Class X
History
Rise of Nationalism in Europe
1. In revolutionary
France, who were given the right to vote?
a) Only men and women
who owned property
b) All men
c) All men and women
d) Only men who owned
property
2. What is the date of
demolition of Bastille?
a) 17 July 1790
b) 9 June 1789
c) 14 July 1789
d) 14 May 1786
3. What is the year in
which the English Parliament seized power from the British Monarchy?
a)1866
b)1789
c)1512
d)1688
4. Summarise the
attributes of a nation, as Renan understands them. Why, in his view, are
nations important?
5. What did Liberal
Nationalism stand for?
6. Describe the
political ends that List hopes to achieve through economic measures.
7. Discuss the
importance of language and popular traditions in the creation of national
identity.
8. Describe the cause of
the Silesian weavers’ uprising. Comment on the viewpoint of the journalist
9. What are the
conditions that were viewed as obstacles to the economic exchange and growth by
the new commercial classes during the 19th century in Europe?
10. How were liberty
and equality for women to be defined?
11. Define the main
aim of the French Revolutionaries.
12. Explain why the
decade of the 1830s is known as ‘great economic hardship’ in Europe. Give
reasons.
13. What steps did
the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among
the French people?
14. Briefly trace
the process of German unification.
15. What are the
ideas suggested by Johann Gottfried in promoting the true spirit of a nation?
Explain.
16. What changes did
Napoleon introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the
territories ruled by him?
17. Define the
meaning of “Imperialism.”
18. Explain what is
meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the political, social
and economic ideas supported by the liberals? Discuss.
19. Through a focus
on any two countries, explain how nations developed over the nineteenth
century.
20. Why did
nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans? Discuss.
21. What was the
main aim of the French revolutionaries?
22. Explain any
three causes of conflict in the ‘Balkan area’ after 1871.
23. Write a note on:
- The
Role of Women in Nationalist Struggles
- Guiseppe
Mazzini
Class
X- History
Print
Culture and Modern World
Extra Questions
Q 1. What was a
Ukiyo?
Ans. Ukiyo means
pictures of floating world or depiction of ordinary human experience especially
urban ones.
Q 2. Give the ancient name
of Tokyo.
Ans. Edo
Q 3. What was the
name of oldest printed book of Japan?
Ans. Diamond sutra
Q 4. Mention any one
feature of the oldest Japanese book.
Ans. The oldest Japanese book contained six sheets of texts and
woodcut.
Q 5. Which city of
China became the new huh of print-culture?
Ans. Shanghai
Q 6. Which city of Europe had the
breakthrough of first printing press?
Ans. At Strasbourg, Germany
Q 7. Who developed the first printing press
in 1430s?
Ans. Johann Gutenberg
Q 8. By whom was the art of woodblock
printing introduced in Europe?
Ans. Marco Polo.
Q 9. Despite the woodblock printing, what
factor raised the demand of new technology in print?
Ans. There was a great need for quicker and
cheaper reproduction of texts therefore; a new faster print technology was
needed.
Q 10.”Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the
greatest one.” Who said these words?
Ans. Martin Luther said these words.
Q 11. Name the Italian who reinterpreted the
message of Bible?
Ans. Menocchio reinterpreted the message of Bible.
Q 12. What were Chapbooks?
Ans. A term used to describe pocket size books that are
sold by travelling peddlers called chapmen.
Q 13. How did Louise Sebastian Mercier
interpret the printing press?
Ans. He declared that “The printing Press is
the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will
sweep despotism away.
Q 14. How Biliotheque Blue was different from
Chapbooks?
Ans. In England, penny chapbooks were
published and sold for a penny while in France, low priced small books were
printed on poor quality papers and bound in cheap blue cover and were called
‘Biliotheque Blue’.
Q 15. Mention any one characteristic feature
of an offset press.
Ans. The offset press could print up to six colors at a
time.
Q 16. Which brothers of Germany contributed in
compiling the text for children?
Ans. Grimm Brothers
Q 17. Name two best known women novelists of
Europe who re-defined the picture of women in society.
Ans. Jane Austen and Bronte sisters, George Eliot.
Q 18. Mention the technique of preserving the
manuscript in India.
Ans. To preserve the manuscripts in India,
they were pressed between wooden covers or sewn together.
