I.Choose the correct answer:
1. Lord Amherst wassucceeded by ___________ as Governor general of India.
a) William Bentinck b) Lord Hastings c) Lord curson
Ans : a) WilliamBentinck
2. Lord WilliamBentinck is famous for his__________________.
a) English b) Persian c) reforms
Ans : d) reforms
3. The use of___________ as court language was abolished _________.
a) English b) Persian c) Sanskrit
Ans : b) Persian
4. Human sacrificewas practiced by ________________
a) wild tribes ofOrissa b) Rajputs c) people of central India
Ans : a) wildtribes of Orissa
II.Fill in the blanks:
1. The firstBurmese war came to an end by the Treaty of ____________ in 1826.
Ans : Yandaboo
2._________________ is considered to be one of the greatest Governor General ofIndia.
Ans : Lord WilliamBentinck.
3. _____________was made the first law member in the executive council of the Governor General.
Ans : Lord Macaulay
4. The evilpractice that prevailed in the Indian society was ___________.
Ans : Sati
5. The firstBurmese war broke out in the year _____________.
Ans : 1824
6. The firstBurmese war broke out during the period of Lord_________.
Ans : Amherst
7. At the end ofthe first Burmese war the English got ___________ got ______________.
Ans : Arakan,Tenasserim
8. The Thugsproblem prevailed in ______________.
Ans : Central India
III.Match the following:
| 1. Abolition of Sati | a) English education |
| 2. Major Sleeman | b) 1829 |
| 3. Raja Ram Mohan Rai | c) Suppression of Thugs |
| 4. Lord Macaulay | d) Social reformer |
Ans : 1 – B, 2 – C,3 – D, 4 – A
IV.Answer in word:
1. When didBentinck became the Governor General of India?
Ans : 1828
2. Where was theElphinstan college established?
Ans : Bombay
3. Who reduced thebhatta of military officers?
Ans : WilliamBentinck
V. Answer the following
1. What do you know about the first Burmesewar?
i) During the period of Lord Amhest theBurmese tried to capture Assam.
ii) So, in 1824 Lord Amhest declared war onBurma. This war was called the first Burmese war.
iii) In the war the English defeated theBurmese.
2. What were the reforms of Lord Bentinck?
i) Lord Bentinck wanted to improve thefinance of the East India company.
ii) So he reduced the Salaries of Civilservants.
iii) He appointed the several Indians on lowsalaries.
iv) He regulated the Opium trade.
3. Mention the educational reforms of LordWilliam Bentinck.
i) Bentinck wanted to promote westerneducation through the medium of English.
ii) As a result English became the medium ofinstruction in India.
iii) He opened a medical college at Calcutta.
iv) He established Elphinston college atBombay.
4. What do you know about the administrativereforms of Lord William Bentinck?
i) Bentinck combined the office of thecollector with that of the magistrate.
ii) He himself took charge of the commanderin chief of the army and introduced several reforms.
iii) A new post of law member in theexecutive council of the Governor General was created.
VI. Detail:-
1. Give an account of the social reforms ofLord William Bentinck.
Lord Bentinck was famous for his reforms. Hisreforms may be classified under three headings.
i) Financial reforms
ii) Administrative reforms
iii) Social reforms
Abolition of Sati
i) Sati was the most cruel practice among theHindus.
ii) As per sati, a Hindu widow burnt herselfalive on the funeral pyre of the deceased husband.
iii) At first, it was a voluntary act. It wasprevalent mostly among the Rajputs.
iv) Anyone who forced a women to perform satiwould be given capital punishment.
Abolition of Female infanticide
i) Another evil practice that existed amongthe tribes of Rajaputana and kathiawar was female infanticide.
ii) It was the practice of killing childrenat the time of their birth, mainly to avoid economic burden.
iii) So Bentinck abolished this evil practiceand declared it a crime.
iv) Lord Bentinck declared that any personwho practiced this barbarous act would be treated as a murderer.
Suppression of Thugs
i) The Thugs were gang of robbers who livedin central India.
ii) They used to loot and plunder
iii) They robbed the innocent travelers andput them to death.
iv) The things were caught in large numbers.