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 did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 3.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 4.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 5.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 6.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 7.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 8.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 9.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 11.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 12.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 13.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 14.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 15.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 16.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 17.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 18.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 19.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 20.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 21.
How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
Q 22.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 23.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 24.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 25.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 26.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 27.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 28.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 29.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 30.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 31.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 32.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 33.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 34.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 35.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 36.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 37.
How were records preserved during the British rule?
Q 38.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 39.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 40.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 41.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 42.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 43.
What were the powers enjoyed by the Residents appointed by the Company?
Q 44.
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
Q 45.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 46.
What was Birsas vision of a golden age? Why do you think such a vision appealed to the people of the region?
Q 47.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 48.
What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
Q 49.
What objections did the Sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use?
Q 50.
What were the grievances of the Sepoys?
