History

Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation

Question:

What were company Paintings?

Answer:

During the 1 Sth and 19th centuries, the British employed Indian artists to illustrate the manners and customs of India and to record scenes of monuments, deities, festivals, and occupations. These works later became known as Company paintings because they were created by Indian artists employed by members of the British East India Company.
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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.

What are miniature paintings?

Q 5.

How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?

Q 6.

State the recommendations of the Wood’s Despatch.

Q 7.

Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?

Q 8.

What was thecalico Act ?

Q 9.

Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.

Q 10.

Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms

Q 11.

What were the new Governments priorities?

Q 12.

What was the plight of Indian women 200 years ago?

Q 13.

What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?

Q 14.

What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?

Q 15.

What were the problems that faced the new government after independence?

Q 16.

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 17.

Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?

Q 18.

What is bandanna?

Q 19.

How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?

Q 20.

What were company Paintings?

Q 21.

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 22.

How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?

Q 23.

Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?

Q 24.

What were Tagore’s ideas on education?

Q 25.

Name some weaver’s community in India.

Q 26.

What was the llbert Bill?

Q 27.

What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?

Q 28.

What is jamdani?

Q 29.

What were the reasons for the awareness among women?

Q 30.

Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?

Q 31.

How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?

Q 32.

Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?

Q 33.

How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?

Q 34.

How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?

Q 35.

What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?

Q 36.

Discuss those developments of the 1937-47 period that led to the creation of Pakistan

Q 37.

In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?

Q 38.

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 39.

What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?

Q 40.

What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?

Q 41.

What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?

Q 42.

Who are the Agaria?

Q 43.

How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?

Q 44.

When were cotton mills started in India?

Q 45.

Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.

Q 46.

What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?

Q 47.

Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.

Q 48.

After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?

Q 49.

What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?

Q 50.

Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?