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How do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
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Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?
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How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?
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What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?
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Match the following:
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William Jones |
promotion of English education |
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Rabindranath Tagore |
respect for ancient cultures |
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Thomas Macaulay |
gurus |
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Mahatma Gandhi |
learning in a natural environment |
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Pathshalas |
critical of English education |
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State whether true or false:
James Mill was a severe critic of the Orientalists.
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Why did William Jones feel the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law?
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Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?
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What social ideas did the following people support?Rammohun Roy
Dayanand Saraswati
Veerasalingam Pantulu
Jyotirao Phule
Pandita Ramabai
Periyar
Mumtaz Ali
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
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State whether true or false:
When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance or property, etc.
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How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?
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What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?
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Fill in the blanks:
(a) The art form which observed carefully and tried to capture exactly what the eye saw is called ___________.
(b) The style of painting which showed Indian landscape as a quaint, unexplored land is called __________.
(c) Paintings which showed the social lives of Europeans in India are called _________.
(d) Paintings which depicted scenes from British imperial history and their victories are called ____________.
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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?
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In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
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Why were people dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s?
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Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?
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Who were the Moderates? How did they propose to struggle against British rule?
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How was the politics of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?
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Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
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