WBBSE Class 10 History Sample Question Paper Set 2

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West Bengal Board Class 10 History Model Question Paper Set 2

Group A

1. Choose the correct answers to the following :

Question 1.
Of the following who wrote his first play Anande Raho in 1882?
a. Jogendra Gupta
b. Giris Chandra Ghosh
c. Dasarathi Roy
d. Sridhar Kathak
Answer:
b Giris Chandra Ghosh

Question 2.
Of the following who authored the book on sports entitled Twenty-two Yards of Freedom?
a. Ramchandra Guha
b. Ashis Nandy
c. Boria Mazumder
d. Niharranjan Roy
Answer:
c. Boria Mazumder

Question 3.
Of the following which was a scholarly writing on architecture ?
a. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture
b. An Imperial vision
c. Silpasashtra
d. Making of a New Indian Art
Answer:
c. Silpasashtra

Question 4.
Of the following who composed a Bengali book on the dry plate photography?
a. Mahim Chandra Thakur
b. Saraccandra Deb
c. Ramendrasundar Trivedi
d. Adisvara Ghatak
Answer:
d. Adisvara Ghatak

Question 5.
Of the following who was not associated with the foundation of the Hindu College?
a. David Hare
c. Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
b. Kaliprasanna Singha
d. Louis Henry Vivian Derozio
Answer:
b. Kaliprasanna Singha

Question 6.
Which of the following Brahmo leaders was called ‘Brahmananda’?
a. Sivnath Shastri
b. Debendranath Tagore
c. Keshab Chandra Sen
d. Radhakanta Deb
Answer:
c. Keshab Chandra Sen

Question 7.
Of the following who was the earliest feminist of modern Bengal ?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Padmaja Naidu
c. Swarup Rani
d. Sarala Devi
Answer:
d. Sarala Devi

Question 8.
Of the following who put forward the idea of Sarbadharma Samanyay?
a. Sri Ramakrishna Deva
b. Bijay Krishna Goswamee
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Lalan Faqir
Answer:
a. Sri Ramakrishna Deva

Question 9.
In which of the following places did the Kol Rebellion take place 1831-32. ?
a. Bengal
b. Rangpur in present Bangladesh
c. Chotonagpur
d. Bhagalpur, in Bihar
Answer:
c. Chotonagpur

Question 10.
Of the following places where did the Bheels enjoy monopoly of power?
a. Chotonagpur
b. Khandesh
c. Andhra region
d. Kerala region
Answer:
b. Khandesh

Question 11.
Of the following who led the Barasat Rebellion?
a. Dudu Mian
b. Titu Mir
c. Joa Bhagat
d. Durjan Singh
Answer:
b. Titumir

Question 12.
Of the following who was the first Governor-General of India ?
a. Lord Dalhousie
b. Lord Canning
c. William Bentinck
d. Warren Hastings
Answer:
c. William Bentinck

Question 13.
In which stage of the national movement did the Eka Movement take place?
a. Quit India Movement
b. Civil Disobedience Movement
c. Non-Cooperation Movement
d. Partition of Bengal
Answer:
c. Non-Cooperation Movement

Question 14.
In which of the following years did the All India trade Union Congress come into existence?
a. 1905
b. 1917
c. 1919
d. 1920
Answer:
d. 1920

Question 15.
The Workers’ and Peasants’ Party was associated with which of the following?
a. Rowlatt Satyagraha
b. Working class movement
9. Non-Cooperation Movement
d. Bardoli Satyagraha
Answer:
b. Working class Movement

Question 16.
Of the following who was associated with the Civil Disobedience Movement ?
a. Kalpana Dutta
b. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
c. Bina Das
d. Pritilata Waddedar
Answer:
b. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

Question 17.
Of the following who led the Chittagong Armoury raid ?
a. Binoy Bose
b. Dinesh Gupta
c. Masterda
d. Rashbehari Bose
Answer:
c. Masterda

Question 18.
Of the following who first coined the term harijan to describe the dalits ?
a. B. R. Ambedkar
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Jogendranath Mondal
d. Narasimha Mehta
Answer:
d. Narasimha Mehta

Question 19.
Of the following who tried to unite the Namasudras in their struggle against exploitation?
a. Haridas Thakur
b. Harichand Thakur
c. Guruchand Tahakur
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. Harichand Thakur

Question 20.
Of the following who was the chairman of the States Reorganization Committee formed in 1953 ?
a. K.M. Panikkar
b. Abul Kalam Azad
c. Fazl Ali
d. Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer:
c. Fazl Ali

Group B.

