History Ch - 2 From Trade to Territory (The Company Establishes Power) — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

How did the Mutiny become a popular rebellion?

What are the key features of the Indian constitution? Discuss.

Write a paragraph on the various roles of the government that you have read about in this unit.

(a) Let’s do a small experiment. Make a list of 10 working adults in your family and neighbourhood. Ask them to describe the culture at their workplace. Share notes with your classmates. What did you discover? What are some adjectives that occur more frequently?
(b) In the Tapestry chapters, you have seen examples of the art and architecture in India across several centuries. What do you think are the factors that enabled their creators to achieve such high levels of excellence? Discuss in groups and share in class.

The existence of a right or a law or even a policy on paper does not mean that it exists in reality. What do you understand by this statement?

Read the following extract and answer the question that follow:
"We must starve for food"
In 1823 the Company government in India received a petition from 12,000 weavers stating:
Our ancestors and we used to receive advances from the Company and maintain ourselves and our respective families by weaving Company’s superior assortments. Owing to our misfortune, the aurangs have been abolished ever since because of which we and our families are distressed for want of the means of livelihood. We are weavers and do not know any other business. We must starve for food, if the Board of Trade do not cast a look of kindness towards us and give orders for clothes.

1. Who wrote the above petition and to whom? What does it highlight?

How did the inventions of Spinning Jenny and Steam Engine revolutionise cotton textile weaving in England?

In which of the following situations is a minister misusing his power:

1. Refuses to sanction a project of his ministry for sound technical reasons.
2. Threatens to send his security staff to rough up his neighbour.
3. Calls up the police station asking them not to register a complaint that is likely to be filed against his relative.

How did surveys become important under the colonial administration?
OR
Explain the importance of survey under the colonial administration.

OR
Why did surveys become a common practice under the colonial administration?

Describe the process of weaving.