CBSE Class 10th Social Science (History) 2023: Important Assertion Reason Questions

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In this article, we are providing Assertion Reason Questions from the second unit
‘Contemporary India-II’ of Class 10 Social Science. These are very important questions
prepared specifically for the 2024 board exams.

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): 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. 3 - 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. 4 - 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. 5 - 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. 6 - 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. 7 - 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. 8 - 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. 9 - 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. 10 - 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. 11 - 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. 12 - 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. 13 - 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. 14 - 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. 15 - 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. 16 - 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. 17 - 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. 18 - 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. 19 - 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. 20 - 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. 21 - 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. 22 - 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. 23 - 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.