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Chapter 8 Novels and Society   in brief 1. Explain the following: a) Social changes in Britain which led to an increase in women readers b) What actions of Robinson Crusoe make us see him as a typical coloniser.   C) After 1740, the roadership of novels began to include poorer people.   d) Novelists in colonial India wrote for a political cause.   2. Outline the changes in technology and society which led to an increase in readers of the novel in eighteenth - century Europe.   3. Write a note on: a) The Oriya novel b) Jane Austen's portrayal of women c) The picture of the new middle class which the novel Pariksha - Guru portrays.   Discuss 1. Discuss some of the social changes in nineteenth - century Britain which Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens wrote about 2. Summarize the concern in both nineteenth - century Europe and India about women reading novels.   What does this suggest about how women were viewed?   3. In what ways was the novel ...

Chapter 7 Print Culture   in brief 1. Give reasons for the following: a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.   b) Martin Luther was in favor of print and spoke out in praise of it.   c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of Prohibited books from the mid - sixteenth century.   d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.   2. Write short notes to show what you know about: a) The Gutenberg Press b) Erasmus's idea of ​​ the printed book c) The Vernacular Press Act 3. What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to: a) Women   b) The poor C) Reformers Discuss 1. Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism?   2. Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books?   Choose one example from Europe and one from India.   3. What ...

Chapter 6 Work life and leasure   in brief 1. Give two reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century.   2. What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century?   Explain the factors which led to this change.   3. How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following?   Illustrate with historical examples.   a) A private landlord b) A police superintendent in charge of law and order c) A leader of a political party 4. Give explanations for the following: a) Why well - off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the   nineteenth century b) Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants.   c) What led to the major expansion of Bombay's population in the mid - nineteenth century.   Discuss 1. What forms of entertainment came up in nineteenth century England to provide l...

Chapter 5.History. CW/HW. The Age of Industrialisation. NCERT.Book.Questions. Write in brief  1 1. Explain the following :  (a) Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny.    ( b) In the seventeenth century merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages.    ( c) The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century.    ( d) The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India.    2. Write true or false against each statement :  (a) At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.    ( b) The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.    ( c) The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.    ( d) The introduction of the fly shut...

Chapter 4. The Making of Global World. Write in brief 1. Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the Seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.   2. Explain how the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world helped in the colonization of the Americas 3. Write a note to explain the effects of the following: a) The British government's decision to abolish the Com Laws.   b) The coming of rinderpest to Africa.   c) The death of men of working - age in Europe because of the World War.   d) The Great Depression on the Indian economy, e) The decision of MNCs to relocate production to Asian countries.   4. Give two examples from history to show the impact of technology on food availability 5. What is meant by the Bretton Woods Agreement?   Discuss 6. Imagine that you are an indentured Indian labourer in the Caribbean.   Drawing from the details in this chapter, write a...

Chapter 3 X. Nationalism in India.   in brief 1. Explain: a) Why growth of nationalism in the colonies is linked to an anti-colonial movement b) How the First World War helped in the growth of the National Movement in India c) Why Indians were outraged by the Rowlatt   Act.   d) Why Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non - Cooperation Movement 2 What is meant by the idea of ​​ satyagraha?   3. Write a newspaper report on: a The Jallianwala Bagh massacre b) The Simon Commission 4. Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1 Discuss 1. List all the different social groups which joined the Non   - Cooperation Movement of 1921.   Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they joined the movement 2. Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.   3. Imagine you are a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Mov...

Chapter 2 X.History. Indo China HUDOT Write in brief 1. Write a note on: a) What was meant by the 'civilizing mission of the colonizers b) Huynh Phu So 2. Explain the following a) Only one - third of the students in Vietnam would pass the school -   leaving examinations b) The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta.   c) The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled.   d) Rats were most common in the modem, newly built areas of Hanoi.   3. Describe the ideas behind the Tonkin Free School.   To what extent was it a typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam?   4. What was Phan Chu Trinh's objective for Vietnam?   How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?   Discuss 1. With reference to what you have read in this chapter, discuss the influence of China on Vietnam's culture and life.   2. What was the role of religious groups in the development of an...

Chapter 1.X Nationalism in Europe. Write in brief 1 Write a note on a) Guiseppe Mazzini b) Count Camillo de Cavour c) The Greek war of independence d) Frankfurt parliament e) The role of women in nationalist struggles 2. What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a   sense of collective identity among the French people?   3. Who were Marianne and Germania?   What was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?   4. Briefly trace the process of German unification.   5. What changes did Napoleon introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the territories argued by him?   Discuss 1. Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals.   What were the political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals?   2. Choose three examples to show the contribution of culture to the growth of nationalism in Europe 3. Through a focus on any two countries, explain how nations developed over t...