Course Title: Modern Indian Political Thought

0EPS-030

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(B.D.P)

ASSIGNMENT 2003

COURSE CODE: EPS-03 COURSE TITLE: MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-68 ELECTIVE COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE-03 MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

Dear Student, As explained in the Programme Guide for BDP, you will have to do three assignments for this elective course in Political Science. Out of these, two assignments are Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs) and one is a Computer Marked Assignment (CMA). Each assignment carries 100 marks. The block-wise distribution of assignments is as follows:

Assignment-1 (TMA) - Blocks 1 to 4

Assignment-2 (TMA) - Blocks 5 to 8

Assignment-3 (CMA) - Blocks 1 to 8

Before attempting the assignments, please read the instructions provided in the Programme Guide sent to you separately.

Submission: The completed assignments should be submitted as per the following schedule:

Assignment Nos. Date of submission Where to send

Assignment-1 (TMA) 30th April, 2003 The Coordinator of Your Study Centre

Assignment-2 (TMA) 30th June, 2003

Assignment-3 (CMA) 30th June, 2003 The Director Student Registration and Evaluation Division, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 ASSIGNMENT 1 TMA – 1

Course Code: EPS –03 Assignment Code: EPS –03/Asst –1/TMA –1/2003 Total Marks 100 Answer all questions in each category. Try to write answer in your own words.

A) DCQ: Answer the following in about 500 words each.

1. Discuss the British colonial intervention in social and cultural fields in 19th century India. (20) OR Describe the system of justice established by the British in 19th century India.

2. Discuss the different strands of liberalism in 19th and 20th century colonial India. (20) OR Discuss nationalism in 20th century colonial India.

B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each.

3. Describe the methods of 19th century social reformers in colonial India. (12) OR Discuss Raja Rammohan Roy’s views on women’s rights.

4. Examine M.G.Ranade’s views on the nature and function of the state. (12) OR Briefly examine Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s responses to British rule in India.

5. Examine whether Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a social reactionary. (12) OR Discuss Sri Aurobindo’s views on the nature of British rule.

6. Briefly describe the influences that shaped Bhagat Singh’s ideology (12) OR Enumerate the distinctive characteristics of militant nationalism in colonial India.

C) SCQ: Answer the following in about 100 words each.

7. What were Jyotiba Phule’s views on gender equality? (6) OR Briefly describe E.V. Rama Swami Naicker’s views on the Varnashrama Dharma.

8. Enumerate the factors listed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar for the successful operation of democracy. (6) OR Briefly mention the salient features of anti-colonial tribal movements. ASSIGNMENT 2 TMA 2 Course Code:EPS –03 Assignment Code:EPS –03/Asst 2/TMA 2/2003 Total Marks: 100 Answer all questions in each category. Try to write answer in your own words.

A) DCQ: Answer the following in about 500 words each.

1. Discuss M.A. Jinnah’s two-nation theory. (20) OR Write an essay on the cardinal principles of Mohammad Igbal’s political thought.

2. Discuss the political ideas of Swami Dayanand Saraswati. (20) OR Discuss Swami Vivekananda’s concept of freedom.

B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each.

3. Examine the western influences on M.K.Gandhi. (12) OR Give a critique of the concept of Satyagraha.

4. Briefly examine the position and role of the village panchayat under Sarvodaya. (12) OR Write a short note on the Bhoodan Movement.

5. Trace the growth of socialist ideas in 19th and early 20th century India. (12) OR Briefly discuss Subhash Chandra Bose’s conception of socialism.

6. Examine in brief Rammanohar Lohiya’s strategy for bringing about social change. (12) OR What were Jaya Prakash Narayan’s views on the application of Marxism in India?

C) SCQ: Answer the following in about 100 words each.

7. What are the salient features of M.N.Roy’s Humanist model of politics? (06) OR Discuss M.N. Roy’s views on Partyless Democracy.

8. What are the Indian Marxist’s views on the colonial rule? (06) OR What are the Indian Marxist’s views on the strategy of mobilisation?

