Question:
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Answer:
Gandhijfs dream of one nation did not materialize due to the partition of India, into India and Pakistan. Congress leaders were sceptical about a further division of states on the basis of language. The partition of India resulted in the death of millions of people who we re killed in the riots between the Hindus and the Muslims. They feared that this may happen if the country was divided on linguistic lines. Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel were against the creation of linguistic states
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.
What are miniature paintings?
Q 6.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 7.
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 8.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
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.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 13.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 14.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 15.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
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.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 21.
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 22.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 23.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 24.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 25.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so. for what reasons?
Q 26.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 27.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 28.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
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.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 34.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 35.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 36.
Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in
different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?
Q 37.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 38.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 39.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 40.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
Q 41.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 42.
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 43.
What were company Paintings?
Q 44.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 45.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 46.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 47.
What kinds of cloth had a large market in Europe?
Q 48.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 49.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 50.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
