Question:
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Answer:
Raja Rammohun Roy was a social reformer. He started the Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta. Rammohun Roy strongly felt that unjust practices against women had to end. He also felt that there were many changes that were necessary for the Indian society to develop. Rammohun Roy and members of his Samaj felt that the best way to ensure such changes was by persuading people to give up old practices and adopt a neve way of life. He wanted to spread the knowledge of Western education in the country and bring about greater freedom and equality for women. He wrote about the way women were forced to bear the burden of domestic work, confined to the home and the kitchen, and not allowed to move out and become educated. Rammohun Roy was well versed in Sanskrit Persian and several other Indian and European languages. Roy pointed out to the people that sati was not practiced during the olden days. Through his writings he condemned the practice ofsati. As the British were also opposed to the practice ofsatithey supported Roy and a law was passed banningsati in the year 1829.
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.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
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.
State the recommendations of the Wood’s Despatch.
Q 7.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 8.
What was thecalico Act ?
Q 9.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 10.
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?
Q 11.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 12.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 13.
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 14.
What was the plight of Indian women 200 years ago?
Q 15.
What were the new Governments priorities?
Q 16.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 17.
What were the problems that faced the new government after independence?
Q 19.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 20.
What were company Paintings?
Q 21.
How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?
Q 22.
Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Q 23.
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 24.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 25.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 26.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
Q 27.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 29.
What were the reasons for the awareness among women?
Q 30.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 31.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 32.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 33.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 34.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 35.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 36.
Discuss those developments of the 1937-47 period that led to the creation of Pakistan
Q 37.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 38.
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Q 39.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 40.
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Q 41.
How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
Q 42.
Why did some artists produce cheap popular prints? What influence would such prints have had on the minds of people who looked at them?
Q 43.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 44.
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 45.
Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?
Q 46.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 47.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 48.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
Q 49.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 50.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
