Day: January 8, 2020

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 5] Q.1  “The Cabinet Mission Plan‚ seemed to open an avenue for the reconciliation of a united India with Muslim autonomy’.” Comment. [20 Marks] Ans: Britain’s Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced on February 19, 1946 the dispatch of the Mission of three Cabinet Ministers […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 5] Q.1  “The Cabinet Mission Plan‚ seemed to open an avenue for the reconciliation of a united India with Muslim autonomy’.” Comment. [20 Marks] Q.2  “If the Nehru Report had been one entry point for Gandhi once again into the congress-led nationalist politics the other […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 6] Q.1 Trace the development of the Congress’s attitude towards the Peoples’ Movements (Praja Mandal Movements) in the Princely States. [20 Marks] Q.2 “Though dyarchy was removed but the special powers of the Governor were something like a new charter of slavery.” Comment. [10 Marks] […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 6] Q.1 Trace the development of the Congress’s attitude towards the Peoples’ Movements (Praja Mandal Movements) in the Princely States. [20 Marks] Ans: The onset of the nationalist movement in British India also had an impact on the people of the Princely States. Many […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 8] Q.1 To what extent Orientalism was aimed at producing a knowledge of the past to meet the requirements of the present? [10 Marks] Ans:                                            British Orientalism in India was the 18th century administrative policy of the East India Company favoring the preservation of […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 8] Q.1 To what extent Orientalism was aimed at producing a knowledge of the past to meet the requirements of the present? [10 Marks] Q.2 “Though the peasant and tribal uprisings of the early colonial period have been looked at in different ways, these uprisings […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 3] Q.1 “The Indian Renaissance affected every aspect of Indian life.” Critically examine. [20 Marks] Ans: Indian renaissance was the response of the educated Indian elite to challenges posed by colonial rule. The impact of Western ideas gave birth to new awakening and Need […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 3] Q.1 “The Indian Renaissance affected every aspect of Indian life.” Critically examine. [20 Marks] Q.2 How Vivekananda became the “patron prophet” for a whole generation of extremist leaders and militant revolutionaries? Explain. [10 Marks] Q.3 How did the Charter Act of 1813 helped India […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 2] Q.1 How the British rule in India caused the decline of  Handicraft/traditional industries? Also discuss the consequences of the ruin of handicraft industries. [20 Marks] Q.2 How the development of the Railways in India acted as an instrument to fulfill the British interest? [10 […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2020 [Modern India: Week 2] Q.1 How the British rule in India caused the decline of  Handicraft/traditional industries? Also discuss the consequences of the ruin of handicraft industries. [20 Marks] Ans: The decline of traditional industries was the product of the establishment of British rule in India. Important […]