Towns and Cities in Colonial India

Q. Which policies were instrumental in annexing Indian kingdoms into the British empire?

1. Subsidiary Alliance
2. Land Revenue Policy
3. Doctrine of Lapse
4. Unification policy

Q. Statement: India became an agricultural colony of Britain. How?

Q.

How did the British destroy the Indian economy?

Q. What is meant by de-urbanisation?

1. Decline of old villages
2. Decline of old towns
3. Beginning of new town planning
4. Decentralised urbanisation

Q. The Battle of Plassey was fought between East India company and _____.

1. Akbar
2. Siraj Ud-Daulah
3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
4. Mir Qasim

Q. British de-urbanised India during the colonial era.

1. True
2. False

Q. When were the railroads introduced in India?

1. 1843
2. 1853
3. 1863
4. 1873

Q. Which of the following were brought by the British colonial rule?

1. Hill towns
2. Cantonments
3. Industrial towns
4. Court towns
5. Handicraft towns
6. Administrative
   towns
7. Temple towns
8. Special economic zones

Q. Which of the following medieval town was de-urbanised in the colonial period?

1. Madras
2. Calcutta
3. Agra
4. Srinagar

Q. Since which year the British became rulers?

1. 1857
2. 1757
3. 1642
4. 1742