Q 19. When did the first printing press come
to India?
Ans. Printing press came to India in mid-sixteenth
century.
Q 20. Name the first weekly that appeared in
India.
Ans. Bengal Gazettes
Q 21. Name the first edition of the Indian
religious text published in vernacular languages
Ans. Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book on
Indian religion in 1579.
Q 22. Who was the publisher of Sambaed Kumauni in 1821?
Ans. The publisher of Sam had Kumauni was Ramous Roy.
Q 23. Who wrote Gulamgiri, which criticized
the injustice of caste system?
Ans. Jyotiba Phyla wrote Gulamgiri which criticized the
injustice of caste system.
Q 24. Name the autobiography of Rashsundari
Devi.
Ans. The name of the autobiography of Rashsundari Devi
was ‘Amax. Jiban’.
Q 25. Name the book by Kashibaba that had
detailed the experiences of poor workers in India.
Ans. Kashibaba wrote and published ‘Chute
Aura Bade Ka Sewall’ in 1938 on the poor workers of factories.
Q 26. How did Governor General William
Bentinck react to the petition filed by editors of English and vernacular
newspapers?
Ans. Governor-general Bentinck agreed to
revise press laws in 1835.
Q 27. Name the newspaper started by Bal
Gangadhar Tikal in India in 19th century.
Ans. Cesar
Q 28. What was Vernacular Press Act?
Ans. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in
1878 under the Governor Generalship and Viceroyalty of Lord Lytton, for the
better control of Indian language newspapers.
Q 29. Why do you think that the chapter ‘Print
Culture’ is important to study?
Ans. Print culture is important to study
because it is a true medium of mass communication like newspapers, journals and
books etc. It also helps in creation of new ideas, thoughts, etc via books and
magazines, etc.
Q 30. “The imperial state in China was the
major producer of printed material.” Support this statement with examples.
Ans. (1) Textbooks for the civil service
examination were printed in vast numbers the sponsorship of the imperial state.
(2) Merchants used print in their everyday life as they collected trade
information.
(3) The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, romantic plays.
(4) Rich women began to read and many women began publishing their poetry and
plays.
(5) Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about
their lives.
Q
31. How had the
earliest printing technology developed in the world? Explain.
Ans. (1) The earliest kind of print
technology was developed in China, Japan, and Korea.
(2) Up to 6th century, the print was used only by scholar-officials.
(3) Then the Buddhist missionaries introduced hand printing technology.
(4) Marco Polo brought woodblock printing from China to Italy.
(5) The invention of the printing press proved great miracle in spreading
knowledge.
Q 32. Highlight any three contributions of
Johann Gutenberg towards the printing press.
Ans. (1) Johann Gutenberg developed the
first known printing press in the 1430$ at Strasbourg, Germany.
(2) Gutenberg learnt the art of polishing stones, became a master goldsmith,
and also acquired the expertise to create lead moulds used for making trinkets.
(3) Gutenberg developed metal types for each of the 26 characters of the Roman
alphabet and devised a way of moving them around so as to compose different
words of the text.
(4) The first book he printed was the Bible. About 180 copies were printer’ and
it took three years to produce them. By the standards of the time this was fast
production. Gutenberg s Bible was the first printed book in Europe.
Q 33. Describe any three difficulties in
copying manuscripts.
Ans. The main three difficulties in copying
manuscripts were as follows:
(1) The copying of manuscript was an expensive, laborious and time consuming
business.
(2) There was one more problem. The manuscripts were fragile, awkward to
handle. They could not be easily carried around or read easily.
(3) When scribes copied manuscripts, they also introduced small changes in word
here and there. Repeatedly these changes made the text substantially different
from the original.
Q 34. What is vellum? What was its use in
Europe?
Ans. Vellum refers to a parchment made from
calf skin. This animal based vellum in its time, was the most valued kind of
writing surface available.
(2) In Europe, luxury editions were handwritten on very expensive vellum meant
for aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries which scoffed at printed
books as cheap vulgarities.
(3) It was prepared for writing or printing to produce single pages scrolls or
books
Q 35. What was Protestant Reformation?
