‘The measures taken by the French to control the spread of bubonic plague in Hanoi created a serious problem.” Explain the statement.
(i) For the Vietnamese the rat hunt seemed to provide an early lesson in the success of collective bargaining. Those who did the dirty work of entering sewers found that if they came together they could negotiate a higher bounty.
(ii) They also discovered innovative ways to profit from this situation. The bounty was paid when a tail was given as proof that a rat had been killed. So the rat-catchers took to just clipping the tails and releasing the rats, so that the process could be repeated, over and over again. Some people, in fact, began raising rats to earn a bounty.
(iii)Defeated by the resistance of the weak, the French were forced to scrap the bounty programme. None of this prevented the bubonic plague, which swept through the area in 1903 and in subsequent years.
(iv) In a way, the rat menace marks the limits of French power and the contradiction in their ‘civilising mission.’
(v) The actions ‘of the rat-catchers tell us of the numerous small ways in which colonialism was fought in everyday life.
The US media and films played a major role in both supporting as well as criti cising the Vietnam war/ Explain.
Explain the role of women in the anti imperial struggle in Vietnam.
[CBSE March 2011]
Or
Evaluate the role of Vietnamese women during 1960s war period and after the war in peace time. [CBSE 2008, 2010 (F) 2014 (D) Compt.]
Or
Who wrote the play based on the lives of Trung sisters ? What was depicted in the play ? [CBSE 2014]
US entry into the war marked a new phase that proved costly to the Vietnamese as well as to the Americans.” Explain. [CBSE 2014]
What was the development in China- which took place in 1911 and inspired the Vietnamese nationalists ?
Under what circumstances Vietnam was divided into the north and south Vietnam ?
Or
Explain any four major challenges faced by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. [CBSE 2008, 2009(0), March 2012]
Why some policy makers of France to emphasised the need to use the French language as a medium of instruction in Vietnam ?
Who was the founder of Vietnamese Communist Party? Under what circumstances was the Party formed ?
What were the values which played an important role in the victory of Vietnamese over the mighty USA ?
What were the major features of the new schools of Western learning introduced in Vietnam by the French ?
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Explain four features of the education being given in the Tonkin Free Schools which was started to provide the western style of education in Vietnam. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]
Name any one party formed by the students of Vietnam to fight against the colonial government ?
‘The measures taken by the French to control the spread of bubonic plague in Hanoi created a serious problem.” Explain the statement.
What was the role of religious groups in the development of the anti-colonial feeling in Vietnam? [CBSE March 2011]
Early Vietnamese nationalists had close relationship with Japan and China'. ^ Explain by giving examples.[CBSE 2013 (D)]
Or
Describe any five features of the Go East Movement'.
What is the Ho Chi Minh trail? Describe any three points of its importance. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, March 2011]
Why most of the Vietnamese intellectuals were against the introduction of French curriculam in the schools ?
What was the ‘civilizing mission' of the colonisers ? Mention any two steps taken by the French under this. What was the real motive behind this mission ?
Write a note on
(a) What was meant by the ‘civilizing mission' of the colonisers ?
(b) Huynh Phu So.
What was Phan Chu Trinh's objective for Vietnam ? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau ? [CBSE March 2011]
How was the idea of “looking modem” implemented in Tonkin Free School ? Explain. [CBSE 2012]
What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?
Who was Phan Chu Trinh ? How did he help in the modernisation of Vietnam ? [CBSE March 2011]
Or
Explain any four ideas of Phan Chu Trinh. [CBSE March 2011, 2012, 2013(D), 2014(F)]
Or
Explain the features of the ideology of Phan Chu Trinh. [CBSE March 2011]
Or
Explain the ideas of Phan Chu Trinh to establish a democratic republic in Viet nam. [CBSE 2014]
(i) Why did the U.S. government decide to intervene in the Civil War in Vietnam ?
(ii) What were its effects on the people of Vietnam ? [CBSE March 2012]
Or
The phase of struggle between 1965-1972 with US was called brutal of Vietnamese. Explain the reasons. [CBSE 2014]
What was the cause of Silesian weavers uprising? Comment on the viewpoint of the journalist.
How did students in Vietnam fight against the colonial government's efforts to prevent Vietnamese from qualifying for white collar jobs' ? Explain. [CBSE 2014(0)]
Mention any two steps which were taken by the French to improve economic condition of Vietnam.