Social Organizing

Question 1

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s ideas pushed for modernism in India called the….

Answer 1

Aligarh Movement

Question 2

Who did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan stay loyal to during the rebellion of 1857?

Answer 2

British

Question 3

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan published a work that listed what?

Answer 3

the names of every Muslim in North India who remained loyal to the British

Question 4

What university did Sir Syed Ahmad Khan start in 1875?

Answer 4

Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College

Question 5

What is the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College called today?

Answer 5

Aligarh Muslim University

Question 6

Which two universities is the Aligarh Muslim University modeled after?

Answer 6

Oxford and Cambridge

Question 7

This theory states that if India was not under British rule all the profit and wealth would have stayed in India

Answer 7

Drain of Wealth Theory

Question 8

Who presented the Drain of Wealth Theory?

Answer 8

Dada-bhai Naotoji (1835-1917)

Question 9

Dada-bhai Naotoji was the first Indian elected to what?

Answer 9

British parliament in 1888

Question 10

Which four organizations formed the Indian National Congress?

Answer 10

a. Puna Sarvajanik Sabh (1870)
b. Indian Association in Bengal (1876)
c. Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884)
d. Bombay Presidency Association (1885)

Question 11

Were the early members of the Indian National Congress elected by Indian people or self elected?

Answer 11

self elected

Question 12

Who did the Indian National Congress work with?

Answer 12

British

Question 13

What did the Indian National Congress call for in reforms?

Answer 13

land revenue system

Question 14

How did the Indian National Congress feel about the land revenue system?

Answer 14

impoverished the Indian population with famine and exploitation

Question 15

The terms Hindu and Muslims often represent more than religious identity, they also represent…

Answer 15

race, family lineage, and political identity

Question 16

Describe the social changes of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer 16

a. After the mutiny of 1857 who tried to create a radical political group based on Hindu symbols and festivals as a uniting factor
b. Championed swaraj or self-rule
c. Started the Ganapati Festival to celebrate the Hindu god Ganesh
d. Portrayed Muslims in negative light; rulers of the Mughal Empire
e. promoted only buying swadeshi; only goods made in India

Question 17

Who set out to change the misunderstanding between the British and Indian Muslims?

Answer 17

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898)