Ans. (1) In 1517, religious reformer Martin
Luther wrote `Ninety-Five Theses’ criticizing any practices and rituals of the
Roman Catholic Church. A printed copy of this was pasted t a Church door in
Witten erg. It challenged the church to debate his ideas.
(2) Luther’s writings were immediately reproduced in vast numbers and read
widely.
(3) This led to a division within the Church and this was the beginning of the
Protestant deformation’.
Q 36. Who was Menocchio? Mention any two
contributions of him in the field of print culture in the sixteenth century.
Ans. (1) Menocchio was a miller in
Italy.
(2) He reinterpreted the message of Bible.
(3) He formulated a view of God and Creation that enraged the Roman Catholic
Church.
(4) Menocchio was hauled two times and ultimately executed.
Q 37.”With the printing press, a new public emerged
in Europe”. Justify the statement
Ans. (1) Access to books created a new
culture of reading.
(2) Earlier, reading was restricted to the elites while common people relied
only on oral culture i.e., knowledge was transferred orally but now books were
available easily.
(3) It transformed the lives of people changing their relationship to
information and knowledge and with institution and authorities. It influenced
popular perception and opened up new ways of
looking at things.
Q 38. What was the “Reading Mania”? What was
its impact on children, women and workers?
Ans. (1) Unprecedented growth in literacy and
so many schools and production of books spread reading mania.
(2) Children’s press was set up in France in 1857.
(3) New works and old fairy tales and folk tales were published. Women became
important readers as well as writers.
(4) Penny magazines were especially written on behavior and house-keeping.
(5) Lending libraries emerged for workers. Working classes started writing for
themselves.
Q 39. What is manuscript? Mention any two
limitations of it, during nineteenth century.
Ans. (1) Manuscripts are handwritten copies.
(2) Manuscripts were highly expensive and fragile.
(3) They had to be handled carefully and they could not be read easily as the
scripts were written in different styles.
Q 40. Explain any three features of hand
written manuscripts in India before the age of print.
Ans. (1) (i) Manuscripts were written in
Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian as well as in various vernacular languages.
(ii) Manuscripts were copied on palm leaves or on handmade paper.
(iii) Pages were sometimes, beautifully illustrated. They would be either
pressed between wooden
covers or sewn together to ensure preservation.
Difficulties
in using manuscripts:
(i) Manuscripts was highly
expensive and fragile.
(ii) They had to be handled carefully and they could not be read easily as the
script was written in
different styles.
Q 41. Why did James Augustus Hickey claim that
the Bengal Gazette was “a commercial paper open to all, but influenced by
none”? Explain.
Ans. (1) Bengal Gazette was a private English
weekly magazine in India, independent from colonial influence.
(2) Hickey not only published a lot of advertisements including the import and
sale of slaves but
also published lots of gossips about the company’s senior officials in India.
(3) His activities led to his execution by the Governor General, Warren
Hastings.
Q 42. Trace the history of print revolution in
India.
Ans. History of print revolution in India:
(1) The printing
press first came to Goa with the Portuguese missionaries in the mid-16th
century.
(2)Books were printed in Konkani and Kannada languages.
(3)Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at Cochin.
(4) By 1710, Dutch Protestant missionaries had printed 32 Tamil texts; many of
them were translations of older works.
(5) By 1780, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly.
(6) By the close of the 18th century, a number of newspapers were published by
Indians.
Q 43. Give a brief account of manuscripts of
India.
Ans. (1) Manuscript refers to a very old book or
document that was written by hand.
(2) India had a very rich and old tradition of handwritten manuscripts in
Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, as
well as in various vernacular languages. Manuscripts were copied on palm leaves
or on handmade paper.
(3) Pages were
sometimes beautifully illustrated.
(4) These hand written documents provide information on the existence of
different civilizations and emphasize on the importance of their survival. They
continued to be produced till well after the introduction of print, down to the
late 19th century.
(5) Manuscripts, however, were highly expensive and fragile. They had to be
handled carefully and they could not be read easily as the script was written
in different styles. So, manuscripts were not widely used in everyday life.
Q 44. Name any three women writers in India
with their books.
Ans. (1) Rashsundari Devi: She wrote her
autobiography ‘Amor Jiban’ which were published in 1876. It was the first full
length autobiography published in the Bengali language.
