Question:
Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?
Answer:
In cities such as Madras, the British lived in well-laid out white areas.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 2.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 3.
How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
Q 4.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 5.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 6.
How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?
Q 7.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 8.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 9.
Write a brief note on the National Archives of India.
Q 10.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 11.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 12.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 13.
What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?
Q 14.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 15.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 16.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 17.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 18.
What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Q 19.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 20.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 21.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 22.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 23.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 24.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 25.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 26.
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports?
Q 27.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 28.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 29.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 30.
What was Birsas vision of a golden age? Why do you think such a vision appealed to the people of the region?
Q 31.
What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
Q 32.
What impact did Bahadur Shah ZafaKs support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
Q 33.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 35.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 36.
Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.
Q 37.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 38.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 39.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 40.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 41.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 42.
Define the word history.
Q 43.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 44.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 45.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Q 46.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 47.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 48.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 49.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 50.
What was the doctrine of lapse?