Question:
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Answer:
Thomas Babington Macaulay was instrumental in creating the foundations of bilingual colonial India, by convincing the Governor-General to adopt English as the medium of instruction in higher education, from the sixth year of schooling onwards, rather than Sanskrit or Arabic.
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.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 9.
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 10.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 11.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 12.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 13.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 14.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 15.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 16.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 17.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
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 right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 20.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
Q 21.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 22.
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 23.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 24.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 25.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 26.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 27.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 28.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 29.
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 30.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 31.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 32.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 33.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 34.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
Q 35.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 36.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 37.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 38.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 39.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 40.
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Q 42.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
Q 43.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 44.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 45.
When were cotton mills started in India?
Q 46.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 47.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 48.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 49.
What were the three categories of Imperial Art?
Q 50.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
