10th Social Science - Book Back Answers - History Unit 7

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Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard Social Science - History Unit 7: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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Unit 7: Anti-Colonial Movements and the Birth of Nationalism

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. Which one of the following was launched by Haji Shariatullah in 1818 in East Bengal?
a) Wahhabi Rebellion
b) Farazi Movement
c) Tribal uprising
d) Kol Revolt
Answer Key:
b) Farazi Movement

2. Who declared that “Land belongs to God” and collecting rent or tax on it was against divine law?
a) Titu Mir
b) Sidhu
c) Dudu Mian
d) Shariatullah
Answer Key:
c) Dudu Mian

3. Who were driven out of their homeland during the process of creation of Zamins under Permanent Settlement?
a) Santhals
b) Titu Mir
c) Munda
d) Kol
Answer Key:
a) Santhals

4. Find out the militant nationalist from the following.
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Justice Govind Ranade
c) Bipin Chandra pal
d) Romesh Chandra
Answer Key:
c) Bipin Chandra pal

5. When did the Partition of Bengal come into effect?
a) 19 June 1905
b) 18 July 1906
c) 19 August 1907
d) 16 October 1905
Answer Key:
d) 16 October 1905

6. What was the context in which the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act was passed?
a) Kol Revolt
b) Indigo Revolt
c) Munda Rebellion
d) Deccan Riots
Answer Key:
c) Munda Rebellion

7. Who set up the first Home Rule League in April 1916?
a) Annie Besant
b) Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Tilak
Answer Key:
d) Tilak

8. Who drew the attention of the British to the suffering of Indigo cultivation through his play Nil darpan?
a) Dina Bandhu Mitra
b) Romesh Chandra Dutt
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Birsa Munda
Answer Key:
a) Dina Bandhu Mitra

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. _____ was an anti–imperial and anti-landlord movement which originated in and around 1827.
2. The major tribal revolt which took place in Chotanagpur region was _____.
3. Chota Nagpur Act was passed in the year _____.
4. Womesh Chandra Bannerjee was elected the president of Indian National Congress in the year _____.
Answer Key:
1. Wahhabi rebellion
2. Kol Revolt
3. 1908
4. 1885

III. Choose the correct statement.

1. i) The Company received 22.5 million from Mir Jafar and invested it to propel the industrial revolution in Britain.
ii) Kols organized an insurrection in 1831-1832, which was directed against government officers and moneylenders.
iii) In 1855, two Santhal brothers, Sidhu and Kanu, led the Santhal Rebellion.
iv) In 1879, an Act was passed to regulate the territories occupied by the Santhals.
a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
b) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
c) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
d) (i) and (iv) are correct.
Answer Key:
a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

2. i) One of the most significant contributions of the early Indian Nationalists was the formulation of an economic critique of colonialism.
ii) The early Congress leaders stated that the religious exploitation in India was the primary reason for the growing poverty.
iii) One of the goals of the moderate Congress leaders was to achieve Swaraj or self-rule.
iv) The objective of Partition of Bengal was to curtail the Bengali influence and weaken the nationalist movement.
a) (i) and (iii) are correct.
b) (i) and (iv) are correct.
c) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
d) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer Key:
b) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

3. Assertion (A) : Under colonial rule, for the first time in Indian history, government claimed a direct proprietary right over forests.
Reason (R) : Planters used intimidation and violence to compel farmers to grow indigo.
a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
b) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
d) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Answer Key:
a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

4. Assertion (A) : The Revolt of 1857 was brutally suppressed by the British army.
Reason (R) : The failure of the rebellion was due to the absence of Central authority.
a) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
b) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
d) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Answer Key:
c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

IV. Match the following.

1	Wahhabi Rebellion	Lucknow
2	Munda Rebellion	Peshwa Baji Rao II
3	Begum Hazarat Mahal	Titu Mir
4	Nana Sahib	Ranchi

Answer Key:

1	Wahhabi Rebellion	Titu Mir
2	Munda Rebellion	Ranchi
3	Begum Hazarat Mahal	Lucknow
4	Nana Sahib	Peshwa Baji Rao II

V. Answer the following questions briefly.

1. How are the peasant uprisings in British India classified?
ŸAnswer Key:
1. Restorative Rebellions
2. Religious Movements
3. Social Banditry
4. Mass Insurrection are the classifications of peasant uprisings in India.

