In this article, we have provided CBSE Class 10 Social Science History Assertion/Reason Based Questions With Answer from the second unit ‘Contemporary India-II’ of Class 10 Social Science History. These questions are specifically prepared for board exams 2023.
CBSE Class 10 Social Science’s second unit ‘Contemporary India-II’ has Total 7 chapters namely, 1. Resource and Development, 2.Forest and Wildlife, 3. Water Resources, 4. Agriculture, 5. Minerals and Energy Resources, 6. Manufacturing Industries and 7. Life Lines of National Economy. These seven chapters of Geography from SST carry a total weightage of 20 marks altogether in board exam 2023.
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DIRECTION: Mark The Option Which Is Most Suitable:
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false. (d) If both assertion and reason are false.
Que. 1 – Assertion (A): The Scottish Highlanders were forbidden to speak their Gaelic language or wear their national dress, and large numbers were forcibly driven out of their homeland.
Reason (R): The English helped the Protestants of Ireland to establish their dominance over a largely Catholic country.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c) A is True but R is False
d) A is False but R is True
Que. 2 – Assertion (A): When the Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woolen industry, women who survived on hand spinning began opposing new machines.
Reason (R): The fear of unemployment made workers unfriendly to the introduction of new technology.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of A.
c) A is True but R is False
d) A is False but R is True
Que. 3 – Assertion (A): With the expansion of factories, the demand for workers increased.
Reason (R): Many workers travelled distant places in the hope of work in the mills.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 4 – Assertion (A): The development of nationalism did not come about only through wars and territorial expansion.
Reason (R): Culture played an important role in creating the idea of nation: art and poetry, stories and music helped to express and shape nationalism.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of A.
c) A is True but R is False
d) A is False but R is True
Que. 5 – Assertion (A): The new reading culture was accompanied by a new technology.
Reason (R): From hand printing there was a gradual shift to mechanical printing.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of A.
c) A is True but R is False
d) A is False but R is True
Que. 6 – Assertion (A): In most industrial regions, workers came from the districts around.
Reason (R) : Peasants and Artisans who found no work in the village went to the industrial centres in search of work
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 7 – Assertion (A): The 1830’s were the years of great economic hardship in Europe.
Reason (R): National assembly of 1848 proclaimed France as a republic.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c) A is True but R is False.
d) A is False but R is T
Que. 8 – Assertion (A): By the 1750s, with the arrival of the European companies the Indians started losing their control over the trade.
Reason (R): There was a decline of the old ports like Surat and Hooghly and the emergence of new ports like Bombay and Calcutta.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c) A is True but R is False
d) A is False but R is True
Que. 9 – Assertion (A): In the 1760s and 1770s, the East India Company faced problems in getting a regular supply of goods for export.
Reason (R): Emergence of new ports was an indication of the growth of new colonial powers.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 10 – Assertion (A): As literacy and school spread in African countries, there was a virtual reading mania.
Reason (R): Primary education became compulsory from the late 19th century.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of A.
c) A is True but R is False
d) A is False but R is True
Que. 11 – Assertion (A): Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation.
Reason (R): Weavers in Silesia had led a revolt against the contractors who supplied raw material and gave them orders for finished textiles but drastically reduced their payments.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of A.
c) A is True but R is False.
d) A is False but R is T
Que. 12- Assertion (A) : In the 20th century, handloom cloth production expanded steadily.
Reason (R) : This was partly because of technological changes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 13 – Assertion (A): The French revolution was an influential event that marked the age of revolutions in Europe.
Reason (R): The French revolution transferred the sovereignty from the people to the monarch
a) Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
Que. 14 – Assertion (A): When the Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woolen industry, women who survived on hand spinning began opposing new machines.
Reason (R): The fear of unemployment made workers unfriendly to the introduction of new technology.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 15 – Assertion (A): Germany, Italy and Switzerland were divided into kingdoms, duchies and cantons whose rulers had their autonomous territories.
Reason (R): They were closely bound to each other in spite of their autonomous rule
a) Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
Que. 16 – Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi decided to take up the Khilafat issue.
Reason (R): He wanted to bring the Muslims into the fold of nationalist movement
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true
Que. 17 – Assertion: Artists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries found a way out by personifying a nation.
Reason: they represented a country as if it were a person.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c) A is True but R is False.
d) A is False but R is True.
Que. 18 – Assertion(A): Discovery of America resulted in transformation of trade, life and abundance of wealth for Europeans.
