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 Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 2.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 3.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 4.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 5.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 6.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 7.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 8.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 10.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 11.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 12.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 13.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 14.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 15.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 16.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 17.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 18.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 19.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 20.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 21.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 22.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 23.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 24.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 25.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 26.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 27.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 28.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 29.
What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
Q 30.
How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
Q 31.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 32.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 33.
When was the 'Diwani' of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 34.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 35.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 36.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 37.
What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?
Q 38.
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports?
Q 39.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 40.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 41.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 42.
What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
Q 43.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 44.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 45.
What objections did the Sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use?
Q 46.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 47.
What were the grievances of the Sepoys?
Q 48.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 49.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 50.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
