History & Civics
(a) Identify the person in the given picture. Name the organisation formed by him. State any two beliefs of this organisation with regard to opposition of social evils.
(b) Mention his contribution to the spread of education in India.
(c) State one basic difference between Raja Rammohan Roy and the person in the Picture.
Answer
(a) The person is Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He founded the Arya Samaj.
Two beliefs of Arya Samaj regarding opposition of social evils:
- It disregarded the caste system and its membership was open to all.
- It condemned child marraige and other maladies which were prevalent in India.
(b) Contribution of Swami Dayanand Saraswati to the spread of Education in India:
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati emphasised the importance of education for all, including women.
- The Arya Samaj established a network of DAV (Dayanand Anglo Vedic) schools and colleges across India, which provided modern education combined with Indian values and traditions.
- He promoted education in Sanskrit and the Vedas.
(c) One basic difference of approach between Raja Rammohan Roy and Swami Dayanand Saraswati was that Raja Rammohan Roy supported modern Western education, whereas Swami Dayanand believed in the infallibility and supreme authority of the Vedas.
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(b) Mention his contribution to the growth of Indian National movement.
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"From the mid-18th century, it was a European corporation, the East India Company - run from the City of London by merchants and accountants, with their ledgers and careful accounting - that ran amok and seized and subjugated a fragmented and divided India in what was probably the supreme act of corporate violence in history."
—William Dalrymple(a) What term is used to describe the East India Company's act of running India's trade and finance from the city of London? How did it work?
(b) What was its impact on the artisans and craftsmen?
(c) The author has described the East India Company's act as 'Corporate violence'. What term was used by Dadabhai Naoroji for such an act? Describe how it worked.
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(a) Role of Swami Vivekananda.
(b) State any three objectives of the Indian National Congress.
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(b) Why did Lord Dufferin favour the formation of the Indian National Congress?
(c) What was the nature of the political associations formed before the Indian National Congress was established? Name any two associations which acted as the forerunners of the Indian National Congress.