Question:
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Answer:
The Constituent Assembly was set up to draft out the constitution of India. The Constituent Assembly met numerous times while the Indian constitution was being written. The writing of the constitution took almost three years to be completed; from December 1946 to November 1949. The meetings of the Constituent Assembly were held in New Delhi. The members of the assembly came from all over India, and from different political parties. The most important role was played by Dr B.R. Ambedkac who was Chairman of the Drafting Committee. Under the supervision of Dr
B.R. Ambedkar the document was finalised. The Indian constitution was completed and adopted on 26 January 1950. On 2671 January. India became a Republic and since Republic Day has been celebrated on 2671 January every year.
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.
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.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 26.
What made Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement?
Q 27.
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 28.
Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Q 29.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 30.
How was the ecoromic development of India visualised in the earty decades after Independence?
Q 31.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
Q 32.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
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.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 35.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 36.
What is aspinning jenny?
Q 37.
Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?
Q 38.
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiritothe American movement to free slaves?
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.
Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Q 41.
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 42.
What were the new Governments priorities?
Q 43.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 44.
Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?
Q 45.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 46.
What were company Paintings?
Q 47.
Describe the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Q 48.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
Q 49.
How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
Q 50.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