(2) Hannah Mullins: She was the author of Warne 0 Pulmonary Bibran% She wrote
this novel in 1852. She tells her readers that she wrote in secret.
(3) Rekey Hussein: She wrote a satiric fantasy in English called ‘Sultana’s
Dream 1905 which shows a topsy-turvy world in which women take the place of
men. ISOIS’
Q 45. Write the main purpose of Print used in
China in 16th century.
Ans. In 16th century, China was the major
producer of printing material. The main purpose of print was as follows:
(1) Textbooks for the civil service examination were printed in vast numbers
under the sponsorship of the imperial state.
(2) Merchants used print in their everyday life as they collected trade
information.
(3) Rich women began to read and many women began publishing their poetry and
plays.
(4) Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesan wrote about
their lives.
(5) The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry and romantic
plays.
Q 46. Write a short note on ukiyo.
Ans. (1) Iloilo’ is an art form used for
depicting ordinary human experience especially urban ones.
(2) These prints travelled to contemporary US and Europe. It influenced artists
like Mamet, Monet and Van Gogh.
(3) Publishers like Tutee Juzaburo identified subjects and commissioned artists
who drew the theme in outline. Then, a skilled woodblock carver pasted the
drawing on a woodblock and carved a printing block to reproduce the painter’s
lines.
(4) In the process, the original drawing would be destroyed and only prints
would survive.
(5) Kitagawa Tamara born in 1753 was widely known for his contributions to this
art.
Q 47. Explain the five effects of print
revolution.
Ans. The main impacts of print revolution are as under:
(1) Printing
reduced the cost of books. The time and labor required to produce each book
came down, and multiple copies could be produced with greater ease.
(2) Print created the possibility of wide circulation of ideas, and introduced
a new world of debate and discussion.
(3) Print brought about a new intellectual atmosphere and helped spread the new
ideas that led to the reformation.
(4) Print and popular religious literature stimulated many distinctive
individual interpretations of faith even among little educated working people.
(5) Print culture created the conditions within which French Revolution
occurred. The writings of the enlightened thinkers provided a critical
commentary on tradition, superstition and despotism.
Q 48. What were the chief characteristics of
the earliest print culture in Japan? Explain any five.
Ans. (1) Buddhist monasteries from China
introduced hand printing technology into Japan.
(2) The oldest
Japanese book printed in AD 868 is the Buddhist Diamond Sutra.
(3) In medieval Japan, poets and prose writers were regularly published and
books were cheap and abundant.
(4) Printing of visual materials led to increasing publishing practices. In the
late 18th century, in the flourishing urban circles city at Edo (‘Inky),
illustrated collections of paintings depicted urban culture involving artists,
courtesans and tea-house gathering.
(5) Books on
women, musical instruments, tea ceremony, flower arrangements, proper
etiquettes were published.
Q 49. Describe any five factors that helped in
the rise of print culture in Europe.
Ans. Print culture in Europe was spreading very fast.
(1) Hand written
manuscript could not satisfy the ever increasing demand for books.
(2) Copying was an expensive, laborious and time consuming business.
(3) The circulation of manuscript was limited because they were fragile.
(4) By the early fifteenth century woodblocks were used for printing but even
this could not cater to the ever increasing demand for print materials.
(5) These factors show that there was clearly a great need for even quicker and
cheaper reproduction of books. These helped the print culture to expand.
Q 50. Which was the first book printed by
Gutenberg? Explain any four unique features of it.
Ans. (1) The first book printed by Gutenberg
was the Bible.
(2) Main features of the printed Bible are as follows:
(i) It closely
resembled the written manuscripts in appearance and layout.
(ii) The types of metal letters imitated the ornamental handwritten style.
(iii) Borders of the Bible were illuminated by hand with foliage and other
patterns.
(iv) Printing of books for elites and the commons was different.
Q 51. How did the knowledge of wood-block
printing come to Europe? Explain.
Ans. (1) In the eleventh century, Chinese
paper reached Europe from China through silk route.
Paper made
possible the production of manuscripts carefully written by scribes.
(2) In 1295, Marco Polo, a great explorer, returned to Italy after many years
of exploration in China.
(3) The Italians began producing book with woodblocks.
(4) Soon the technology spread to the other parts of Europe.
