Colonial cities

Question 1

Madras

Answer 1

1639

Question 2

Calcutta

Answer 2

1690

Question 3

Bombay

Answer 3

1661 it was given to the company by the English king who had got it as part of his wife dowry from the king of Portugal

Question 4

Important centres of imperial administration and control

Answer 4

Agra Delhi Lahore

Question 5

Kotwal

Answer 5

Overshod the internal affairs and polishing of the town he maintained the social order dominated by the ruling and eat

Question 6

The Mughal capitals Delhi and Agra lost their political authority

Answer 6

18th century

Question 7

The growth of new regional powers was reflected in the increasing importance of regional capitals like

Answer 7

Lucknow Hyderabad serangapattam Pune Nagpur Baroda and Thanjavur

Question 8

Portuguese in Panaji in 1510

Answer 8

Dutch in Mussoorie patnam in 1605

Question 9

British in Madras in 1639

Answer 9

French in Puducherry in 1673

Question 10

From the mid 18th century that was a new face of change commercial centres such as Surat masulipatnam and Dhaka which had grown in the 17th century declined when trade shifted to other places

Answer 10

As a British gradually acquired political control after the battle of Plassey in 1757 and the trade of the English East India company expanded colonial port cities such as Madras Calcutta and Bombay rapidly emerged as a new economic capitals

Question 11

From the late 19th century the British ride to raise money for administering towns through the systematic annual collection of

Answer 11

Municipal taxes. To avoid conflict the handed over some responsibilities to elected Indian representatives

Question 12

First on india census was attempted in 1872

Answer 12

From 1881 Deccan census became a regular feature this collection data is an invaluable source to study organisation in India

Question 13

With the expansion of the railway network Railway workshops and Railway colony West established Railway towns like Jamalpur Walter and Bareilly developed

Answer 13

After the 1850 cotton mills were set up by Indian merchants and entrepreneurs in Bombay

Question 14

After the 1850 European old jute mills were established on the outskirts of ___

Answer 14

Calcutta

Question 15

Altho Calcutta Bombay and Madras supply in raw materials for industry in England and had emerged because the modern economic forces like capitalism there economy is not primary based on factory production

Answer 15

Majority of the working population in the cities belong to what economist classified as a tertiary sector

Question 16

Never only two proper industrial cities

Answer 16

Kanpur specialising in leather woolen and cotton textiles and Jamshedpur specialising in steel

Question 17

Bombay was initially ___ islands

Answer 17

Seven

Question 18

___ was the commercial capital of colonial India

Answer 18

Bombay

Question 19

Bombay’s capitalist came from diverse communities such as

Answer 19

Parsi marwari konkani muslim, Gujarati, Bania, bohra, Jew , Armenian

Question 20

There was an upsurge of demand for Indian cotton grown primarily in the Deccan during ___

Answer 20

American civil war started in 1861 cotton from the American South stop coming into the international market

Question 21

___ strengthened bombay’s link with the world economy

Answer 21

1869 opening of suez canal

Question 22

Bombay was called urbs prima indis in Latin which means ___

Answer 22

Most important city of india

Question 23

The British in turn adapted some Indian styles to suit their needs. One example is ___ which was used by government officers in Bombay and all over India

Answer 23

Bungalow

Question 24

Which were the three broad architectural styles used by the British

Answer 24

Neo classical neo Gothic and indo- saracenic

Question 25

The ___ origin of Neo classical architecture was so thought to be suitable for tropical weather

Answer 25

Mediterranean

Question 26

A) new classical architecture was considered particularly appropriate for the British Empire in India

Answer 26

R) the British imagine that a style that embodied the grandeur of imperial Rome could now be made to express the glory of imperial India

Question 27

Give names of buildings with neo - classical architecture

Answer 27

Town hall in Bombay, 1833

Elphinstone circle 1860s

Question 28

Neo Gothic was characterized by ___

Answer 28

1. High pitched roofs
2. Pointed arches
3. Detailed decoration

Question 29

The most spectacular example of Neo Gothic style is ____

Answer 29

Victoria terminus, station and headquarters of great Indian peninsular Railway company

Question 30

Neo Gothic style was revived in ___ in England

Answer 30

Mid 19th century

Question 31

Towards the beginning of 20th century a new hybrid architectural style developed which combined the Indian with the European

Answer 31

Indo saracenic

Question 32

Gateway of India was built in the traditional style to welcome ______ & ___ to India in 1911

Answer 32

King George v & Queen Mary