Question:
What were havelis?
Answer:
The Mughal aristocracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries lived in havelis. There were at least a hundred havelis in North India. A haveli housed many families. A beautiful gateway led to an open courtyard, surrounded by public rooms meant for visitors and business, used exclusively by males. The inner courtyard with its pavilions and rooms were meant for the women of the household. Rooms in the havelis had multiple uses and there was very little furniture. Some havelis had quarters for the cart drivers, tent pitchers, torchbearers, accountants, clerks and household servants.
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Q 1.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 3.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 4.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 5.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 6.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 7.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 8.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 10.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 11.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 12.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 13.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 14.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 15.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 16.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 17.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 18.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 19.
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Q 20.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 21.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 22.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 23.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 24.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 25.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 26.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 27.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 28.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 29.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 30.
How were historians able to write about the last 250 years of Indian history?
Q 31.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 32.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 33.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 34.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 35.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 36.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 37.
How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
Q 38.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 39.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 40.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 41.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 42.
Who created the first map of India?
Q 43.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 44.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 45.
Write a brief note on the National Archives of India.
Q 46.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 47.
When was the "Diwani" of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 48.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 49.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 50.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