2. Answer the following Questions.

Attempt one question from each sub-group: In all 16 questions 1×16=16

Answer each of the following questions in one sentence :

Question 1.
Who was the author of the autobiography Jibaner Jharapata?
Answer:
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani’s autobiography is known as Jibaner Jharapata.

Question 2.
Who was the editor of the journal Grambarta Prakashika?
Answer:
Kangal Harinath Majumdar was the editor of the popular journal named Grambarta Prakashika

Question 3.
In which year was the Bethune Female School established?
Answer:
The Bethune Female School was established in 1849.

Question 4.
Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Congress?
Answer:
The first Indian to become the President of the Indian National Congress was Smt. Sarojini Naidu.

Identify which of the following is ‘True’ or ‘False’ :

Question 1. Rammohan Roy was associated with the Hindu widow re-marriage.
Answer: False

Question 2. Hindoo Patriot was English weekly published from Kolkata.
Answer: True

Question 3. The Science College was founded with aid from the British govt.
Answer: False

Question 4. Bardoli Satyagraha was the first civil disobedience movement of the peasantry of Bardoli in Surat.
Answer: True

Match column ‘A’ with column ‘B’

A	B
1. Bengali periodical that gave emphasis to women issues	(a) Neel Darpan
2. Harish Chandra Mukherjee	(b) Bamabodhini
3. Oppressions of the indigo planters	(c) Hutum Pyanchar Naksha
4. Description of a Kolkata city street	(d) Hindoo Patriot

Answer:
1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4 -c

Identify the following places in the given map of India :

1. The area of Sannyasi-fakir Revolt.
2. Areas of the Indigo Revolt of Bengal.
3. Centre of Rangpur (in Bangladesh) Revolt.
4. Centre of the Chuar Rebellion.
Answer:
See the attached Map of India
Or
(Only for blind students

Fill in the blanks with right words :

1. The Act that laid the foundation of education in India was …………………..
Answer:  Charter Act of 1813

2. Jibaner Jharapata was an autobiography of …………………..
Answer: Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

3. The students of Derozio together was known as …………………..
Answer:  Young Bengal

4. ………………….. was associated with the Hindu Mela.
Answer: Rajnarain Bose

Select the correct interpretation of the following statements :

1. Statement: Rammohan Roy strongly advocated for introduction of Western education.

Interpretation 1: Rammohan was opposed to setting up of Sanskrit College
Interpretation 2: No real education was possible without a knowledge of Western science and philosophy.
Interpretation 3: Rammohan was the founder of the Anglo-Hindu School.
Answer:
Interpretation 2: No real education was possible without a knowledge of Western science and philosophy.

2. Statement: Anandamath was a novel written by Bankin Chandra Chatterjee.

Interpretation 1: Anandamath became the gospel of Indian revolutionaries.
Interpretation 2: This was the first literary journal of its kind.
Interpretation 3: This published articles on economic issues
Answer:
Interpretation 1: Anandamath became the gospel of Indian revolutionaries.

3. The Baptist Mission Press started printing Bengali books.

Interpretation 1: The Press was first of its kind in Bengal.
Interpretation 2: The Press facilitated assimilation of Eastern and Western cultures in the country.
Interpretation 3: The Press supplied books to the trainees of Fort William College.
Answer:
Interpretation 2: The Press facilitated assimilation of Eastern and Western cultures in the country.

4. The Anti-Circular Society was organized in 1905.

Interpretation 1: It provided education to the students who were ousted from the government schools.
Interpretation 2: The Society encouraged the students to participate in the political movement.
Interpretation 3: The Society helped to educate the Working class.
Answer:
Interpretation 1: It provided education to the students who were ousted from the government schools.

Group C.

Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences (any 11)

Question 1.
Would you say the music has been an integral part of Indian culture ?
Answer:
Indeed, music has been an integral part of the Indian culture. Since the time of the Vedas music is being practiced. The oldest preserved example of Indian music is to be sound in the Samaveda of the Vedic corpus.

Question 2.
How would you define ‘New Social History?
Answer:
‘New Social History’ or simply ‘social history’ is a branch of history that studies the experiences of common people. The New Social History emerged through the writings of British historians like Edward Thomson, Eric Hobsbawm, etc.

Question 3.
How would you explain ‘fashion’?
Answer:
‘Fashion’ may be defined as a popular style or practice particularly in clothing. It changes from time to time.

