CHAPTER X

1. Bring out some of the basic factors which governed relations of the Government
of India with India's neighbours in the 19th century.
2. What were the objectives undelrying British policy towards Burma in the 19th
Century? How were these objectives realised ?
3. Examine critically British Indian policy towards Afghanistan during the 19th
century. Why did it fail repeatedly ?
4. Write short notes on :
a Anglo-Russian rivalry in Tibet
b Young husband expedition
c Indian relations with Sikkim in the 19th century
Indo-Bhutan Settlement of 1865
e War with Nepal in 1814
CHAPTER XI
1. How was India trasformed into an economic colony under British rule ?
2. Examine critically the impact of British policies on the Indian peasant. How did
it lead to the spread of landlordism ?
3. Discuss the main features of the development of modern industries in India.
4. Write short notes on :
a the ruin of old zamindars
b Stagnation in agriculture
c poverty and famines in modern India
CHAPTER XII
1. In what way was the national movement the result of the clash of the interests
of the INdian people with the British interests in India?
2. Critically examine the important factors which led to the rise of modern
nationalism in India in the second half of the 19th century. Bring out clearly the
role of foreign domination, administrative and economic unification of the country,
western thought and education, the press, cultural heritage, racial arrogance of
the rulers, and the administrations of Lytton and Ripon.
3. What did the national movement in its early phase (1885-1905) try to achieve ?
Why is this phase described as the moderate phase ? What were the achievements of
the Moderate leaders ?
4. Write short notes on :
a Impact of the rediscovery of the past on nationalism and communalism
b Ilbert Bill
c Dadabhai Naoroji
d The Indian Association
e Foundation of the Indian National Congress
f Government's attitude towards the National Congress
CHAPTER XIII
1. Examine the rationalist and humanistic content of the religious reform movements
of the 19th century. Evaluate their role in making of modern India.
2. What were some of the disabilities from which women suffered in traditional
Indian society? Discuss the steps taken by the modern reform movements for their
emancipation.
3. Why did the modern social reforms find it encessary to attack the caste system?
How did the changes in economy, society, and plitics and reform movements undermine
it?
4. Write short notes on :
a Brahmo Samaj
b Religious Reform in Maharashtra
c Ramakrishna
d Swami Vivekananda
e Swami Dayanand and Arya Samajf Sayyid Ahmad Khan
g the Akali Movement
CHAPTER XIV
1.How would you explain the growth of militant nationalism or Extremism in the
beginning of the 20th Century?
2. In what way did the militant nationalists differ from the Moderates?
3. Trace the course of the Swadeshi and Boycott movement.
4. Examine critically the important factors which were responsible for the growth
of communalism in India in the early part of the 20th century. Bring out clearly
the role of the British policy of 'Divide and Rule', the educational and economic
backwardness of the Muslim upper and middle classes, the teaching of Indian
history, the miltant nationalism and the economic backwardness of the country.
5. Write short notes on:
a Lokamanya Tilak
b Growth of revolutionary terrorism
c The Surat split
d The Morley Minto Reforms
e Muslim League
f the growith of militant nationalism among the Muslims
g the First World War
h the Home Rule Leagues
i The Ghadar party
j The Lucknow Pact
CHAPTER XV
1. In what ways did the developments during the first Word War and in the immediate
post-war years favour the resurgence of nationalism in Africa and Asia in general
and in India in particular?
2. Trace the early development of Gandhi as a political leader and discuss his
basic political ideas.
3. Trace the development of the Non-Cooperation Movement and the Khilafat agitation
from 1919 to 1922. How far did these two movements represent a new stage in the
growth of the national movement.
4. What were the different aspects of nationalist resurgence in the years 1927 to
1929?
5. Discuss the course of the nationalist movement from the Lahore Session of 1929
to the withdrawal of the Second Civil Disobedience Mvement in 1934.
6. Bring out the major political developments in India in the 1930's with special
reference to the Congress Ministries, growth of socialist ideas, Congress attitude
to world affairs, national movement in the princely states, and the growth of
communalism.
7. Why do you think did the British change their attitude towards India after 1945?
8. How did the National Congress react to the Second World War? What progress dd
the national movement make during the war years. Clearly bring out the role of the
"Quit India Resolution," the Revolt of 1942, and the Indian National Army.
9. Write short notes on :
a The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
b The Rowlatt Act
c The Swarajis
d The Revolu tionary Terrorist Movement after 1925
e The Government of India Act of 1935
f the Cabinet Mission
g Gandhi and the partition of India
h Integration of the princely states with the Union of India