Colonialism and the City Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct answer:
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Answer: (b) Dacca
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Answer: (a) Agra
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Answer: (a) Over two-third of the Delhi Muslims
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Answer: (c) Punjab
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Answer: (b) Machlipatnam
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Answer: (d) Bombay
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Answer: (d) Delhi
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Answer: (b) 1803
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Answer: (c) 1911
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Countryside | (a) Street with a dead end |
| (ii) Presidency | (b) Trading posts |
| (iii) Khanqahs | (c) Villages and their environment |
| (iv) Cul-de-sac | (d) A festival of flowers |
| (v) Gulfaroshan | (e) The administrative units affected by the British |
| (vi) Factories | (f) A sufi lodge used as a rest house |
| (vii) Idgah | (g) An open prayer place of Muslims |
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| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Countryside | (c) Villages and their environment |
| (ii) Presidency | (e) The administrative units affected by the British |
| (iii) Khanqahs | (f) A sufi lodge used as a rest house |
| (iv) Cul-de-sac | (a) Street with a dead end |
| (v) Gulfaroshan | (d) A festival of flowers |
| (vi) Factories | (b) Trading posts |
| (vii) Idgah | (g) An open prayer place of Muslims |
State whether true or false:
1. The British lived in white areas of the cities
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Answer: True
2. The British wanted Delhi to forget its Mughal past.
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Answer: True
3. The Jama-Masjid was converted into Bakery by British.
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Answer: False
4. In 1877, the Queen Victoria was recognised as the Empress of India.
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Answer: True
5. Lahore gate improvement scheme was devised in the year 1905.
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Answer: False
Fill in the blanks:
1. In the 1870s, the western walls of …………….. were broken to establish the railways.
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Answer: Shahjahanabad
2. The Mughal aristocracy in the 17th and 18th century lived in ……………..
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Answer: havelis
3. A haveli (is) housed by many ……………..
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Answer: families
4. The central dome of the Viceroy’s Palace was copied from the ……………..
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Answer: Buddhist Stupa
5. The British exiled Bahadur Shah Zafar to ……………..
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Answer: Burma (now Myanmar)