2. Name the territories annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Answer Key:
Ÿ Satara, Sambalpur, Ÿ Parts of Punjab, Ÿ Jhansi and Nagpur.

3. What do you mean by drain of wealth?
Answer Key:
India was economically subjugated and transformed into a supplier of raw materials. It became a market to dump English manufactures and for the investment of British Capital. So the colonial economy was a continuous transfer of resources from India to Britain without any favourable returns back to India. This is referred as “the drain of wealth”.

4. Highlight the objectives of Home Rule Movement.
Answer Key:
1. To attain self - government within the British Empire by using constitutional means.
2. To obtain the ‘Dominion Status’ a potitical status accorded later to Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
3. To use non - violent constitutional methods to achieve their goals.

5. Summarise the essence of Lucknow Pact.
Answer Key:
1. Lucknow pact was made in 1916.
2. The Congress and the Muslim League agreed that there should be self - government as early as possible.
3. In return, the Congress accepted the concept of separate electorate for Muslims.

VI. Answer in detail.

1. Discuss the causes of the Revolt of 1857?

Answer Key:

Causes of the Revolt of 1857 :

1. Annexation policy of British India.
In the 1840s and 1850s more territories were annexed through two major policies.

i) The Doctrine of Paramountcy.
1. British claimed themselves as paramount, exercising supreme authority.

2. New territories were annexed on the grounds that the native rulers were inept.

ii) The Doctrine of Lapse.
1. If a native ruler did not have male heir to the throne, the territory was to “lapse”
into British India upon the death of the ruler.
2. The following territories were annexed by the British by the Doctrine of Lapse
were Satara, Ÿ Sambalpur, Ÿ Parts of the Punjab, Ÿ Jhansi and Ÿ Nagpur

2. Intensitivity to Indian Cultural Sentiments :
1. Indians from wearing religious marks on their foreheads and having whiskers on their chin, While proposing to replace their turbans with a round hat.
2. It was feared that the dress code was part of their effort to convert soldiers to Christianity.
3. Crossing the sea meant the loss of their caste.
4. Indian sepoys were paid much less than their European counterparts.
5. They felt humiliated and racially abused by their seniors.
6. The precursor to the revolt was the circulation of rumors about the cartridges of the new Enfield rifle.
7. The supply of greased cartridges for the new English titles was the immediate causes for the mutiny.
8. There was a suspicion that the cartridges had been greased with cow and pig fat.
9. The catridges had to be bitten off before loading.
10. Pork is for bidden to the Muslims and the cow is sacred to the Hindus.
11. So the soldiers refused to use these cartridges.
12. Mangal Panday who refused to use the cartridge was arrested and executed.
13. This resulted in the revolt.

2. How did the people of Bengal respond to the Partition of Bengal
Answer Key:

Partition of Bengal :
1. Partition of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon was to curtail Bengali influence and weaken the nationalist movement.
2. The partition of Bengal started a new phase of the Indian National Movement.

Hindu - Muslim divide:
1. Hindu - Muslim divide was created to suppress the political activities.
2. The partition united the people.
3. Both moderates and extremists were angered.

Anti - Partition Movement:
1. Swadeshi Movement was started to link the protests to boycott of foreign goods.
2. The militant nationalists favoured extending the movement beyond Bengal and making it a mass struggle.
3. 16th Oct. 1905, the day when Bengal was officially partitioned was declared as a day of mourning.
4. Thousands of people took bath in Ganga and marched on the streets of Calcutta singing ‘Bande Mataram’.

VII. Activity.

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