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Class 8 History Chapter 6 Colonialism and the City

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(i) Which group of cities was recognized as Presidency cities?

a)

(a) Bombay, Orissa, and Calcutta

b)

(b) Bombay, Madras, and Vishakhapatnam

c)

(c) Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta

d)

(d) Madras, Rajasthan, and Calcutta

2.

(ii) The capital of British India before Delhi was

a)

(a) Madras

b)

(b) Bombay

c)

(c) Orissa

d)

(d) Calcutta

3.

iii) The Delhi College was built in the year

a)

(a) 1792

b)

(b) 1785

c)

(c) 1700

d)

(d) 1695

4.

3. In 1877, Viceroy Lytton organized a grand durbar to acknowledge Queen Victoria as the Empress of India at’

a)

(a) Calcutta

b)

(b) Delhi

c)

(c) Bombay

d)

(d) Madras

5.

5. The Viceroy’s Palace is now known as

a)

(a) Rashtrapati Bhavan

b)

(b) Pradhanmantri Bhavan

c)

(c) Mantri Bhavan

d)

(d) Raj Bhavan,

6.

  1. The first structure to successfully use the dome was called the …………



(a)  

7.

The two architects who designed New Delhi and Shahjahanabad were …………… and ………..

a)

Edward II & Herber

b)

Edward Lutyens & Herber

c)

Herber & John Beniyen

d)

Edward & Henry

8.

The first structure to successfully use the dome was called the …………

(a)  

9.

9.Which of the following was a manufacturing town?

a)

Madurai

b)

Dacca

c)

Agra

d)

Surat

10.

10.most of the migrants in Delhi from where?

a)

Bengal

b)

Assam

c)

Punjab

d)

Rajasthan