Question:
What is aspinning jenny?
Answer:
In 1764, the spinning jenny was invented by John Kaye which increased the productivity of the traditional spindles. The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. The device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn. A single worker was able to work eight or more spools at once.
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.
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 5.
How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?
Q 6.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 7.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 8.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 9.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 10.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 11.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 12.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 13.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 14.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 15.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 16.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 17.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 18.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 19.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 20.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 21.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 22.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 23.
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Q 24.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 25.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 26.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 27.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 28.
How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?
Q 29.
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 30.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 31.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 32.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 33.
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?
Q 34.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 35.
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 36.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 37.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 38.
Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?
Q 39.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 40.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 41.
Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?
Q 42.
Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Q 43.
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 44.
What were the new Governments priorities?
Q 45.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 46.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 47.
What were company Paintings?
Q 48.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 49.
How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
Q 50.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