Question 4.
Why is government document important source of history ?
Answer:
Reports, intelligence reports, police reports, etc. may be regarded as government documents which constitute primary materials. Interpretation and analysis, etc. of such documents are the secondary documents.

Question 5.
Why was Bamabodhini periodical important ?
Answer:
Bamabodhini, a monthly journal edited by Umesh Chandra Dutta, was published in 1863. The journal greatly influenced the womenfolk in many ways, especially about their rights. Many women entered literary career through writing in Bamabodhini.

Question 6.
Who was John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune?
Answer:
Until Bethune’s arrival in India, the East India Company took little initiative to introduce female education in the country. As Bethune was aware of the suffering and deprivation of women in this country, he was eager to impart formal education to the girls.

Question 7.
How did Keshab Chandra Sen infuse new blood to the Brahmo Samaj ?
Answer:
Keshab Chandra infused new blood to the Brahmo Samaj as he included programme of social reform alongside missionary activities of the Samaj. Keshab Chandra also undertook welfare measures for the people in distress.

Question 8.
What is an ‘uprising’?
Answer:
An uprising may be defined as a protest organized locally against authority or certain governmental policy. There is little difference between rebellion and uprising.

Question 9.
Who were the Bheels ?
Answer:
Bheels were a section of the backward and warlike community of central India. They resorted to plunder and loot of rich landholders in their vicinity. Their plunder seriously affected the law and order of Khandesh.

Question 10.
What do you understand by the term ‘Age of Associations’?
Answer:
In the absence of political parties the associations used to play the role of representing the opinion of the people everywhere in the world. In India as well it was through the political associations of the nineteenth century that India entered into the arena of modern politics. Thus the ‘Age of Associations’ was crucial to the development of the country when a good number of political associations came to be established.

Question 11.
Write in short about the Eka Movement.
Answer:
During the period of the Non-Cooperation movement some insurgent peasants of United Province were active under the name Eka. The rebel peasants took the vow that they would pay only the recorded rent, and under any circumstances hey would not leave their land.

Question 12.
Write in short about the Indian Independence League.
Answer:
In 1928 the Indian Independence League was formed jointly by Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose. The Organization pressurized the Congress and Gandhiji to start movement for the attainment of Complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj).

Question 13.
How did the students participate in the Civil Disobedience movement ?
Answer:
With the outbreak of the Civil Disobedience Movement, the student community of Bengal became a formidable force. Between 1930 and 1933 as many as fifteen thousand students were imprisoned by the British on the charge of violating Section 144 or for picketing in front of business establishments.

Question 14.
Who was Jotiba Phule?
Answer:
A social reformer of Maharashtra, Jotiba Phule was pioneer in establishing a girls’ school at Poona (Pune) in 1851. The reform movement received further impetus when an organization named Paramhansa Mandali launched movement for breaking the caste rules and untouchability. Jotiba Phule also launched a fierce movement against the supremacy of Brahmmins in the Hindu society.

Question 15.
How was Junagadh acceded to the Indian Union?
Answer:
Muhammad Muhabay Khanji III, the ruling Nawab of Junagadh, declared accession to Pakistan. As a protest against this the people of Junagadh launched a fierce movement. In November 1947 the Government of India took over the administration at the express desire of the people of Junagadh.

Group D.

4. Answer the following questions in 7/8 sentences :

(Attempt one question from each sub-group: in all 6 questions)

Question 1.
Write how did Dinabandhu Mitra raise his voice against the oppressions of the indigo planters.
Answer:
The indigo rebellion of Bengal constituted an important chapter in the history of peasant movement in India during the British colonial rule. The most important aspect of the indigo rebellion was the support lent for the first time by the educated middle class to the rebel peasantry. Dinabandhu’s native home Jessore was one of the main centres of indigo cultivation.

Thus he had first-hand knowledge of how the indigo planters used to oppress the peasantry. In the play Neel Darpan Dinabandhu exposed the grim picture of inhuman villainy and torture perpetrated by the indigo planters. It was due to the efforts of Dinabandhu Mitra that the Bengali middle class came out in open support to the indigo rebels.

Question 2.
What were the contributions of Debendranath to the Brahmo Movement?
Answer:
After the death of Rammohan Roy the cause of Brahmo Movement was taken up by Debendranath Tagore. He infused a new life into the Brahmo movement. He founded the Tattwabodhini Sabha in 1839 that took over the charge of the Brahmo Samaj.