ASSIGNMENT 3 CMA

Course Code: EPS-03 Assignment Code: Asst –3/CMA/2003 Total Marks:100

Note: All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Which of the following is not true of colonialism? 1) A relationship of domination and subordination between two countries 2) A relationship of political control aimed at subordinating and controlling the colonial economy 3) A relationship of long term benefit to the colonial economy 4) A relationship in which subjugation of the colonial economy takes place through trade and industry

2. Which of the following is true with regard to the stages of colonialism? 1) Appropriation of a colony’s surplus by the colonising power 2) Continuity between the stages 3) All the distinct stages of colonialism need not occur in all the colonies 4) All of the above

3. Which among the following western ideas did not influence Indians in the 19th century? 1. Democracy 2. Rationalism 3. Fascism 4. Humanism

4. Which among the following is a land revenue and tenurial system introduced by the British in India? 1. Ryotwari 2. Mahalwari 3. Zamindari 4. All the above

5. Who among the following pointed out the need for training of young British civil servants in colonial India? 1. Lord Cornwallis 2. Lord Wellesley 3. Lord Irwin 4. Lord Curzon

6. Who among the following can be considered as the father of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)? 1. Lord Bentick 2. Lord Hastings 3. Lord Macaulay 4. Lord Clive

7. Who among the following did not believe that British rule could be beneficial for India? 1. Rammohan Roy 2. Keshab Chandra Sen 3. Bipin Chandra Pal 4. G.K.Gokhale

8. Who among the following authored ‘India in Transition? 1. Rajni Palme Dutt 2. M.N.Roy 3. S.A. Dange 4. M.G.Ranade

9. Which among the following made an appeal to the past with a view to reforming Indian society? 1. Brahmo Samaj 2. Prarthana Samaj 3. Ramakrishan Mission 4. Satya Shodhak Samaj

10. What is common to Raja Rammohan Roy, M.G. Ranade and G.K. Gokhale? 1. Conviction that religious and social reforms first would eventually lead to political and economic freedom 2. Belief that British rule would have a modernising influence on Indian society 3. A Marxist analysis of Indian social reality 4. 1 and 2 above

11. The core idea (s) of 19th century Indian political liberals comprised the following: 1. Freedom of the Individual 2. Constitutionalism 3. Representative Government 4. All the above

12. Who among the following englishmen took the initiative for the formation of the Indian National Congress? 1. Benjamin Disraeli 2. William Gladstone 3. Alan Octavian Hume 4. Louis Mountbatten

13. The “Drain Theory” is associated with: 1. Phiroze Shah Mehta 2. Badruddin Tyabji 3. Dadabhai Nauroji 4. K.C. Telang

14. Who among the following is hailed as “the father of Modern India”? 1. M.G.Ranade 2. G.K.Gokhale 3. Raja Rammohan Roy 4. M.N.Roy

15. Who among the following founded the Prarthana Samaj? 1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati 2. Ramakrishna Paramhans 3. Jyotiba Phule 4. M.G.Ranade

16. Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s economic ideas were influenced by: 1. Dadabhai Nauroji 2. W.C. Bannerji 3. M.G.Ranade and Prof. List 4. Adam Smith

17. Which of the following is not an essential element of a nation? 1. Territory 2. Common language 3. Population 4. Territory

18. Who among the following is not associated with militant nationalism? 1. E.V.Rama Swami Naicker 2. Aurobindo Ghosh 3. Lala Lajpat Rai 4. Bipin Chandra Pal

19. Which among the following texts had a profound influence on the militant nationalists? 1. Ramayana 2. Mahabharat 3. Bhagvad Gita 4. Manu Smriti

20. Bengal was partitioned during the Viceroyship of: 1. Lord Mount batten 2. Lord Curzon 3. Lord Linlithgow 4. Lord Chelmsford

21. With regard to the militant nationalists, which of the following statement (s) is correct? 1. Though inspired by religious awakening, opposed mixing of religion and politics 2. Had a conception of dharma that was wider in scope and meaning than any religion or creed 3. Support to communal electorates 4. 1 and 2 above

22. Who among the following is associated with the weeklys ‘Maratha’ and ‘Kesari’? 1. Bipan Chandra Pal 2. Lala Lajpat Rai 3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 4. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

23. The Action Programme of Indian Radicals comprised the following: 1. National Education 2. Boycott 3. Swadeshi and Passive Resistance 4. All the above

24. Who among the following authored the book ‘Life Divine’? 1. Swami Vivekananda 2. Ramakrishna Paramhans 3. Sri Aurobindo 4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

25. Who among the following militant nationalists said that “Jails should be reformatories and not veritable hells”? 1. Lala Lajpat Rai 2. Bhagat Singh 3. Swami Vivekanand 4. M.K.Gandhi

