II FORM EXAM CHAPTERS 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

II FORM EXAMCHAPTERS 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 GIBBS 2008

QUESTION: • After the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms - The British instituted a “dyarchy”. What parts of gov’t did the Brits get?

ANSWER: • Education • Agriculture • Public health

QUESTION: • Who was the British Viceroy – who oversaw the Indian Partition Plan?

ANSWER: • Lord Louis Mountbatten

QUESTION: • Who is most closely associated with the quote, “The self determination of all peoples”

ANSWER: • US President – Woodrow Wilson. • 14 points speech

QUESTION: • Who assasisnated Gandhi…and why?

ANSWER: • N.V. Godse – he was a extremist Hindu who disagreed with Gandhi’s fair/easy treatment of Muslims

QUESTION: • How did Gopal K Gokhale and Bal G Tilak disagree on the process of Indian Independence?

ANSWER: • Tilak: terrorism and violence • Gokhale: slow peaceful path to freedom

QUESTION: • How did India hope to put an end to “Civil Unrest” after the gained independance

ANSWER: • Preventative Detention Law

QUESTION: What is the significance of the relationship between Gandhi and the Rowlatt Laws

ANSWER: • Rowlatt Laws led to Amritsar Protest, led to Massacre at Amritsar and that led to Gandhi’s changing his views on British Support

QUESTION: • Which is Which? Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha • What do you think “Sabha” translates to?

ANSWER: • Rajya Sabha – Upper House • Lok Sabha is the Lower House • Sabha probably means “house”

QUESTION: • Which of the following positions would best be described as, “largely ceremonial” • A.) Viceroy • B.) Prime Minister • C.) Panchayat • D.) Gram Sevak • E.) President • F.) Secretary of State • G.) Speaker of the Sabha

ANSWER: • President

QUESTION: • What is the difference between “ahimsa” and “satyagraha”

ANSWER: • Satyagraha: mass resistance to through non-violence. Means “Soul Force” • Ahimsa: nonviolence to all living things

QUESTION: • How could the relationship between the US and India be described as “interdependant”?

ANSWER: • A mutually beneficial exchange of goods/services – focusing on things people can’t produce themselves (or can’t produce enough of) • INDIA: needed food and money (GBF), infrastructure • US – needed the geographic location in WWII

QUESTION: • Post WWII – who was the new British Prime minister who was sympathetic to the independence of India?

ANSWER: • Clement Attlee

QUESTION: • How could you describe the Muslim League’s reaction to the winning of Independence?

ANSWER: • They were not overly excited to be integrated into a society where they were the religious minority. Maybe not have been such an issue – except for the fact that both Hinduism and Islam and more than a religion they are a “way of life”

QUESTION: • What was the solution to the question of religious coexistence?

ANSWER: • Not to co-exist • The creation of E and W Pakistan. • Created refugees, poverty, and other orange book stuff, etc. • Violent migrations

QUESTION: • Why was it hard for Kashmir to decide to join Hindu India or Muslim Pakistan?

ANSWER: • Hindu ruler – Muslim majority

QUESTION: • Why did the Indian government choose “neutrality” as a foreign policy?

ANSWER: • TRICK QUESTION!!!!!! • They chose “non-alignment”

QUESTION: • What is the difference between being “neutral” and “non-aligned”

ANSWER: • Neutral – never take sides • Non-aligned – take sides based on case by case basis

QUESTION: • What is the difference between Indian Socialism and a Chinese/Soviet system of Socialism.

ANSWER: • Big: Government • Small/Medium: Private • What designates “big”?: Those which require a lot of capital to run.

QUESTION: • What is the “Cottage Industry”?

ANSWER: • Industry in the home. • It is the “sustenance farming” version of Industry. • Families work from home but produce just enough to support their family.

QUESTION: • What is noteworthy about “Goa”

ANSWER: • Portuguese colony that they refused to withdraw from after Indian Independence. • Was taken over by force thanks to the Indian military – much to the chagrin of the US and UN • It was one of the first, and one of the last European colonies in India

QUESTION: • What is a “plebiscite”?

ANSWER: • A general vote by the people on a specific question… • We saw it proposed by the government of Pakistan to try and settle the conflict in Kashmir • Why was Pakistan so heck bent on having this vote? b/c the majority of Kashmir were Muslim

QUESTION: • The majority of the national government offices were located in West Pakistan. Why were the people of East Pakistan so bothered with this?

ANSWER: • The majority of the population of Pakistan were located in East Pakistan. A lot of the policies put forth by the gov’t were intended to benefit West Pakistan. Felt a lot like a “taxation without representation” type situation

QUESTION: • Indians is to Indian National Congress and Muslims is to______________________

ANSWER: • All Muslim League

QUESTION: • Muslims is to All Muslim League as East Pakistanis is to ____________________

ANSWER: • Awami League

QUESTION: • How did the fighting in East Pakistan bring to life India’s policy of nonalignment?

II FORM EXAM CHAPTERS 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8