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.
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.
Name some weaver’s community in India.
Q 7.
What are miniature paintings?
Q 8.
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Q 9.
Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms
Q 10.
How was the right to vote in adopted in the UK and the US?
Q 11.
Name some varieties of cloth that were produced in India during the 18th century.
Q 12.
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Q 13.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
Q 14.
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 15.
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 16.
What was the outcome of the Wood’s despatch?
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.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 19.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 20.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 21.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 22.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 23.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 24.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 25.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 26.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 27.
What were the three categories of Imperial Art?
Q 28.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 29.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 30.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 31.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 32.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 33.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 34.
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 35.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 36.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 37.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
Q 38.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 41.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 42.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 43.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 44.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 45.
Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
Q 46.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 47.
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Q 48.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Q 49.
What was Thomas Babington Macaulay instrumental for?
Q 50.
What were Tagore’s ideas on education?
