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Tamil Nadu Board 11th Standard History Unit 19: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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1 Mark Questions: Choose the correct answer, Fill in the blanks, Identify the correct statement, Match the following
2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly
3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail

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Unit 19 - Towards Modernity

I. Choose the Correct Answer

Question 1.

___________ was the first province, where several ideas of reforms originated.
(a) Punjab

(b) Bengal

(d) Madras

Answer Key:

(b) Bengal

Question 2.

“The Father of Indian Renaissance” was ____.
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Dayananda Saraswathi
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Atmaram Pandurang

Answer Key:

Question 3.

The National Social Conference was organized at the initiative of ____________.
(a) M. G. Ranade
(b) Devendranath Tagore
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Answer Key:

(a) M. G. Ranade

Question 4.

“Back to the Vedas” was the motto of _______.
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Dayananda Saraswathi
(c) Vivekananda
(d) Ramakrishina Paramahamsa

Answer Key:

(b) Dayananda Saraswathi

Question 5.

___________ expounded his views in short stories and admirable parables.
(a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(b) Devendranath Tagore
(c) Vivekananda
(d) Jyotiba Phule

Answer Key:

(a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Question 6.

The Weekly Journal "Oru Paisa" Tamilan was run by ____________.
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Dayananda Saraswathi
(c) Ramalinga Adigal
(d) Iyotheethoss Pandithar

Answer Key:

(d) Iyotheethoss Pandithar

Question 7.

The Theosophical Society was founded in ____.
(a) India

(b) United States of America
(c) France

(d) England

Answer Key:

(b) United States of America

Question 8.

___________ was the adherent of Brahmo Samaj in Tamilnadu.
(a) Ramalinga Adigal
(b) Kasi Viswanatha Mudaliar
(c) Iyotheethoss Pandithar
(d) Pandita Ramabai

Answer Key:

(b) Kasi Viswanatha Mudaliar

Question 9.

Syed Ahmad Khan founded a ____________ for the introduction of Western Sciences.
(a) Satya Shodak Samaj
(b) Singh Sabha Movement
(c) Scientific Society
(d) Theosophical Society

Answer Key:

Question 10.

The aim of the ____________ was the religious regeneration of the Muslim community.
(a) Deoband Movement
(b) Ahmadiya Movement
(c) Aligarh Movement
(d) Wahhabi Movement

Answer Key:

(a) Deoband Movement

Question 11.

Find out the correct statement
(a) Dr. Atmaram Pandurang founded the Shuddi Movement.
(b) Sathya Dharma Salai was established by Ramalinga Adigal.
(c) The founder of Ramakrishna Mission was Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
(d) The Ahmadiyas have common mosque for prayer.

Answer Key:

(b) Sathya Dharma Salai was established by Ramalinga Adigal.

Question 12.

Assertion (A): Syed Ahmad Khan founded a modern school at Aligarh, which developed into the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College.
Reason (R): He wanted to promote English education among the Muslims.
(a) A is correct ; R is the correct explanation of A
(b) A is wrong ; R is correct
(c) Both A and R are wrong
(d) A is correct; R is not the correct explanation of A

Answer Key:

(a) A is correct ; R is the correct explanation of A

Question 13.

Match the following
(A) English Missionaries       - 1. Parliament of Religions, Chicago
(B) Parsi Newspaper             - 2. William Carvey & John Thomas
(C) Deoband movement        - 3. Rast-Goftar
(D) Vivekananda                - 4. Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi
(a) 3, 2, 1, 4

(b) 1, 2, 3, 4
(c) 2, 3, 4, 1

(d) 2, 1, 4, 3

Answer Key:

II. Write Brief Answers

1. What are the contributions of Raja Rammohan Roy to social reform?

His long term agenda was to purify Hinduism.
He denounced polytheism, idol worship.
He condemned the caste system, and practice of sati.

2. What role did Jyotiba Phule play for social justice?

Jyotiba Phule waged a life-long struggle against upper caste tyranny.
Phule founded the Satya Shodak Samaj and his most important book is Gulamgiri .
He started a school for girls in Poona in 1851 and one for depressed classes.

3. Why was the Shuddi Movement considered a revivalist movement?

Arya Samaj is considered to be a revivalist movement.
Because Dayananda’s Shuddi movement is conversion of non- Hindus to Hindus.
It provoked controversies especially with the Ahmadiya movement.

4. Describe the contribution of SNDP Yogam.

Right of admission to public schools
Recruitment to government services.
Access to roads and entry to temples
political representation.

5. What do you know about RamalingaAdigal?

He established the Sathya Dharma Salai at Vadalur.
Ramalinga Swamigal’s poems expressed radical ideas.
He founded the Sathya Gnana Sabhai to organize his followers.

III. Write Short Answers

1. M.G Ranade

The National Social Conference organized at the initiative of M.G. Ranade.
He was one of the founders of the Widow Marriage Association.
He was an ardent promoter of the famous Deccan Education Society.
He was one of the contributor to the Prarthana Samaj.

2. Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda was referred to as the Morning Star of the Modern India.
He attended in 1893 the famous, ‘Parliament of Religions’ at
Chicago.
He established the modern institution, Namely Ramakrishna Mission.
The Mission opened schools, dispensaries and orphanages.

3. Ahmadiya Movement

The Ahmadiya movement was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmed.
He emphasis the return to the original principles enunciated in the Quran.
His primary work was to defend Islam against the polemics of the Arya Samaj and the Christian missionaries.
In social morals the Ahmadiya movement was followed the conservative policy.

4. Singh Sabha Movement

The Singh Sabha Movement was formed in 1873, with a two-fold objective.
(i) To make available modern western education to the Silkhs.
(ii) To counter the proselytizing activities of Christian missionaries as well as Hindu revivalists.
The Akali movement was an offshoot of the Singh Sabha Movement.

5. VaikundaSwamigal.

His followers called him Aiya and his cult came to be known as Aiya Vazhi .
VaikundaSwamigal teachings were compiled as a text called Akila Thirattu.
Vaikunda Swamy instructed his followers to give up worship of pudams.
He advocated vegetarianism.

IV. Answer the following in detail

1. Discuss the role played by Christian missionaries in India.

The missionaries organised schools for the socially and economically deprived.
They Pleaded for their economic improvement through employment in the state service.
They also fought for their ‘civil rights’ that included access to public roads, and permission for the women of these groups to wear upper garments.
They provided education for children and widows in their boarding schools.
During the Famine they Providing shelter and succour gave. these an opportunity to convert people to Christianity.
The interiors for the disprivileged and the poor people, was a responsibility willingly accepted by the Christian missionaries.
The Christian Missionaries took the intiative of establishing Hospitals and Dispensaries.

2. Highlight the Social Reform Movement in Tamilnadu.

Sri Vaikunda Swamigal:

In his preaching Vaikundar attacked the traditional caste-ridden Travancore society.
As a symbol of protest, Vaikunda Swamy urged his followers to wear a turban, because that rights were only to the upper castes in those days.
He organized inter-dining through his Samathuva Sangam, among different castes.

RamalingaSwamigal:

Ramalinga Swamigal’s poems expressed radical ideas and condemned bigotry and irrationality.
He established the Sathya Dharma Salai at Vadalur where he began to feed poor people.

Iyotheet hoss Pandithar:

He argued that Adi Dravidars were the original Buddhists.
He also encouraged the conversion to Buddhism.
Pandithar ran a weekly journal called Oru Paisa Tamilan.