Chapter 18: Considering the Evidence Documents Quiz

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1. Which statement distinguishes “Letter to Lord Amherst” (Document 18.1) from “The Azamgarh Proclamation” (Document 18.2)?

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Correct. The answer is a. Ram Mohan Roy objects to proposals to open a Sanskrit School in Calcutta instead of a school based on a western curriculum.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Ram Mohan Roy objects to proposals to open a Sanskrit School in Calcutta instead of a school based on a western curriculum.

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2. “The Azamgarh Proclamation” (Document 18.2) directs its appeal to which class of Indian society?

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Correct. The answer is c. The proclamation refers specifically to Hindu and Muslim chiefs, large landowners, merchants, civil servants in the British government, artisans, and learned persons.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The proclamation refers specifically to Hindu and Muslim chiefs, large landowners, merchants, civil servants in the British government, artisans, and learned persons.

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3. What do Naoroji in “Speech to a London Audience” (Document 18.3) and Roy in ”Letter to Lord Amherst” (Document 18.1) agree on?

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Correct. The answer is b. Naoroji largely supports Roy’s belief that Western cultural influences and especially education have had a positive impact on Indian society.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Naoroji largely supports Roy’s belief that Western cultural influences and especially education have had a positive impact on Indian society.

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4. Which Indian thinker wrote the following? “Railways, lawyers, and doctors have impoverished the country so much so that if we do not wake up in time, we shall be ruined?”

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Correct. The answer is d. At the basis of Gandhi’s critique is the argument that British rule has brought modern Western civilization to India, undermining India’s civilization and potentially the well-being of the population by causing Indians to turn away from God in pursuit of worldly ambition.
Incorrect. The answer is d. At the basis of Gandhi’s critique is the argument that British rule has brought modern Western civilization to India, undermining India’s civilization and potentially the well-being of the population by causing Indians to turn away from God in pursuit of worldly ambition.

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5. What does Gandhi define as “that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty”?

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Correct. The answer is b. Gandhi believed that Indian civilization was founded on the performance of duty and observance of morality which allowed civilized people to master their passions and disdain luxuries and pleasures that in fact caused unhappiness.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Gandhi believed that Indian civilization was founded on the performance of duty and observance of morality which allowed civilized people to master their passions and disdain luxuries and pleasures that in fact caused unhappiness.