26. The Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by: 1. E.V.Rama Swami Naicker 2. Jyotiba Phule 3. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

27. The initiator of the non-Brahmin Movement in Tamil Nadu was: 1. K.Kamraj 2. Anna Durai 3. E.V.Ramaswami Naicker 4. M.G. Ramchandran 28. Who among the following held that character, action and nature determine an individual’s birth? 1. Swami Vivekanand 2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati 3. Sri Aurobindo 4. M.K.Gandhi

29. Who among the following held that the chief cause of the decline of tribal communities in colonial India was “ the loss of land and forests”? 1. Eric Hobsbawm 2. Dr. Verrier Elwin 3. Kathleen Gough 4. Peter Worsely

30. Who is the odd person out from among the following? 1. Norman Cohen 2. Peter Worsely 3. Kathleen Gough 4. Eric Hobsbawm

31. Who among the following englishmen influenced the thinking of Jyotiba Phule? 1. Bertrand Russel 2. Thomas Paine 3. Rudyard Kipling 4. William Gladstone

32. The concept of Sarvajanik Satya Dharma (universal religion) is associated with: 1. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar 2. E.V.Ramaswami Naicker 3. Jyotiba Phule 4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

33. Who among the following spoke of “the tyranny of Brahmanocracy”? 1. Jyotiba Phule 2. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar 3. E.V. Ramaswami Naicker 4. All the above

34. Who among the following is associated with works such as ‘Annihilation of Castes’, ‘Who were the Shudra’s and ‘The Untouchables’? 1. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 2. Jyotiba Phule 3. E.V. Rama Swami Naicker 4. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

35. Which among the following was a factor for the rise of muslim communal separatism in colonial India? 1. Religious imagery of militant nationalists 2. Role of the Muslim upper class 3. Dubious policies of the British government 4. All the above 36. The demand for the partition of India was made for the first time in: 1. 1940 2. 1937 3. 1943 4. 1942

37. Who among the following is associated with the concept of ‘Hindutva’? 1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati 2. Swami Vivekananda 3. V.D.Savarkar 4. Keshub Chandra Sen

38. The founder of the Muslim League was: 1. M.A Jinnah 2. Mohammad Iqbal 3. Aga Khan 4. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

39. The idea of Pakistan was first put forward by: 1. Mohammad Iqbal 2. M.A.Jinnah 3. Rahmat Ali 4. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

40. M.K.Gandhi’s objective (s) in writing the ‘Hind Swaraj’ was to: 1. Revive the glory of ancient India 2. Condemn the cult of violence 3. Debunk the claims of superiority of modern civilsation 4. 2 and 3 above

41. Who among the following did not exercise an influence on M.K. Gandhi’s views? 1. Rudyard Kipling 2. Edward Carpenter 3. Leo Tolstoy 4. John Ruskin

42. Bhoodan Movement is associated with: 1. Rammanohar Lohiya 2. Acharya Narendra Dev 3. Jayaprakash Narayan 4. Vinoba Bhave

43. Who among the following presided over the first Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920? 1. Achyut Patwardhan 2. Lala Lajpat Rai 3. Yusuf Mehrally 4. Ashok Mehta 44 Who among the following resigned from the Presidentship of the Indian National Congress under pressure from M.K.Gandhi? 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2. Lala Lajpat Rai 3. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. Sarojini Naidu

45. The All Indian Kisan Sabha was founded by: 1. C.R.Das 2. S.A.Dange 3. M.N.Roy 4. Acharya Narendra Dev

46. The foundations of anti-Congressism in India were laid down by: 1. EMS Namboodiripad 2. S.A Dange 3. Rammanohar Lohiya 4. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee

47. The Forward Bloc was founded by: 1. Minoo Masani 2. Bhupesh Gupta 3. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. M.N. Roy

48. The first conference of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was held at: 1. Lucknow 2. Patna 3. Mumbai 4. Allahabad

49. ‘Why Socialism’ was authored by: 1. Acharya Narendra Dev 2. Rammanohar Lohiya 3. Jayaprakash Narayan 4. Achyut Patwardhan

50. Who among the following accepted the stage of slavery in Indian history? 1. M.N. Roy 2. C.R. Das 3. S.A. Dang 4. Satyabhakta INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

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