Question:
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?
Answer:
In the painting The Aurial and Dashwood Families of Calcutta, painted by Johann Zoffany, you see Thomas Dashwood and Charlotte Lousia Aurial entertaining guests. There are various Indian servants serving tea. The British are seen seated or standing regally in a sprawling lawn. The Indians are shown as submissive and inferior to the British. They are placed in the
back ground. Thus the picture suggests that the British were more powerful than Indians.
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 6.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 7.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 8.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 9.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 10.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 11.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 12.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 13.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 14.
Who are the Agaria?
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.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
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.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 20.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 21.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 22.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 23.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 24.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 25.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 26.
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 27.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 28.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 29.
How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?
Q 30.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 31.
What were company Paintings?
Q 32.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 33.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 34.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 35.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 36.
What were the new Governments priorities?
Q 37.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 38.
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Q 39.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 40.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 41.
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?
Q 42.
What was thecalico Act ?
Q 43.
Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?
Q 44.
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 45.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
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.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
Q 48.
When were cotton mills started in India?
Q 49.
Why did Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children handicrafts?
Q 50.
How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