(5) Religious preachers like Buddhist Monks were also helpful in spreading this
knowledge from China to Europe.
Q 52. Why were many people fearful to the
newly printed books entering into the market? Explain the reasons.
Ans. (1) Everybody did not welcome the
printed books but those who did also had fears out it.
(2) Many were
apprehensive of the effects that the easier access to the printed word and
idler circulation of books could have on people’s minds.
(3) They feared
that if there was no control over what was printed and read then rebellious id
irreligious thoughts might spread.
(4) If that
happened the authority of `valuable’ literature would be destroyed.
(5) Expressed by
religious authorities and monarchs; as well as many writers and artists, its
anxiety was the basis of widespread criticism of the new printed literature
that had begun ‘circulate.
Q 53. Highlight any three circumstances that
led to the intermingling of the hearing culture and the reading culture.
Ans. (1) Printers began publishing popular
ballads and folk tales with pictures.
(2) These books were sung and recited at gatherings in villages and in taverns
in towns.
(3) Thus oral culture entered print and printed material was orally
transmitted.
(4) The line that separated the oral and reading cultures became blurred.
(5) Now the hearing public and reading public became inter-mingled.
Q 54. Why did the Roman Church begin to
maintain an Index of Prohibited books from 1558?
Ans. (1) Menocchio, a miller in Italy
reinterpreted the message of Bible and formulated a view of God and Creation
and enraged the Roman Catholic Church.
(2) When the Roman Church began its inquisition to repress heretical ideas,
Menocchio was hauled up twice and ultimately executed.
(3) The Roman Church troubled by such effects of popular readings and
questioning of faith, imposed severe controls over publishers and booksellers
and began to maintain an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558.
Q 55. What techniques were adopted by
booksellers to increase the sale of books during seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries Europe?
Ans. At first, printing press itself acted as
revolutionary invention in the field of circulation of ideas and making public
opinion. After the increase in the literacy rate, the demand for books also
increased automatically. But, some efforts were also made by publishers to
promote the sale of books.
(1) Publishers kept in mind the wider reach of printed work.
(2) They published popular ballads.
(3) They published folk-tales.
(4) Booksellers employed peddlers who roamed around villages carrying little
books for sale.
(5) Low-priced small books like ‘Chapbooks’ and ‘Biliotheque Blue’ were printed
by publishers.
Q 56.”As primary education became compulsory from
the late nineteenth century, children became an important category of readers.”
Explain the statement with suitable example.
Ans. (1) As primary education became
compulsory from the late nineteenth century, children became an important
category of readers.
(2) A children’s press devoted to literature for children alone was set up in
France 1857. This press published new works as well as old fairy tales and
folk-tales.
(3) The Grimm Brothers in Germany compiled traditional folk-tales which were
published a collection in. 1812.
(4) Anything that was considered unsuitable for children or would appear vulgar
to the elites, was not included in the published vision.
(5) The best women novelists were Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, George
Eliot. Their writings became important in defining a new type of woman: a
person with will, strength of personality, determination and the power to
think.
Q 57.”Printing technology gave women a chance to
share their feelings with the world outside.” Support the statement with any
five suitable examples.
Ans. (1) Women became important as readers as
well as writers.
(2) Penny
magazines were especially meant for women as were manuals teaching proper
behavior and house-keeping.
(3) When novels
began to be written in the nineteenth century, women were seen as important
readers.
(4) Some of the
best-known novelists were women: Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot.
(5)Their writings
became important in defining a new type of woman: a person with will, strength
of personality, determination and the power to think.
Q 58. How did print culture affect women in
19th century Europe? Explain.
Ans. (1) Women became important as readers as
well as writers.
(2) Penny magazines were especially meant for women as were manuals teaching
proper behavior and house-keeping.
(3) When novels were written, they defined a new type of woman, as a person
with will strength of personality, determination and the power to think.
(4) The novels depicted women as assertive and aware of their rights.
(5) Many of the women writers wrote about the lives that women were leading.
This made them aware of what was happening outside.
Q 59. Give a brief account of manuscripts of
India.
Ans. (1) Manuscript refers to a very old book
or document that was written by hand.
(2) India had a very rich and old tradition of handwritten manuscripts in
Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, as well as in various vernacular languages.
