Question:
Write a brief note on the National Archives of India.
Answer:
The National Archives of India is the repository of non-current records of the Government of India and is holding them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. It is an Attached Office of the Department of Culture under Ministry of Tourism & Culture. It was set up in March 1891 in Kolkata as the Imperial Record Department and subsequent to the transfer of the National Capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911 it was shifted to its present building in New Delhi, in 1926.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 2.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 3.
How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?
Q 4.
What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?
Q 5.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 6.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 7.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 8.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 9.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 10.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 11.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 12.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 13.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 14.
During the Mughal rule what was the status of the Diwan?
Q 15.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 16.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 17.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 18.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 19.
Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.
Q 20.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 21.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 22.
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
Q 23.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 24.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 25.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 26.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 27.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 28.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 29.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 30.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Q 31.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 32.
How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
Q 33.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 34.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 35.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 36.
What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Q 37.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 38.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 39.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 40.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 41.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 42.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 43.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 44.
How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?
Q 45.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 46.
What were the grievances of the Sepoys?
Q 48.
Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?
Q 49.
What were the powers enjoyed by the Residents appointed by the Company?
Q 50.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
