Question:
What is aspinning jenny?
Answer:
In 1764, the spinning jenny was invented by John Kaye which increased the productivity of the traditional spindles. The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. The device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn. A single worker was able to work eight or more spools at once.
Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation
Q 1.
What were the changes that could be seen as women became actively involved in reforms?
Q 2.
State the recommendations of the Wood’s Despatch.
Q 3.
Describe European artists style.
Q 4.
How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?
Q 5.
What are miniature paintings?
Q 6.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 7.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 8.
Describe in your own words one painting from this chapter which suggests that the British were more powerful than Indians. How does the artist depict this?
Q 9.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 10.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 11.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 12.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 13.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 14.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 15.
What are 3 lists of subjects that the constitution has provided to balance the different views on power sharing between the centre and the state?
Q 16.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 17.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 18.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 19.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 20.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 21.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 22.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 23.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 24.
What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality ?
Q 25.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 26.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 27.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 28.
What were the three categories of Imperial Art?
Q 29.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 30.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 31.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 32.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 33.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
Q 34.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 35.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 36.
When were cotton mills started in India?
Q 37.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 38.
Point out which of the following were brought in with British art:
(a) oil painting
(b) miniatures
(c) life-size portrait painting
(d) use of perspective
(e) mural art
Q 39.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 40.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 41.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 42.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Q 43.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 44.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 45.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 46.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 47.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 48.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 49.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 50.
What were company Paintings?
