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.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 6.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 8.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 9.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 10.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 11.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 12.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 13.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 14.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 15.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 16.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 17.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 18.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 19.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 20.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 21.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 22.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 23.
How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
Q 24.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 25.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 26.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 27.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 28.
What were the powers enjoyed by the Residents appointed by the Company?
Q 29.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 30.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 31.
How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
Q 32.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 33.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 34.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 35.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 36.
What objections did the Sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use?
Q 37.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 38.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 39.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 40.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 41.
What were the grievances of the Sepoys?
Q 42.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 43.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 44.
Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?
Q 45.
What were the powers enjoyed by the Residents appointed by the Company?
Q 46.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 47.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 48.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 49.
What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
Q 50.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
