QUESTION 13
GS1
15 marks
Since the decade of the 1920s, the national movement acquired various ideological strands and thereby expanded its social base. Discuss.
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250 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss how new ideologies from the 1920s widened the national movement's social base.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Socialist and communist: CPI (1925), workers' and peasants' parties, AITUC strikes, Congress Socialist Party (1934)≈50 words
- 2Revolutionary: HSRA, Bhagat Singh's socialism≈50 words
- 3Caste and social justice: Ambedkar, Self-Respect Movement (Periyar)≈50 words
- 4Others: Swarajists, communal and religious nationalism; women and youth movements; peasants (Bardoli 1928)≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Context after NCMStrands with examplesHow each brought new groupsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only Gandhian movements
- Not linking each strand to a social group
Draw this
- Tree: national movement with ideological branches and social groups
Value addition
- FactThe Congress Socialist Party was formed in 1934 by Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and others within the Congress.INC history
- FactThe Karachi Congress (1931) Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme showed the movement's turn towards social and economic rights.INC Karachi Resolution
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- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 26 ↗Same syllabus reference
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