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Chapter 04: India Towards A New Era
India Towards A New Era - Textual Questions and Answers & Model Questions
1. Who abolished the ‘Sati’ practice in India?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy.
2. Which British Governor-General help Rammohan Roy abolish ’Sati’?
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
3. Brahma Samaj was founded by ____________
Answer: Raja Rammohan Ray
4. Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance?
Answer: Raja Rammohan Ray
5. Who is the founder of ‘Arya Samaj’?
Answer: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
6. Who is the founder of ‘Satya Shodak Samaj’?
Answer: Jyotirao Phule.
7. Who is the founder of Arya Mahila Sabha?
Answer: Pandita Rama Bhai.
8. Who established Mohammedan Anglo-oriental college?
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
9. What is the other famous name of Anglo-oriental college?
Answer: Aligarh Muslim University.
10. Who gave emphasis to the ‘Universal Brotherhood’
Answer: Swami Vivekananda.
11. Who was the disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
12. Swami Vivekananda is the founder of ---------- to propagate the teachings of his master.
Answer: Ramakrishna mission.
13. Which writers instrumental help in the development of Nationalism.
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Rabindranath Tagore, Mohamad Iqbal, Lakshmi Nath Besbarua, Allhaf Hussain.
14. “We desire that the administration of India should be further modernised and we be made a part of it” – who said it?
Answer: W.C. Banerjee.
15. The period from ---------- was of moderate nationalism.
Answer: 1885 – 1905
16. The Bengal was divided in ---------
Answer: 1905
17. Who divided Bengal in 1903?
Answer: Viceroy Lord Curzon.
18. What was the main slogan of the agitations against the partition of Bengal.
Answer: ‘Boycott Foreign goods and use Swadeshi products’.
19. Who was revered as ‘Lokamanya’?
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
20. What are the two newspapers he started? (Bal Gangadhar Tilak)
Answer: ‘Kesari’ and ‘Maratha’
21. What is the famous slogan by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
Answer: ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I must have it.
22. All Indian Muslim league was formed by whom?
Answer: Aga khan and Nawab Salimullah Khan in Dhaka in 1906
23. Who started the Home Rule movement?
Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangdhar Tilak.
Answer the following questions: –
1. What do social evils and practices prevail in India?
Answer: The social evils and practice prevailed in India was –
* Sati
* Child marriage
* Prohibition on widow marriage
* Female infanticide
* Slavery
2. What is ‘Sati’?
Answer: It is an old Hindu practise where a widow woman burnt alive in the pyre of her husband. Now abolished by law.
3. Evaluate the role of the reformers and the social movements in fighting against the social evils.
OR
How did the social reformers play a major role in awakening the Indians?
Answer:
- All the reformers gave emphasis to the importance of education and
established educational institutions.
- This accelerated the progress of education in India.
- They reminded Indians of their rich cultural heritage and thereby developed self-respect and national pride.
4. What were the common features of the social reform movements?
Answer:
The protests against the evil customs and superstitions, freedom of women, the spread of education and a sense of pride in Indian culture were the common features of these movements.
5. Name the leaders of the Indian Renaissance?
Answer:
* Raja Rammohan Roy
* Swami Dayananda Saraswati
* Jyotirao Phule
* Pandita Rama Bhai
* Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
* Swami Vivekananda
6. Raja Rammohan Roy
Answer:
• He strongly condemned the evil practices like Sati and child marriage that prevailed in India.
• He founded Brahma Samaj to propagate his ideology and gave the message that the ideals of all religions are basically the same.
• He founded Brahma Samaj to propagate his ideology and gave the message that the ideals of all religions are basically the same.
• He strongly believed the caste system to be the major source of disparity
in Indian society.
• He is known as the 'Father of Indian Renaissance.
7. What is the purpose behind the establishment of ‘Satya Shodak Samaj’?
Answer: Jyotirao Phule condemned the caste system and promoted widow remarriage. He argued that free and compulsory education should be provided to children up to 12 years and gave primary concern to the education of the worker section and women for these purposes he founded the ‘Satya Shodak Samaj’.
8. What is the reason behind the establishment of ‘Arya samaj’.
Answer: Swami Dayananda Saraswati was the leader of the Indian renaissance who attacked the caste system and condemned idol worship. To disseminate his ideology, he founded ‘Arya Samaj’. He gave the call, ‘go back to Vedas.
9. Why did Pandita Rama Bhai established Arya Mahila Sabha?
Answer: Arya Mahila Sabha is an organisation for the uplift of women. She fought against the social inequalities faced by women and worked tirelessly for women’s education and the empowerment of widows. So, she established Arya Mahila Sabha.
10. What is Indian nationalism?
Answer: Indian nationalism is the sense of oneness beyond religious, linguistic and regional diversities.
11. What were the factors responsible for the development of nationalism among Indians?
Answer:
• The British conquered princely states and unified India politically.
• The economic exploitation of the British government created an anti-British attitude among Indians.
• The spread of English education and the development in transport and
communication brought the people together.
