Question:
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Answer:
India faced many challenges after it gained independence. The partition of India created a lot of problems. The major problem was that of the refugees. 8 million refugees entered India from Pakistan. These people needed shelter and a livelihood. The second biggest challenge that India faced was with the 500 princely states that existed. These states were ruled by Maharaja or Nawabs They had to be persuaded to join the new Independent India and accept its governance. Another problem faced by independent India was its diverse population. Indias population in 1947 was almost 345 million. This vast population was divided into many castes and religions. They spoke different languages and had their own individual cultural and food habits. They wore different kinds of dresses and practiced different professions. Unity in diversity had to be achieved.
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.
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 20.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 21.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
Q 22.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
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.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 26.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
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.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 47.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 48.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 49.
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Q 50.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
