History - Class 8

Q17. Why Viceroy Lytton organized durbar in 1877?

 

Q18. What were called havelis?

 

Q19. When was Lahore Gate improvement scheme planned? Who devised it?

 

Q20. What was the main idea behind the ‘Lahore Gate Improvement Scheme’?

 

Q21. Mention the cities that were deurbanized during the nineteenth century.

 

Q22. Why did the British remove the marks of Mughal beauty and glory in Delhi after the 1857 war?

 

Q23. What is Khanqah?

 

Q24. Why was a Durbar held in Delhi in 1911?

 

Q25. Who lived in the “white” areas in cities such as Madras?

 

Q26. What did the census of 1931 reveal?

 

Q27. Why did Machlipatnam lose its importance as a port town by the late 18th century?

 

Q28. Which two industrial cities of Britain grew rapidly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Give reason.

 

Q29. What is Delhi renaissance?

 

Q30. What were the causes of decline of havelis?

 

Q31. Write a short note on The Delhi Improvement Trust.

Or

Describe the new style of living that emerged in 1936.