MANNANDI 
www.isbsocialnotes.weebly.com 
 
 
The Indian School Bahrain  
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 80 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 C O N T E N T   
 
 
No. 
                               CHAPTERS Page No. 
  
TERM II ( SA 2 ) 
 
HISTORY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 2 
 
Nationalism in India 
 
82-94 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Nationalism in Indo China 
 
95-102 
GEOGRAPHY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
 Minerals and Energy Resources 
 
104-111 
 
Chapter 6 
 
 Manufacturing Industries 
 
112-121 
 
Chapter 7 
 
 Lifelines of National Economy                 
 
122-128 
DE.POLITICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Popular Struggles and Movements 
 
130-134 
 
Chapter 6 
 
Political Parties              
 
135-138 
 
Chapter 7  
 
Outcomes of Democracy              
 
139-142 
 
Chapter 8 
 
Challenges to Democracy 
 
143-144 
ECONOMICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Money and Credit                                        
 
146-150 
 
Chapter 4 
 
Globalization and the Indian Economy       
 
151-156 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Consumer Rights                                         
 
157-163 
  
Sample Papers 
 
  
One Mark Questions & Answers 
 
 
Total 90 Marks 
 
Board Papers 
 
 
 
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 81 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 
 
TERM II 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT  I 
 
 
 
 
 
HISTORY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PREPARED BY 
 
NARAYANAN  MANNANDI 
THE INDIAN SCHOOL, BAHRAIN 
 
 
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 82 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
NATIONALISM IN INDIA 
 
1. How did the First World War help in the growth of national movement in India?  
i. The First World War created a new economic and political situation. It led to a huge 
increase in the war expenditure financed by war loans and increasing taxes.; customs 
duties were raised and income tax was introduced.  
ii. The price rise was double during the war years. It led to severe hardship for the 
common people.  
iii. Forced recruitment of soldiers in the rural areas caused wide spread anger.  
iv. Failure of crops in 1918-19 and 1920-21 resulted in acute shortage of food. This was 
accompanied by an influenza. 13 million people perished in this famine and the 
epidemic. All these led to the growth of national movement in India.  
2. What is meant by the idea of ‘satyagraha’?  Or ‘A satyagrahi wins the battle through 
non-violence.’ Explain with examples. 
i. The idea of satyagraha emphasized the power of truth and the need to search for truth. 
It is suggested that if the cause was true, if the struggle was against injustice, then 
physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor.  
ii. With out seeking vengeance or being aggressive, a satyagrahi could win the battle 
through non-violence. This could be done by appealing to the conscience of the 
oppressor.  
iii. People – including the oppressors – had to be persuaded to see the truth, instead of 
being forced to accept truth through the use of violence. By this struggle, truth was 
bound to ultimately triumph. Mahatma Gandhi believed that this dharma of non-
violence could unite all Indians. 
     3. Mention some of the early political agitations of Mahatma Gandhi in India. 
 
i. After arriving in India, Mahatma Gandhi successfully organized satyagraha 
movements in various places. In 1916 he traveled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire 
the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.  
ii. Then in 1917, he organized a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda 
district of Gujarat. Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic, the peasants of 
Kheda could not pay the revenue, and were demanding that revenue collection be 
relaxed.  
iii. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organize a satyagraha movement 
amongst cotton mill workers.   
4.  Write a note on the Rowlatt Act.  
i. This Act gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and 
allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.  This Act had been 
hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition 
of the Indian members 
ii. Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed 
Rowlatt Act. He wanted non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws, which 
would start with a ‘hartal’ on 6 April.  
iii. Rallies were organized in various cities, workers went on strike in railway workshops, 
and shops closed down. Alarmed by the popular upsurge, and scared that lines of 
communication such as the railways and telegraph would be disrupted, the British 
administration decided to clamp down on nationalists.  
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SOCIAL SCIENCE 
 
 
GRADE X 
 
 
 
 REVISED  HAND BOOK 
 
 
 2 0 1 5-16 
 
 
 
 
TEM II 
 
 
Prepared by  
NARAYANAN MANNANDI 
www.isbsocialnotes.weebly.com 
 
 
The Indian School Bahrain  
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 80 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 C O N T E N T   
 
 
No. 
                               CHAPTERS Page No. 
  
TERM II ( SA 2 ) 
 
HISTORY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 2 
 
Nationalism in India 
 
82-94 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Nationalism in Indo China 
 
95-102 
GEOGRAPHY 
23 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
 Minerals and Energy Resources 
 
104-111 
 
Chapter 6 
 
 Manufacturing Industries 
 
112-121 
 
Chapter 7 
 
 Lifelines of National Economy                 
 
122-128 
DE.POLITICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Popular Struggles and Movements 
 
130-134 
 
Chapter 6 
 
Political Parties              
 
135-138 
 
Chapter 7  
 
Outcomes of Democracy              
 
139-142 
 
Chapter 8 
 
Challenges to Democracy 
 
143-144 
ECONOMICS 
22 Marks 
 
 
 
 
Chapter 3 
 
Money and Credit                                        
 
146-150 
 
Chapter 4 
 
Globalization and the Indian Economy       
 
151-156 
 
Chapter 5 
 
Consumer Rights                                         
 
157-163 
  
Sample Papers 
 
  
One Mark Questions & Answers 
 
 
Total 90 Marks 
 
Board Papers 
 
 
 
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 81 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
 
 
TERM II 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT  I 
 
 
 
