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.
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 7.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 8.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 9.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 10.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 11.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 12.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 13.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 14.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 15.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 16.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 17.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 18.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 19.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 20.
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 21.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 22.
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 23.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 24.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 25.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 26.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 27.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 28.
Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?
Q 29.
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Q 30.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 31.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 32.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 33.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 34.
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?
Q 35.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 36.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 37.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 38.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 39.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 40.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 41.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 42.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
Q 43.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 44.
What social ideas did the following people support?
Rammohun Roy
Dayanand Saraswati
Veerasalingam Pantulu
Jyotirao Phule
Pandita Ramabai
Periyar
Mumtaz Ali
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
Q 45.
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 46.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 47.
Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Q 48.
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 49.
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Q 50.
How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?
