Question:
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Answer:
Abolition of untouchability and the Reservation Policy was another important feature of the Indian constitution. The Constitution offered special privileges for the poorest and most disadvantaged Indians. The practice of untouchability was abolished. Hindu temples, previously open to only the higher castes, were thrown open to all including the untouchables.
The Constituent Assembly recommended that a certain percentage of seats in legislatures as well as jobs in government be reserved for members of the lowest castes. Many members of the Constituent Assembly argued against the Reservation policy. But many members stated that the policy was necessary to uplift the Harijans as they have been suppressed for thousands of years.
Along with the former Untouchables, the Adivasis or Scheduled Tribes were also granted reservation in Educational Institutions and jobs. Like the Scheduled Castes, these Indians too had been deprived and discriminated against. The new constitution sought to provide them with good education, health care and a profitable livelihood.
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 can we think of Raja Ravi Varmas paintings as national?
Q 14.
Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
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.
Write a brief note on Kalighat paintings.
Q 19.
Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
Q 20.
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Q 21.
What were the advantages that Indian weavers had?
Q 22.
Who are the Agaria?
Q 23.
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girts to school?
Q 24.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
Q 25.
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national sty le of art?
Q 26.
What were the three categories of Imperial Art?
Q 27.
What brought the moderates and radicals together?
Q 28.
What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?
Q 29.
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Q 30.
How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
Q 31.
Were the weavers given any importance during the national movement?
Q 32.
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 33.
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Q 34.
Describe the paintings done by Robert Ker Porter on the battle of Seringa patam.
Q 35.
What was the llbert Bill?
Q 36.
Write a brief not on abolition of untouchability and Reservation Policy.
Q 37.
What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
Q 38.
Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
Q 39.
Give a brief sketch of Thomas Daniell and his paintings.
Q 40.
What did the Muslim League resolution of 1940 ask for?
Q 42.
How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
Q 43.
How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
Q 44.
Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Q 45.
Why did some artists produce cheap popular prints? What influence would such prints have had on the minds of people who looked at them?
Q 46.
What was the role of the Plannirg Commission?
Q 47.
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 48.
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Q 49.
Write a brief note on the Constituent Assembly.
