Question:
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Answer:
The scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat in the hope of new patrons and neve buyers of their art. After the 1 &lOs, a new trend was visible within the Kalighat artists. Living in a society where values, tastes, social norms and customs were undergoing rapid changes, Kalighat artists responded to the world around and produced paintings on social and political themes
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.
What are miniature paintings?
Q 5.
How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?
Q 6.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 7.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 8.
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 9.
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 10.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 11.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 12.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 13.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 14.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 15.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 16.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 17.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 18.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 19.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 20.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 21.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 22.
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 23.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 24.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 25.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 26.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 27.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
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.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 30.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 31.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 32.
When were cotton mills started in India?
Q 33.
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 34.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 35.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 36.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 37.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 38.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 39.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 40.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 41.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 42.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
Q 43.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 44.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
Q 45.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 46.
What were company Paintings?
Q 47.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 48.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 49.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 50.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
