pyq/2023/history-optional-ii/3

(a) Do you agree that ‘the decline of traditional Indian artisan production was a fact, sad but inevitable’? Discuss. (20 marks)

(b) The historical significance of tribal and peasant uprisings in India ‘lies in that they established strong and valuable traditions of resistance to British rule’. Discuss. (20 marks)

(c) To accomplish the aims of education, ‘political propaganda and formation as well as propagation of nationalist ideology’, the press became the chief instrument. Comment. (10 marks)