Practice Quesiton Paper of Class 8 History Chapter 6th Colonialism and the City: The story of an Imperial capital

Practice Question Paper

 CBSE Board

History

Class VIII

Chapter 6:  Colonialism and the City: The story of an Imperial capital

Very short answer type questions. ( carrying one mark each)

Question 1.What is urbanization?

Question 2.What do you mean by de-urbanization?

Question 3.Name three Court towns developed during 17th century.

Question 4.Name a temple Town of South India.

Question 5.Name a port city of Mughal India on the Western coast.

Question 6.What was the immediate cause of the rise of modern cities in western

                    world?

Question 7.Name the presidency cities under British in India.

Question 8.When was Delhi rebuilt as the capital of British India?

Question 9.  Who built Delhi as most splendid capital?

Question 10.What is a Dargah?

Short answer type questions. (carrying 3 marks each)

Question 11.Who lived in the white areas in cities of Madras?

Question 12.Mention any three causes of decline of Delhi from 1857 to 1911.

Question 13.Explain the terms Colonialism and Colonial rule.

Question 14.Write any three features of the city of Shahjahanabad built by

                       Shahjahan.

Value based question. (carrying  4 marks )

Question 15. Read the following passage and answer the questions:

Ghalib lamented the changes that were occurring and wrote sadly about the past that was lost.

He wrote:

What can I write? The life of Delhi depends on the fort, Chandni Chowk, the daily gatherings at the  Jamuna Bridge and the Annual Gulfroshan. When all these things are no longer there, how can Delhi live? Yes, there was once a city of this name in the dominions of India.

1.Who was Mirza Ghalib?

2.How did the city of Delhi change after the revolt of 1857 ?

                                                               Answer key

Answer 1.   It is the process by which more and more people began to reside in towns

                    and cities.

Answer 2.  The decline of old towns is known as de-urbanization.

Answer 3.  Delhi , Agra ,  Lahore.

Answer 4.  Madurai was the temple Town of South India.

Answer 5.Surat was developed as a port city of Mughal India on western coast.

Answer 6.  industrialisation was the major cause of the rise of modern cities in

                  western world.

Answer 7.  Three presidency towns under British in India are:  Bombay , Madras ,   

                   Calcutta.

Answer 8.  In 1912, Delhi was rebuilt as the capital of British India.

Answer 9.  It was built by Mughal emperor Shahjahan, who was also known for his

                   architectural skill.

Answer 10.  The terms of the Sufi saints is called Dargah.

Answer 11.The living places of Indians and British sharply separated in Bombay , Madras and Calcutta. the britishers lived in well laid out white areas and Indians lived in black areas.

Answer 12.

1. the role of Delhi as a historical imperial town or city Android with the defeat of Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1857.
2. The British had already established their control and did not take any interest in the development of Delhi as Calcutta was their capital.
3.  Its laws and orders were badly hurt during the days of mutiny in 1857. Many people had shifted their bases from Delhi due to several reasons.

Answer 13. 

1. Colonialism is the ideology which favours and believes in colonial strengthening in anyway.  At line, political, economic and social domination of an imperial power is also called colonialism.
2. The rule of government pertaining to a colony is usually called a colonial power or colonial rule. The British was a colonial power in India.

Answer 14.Shahjahanabad was a splendid city as:

a)    It consisted of fort palace complex and the City adjoining it.

b)   It had the Red fort made of sandstone several dozen bazaars like Chandni Chowk and faiz Bazaars.

c)     The Jama Masjid included was one of the largest and grandest mosque in India.

Answer 15.   

1)   Mirza Ghalib was a classical Urdu and Persian poet in India during British colonial rule.

2)   after the revolt of 1857, the area around the fort was completely cleared of gardens and mosques. In the 1870, the western walls of Shahjahanabad were broken to establish the railway and to allow the city to expand beyond the walls. the British now started living in the extensive Civil Lines areas that came up in the north,  away from the Indians in the walled city.

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