In fact, the credit of transforming the Brahmo Samaj into a distinctive religious order belongs to Debendranath Tagore. With a view to disseminating the doctrine of Brahmoism amongst the people Debendranath brought out the first number of Tattwabodhini Patrika in 1843. Later on, under the leadership of Keshab Chandra Sen the Brahmo Samaj emerged as the leading social organization of India.

Question 3.
What was the nature of the Revolt of 1857 ?
Answer:
The nature of the Revolt of 1857 is a very contentious issue, and debate over it started from the very moment of its happening.

a. Opinions are sharply divided as to whether the Revolt of 1857 was mere a mutiny or a War of Independence.

b. Considered from the nature of the rising the old school of historians found it difficult to call it a War of Independence on the following grounds

• There was no definite political ideal before the rebels. Though expulsion of the British was the immediate goal, there was no co-ordinated plan to establish an independent government in place of the British.
• There was no plan, no co-ordination among the rebels in different parts of the country. The fact that at least some of the zamindars and talukdars (landed magnates) participated in the rebellion would at best give it a feudal character as Jawaharlal Nehru pointed out.
• Common people did not participate in any measure that can legitimately give it the name of a ‘national rising’.

c. Professor S. N. Sen in his book entitled Eighteen Fifty-seven concluded that the mutiny of 1857 was not simply a rising of the sepoys. He argued that a national rising does not require participation of all people. Only an influential section of people had participated in the revolutions of France and America. On such arguments Professor Sen calls it a ‘national rising’, although to a limited extent.

Question 4.
How did the Calcutta Science College develop?
Answer:
The University College of Science and Technology is also known as the Rajabazar Science College. Officially, however, it is known as the Rashbehari Siksha Prangan. This is one of the four campuses the University of Calcutta has in Kolkata. The Science College was founded in 1914 by the then legendary Sri Asutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.

The Science College was founded without any aid from the colonial British government in India. In fact, establishment of this science division of the University of Calcutta was possible due to the generous donation of about thirty-seven and half lacs of rupees made by Sri Rashbehari Ghosh and Sri Taraknath Palit together.

The Rajabazar Science College has been officially named Rashbehari Siksha Prangan in memory of Sri Rashbehari Ghosh, and the Ballygunge Science College is named Taraknath Siksha Prangan. The first batch of teachers included Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, the Nobel laureate Sir Chandra Sekhar Venkata Raman, popularly known as ‘C. V. Raman’, Sisir Kumar Mitra, etc. The legendary 1915 M.Sc. batch comprised Satyendranath Bose, Meghnad Saha, Jnanchandra Ghosh and others.

Question 5.
How did printing press help the spread of education ?
Answer:
During the 18-19 centuries people in India were largely illiterate and would remain so for many centuries. But some educated enlightened Indians and a small number of professional people who lived and worked in towns, however, felt the need of books.

In India in the past, like many Western countries, copyists multiplied books by hand. But with the introduction of printing text books of all sorts, English and vernacular, grammars, elementary books were published that catered to the needs of the people.

In fact, printed books became a medium for the dissemination of knowledge. The elementary Bengali text book that deserves mention for the learning of Bengali language is that of Varna Parichay by Iswarchandra Vidyasagar. However, how printing helped dissemination of knowledge may be explained with an example.

The Baptist Mission and its Press printed and published text-books, religious books and other works in vernacular languages, and in English. Books translated from English to Bengali also included in the list of publications. All this facilitated spread of education.

Question 6.
How did the Indian peasantry participate in the anti-Partition Movement ?
Answer:
A significant event in the early years of Indian national movement, particularly in Bengal, was the anti-Partition agitation. The announcement of partition set off a mighty upsurge. The anti-partition movement soon assumed an all-India character in which different classes of people participated. Despite the popular character of the anti-partition movement it must be admitted that it was largely confined to the urban middle class.

• The peasants’ participation was very much limited. Indeed, the Congress leadership did call upon the peasants to start a no-rent campaign. However, the participation of peasants in the movement was significant at least in some parts of the country.
• The indigo peasants of Champaran in Bihar rose in rebellion. Peasants’ disturbances took place in Assam and Mymensingh (in present Bangladesh).
• The Muslim peasants of Barisal (in present Bangladesh) were led by Aswini Kumar Datta. The Left politics did not emerge in India during the anti-Partition movement. As such there was no question of the Leftists’ leadership amongst the peasants.

