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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 2023 board exams.
CBSE class 10 Social Science’s second unit ‘Contemporary India-II’ has seven chapters namely, Resources and Development, Forest and Wildlife, Water Resources, Agriculture, Minerals and Energy Resources, Manufacturing Industries and Life Lines of National Economy. These seven chapters of Geography from SST carry a total weightage of 20 marks altogether.
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
(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
(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.
