Chapter 6

COLONISATION AND URBANISATION

QUESTIONS  AND ANSWERS :­-

QUES 1   WHAT IS DEURBANISATION ?

ANS     Deurbanisation is a process reverse of urbanisation , in which due to various reasons people migrate back to villages and  which results in the decline of the urban population.

QUES 2  WRITE A NOTE ON DELHI ON THE MUGHALS?

ANS    In text book page no.57 under the caption of case study : the Delhi of the mughals , whole paragraph, till ,sufi culture.

QUES 3   WHAT WERE THE CHANGES IN THE MUGHULS DEHLI MADE BY  THE BRITISH ?

ANS   ON page no.57 under the caption of  colonial Delhi 2^nd paragraphs 2^nd line – they dismantled ……. Till , its previous wall

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QUES 4  WHY WAS DARBAR HELD IN DELHI IN 1911?

ANS   A darbar was held in Delhi in 1911 to commemorate the crowing of king George V in England .

QUES 5  NAME SOME OF THE  SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS OF NEW DEHLI ?

ANS    Rajpath (Kingsway) , Rastrapathi bhawan  (the viceroys’s palace) and India gate ( the war memorial arch )

QUES 6  WHAT IS A CANTONMENT ?

ANS  The cantonment is a military garrison or a camp .

QUES 7   WHY WAS LORD CORNWALLIS CODE ENACTED ?

ANS   ON page no.59under the caption of administration of the cities: 2^nd    whole paragraph till, judicial administration.

QUES 8 WHEN WAS INDIA’S LAST TEELEGRAM SENT?

ANS   ON page no. 60 in Did you know ? till telegraph service.