Question:
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Answer:
The development of cotton industries in Britain affected textile producers in India in several ways. Indian textiles now had to compete with British textiles in the European and American markets. Exporting textiles to England became increasingly difficult as very high duties were imposed on Indian textiles imported into Britain. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, English-made cotton textiles were preferred to Indian goods. Indian textiles lost their market in Africa, America and Europe. English and European companies stopped buying Indian goods. During the 1830s British cotton cloth flooded Indian markets. In the 1880s two-thirds of all the cotton clothes worn by Indians were made of cloth produced in Britain. This affected the entire textile industry in India. Thousands of rural women lost their lobs.
Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation
Q 1.
State the recommendations of the Wood’s Despatch.
Q 2.
What were the changes that could be seen as women became actively involved in reforms?
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 6.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 7.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 8.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 9.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 10.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 11.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 12.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 13.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 14.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 15.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 16.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 17.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 18.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 19.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 20.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 21.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 22.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 23.
What were company Paintings?
Q 24.
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 25.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 26.
How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?
Q 27.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 28.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 29.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 30.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 31.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 32.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 33.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 34.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 35.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 36.
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?
Q 37.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 38.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 39.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 40.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 41.
Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Q 42.
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 43.
What were the new Governments priorities?
Q 44.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 46.
Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?
Q 47.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Q 48.
What was thecalico Act ?
Q 49.
When were cotton mills started in India?
Q 50.
Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?
