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History: Nationalism in India PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: History: Nationalism in India (Social Science) had 21 questions across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 10 of them. Asked in 10 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Events of National Movement.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 10 of 10 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Cooperation Movement | 7 | 6 | 2025, 2024, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Civil Disobedience Movement | 5 | 4 | 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Events of National Movement | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| First World War and India | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Folklore and Nationalism | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gandhian Ideas | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Leaders of National Movement | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Purna Swaraj | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Revolutionary Nationalism | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Rise of Modern Nationalism | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Swadeshi Movement | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
How to practise History: Nationalism in India PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s History: Nationalism in India questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.
CBSE Class 102026
CBSE Class 102025
CBSE Class 102024
CBSE Class 102023
- Q.30 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · First World War and India: Economic and political effects of the First World War on India PDF
CBSE Class 102022
- Q.1 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Very short answer · Civil Disobedience Movement: Why merchants and industrialists backed Civil Disobedience PDF
- Q.7 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Short answer · Folklore and Nationalism: Role of folk traditions in building national identity in India PDF
- Q.11 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Case-based · Purna Swaraj: Case on the 1930 Independence Day pledge and Lahore session PDF
CBSE Class 102020
CBSE Class 102019
- Q.19 (Social Science (32/1/1)) · Long answer · Civil Disobedience Movement: Ambedkar's Depressed Classes Association and its gains PDF
CBSE Class 102018
- Q.20 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Non-Cooperation Movement: Middle-class role in Non-Cooperation and its economic impact PDF
CBSE Class 102017
- Q.1 (Social Science (32/1)) · Very short answer · Gandhian Ideas: Name the author of Hind Swaraj PDF
- Q.10 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Non-Cooperation Movement: Three reasons Gandhi withdrew Non-Cooperation in Feb 1922 PDF
- Q.11 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Civil Disobedience Movement: Role of business classes in the Civil Disobedience Movement PDF
- Q.22 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Civil Disobedience Movement: How the colonial government repressed Civil Disobedience PDF
CBSE Class 102016
- Q.10 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Swadeshi Movement: Flag designed in the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal and its features PDF
- Q.11 (Social Science (32/1)) · Short answer · Non-Cooperation Movement: How Assam plantation workers understood Gandhi and Swaraj PDF
- Q.22 (Social Science (32/1)) · Long answer · Civil Disobedience Movement: Why Gandhi called off the Civil Disobedience Movement PDF
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FAQ
How many History: Nationalism in India questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 2 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 4 in 2017 and 3 in 2016. That is 21 questions in all, about 7% of Social Science.
Which History: Nationalism in India topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Events of National Movement. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official CBSE Class 10 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 10 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.