Question 7.
How did the socialist influence strengthen the working class movement ?
Answer:
Socialist influences in Indian politics between 1921 and 1924 definitely strengthened the working class movement. Various socialist and communist groups that had emerged in different places were also engaged in organizing labour movements. Despite British Government’s action restraining the activities of the communists the Workers’ and Peasants’ Party (WPP) was formed in 1927. The initiative was taken by the communist leaders like S.A. Dange, Muzaffar Ahmed, P.C. Joshi and Sohan Singh Josh.

The shortlived WPP rapidly spread its organization in the provincial and national levels. Another aspect of the WPP was that it functioned as a left-wing within the Congress. The WPP devoted itself, among other things, to the growth of class consciousness amongst the working class.

The objective of the WPP was to strive for a broad anti-imperialist front for the achievement of complete independence with the ultimate aim of establishment of socialism in the independent country. Though the WPP was short-lived, its units in some of the provinces emerged as the political party of the working class.

Question 8.
What was the part played by women in the Civil Disobedience Movement ?
Answer:
The Non Co-operation Movement was suspended by Gandhiji in 1922. But its suspension found its stronger follow-up in the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930). Participation of women in the Civil Disobedience constituted an important chapter in the history of women’s struggle in the freedom movement.

• Between 1930 and 1932 women in many places played an important role as they conducted picketing in front of the shops selling foreign goods.
• Women’s participation in the Movement, however, took various forms. While Parsee and Christian women residing in Bombay advocated female education, the Gujarati women, under the influence of Gandhiji, aimed at the attainment of Swaraj and women’s freedom.
• In Bengal, women leaders like Kumudini Bose, Latika Ghosh and Hemalata Tagore made sincere efforts promoting women’s welfare and training of women in some useful crafts.
• In U.P. Swarup Rani Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru’s mother, burdened with age did not hesitate to vote for khadi in the streets. Thus Gandhiji’s Civil Disobedience found wonderful response from the Indian womenfolk.

Group E.

5. Answer any one question in 15/16 sentences :

Question 1.
Write about the spread of Western education under Indian initiative.
Answer:
The introduction of Western education was undoubtedly one of the main factors that caused the Indian awakening.
a. Raja Rammohan Roy : Raja Rammohan Roy was the first Indian to feel the need for Western education, and as such came to be known as the ‘first Modern Man of India’.

• Besides being an indirect supporter of the Hindu College Rammohan was the founder of the Anglo-Hindu School in 1822. In the school Western science, philosophy and literature were taught.
• Rammohan sent a memorial (petition) in 1823 to Lord Amherst advocating for the introduction of Western education in India.Communist Party of India and the communists were isolated from the peasants and workers.

b. Raja Radhakanta Deb: Though out and out a conservative Raja Radhakanta Dev was a promoter of English education and science. Radhakanta had deep respect for Tom Paine’s Age of Reason, which was the Bible of the Derozians. Aware of the importance of the study of science Radhakanta contributed liberally to the fund raiser for sending Indian youths to England for higher studies in medicine and surgery.

c. Other Initiatives : While missionaries were busy organizing English schools the Indians were not sitting idle. They founded a number of schools in Calcutta. The most popular amongst such schools was the Oriental Seminary founded by Gour Mohan Addy. Another English school of repute was the Arpooly Pathsala (Indian Awakenning and Bengal : p 108: Nemai Sadhan Bose).

After 1835 the number of English schools began to increase rapidly. Among the many new institutions opened was the Hooghly College founded in 1836. For this institution Haji Mohammad Mohsin’s property provided a princely donation. This college did much for the spread of English education, particularly among the Muslims. The above is in short the English institutions set up under Indian initiative.

Question 2.
What was the nature of participation of the Communist Party in the Indian national movement ?
Answer:
From the very beginning the Communist Party’s main form of political work was to organize peasants and workers and to work through them.

a. During the 20s of the twentieth century the communist organizers set up unions and organized strikes in India’s textile, jute and cotton mills, and in the railway workshops. But the greatest success was the strike for over six months by the Communist-led Girni Kamgar Union in 1928. Such successes, however, were short-lived.

b. The Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929) gave a severe blow to the activities of the communists. But the communists inflicted a deadly blow on themselves by breaking their connection with the Congress. The communist movement, however, was saved as many of the communists refused to stand apart from the Civil Disobedience Movement and actively participated in it.

c. There was a radical change in the situation in 1935 when the communists once again participated in the activities of the Congress.

d. The communists did not participate in the Quit India Movement. It has been pointed out by Professor Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri that the Indian communists made mistake as regards national policy of the country.

