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Colonialism and the City

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was manufacturing town?

a)

Madurai

b)

Dacca

c)

Surat

d)

Agra

2.

Which of the following city was Not developed as Presidency city in colonial India?

a)

Agra

b)

Bombay

c)

Madras

d)

Calcutta

3.

How many Delhi Muslints migrated in 1947 partition of India?

a)

Over two-third of the Delhi Muslims

b)

Over one-third of the Delhi Muslims

c)

Over three-fourth of the Delhi Muslims

d)

None of the above

4.

Most of the migrants in Delhi were from

a)

Bengal

b)

Assam

c)

Punjab

d)

Rajasthan

5.

Which was NOT the new British Port in the late eighteenth century?

a)

Machlipatnam

b)

Bombay

c)

Madras

d)

Calcutta

6.

Which region was NOT de-urbanised in the 19th century?

a)

Machlipatnam

b)

Surat

c)

Seringapatam

d)

Bombay

7.

Which was NOT the place of East India Company’s ‘factories’?

a)

Calcutta

b)

Surat

c)

Madras

d)

Delhi

8.

When did the British gain control of Delhi?

a)

1800

b)

1803

c)

1805

d)

1810

9.

When did Delhi become the capital of British India?

a)

1900

b)

1905

c)

1911

d)

1915

10.

Countryside

(a)  

11.

Presidency

(a)  

12.

Khanqahs

(a)  

13.

Cul-de-sac

(a)  

14.

Gulfaroshan

(a)  

15.

Factories

(a)  

16.

Idgah

(a)  

17.

The British lived in white areas of the cities

a)

True

b)

false

18.

The British wanted Delhi to forget its Mughal past.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

The Jama-Masjid was converted into Bakery by British.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

In 1877, the Queen Victoria was recognised as the Empress of India.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Lahore gate improvement scheme was devised in the year 1905.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

In the 1870s, the western walls of …………….. were broken to establish the railways.

(a)  

23.

The Mughal aristocracy in the 17th and 18th century lived in ……………..

(a)  

24.

A haveli (is) housed by many ……………..

(a)  

25.

The central dome of the Viceroy’s Palace was copied from the ……………..

(a)  

26.

The British exiled Bahadur Shah Zafar to ……………..

(a)  

27.

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28.

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