• The strategies adopted by the British to suppress the First War of Indian
Independence created a national consciousness and made people think that they belong to the same country.
12. The writers were instrumental in the development of Nationalism.
Answer:
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Mohammad Iqbal
• Lakshmi Nath Besbarua
• Althaf Hussain
13. What were the circumstances that led to the formation of a national Organisation?
Answer: A number of regional organizations came into existence at various parts of India as a result of this growing awakening. Madras Native Association, Poona Sarvajanik Sabha and Indian Association were a few among them. All these organizations gave priority to the regional problems. This necessitated forming of a national Organisation.
14. Which are the earlier organisations formed in the different parts of India?
Answer: Madras native association, Pune Sarvajanik sabha and Indian association
15. What is National Movement?
Answer: With the formation of the Indian National Congress the agitations
against the British attained an organised nature. Such organised agitations against the British power can be called the National Movement.
16. When did the Indian National Congress form?
Answer: 72 representatives of various organisations across India assembled in Bombay on December 1885 and formed the Indian National Congress with the formation of the Indian National Congress. With the formation of the Indian National Congress, the agitations against the British attained an organised nature.
17. What were the major aims of the Indian National Congress?
Answer: The major aims of the Indian National Congress are –
* To promote fellow feeling among the volunteers from different parts of the country.
* To develop a national spirit beyond the religious, caste and regional loyalties.
* To bring the problems of Indians to the notice of authorities.
18. Based on the style and strategies of the agitations, the National movement was divided into which three phases?
Answer:
* The period of moderate nationalism
* The period of extreme nationalism
* Gandhian Era
19. Give some names of the leaders of the moderate nationalism period.
Answer: The prominent leaders are – Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Badruddin Tyabji and Pheroze shah Mehta.
20. What was known as extreme nationalism?
Answer: The period of agitations followed by the partition of Bengal brought a new turn in the National Movement. It was known as the period of extreme nationalism.
21. The leaders of Extreme nationalism
Answer:
The main leaders- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Ray.
22. Compare the strategies adopted by the Moderates and the Extremists.
Answer:
• The moderates brought the common problems and demands of the Indians to the notice of the British government by means of petitions, resolutions and protests.
• The moderates adopted peaceful strategies.
• However the British officials did not properly consider them.
• The extremists intensified their protests.
• The agitations that followed the partition of Bengal are clear examples of their strategy.
• They did not wish to petition for their rights.
• The slogan made by Lokamanya Tilak “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it "is an example of an extremist viewpoint.
23. Write a short note on DRAIN THEORY?
Answer: Drain theory is the major contribution of Dadabhai Naoroji. There was a drain of wealth from India to England during colonial rule. It was mainly in the form of salary, taxes and gifts. He proved that the economic drain under British rule is the root cause of poverty in India.
24. What were the factors that led the British to divide Bengal?
Answer: The seat of the British government in India was Bengal. People of Bengal had been living like brothers. They had been carrying out various activities against the policies of the British government. The British officials treated Bengal as a growing power against British rule.
25. How did the people of Bengal protest against the partition?
Answer:
* Organized protest meetings.
* Picketed shops that sold foreign goods.
* Burned foreign clothes.
* Promoted the use of Indian products.
* Organized marches and public meetings against the British.
26. What was the result of the Surat split?
Answer: As a result of the Surat Split the activities of the national movement became temporarily weakened.
27. Who is Annie Besant?
Answer: Annie Besant is an Irish lady who was attracted to the Indian culture and looks Indian citizenship in 1893. She started the Home rule movement in 1916.
28. What is the importance of the Lucknow Pact?
Answer: In the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in 1916, the moderates and extremists decided to work together. They also decided to co-operate with the All India Muslim League in the anti -British agitations.
29. Complete the table given below:
30. Match column A with column B.
32. Prepare notes on the following
• Swadeshi Movement
• Home Rule Movement
Answer:
• Swadeshi Movement
It is a moment that sought to persuade people To give up foreign goods, and instead To use locally made goods. This movement became popular
with the partition of Bengal. leaders like Dayanand Saraswati, Ravindranath Tagore, Lokmanya Tilak and so on work and activities for this purpose. Boycott of foreign clothes and the popularization of handloom textiles were the parts of this movement
The Congress supported Britain in the first world war with the hope that India would be granted autonomy after the war. thousands of Indian soldiers died in that war. But after the war, the demand of the Indians was neglected. Following this, the Home rule movement led by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak kept the national movement alive.
33. Prepare a note on the role of the leaders of the Indian Renaissance in eliminating the social evils in India.
Answer: Several people came forward to protest against the superstitions that prevailed in our country. The ability to think logically, English
education and the mentality to work against the social evils encouraged them to bring about the social reforms. They worked hard for the liberation of women and their education Several struggles took place for getting rid of such social evils, finally, India becomes free from most of these social evils.
34. Time Line
1857-First war of Indian independence
1885-Formation of Indian National Congress
1905-Partition of Bengal
1906-All India Muslim League
1907-Surat Split
1916-Home Rule Movement/Lucknow pact
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