Question 1 : State the differences between Civil Disobedience and Non-cooperation

movement. [3-5 M]
Answer:

Non-Cooperation Movement Civil Disobedience Movement

The main essence of this movement was to
not cooperate with the government and to
achieve this in a peaceful, non-violent way
This movement was also seen as a way to
unite the Hindu and Muslim community and
also saw massive participation from the
Muslims
This movement was started as an protest
against the Rowlatt Act.
Less participation from women.
This movement was called off due its
increasing violent nature peaking at the
Chauri-Chaura incident of 1922, after which
it was called off.
This movement saw large scale violence and
the complete disobedience against the
government’s rules and regulations.
This movement saw sparse participation
from the Muslim community due to the
feeling of alienation caused by the INC’s
support of Hindu nationalist groups.
This movement was a result of the ignorance
of Irwin towards the eleven demands made
by Gandhi ji.
Enthusiastic support and participation by the
women community.
This was withdrawn after the signing of the
Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

Question 2: Explain the features of Assembly Line. [2-3 M ]

Answer: a). This was proposed by Henry Ford and first used in his car factory.
b) An assembly line included a conveyor belt which carried the parts of the cars to be
assembled.
c) The workers were expected to do the same task they were given continuously and
mechanically at a pace dictated by the conveyor belt.
d) This method also cut the time workers spent chit-chatting with each other as they had
very less time to complete their task, thus making the production process and workers highly
efficient.
e) This gave way to the process we now know as ‘Mass Production’.

Question 3: How has globalization affected the lives of people? Explain with any three
examples. [3-5 M]
Answer: a) Globalization has had multiple effects on the lives of people.
b) It has increased competition in the market thus, effectively lowering prices.
c) People are able to enjoy high quality products at competitive prices. Eg: Buying laptops,
digital cameras etc. at very low prices.
d) Globalization has also given the chance of expanding business to Indian companies, giving
rise to Indian MNCs. Eg : Infosys(IT), Rambaxy(Pharmaceutical), Tata Motors(Automative).
e) The educated and aware part of our population has thus really benefitted from
globalization.
f) However, globalization has not been the same for everyone.
g) Due to increased competition small companies have found it extremely difficult to
compete in the market.
h) Many small-scale factories also had to be closed due to globalization.
i) Small Indian companies have also lost their identity by being taken over by MNC’s. Eg:
Parakh Foods being taken over by Cargill Foods.
j) In conclusion, Globalization has not had the same effects on the whole population. While
it has had positive effects on some, it also has been the reason for despair for some.

Question 4 : Suggest steps to minimize the environmental degradation caused by the

industrial development in India .
Answer : The exact answer we wrote in our notebook. I actually wrote word to word.