Question:
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Answer:
The development of cotton industries in Britain affected textile producers in India in several ways. Indian textiles now had to compete with British textiles in the European and American markets. Exporting textiles to England became increasingly difficult as very high duties were imposed on Indian textiles imported into Britain. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, English-made cotton textiles were preferred to Indian goods. Indian textiles lost their market in Africa, America and Europe. English and European companies stopped buying Indian goods. During the 1830s British cotton cloth flooded Indian markets. In the 1880s two-thirds of all the cotton clothes worn by Indians were made of cloth produced in Britain. This affected the entire textile industry in India. Thousands of rural women lost their lobs.
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.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 9.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 10.
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 11.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 12.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 13.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 14.
Who are the Agaria?
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.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
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.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
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.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 27.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 28.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 29.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 30.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 31.
What were the three categories of Imperial Art?
Q 32.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
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.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 35.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 36.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 37.
When were cotton mills started in India?
Q 38.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 39.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 40.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Q 41.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 42.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 43.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 44.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 45.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 46.
What were company Paintings?
Q 47.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 48.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 49.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 50.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