e. In reconciling the events at home with the international communist movement they were accustomed to look to the (erstwhile) Soviet Union rather than the potentialities of the Indian national movement. However, after Hitler had invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 the Indian communists following the Peoples’ War line suspended all sorts of anti-Imperialist activities lest that would weaken the antifascist war efforts.

f. In the thesis the question of India’s independence was subordinated to the victory of the Soviet Union in the World War II. But this was an unreal expectation because the people of India wanted first to become independent with or without the victory of the Soviet Union. This line certainly isolated and discredited the

Question 3.
How did womenfolk participate in the Quit India Movement? What was the nature of women’s role in the armed revolutionary struggle ? 5+3
Answer:
a. Participation of Women in the Quit India Movement : Women’s participation in the Quit India Movement took various forms in rural and urban areas of the country. While in the rural areas the peasant women protested against prevalent land-system in city areas the message of fight for freedom was propagated through radio transmitter.

• In the rural areas the peasant women joined the men in lodging protest against the hike in land-revenue and other taxes imposed illegally. Also the women protested against the landholders’ rights.
• In Midnapur district of West Bengal, during the course of the Quit India Movement, the peasants attacked the police stations, even the communication network was disrupted by destroying telegraph lines.
• The incident that immortalized Midnapur in the history of the freedom movement was the lead given by Srimati Matangini Hazra, a 73-year-old widow in capturing the court and the police station of Tamluk.
• Usha Mehta, a patriot to the very core of her heart, set up a radio transmitter, known as the Vice of Freedom. Her intention was to circulate the information of war of freedom amongst the people of the country. Usha persisted with her task of broadcasting until she was arrested by the British police (12 November 1942) on the charge of sedition.

b. Nature of Women’s Role in the Armed RevolutionaryStruggle: In the revolutionary struggle participation of women presented a different picture than that of nonviolent struggle.

(i) Women’s involvement in the non-violent struggle had the support and encouragement of Gandhiji. But the women who participated in the armed struggle joined it on their own. That is to say, there had been no encouragement from any quarter to enthuse the women to join the revolutionary struggle.

(ii) In fact, the revolutionary secret societies made no concerted efforts to encourage the participation of women as Mahatma Gandhi had done in regard to the nonviolent activities.

(iii) Another important point to be noted is that direct participation of women in the revolutionary movement was not feasible also due to certain constraints. First, women were not allowed by their male relatives to join the revolutionary secret societies. Second, the risk was too high to allow women to participate in revolutionary feats on an equal basis with men.

(iv) However, in general the indirect participation of women helped the revolutionaries silently from the background. In the above context the revolutionary activities of Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Datta may be discussed.

Group F.

6. Answer the questions in a complete sentence

Question 1.
Which Act marked the beginning of Western education in India ?
Answer:
Macaulay’s Minute of 1835 marked the beginning of Western education in India.

Question 2.
Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj ?
Answer:
Rammohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj

Question 3.
By which Act was the Remarriage of Hindu Widow made legal ?
Answer:
By Act XV Hindu Widow Remarriage was declared legal.

Question 4.
Who were the leaders of the Santal Rebellion of 1855 ?
Answer:
Kanu-Sidhu were the leaders of the Santal Rebellion of 1855

Question 5.
Which was the first linguistically organized state of India ?
Answer:
Hyderabad was the first linguistically organized state of India

7. Answer the following questions in 2/3 sentences :

Question1.
What do understand by the term ‘Local History’ ?
Answer:
Local History is a micro-level study that discloses historical episodes in particular local areas. In this regard mention may be made of Nikhilnath Roy’s Murshidabad Kahini, Kumudnath Mallick’s Nadiya Kahini, etc.

Question 2.
Which was the first association of India with political outlook ?
Answer:
Bangabhasa Prakashika Sabha is regarded as the first political association of India. Details about the activities of the Sabha are not known. But its meeting used to be held in every Thursday where political and other matters of public interest were discussed.

Question 3.
Why is Mangal Pandey important?
Answer:
In the Revolt of 1857 the first shot was fired at Barrackpore when Mangal Pandey shot at a European officer on 29 March 1857. Mangal Pandey along with some others were arrested and hanged after some time. Mangal Pandey is thus remembered for his heroic feat.

Question 4.
Why is Bina Das remembered?
Answer:
Bina Das joined Bhupal Bose’s revolutionary group in 1929. She is remembered as she made an attempt on the life of Stanley Jackson, the then Governor of Bengal. Bina’s action encouraged the youth of Bengal and it was very effective in awakening in them a deep sense of patriotism.