Chapter  12 Colonial Cities Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture

1. Consider the following events:

Which of the following is the correct

1. Sir William Jones formed the Asiatic Society.
2. The railway line from Bombay to Thane.
3. The East India Company established the Supreme Court in Calcutta.
4. Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta universities established.

Chronological sequence of the above events?

2. What do the following claims regarding “White” and “Black”
Town represent?

1. A Black Town resembled a traditional Indian town in appearance,
   with living quarters built around its own temple.
2. The White Town was intended for Europeans, while the Black
   Town was intended for Indians.
3. The White Town included wide streets, residences set in huge
   gardens, barracks, a parade ground, and a church.

Which of the following assertions is/are true?

3. Consider the following remarks regarding well-known
Indian merchants.

1. They worked as British agents or middlemen.
2. They wanted to make a good impression on their
   British masters or colonial rulers.
3. Prominent Indian merchants and traders established
   themselves in colonial capitals such as Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

Which of the following assertions is/are true?

4. Take a look at the following statement.

5. In India, among the following locations, the Dutch
established their earliest factory at

6. thinks about the following statement

1. The Portuguese sought to monopolise the profitable
   eastern trade by banning competitors.
2. In September 1500, Pedro Alvarez Cabral landed in
   Calicut and founded a factory.

Select the incorrect answer.

7. With whose permission did the English set up their
first factory in Surat?

8. Consider the following assertions:

1. On the east coast, the Portuguese erected further military
   installations and towns at San Thome (near Chennai) and Nagapatnam (in Andhra).
2. The Portuguese, the first Europeans to arrive in India,
   were also the last to leave.
3. The Portuguese had a moderate religious policy.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. consider the following statements regarding chronology

1. The Portuguese capture Daman
2. Establishment of the first Portuguese fort at Cochin.
3. Arrival of Vasco-da-Gama at Calicut
4. Declaration of Goa as the Portuguese capital.

Choose the correct answer

10. Consider the following assertions:

1. Pondicherry was founded in 1674.
2. France never fought a battle with the Dutch.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11. match the pairs

Choose the correct answer

12. consider the following statement .

1. Statement : (A) Commercial centres such as Surat,
   Masulipatnam and Dhaka declined during the eighteenth century.
2. Reason : (R)  the expansion of trade of the East
   India Company, colonial port cities Madras, Calcutta and Bombay during the
   eighteenth century. .

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

13. Consider the following statements:

1. The British constructed a trading base on the eastern coast
   of India at Madraspatam.
2. The British purchased the right to settle in Madrasapatam
   from the local Telugu feudators.
3. Because of Dutch rivalries, the British were forced to
   reinforce Madras.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

14. Consider the following statements concerning the efforts made to
ensure rebel unity during the 1857 insurgency.

1. ‘Vellalar’ belonged to the Madras rural caste.
2. the British city of Bombay It served as colonial India’s
   commerce centre.
3. Madras’ Mylapore used to be a trading centre.
4. Bengal was established as a city by Indian traders
   (urbs prima in Indis).

Which of the following assertions is/are correct?

15. match the pairs

Choose the correct answer

16. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of
the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?

17. Consider the following claims about the efforts of Lord Wellesley.

1. Lord Wellesley succeeded Sir John Shore as the new Governor General.
2. He Introduced of the Subsidiary Alliance System .
3. Fourth Mysore War was fought under him.
4. He Took over the administration of Surat.

Which of the following assertions is/are correct?