Question:
Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Answer:
The British introduced a law stating that the Government had control over the manufacture and sale of salt. It also imposed a tax on the sale of salt. Mahatma Gandhi and other national leaders felt that it was wrong to impose tax on salt which was an essential commodity for food. The leaders decided to opposethis tax. In 1930. Gandhiji declared that he would lead a march to break the salt law The Salt March was related to the desire for freedom felt by everyone, the rich and the poor alike. Gandhiji and his followers marched for over 240 miles from Sabarmati to
the coastal town of Dandi where they broke the government lave by gathering natural salt found on the seashore, and boiled sea water to produce salt. Peasants, tribals and women participated in large numbers. Pamphlets were published on the Salt Satyagraha.
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.
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 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.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 10.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 11.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 12.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 13.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 14.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 15.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 16.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 17.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 18.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 19.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 20.
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 21.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 22.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
Q 23.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 24.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 25.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 26.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 27.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 28.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 29.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 30.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 31.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 32.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 33.
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 34.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 35.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 36.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 37.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
Q 38.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 39.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 40.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
Q 41.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 42.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 43.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 44.
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Q 46.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Q 47.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 48.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 49.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 50.
When were cotton mills started in India?