Manuscripts were copied on palm leaves or on handmade paper.
(3) Pages were sometimes beautifully illustrated.
(4) These hand written documents provide information on the existence of
different civilizations and emphasize on the importance of their survival. They
continued to be produced till well after the introduction of print, down to the
late 19th century.
(5) Manuscripts, however, were highly expensive and fragile. They had to be
handled carefully and they could not be read easily as the script was written
in different styles. So, manuscripts were not widely used in everyday life.
Q 60. Explain the impact of print culture on
the religious reforms in India during nineteenth century.
Ans. The impact of print culture on the
religious reforms in India during 19th century was as follows:
(1) Print led to intense controversies between social and religious reformers
and Hindu orthodoxy over matters likes widow immolation, monotheism,
brahmanical system, priesthood and idolatry.
(2) With the coming of print, Lamas feared that colonial rulers would encourage
conversion. To counter this they used cheap lithography presses. They published
Persian and Urdu translation of Holy Scriptures and printed religious
newspapers and tracts.
(3) Ramona Roy published the `Sambaed Kumauni’ from 1821 and Hindu orthodoxy
commissioned the `Sam char Chandrika’ to oppose his opinions.
(4) In Bengal, as the debate developed, tracts and newspapers proliferated
circulating a variety of arguments.
(5) A number of Muslim sects and seminaries appeared each with a different
interpretation of faith, each keen on enlarging its following and countering
the influence of its opponents.
Q 61. How did religious communities in India
make use of printing technology tell their ideas? Explain.
Ans. Religious communities in India used print to spread
their religions.
(1) In Bengal,
`Sam char Chandrika’ was published by Hindu orthodoxy.
(2) In North India, the Lamas, fearing the loss of Muslim culture, used
lithographic press to publish Persian and Urdu translation of Holy Scriptures.
(3) Hindus published religious texts like Ramcharitmanas in vernacular language
from Calcutta.
(4) Naval Inshore Press and Sheri Venkateshwar Press also started printing
religious books.
(5) Persian and Gujarati papers were printed for the common people.
Q 62. “Print did not only stimulate the
publication of conflicting opinions among communities, but it also connected
communities and people in different parts of India.” Support the statement with
examples.
Ans. Print medium gave a new platform for
expressing and getting end info tin. Print media was also cheap and easy way to
commune communities in these ways:
(1) Newspapers conveyed news from one place to the other creating pan-Indian
identities.
(2) Newspapers also reported the problems of different parts of India by which
people of India thought that their enemy is the same.
(3) Religious texts reached a wide circle of people encouraging debates,
discussions, within and among different religions.
(4) Printed tracts and newspapers not only spread the new ideas, but they
shaped the nature of the debate too.
(5) A wider public could now participate in these public discussions and
express their views.
Q 63. Analyze the impact of print culture on industrial
workers in India during 19th and 20th centuries.
Ans. (1) During 19th and 20th centuries
industrial workers in factories were too over worked and lacked the education
to write much about their experiences.
(2) But Kashibaba,
a mill worker wrote and published ‘Choate Aura Bade ka Sewall in 1938 to show
the links between caste and class exploitation published his collection of
poems called ‘Sacchi.
(3) Another Kanpur
worker wrote and Kavitayen’ under the name of ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ between 1935
and 1955. By 1930s Bangalore cotton mill workers set up libraries to educate
themselves following the example of Bombay workers them to bring literacy and
sometimes, to propagate the message of nationalism.
These were
sponsored by social reformers who tried to restrict excessive drinker of
nineteenth century.
Q 64. Describe the issue of caste as taken by
the novelists in India.
Ans. (1) Jyotiba Phyla, the Maratha pioneer
of low caste protest movements, Yoro the injustices of the caste system in his
Gulamgiri.
(2) In the
twentieth century, B.R. Ambedkar in Maharashtra and E.V. Ramaswamy Nail in
Madras wrote on caste and their writings were read by people all over India.
(3) Local protest
movements and sects also created a lot of popular journals and tracts
criticizing ancient scriptures and envisioning a new and just future.
(4) Kashibaba, a
Kanpur mill worker wrote `Chute Auto. Bade Ka Sewall’ in 1938 to show the links
between caste and class exploitation.
