Question

Consider the statement given below and select the correct explanation from the responses given thereafter: people of depressed classes found it difficult to find housing in Bombay during the late nineteenth century.

• A. Bombay had a mere $9.5$ square yards average space per person
• B. Wages of depressed classes were usually less than that of others
• C. Most people of depressed classes were kept out of chawls
• D. People belonging to the depressed classes had fixed space allotted per family

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Most people of depressed classes were kept out of chawls

People of depressed classes found it difficult to find housing in Bombay during the late nineteenth century. This is because depressed classes were kept out of chawls which is a large building divided into many separate tenements, offering cheap, basic accommodation to labourers