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Group B

Q. 13. Explain the impact of the Great Depression on U.S. 3×1=3

Ans. See Q. 6(iii), Additional Questions, Chapter 4. [Page H-34

Q. 14. Explain the land reclamation process in Bombay (Mumbai). 3×1=3

Ans. The need for additional commercial space in the mid-nineteenth century led to the formulation of several plans, both by the government and private companies, for the reclamation of more land from the sea. In 1864, the Back Bay Reclamation Company won the right to reclaim the western foreshore from the tip of Malabar Hill to the end of Colaba. Reclamation also often meant the levelling of hills around Bombay. By the 1870s, the city of Bombay (Mumbai) had expanded to about 22 square miles.

As population continued to increase rapidly in the early twentieth century, every bit of available area was built over and new areas were reclaimed from the sea.

The Bombay Port Trust built a dry dock between 1914 and 1918, and used the excavated earth to create the 22-acre Ballard Estate. Subsequently, the famous Marine Drive was also developed.

Group C

Q. 13. Explain three reasons why there was an increasing concern to house the London poor. 3×1=3

Ans. SeeQ. 4(a), Textbook Questions, Chapter 6. [Page H-49

Q. 14. Explain any three effects of the First World War on the industrial growth in India. 3×1=3

Ans. See Q. 5, Textbook Questions, Chapter 5. [Page H-44

Q. 15. Explain the significance of newspapers and journals developed from the early 18th century. 3

Ans. By the close of the eighteenth century, a number of newspapers and journals appeared in print.
a). Not just the English people, the Indians too began to publish Indian newspapers.
b). The first newspaper to come out was the weekly Bengal Gazette, brought out by Gangadhar Bhattacharya.
c). Printed tracts and newspapers not only spread new ideas, but they also shaped the nature of debate. A wider public could now participate in public discussions and express their views
d). There were intense controversies between the social and religious reformers and Hindu orthodoxy over matters like widow immolation, monotheism, Brahmanical priesthood and idolatory. So that these ideas and thoughts could reach a wider audience, newspapers were printed in the spoken language of ordinary people.
e). Rammohun Roy published the Sambad Kaumudi from 1821 and the Hindu orthodoxy commissioned the Samachar Chandrika to oppose his opinions.
f). Two Persian newspapers, Jam-i-Jahan Nama and Shamsul Akhbar were also published.
g). Newspapers and journals not only helped the publication of conflicting opinions but also connected people and communities in different parts of India. Newspapers conveyed news from one place to another, creating Pan-Indian identities.

Or

How did the women novel writers express their feelings through the novels during the 19th century.

Ans. a). With the middle classes becoming more prosperous, the women got more leisure to read as well as write. Novels began exploring the world of women their emotions and identities, their experiences and problems.
b). Many novels were written about domestic life, a theme about which women spoke with utmost authority. Women drew upon their own personal experiences and wrote about family life and earned public recognition.
c). Novelists like Jane Austen wrote about women in the genteel rural society in Britain, where women were encouraged to look for ‘good’ marriages and find wealthy husbands.
d). Women novelists also wrote about women who broke established norms of society before adjusting to them. Women readers associated with such characters and sympathised with their rebellious actions. e). Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’, published in 1847, is one such novel in which young Jane is an independent and assertive character.

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