(5) The poems of
Sudarshan Chakra were brought together and published in a collection called
Sacchi Kavitayen.
Q 65. What was the impact of printed books on
women in India in the 19th century? Explain.
Ans. (1) Print enabled women to read in
silence, discuss and debate among the like-minded persons.
(2) It provided a
pivotal role in women’s self-improvement, self-expression by shaping their
ideas.
(3) It helped to
connect women of different parts — whatever be their caste, class urn religion.
(4) Many turned
writers e.g., Kailashbashini Debi of Bengal. They represented a new type of
women — a woman with the power to think and the ability to act with
determination.
(5) Many liberal
husbands and fathers were convinced by the writings and reformers began
educating their women folk.
Q 66. Analyze the colonial influence on
printing in India with the help of examples.
Ans. (1) Printing in India has a great
influence on colonial rule. Despite repressive measures, nationalist newspapers
grew in numbers in all parts of India.
(2) These newspapers reported on colonial misrule and encouraged nationalist
activities. Attempt to throttle nationalist criticism provoked militant
protest.
(3) When Punjab revolutionaries were deported in 1907, Balgangadhar Tikal wrote
with great sympathy about them in his Cesar.
(4) Sometimes, government found hard to find candidates for editorship of
loyalist papers. When Sanders, editor of the Statesman that had been founded in
1877, was approached, he asked rudely how much he would be paid for suffering
the loss of freedom.
(5) The Friend of India, refused a government subsidy fearing that this would
force it to be obedient to government commands.
Q 67. Why did British government curb the
freedom of the Indian press after the revolt 1857.
Ans. (1) (i) After the revolt of 1857, the attitude to
freedom of the press changed. 911 activities. When Punjab revolutionaries were
deported.
(ii) Tikal wrote
with great sympathy began debating measures of stringent control.
(iii) As
vernacular newspaper became assertively nationalist, the colonial
(iv) In 1878, the Vernacular Press Act was passed.
(2) Nationalist
newspapers reported on colonial misrule and encouraged nationalist.
(ii) Enraged
Englishmen demanded a clamp down on the native press. government about them in
his Cesar.
Class X
Nationalism in
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Non-cooperation1920
Civil disobedience 1931
Quit India movement 1945
- First of all , the war created a new economic and political situation.Explain.(Pg 30)
- What is Satyagraha?What does the idea of Satyagraha emphasized ?
- Mahatma Gandhi successfully organised Satyagraha movement in various places . Explain.
- What was the Rowlatt Act ?
- Why was the Martial law Imposed by the Indians?
- ) ____________ movement was started on 6th April .
- Champaran -1916. C
- Kheda -1917. K
- Ahemdabad -1918. A
- Explain about Jallianwala bagh incident.What was the govt response to the incident ?
- What was khilafat movement?Why were the Khilafat and Non Cooperation Movements launched? Name some important leaders of these movements.
- Name the book written by Mahatma Gandhi ji ? What does it explain ?
- How could non-cooperation become a movement?What were the main aims of Non Cooperation Movement?
- How did the movement unfold ? Who participated in it ? How did different social groups conceive of the idea of Non-cooperation? (Pg 33)
- What were the three different strands within the movement?
- "The NCM in the cities gradually slowed down". Justify.
- Write a short note on Baba ram Chandra and Aluri seta ram .
- Explain the relationship between the NCM and peasants.
- Why was the Simon Commission appointed and why was it boycotted by the Indians?
- "Workers too had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of swaraj." Explain
- How did Non-cooperative movement extended to plantations who raised the demand of Swatantra bharat. What does it stand for ?
- Why NCM called of ?
- Why was swaraj party formed?
- Name the 2 leaders of swaraj party .
- Name the 2 leaders of radical party .
- What is the importance of 26th Jan 1930?
- Write a short note on : Dandi March, Rowlatt Act, Jalliawala Bagh Massacre.
- Why were business groups not uniformly enthusiastic about Civil Disobedience Movement?
- What were the highlights of the Poona Pact?
- Discuss the role of Gandhiji in the Indian National Movement.
- What was Inland Emigration Act of 1859?
- ‘Swaraj meant different things to different people’. Discuss the hopes and disappointments of those participated.
- What was the Justice Party?
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