Colonialism and the City (Chapter-6)

Q.4 How did the Partition affect life in Delhi ?

Q.3 How did the Old City of Delhi change under British rule ?

Q.2 Why did the British choose to hold a grand Durbar in Delhi although it was not the capital?

Q.1What is meant by de-urbanisation ?

Choose The Correct Answer

Q.1 The Mughal capital was -

          (A) Delhi                       (B) Agra

          (C) Both (A) and (B)    (D) None of these

Q.2 British got full control of Delhi in -

          (A) 1802                        (B) 1803

          (C) 1804                        (D) 1805

Q.3 In 1888 which extension scheme was planned by Robert Clark for the walled city residents ?

          (A) Lajpat Nagar

          (B) Tilak Nagar

          (C) Lahore Gate Improvement trust

          (D) Clarkegunj

Q.4 The Mughal aristocracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries lived in grand mansises called -

          (A) fort             (B) bunglows

          (C) durbar         (D) havelis

Q.5 Who organized a durbar in Delhi to knowledge queen Victoria as the Empress of India

          (A) Lord Cleve              (B) Lord Hardinge

          (C) Viceroy Lytton       (D) Lord Duggerin

Q.6 Characteristic of a colonial bungalow was -

          (A)It was meant for one nuclear family

          (B)Was large single storeyed structure with a pettched roof

          (C)Usually in one or two across of open ground

          (D)All the above

Fill In The Blanks

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

Q.2 The two architects who designed New Delhi and Shahjahanabad were _____________ and _____________.

Q.3 The British saw overcrowded spaces as _____________.

Q.4 In 1888 an extension scheme called the _____________ was devised.

State True Or False

Q.1 Black people lived in civil lines.

Q.2 In the Western world, modern cities grew with industrialisation.

Q.3 Surat and Machlipatnam developed in the nineteenth century.

Q.4 In the twentieth century, the majority of Indians lived in cities.

Q.5 After 1857 no worship was allowed in the Jama Masjid for five years.

Q.6 More money was spent on cleaning Old Delhi than New Delhi.

How did the Partition affect life in Delhi?

How did the Old City of Delhi change under the British rule?

Why did the British choose to hold a grand Durbar in Delhi although it was not the capital?

What is meant by de-urbanisation?

Who lived in the "white" areas in cities such as Madras?

Identify three differences in the city design of New Delhi and Shahjahanabad.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The first structure to successfully use the dome was called the __________.

(b) The two architects who designed New Delhi and Shahjahanabad were __________ and _____________.

(c) The British saw overcrowded spaces as ______________.

(d) In 1888 an extension scheme called the ___________ was devised.

State whether true or false:

(a) In the Western world, modern cities grew with industrialisation.

(b) Surat and Machlipatnam developed in the nineteenth century.

(c) In the twentieth century, the majority of Indians lived in cities.

(d) After 1857 no worship was allowed in the Jama Masjid for five years.

(e) More money was spent on cleaning Old Delhi than New Delhi.