History

How, When and Where

Question:

Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.

Answer:

Historians could write about the cultural changes in society about how people travelled and exchanged news in the olden days and about the livelihood of people in the past.
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How, When and Where

Q 1.

What did Nana Saheb want of the British?

Q 2.

Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.

Q 3.

Give a brief description of Kingsway.

Q 4.

What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?

Q 5.

Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.

Q 6.

What were havelis?

Q 7.

Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.

Q 8.

What were havelis?

Q 9.

Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.

Q 10.

Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.

Q 11.

Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British

Q 12.

What are Reserved forests?

Q 13.

What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?

Q 14.

Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.

Q 15.

Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?

Q 16.

What were the commodities that these companies traded in?

Q 17.

Who was Nana Saheb?

Q 18.

What were the reforms introduced by the British?

Q 19.

How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?

Q 20.

Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?

Q 21.

What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?

Q 22.

What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?

Q 23.

What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?

Q 24.

How were historians able to write about the last 250 years of Indian history?

Q 25.

Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?

Q 26.

What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?

Q 27.

What were the activities of the Tribals?

Q 28.

Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.

Q 29.

What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?

Q 30.

Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.

Q 31.

What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?

Q 32.

Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.

Q 33.

When did the British gain control of Delhi?

Q 34.

What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?

Q 35.

What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?

Q 36.

When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?

Q 37.

Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.

Q 38.

What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?

Q 39.

What did British historians in India write about?

Q 40.

Write a short note on shifting cultivation.

Q 41.

What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?

Q 42.

Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.

Q 43.

What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?

Q 44.

When did the Blue rebellion break-out?

Q 45.

How were records preserved during the British rule?

Q 46.

When was the "Diwani" of Bengal granted to the East India Company?

Q 47.

When did the Blue rebellion break-out?

Q 48.

Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.

Q 49.

What happened to the Nawabs when the British established political power in India?

Q 50.

Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?