Question:
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Answer:
The indigo leaves were fermented in a steeping vat. Then the liquid was extracted and oxidized in a beating vat. Finally a blue precipitate was allowed to form from the liquid in a settling vat. This precipitate was collected, dried, and compacted. This dried compacted material is the indigo dye.
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Q 1.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 2.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 3.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 5.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 6.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 7.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 8.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 9.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 10.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 11.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 12.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 13.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 14.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 15.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 16.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 17.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 18.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 19.
Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?
Q 20.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 21.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 22.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 23.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 24.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 25.
Explain the system of subsidiary alliance.
Q 26.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 27.
How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
Q 28.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 29.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 30.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 31.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 32.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 33.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 34.
Why did the British want to grow the indigo plant in India?
Q 35.
What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?
Q 36.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 37.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 38.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 39.
Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement.
Q 40.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 41.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 42.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 43.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 44.
Give a brief description of Shahjahanabad.
Q 46.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 47.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 48.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 49.
When was the 'Diwani' of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 50.
What were the disadvantages of the ryotwari system?
