MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)
1. In the early twentieth century, only ___________ percent of Indians were living in cities .
2. The most splendid capital of all was built by ____________ .
3. The ___________was among the largest and grandest mosques in India .
4. _____became the imperial city a dusty provincial town in the nineteenth century .
5. ____________ was fully aware of the symbolic importance of Delhi.
6. Machlipatnam, Surat and Seringapatam were de-urbanised during the _______.
7. The modern capital of India is ____________ .
8. As many as 14 capital cities were founded on the left bank of the river ________.
9. During Shah Jahan’s time, Delhi was an important centre of ____________ .
10. In 1803, the British gained control of Delhi after defeating the ____________ .
11. Indians lived in ____________ of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
12. Delhi remained under rebel control for ____________ months.
13. The British lived in , ___________ .
14. The British converted Zinat-ud Masjid into a _________.
15. The British were fully aware of the symbolic importance of ____________.
16. The Delhi improvement trust was set up in ____________ .
17. ___________ organised a Durbar to acknowledge Queen Victoria as the empress of India in 1877.
18. ___________ designed the Union building at Pretoria ?
19. For administrative purposes colonial India was divided into ______
24. The ____ college was turned into a school and was shut down in the year 1877
Answers:
1. (a) 11
2. (a) Shah Jahan
3. (a) Jama Masjid
4. (a) Delhi
5. (c) The British
6. (a) Nineteenth century
7. (a) Delhi
8. (c) Jamuna
9. (c) Sulfi culture
10. (c) Marathas
11. (c) Black areas
12. (b) Four
13. (b) White areas
14. (a) Bakery
15. (c) Delhi
16. (a) 1936
17. (b) Viceroy Lytton
18. (a) Herbert Baker
19.(b) Presidencies
20.(c) Idgah
21.(a) Chandni Chowk
22.(c) Delhi
23.(a) Gulfaroshan
24.(a) Delhi
25.(c) Europeans