Reason(R): The Americas had vast lands, minerals, silver and gold which enhanced European trade.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 19 – Assertion (A): On 18 May 1848, 831 elected representatives revolted in the Frankfurt parliament.
Reason (R): The elected representatives revolted against the issue of extending political rights to women.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c)A is True but R is False.
d) A is False but R is T
Que. 20 – Assertion(A): In India the rise of nationalism is associated with the anti-colonial movement.
Reason(R): The sense of being oppressed under colonialism connected many different groups together.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 21 – Assertion(A): The pre-modern world became shrinked due to discovery of sea routes to Asia and Western ocean to America in the 16th century .
Reason(R): Before the sixteenth century there was no form of trade in the Indian ocean.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 22 – Assertion (A): The world post second world war saw the emergence of the Soviet Union as the new world power.
Reason(R): Soviet Union had sacrificed its agricultural identity to defeat Germany and gained power while capitalist countries were struck in the Great Depression.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
Que. 23 – Assertion(A): To glorify the past of the Indians, images were taken from Hindu iconography.
Reason(R): These images were welcomed and celebrated by all the Indians.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 24 – Assertion : Like Germany, Italy too had a long history of political fragmentation.
Reason : During the middle of the nineteenth century, Italy was divided into seven States.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c) A is True but R is False.
d) A is False but R is T
Que. 25 – Assertion (A) : From the very beginning, the French revolutionaries introduced various measures and practices like the idea of la patrie and le citoyen.
Reason (R) : This was done to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct Explanation of
c) A is True but R is False.
d) A is False but R is T
Que. 26 – Assertion (A): Gandhiji’s idea of ‘Satyagraha’ emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth.
Reason(R): Gandhiji believed that a Satyagrahi could win the battle by appealing to the conscience of the oppressor.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true
Que. 27 – Assertion(A): India, China and Brazil have undergone slump economic transformation with China being one of the most desired destinations of foreign investment and MNCs.
Reason(R): These developing countries offered low-wages and low-costs which stimulated world trade and capital flows.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 28 – Assertion(A): Mass processions Were a common feature of the Indian national movement.
Reason(R): People protested for the benefit of their respective social groups.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 29 – Assertion(A): Gandhiji entered the Gandhi Irwin pact on 5th March 1931.
Reason(R): Gandhiji consented to participate in the 2nd Round Table Conference and the government agreed to release political prisoners.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 30 – Assertion(A): India had been the greatest exporter of fine cotton to Europe but after industrialisation the inflow of Indian cotton declined.
Reason(R): British cotton manufacturers and industrialists pressured the government to protect local industries which resulted in high taxes on imports of cloth to Britain.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 31 – Assertion(A): When Simon Commission reached India it was opposed with slogans of ‘Simon Go Back’ in1928.
Reason(R): This statutory commission was in India to give suggestions about constitution system, but didn’t have a single Indian member
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 32 – Assertion (A): Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points and opened fire on the crowd, killing hundreds.
Reason (R): 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.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true
Que. 33 – Assertion(A): Around 50 million people emigrated from Europe to America and Australia in the 19th century.
Reason(R): Huge amount of labour was required in these places to cultivate and meet demands.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 34 – Assertion(A): British Indian government built a network of irrigation canals in Punjab, India.
Reason(R): These Canal Colonies were a way to transport water to semi-desert areas and make them wheat and cotton fields for export by the British.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 35 – Assertion(A): The expansion of trade was prosperous and beneficial for every part of the world during the nineteenth century.
Reason(R): Rapid growth of the world economy meant some people had to lose their basic freedoms and livelihoods due to Colonisation and consequent changes.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 36 – Assertion(A): The fast spreading cattle plague or rinderpest caused havoc in Africa which was a result of European colonisation.
Reason(R): They all had a single aspiration and united meaning of Swaraj as their call of movement.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 37 – Assertion(A): India played a crucial role in giving surplus profits to Britain during multilateral trade of the late nineteenth century.
Reason(R): Value of British exports to India was much higher than the value of British imports from India, which Britain gave a surplus to balance its deficits.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 38 – Assertion(A): The Congress and Muslim League entered into compromise in 1927 and formed an alliance.
Reason(R): In 1928 hopes of conference were removed when M.R. Jayakar of the Hindi Mahasabha strongly opposed efforts of compromise.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
Que. 39 – Assertion(A): The Congress under Mahatma Gandhi tried to connect different groups together into one movement.
Reasons(R): Unity didn’t come without conflicts.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
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