Beginner
It is incorrect to fix ____ to processes that happen over a period of time.
Precise dates
What do old advertisements help us understand?
How markets and tastes for new products were created
Name the first Governor-General.
Warren Hastings
Name the last Viceroy.
Lord Mountbatten
Which act was important to the British?
Act of writing
When was the first map made?
1782
What does the 1922 Lipton tea advertisement suggest?
Royalty all over the world is associated with this tea
What marked the chronology of the different chapters of the history of British India?
Chronology of the lives of the Governor-General and Viceroys
What did Mill think about Asian societies?
Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than Europe
Historians have usually divided Indian history into ____, ____ and ______.
Ancient, medieval and modern
____ asked _____ to make maps of Hindustan.
Robert Clive, James Rennel
What can be seen in the background of the Lipton advert?
Outer wall of an Indian palace
‘A History of British India’ was published by whom? When?
James Mill, 1817
_______, ______ and ______ dominated social life.
Religious intolerance, caste taboos and superstitious practices
What is modern period associated to?
all the forces of modernity – science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality
Who offered the Shahtras to whom as per the frontispiece to the first map?
Brahmans to Britannia
Why do certain dates become vital?
Because we focus on a particular set of events as important
State the periodisation of history as per Mill.
Hindu, Muslim and British
How could British rule civilize India?
Introduce European manners, arts, institutions and laws in India
Why is modern period an accurate periodization?
Under British rule people did not have equality, freedom or liberty. Nor was the period one of economic growth and progress.
What does the picture of Hindoostan by Rennel suggest?
Indians willingly gave over their ancient texts to Britannia – the symbol of British power – as if asking her to become the protector of Indian culture.
What can be seen in the foreground of the Lipton advert?
Seated on horseback is the third son of Queen Victoria of Britain, Prince Arthur, who was given the title Duke of Connaught.
List the Governor-Generals and Viceroys of India (Minimum 5).
Hastings, Wellesley, Bentinck, Dalhousie, Canning, Lawrence, Lytton, Ripon, Curzon, Harding, Irwin and Mountbatten
Why was Mill’s classification not proper?
It suggested that the lives and practices of the others did not really matter. Even rulers in ancient India did not all share the same faith.
Explain the process of colonisation.
When the subjugation of one country by another leads to political, economic, social and cultural changes, we refer to the process as colonisation.