Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

Women's participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement was large-scale but did not represent a fundamental shift in society's view of their roles. Evidence:

• Women's participation was largely symbolic — the Congress was keen only on their symbolic presence and was reluctant to allow them positions of authority within the organisation.
• Gandhiji himself believed women's primary duty was to look after home and hearth, be good mothers and wives — reinforcing traditional roles.
• This increased public role did not lead to any radical change in how women's position was visualised in society.

Thus, women were mobilised for national service, not for their own emancipation.

Source: Chapter 2, Section 3.2 – How Participants Saw the Movement

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The key evidence is directly in the passage: "this increased public role did not necessarily mean any radical change in the way the position of women was visualised." Examiners expect you to quote/paraphrase this and back it with two specific points — Gandhi's view of women's domestic duty and Congress's reluctance to give them authority. Don't just say "women participated" — the question asks you to argue against it being a fundamental shift, so focus on the limitations.