 
 
HISTORY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PREPARED BY 
 
NARAYANAN  MANNANDI 
THE INDIAN SCHOOL, BAHRAIN 
 
 
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 82 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
NATIONALISM IN INDIA 
 
1. How did the First World War help in the growth of national movement in India?  
i. The First World War created a new economic and political situation. It led to a huge 
increase in the war expenditure financed by war loans and increasing taxes.; customs 
duties were raised and income tax was introduced.  
ii. The price rise was double during the war years. It led to severe hardship for the 
common people.  
iii. Forced recruitment of soldiers in the rural areas caused wide spread anger.  
iv. Failure of crops in 1918-19 and 1920-21 resulted in acute shortage of food. This was 
accompanied by an influenza. 13 million people perished in this famine and the 
epidemic. All these led to the growth of national movement in India.  
2. What is meant by the idea of ‘satyagraha’?  Or ‘A satyagrahi wins the battle through 
non-violence.’ Explain with examples. 
i. The idea of satyagraha emphasized the power of truth and the need to search for truth. 
It is suggested that if the cause was true, if the struggle was against injustice, then 
physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor.  
ii. With out seeking vengeance or being aggressive, a satyagrahi could win the battle 
through non-violence. This could be done by appealing to the conscience of the 
oppressor.  
iii. People – including the oppressors – had to be persuaded to see the truth, instead of 
being forced to accept truth through the use of violence. By this struggle, truth was 
bound to ultimately triumph. Mahatma Gandhi believed that this dharma of non-
violence could unite all Indians. 
     3. Mention some of the early political agitations of Mahatma Gandhi in India. 
 
i. After arriving in India, Mahatma Gandhi successfully organized satyagraha 
movements in various places. In 1916 he traveled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire 
the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.  
ii. Then in 1917, he organized a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda 
district of Gujarat. Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic, the peasants of 
Kheda could not pay the revenue, and were demanding that revenue collection be 
relaxed.  
iii. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organize a satyagraha movement 
amongst cotton mill workers.   
4.  Write a note on the Rowlatt Act.  
i. This Act gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and 
allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.  This Act had been 
hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition 
of the Indian members 
ii. Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed 
Rowlatt Act. He wanted non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws, which 
would start with a ‘hartal’ on 6 April.  
iii. Rallies were organized in various cities, workers went on strike in railway workshops, 
and shops closed down. Alarmed by the popular upsurge, and scared that lines of 
communication such as the railways and telegraph would be disrupted, the British 
administration decided to clamp down on nationalists.  
NM              ISB 
                                                                               - 83 - 
                                                                              
 
                                                                          
iv. Local leaders were picked up from Amritsar, and Mahatma Gandhi was barred from 
entering Delhi. On 10 April, the police in Amritsar fired upon a peaceful procession, 
provoking widespread attacks on banks, post offices and railway stations. Martial law 
was imposed and General Dyer took command. 
5.  What were the circumstances that led to the Jallian walla Bagh massacre? ( Why was 
the Rowlatt Satyahraha launched ? Why was it called off?) 
i. The British Government passed the Rowlatt Act in 1919. It gave the British officers 
wide powers to imprison people with out trial. 
ii. Rowlatt satyagraha was organized in different parts of the country against this Black Act.  
iii. On 13 April  a crowd of villagers who had come to Amritsar to attend a fair gathered in 
the enclosed ground of Jallianwalla Bagh. Being from outside the city, they were 
unaware of the martial law that had been imposed.  
iv. General Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, 
killing hundreds. His object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’, to 
create in the minds of satyagrahis a feeling of terror and awe. 
v.  As the news of Jallianwalla Bagh spread, crowds took to the streets in many north 
Indian towns. There were strikes, clashes with the police and attacks on government 
buildings.  
vi. The government responded with brutal repression, seeking to humiliate and terrorize 
people: satyagrahis were forced to rub their noses on the ground, crawl on the streets, 
and do ‘salaam’ (salute) to all sahibs; people were flogged and villages (around 
Gujranwala in Punjab, now in Pakistan) were bombed. Seeing violence spread, 
Mahatma Gandhi called off the movement. 
Describe in brief the reactions of the people immediately after Jallianwalla Bagh 
incident.  ( Write points v and vi above ) 
 
       6. What was the Khilafat issue?  How did it become part of the nationalist movement?  
i. The First World War had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey. And there were 
                      rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman emperor –        
                      the spiritual head of the Islamic world (the Khalifa).  
ii. To defend the Khalifa’s  powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay    
   in March 1919. A young generation of Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali   
   and Shaukat Ali, started this movement and they began discussing with Mahatma   
   Gandhi about  the possibility of a  united mass struggle on the issue. 
iii. Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified   
   national movement. At the Calcutta session of the Congress in September 1920, he    
   convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of     
   Khilafat as well as for swaraj.  
             7.  What were the reasons for the launching of the Non-cooperation movement? What was 
         Gandhiji’s idea behind launching it as stated in his book Hind Swaraj?     
i. The attainment of Swaraj:  Self-rule became the goal of the Congress in 1906. The 
British had promised to give self rule after the First World War. However, it was not 
achieved. The Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre forced Gandhiji to 
start Non Cooperation Movement.  
ii. To support Khilafat Movement: The Khilafat Movement was started by Ali Brothers 
to stop the injustice done to Turkey. Gandhiji decided to work together with this 
movement  to bring the Muslims to the nationalist movement.  
 
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