Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The tug of war between the two principles of freedom and control of the press made its influence felt on the colonial rulers’ attitude to the press.” Discuss.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution To accomplish the aims of education, ‘political propaganda and formation as well as propagation of nationalist ideology’, the press became the chief instrument. Comment.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘Within a limited scope the Indian Scientists could pursue original scientific research in colonial India’. Critically examine.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Was the Western education a harbinger of cultural awakening or an instrument of colonial hegemony? Discuss.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Critically examine the following statement in about 150 words: The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was designed for better control of the vernacular press and to empower the government with more effective means of punishing and repressing seditious writings.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The introduction of Western education transformed India in unforeseen ways. Critically examine.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Examine the forces at work for the introduction of western education in India. Analyse the thrust given to it by the Christian Missionaries.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution What was the significance of Orientalist-Anglicist controversy in nineteenth century India? Analyse.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Assess the role of press in arousing awareness on important social issues in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Do you agree with the view that the growth of vernacular literature in the 19th and the 20th centuries paved the way for social reform and cultural revival in India?
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The current practice of categorization of ‘Early Modern India’ is based on a shift from the old imperialist periodization of ‘Muslim India’-‘British India’ to the more secularist one of ‘Medieval India’-‘Modern India’, which puts Indian history in a universalist chronological structure.” Critically examine.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The vernacular press in nineteenth century India served not just as newspapers but more importantly as views-papers.” Comment.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “Orientalism produced a knowledge [of] the past to service the needs of the Colonial State.” Elucidate.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The vernacular press in the nineteenth century was both newspaper as well as ‘viewspaper’ that enlightened the dormant masses”. Comment.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Examine the impact of British rule on Indian Society in the 19th Century.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “India broke her British fetters with Western hammers.” Comment.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The Christian Missionary propaganda from 1813 onwards was “often insensitive and wounding.” Comment.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “India broke her British fetters with western hammers.” Comment.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution What was the Anglicisit – Orientalist controversy about? How was it resolved and with what results?
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘Nowhere was the influence of the missionaries felt more than in relation to the women’s movement.’ Comment in about 200 words.
Modern History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Review the educational policy of the English East India Company. To what extent did it serve the imperial interests of Great Britain?
