CBSE Class 12 History Colonial Cities MCQs

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MCQ for Class 12 History Chapter 12 Colonial Cities

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Chapter 12 Colonial Cities MCQ Questions Class 12 History with Answers

 

Question :  Pasturelands and agricultural fields around the older towns were cleared, and new urban spaces called ______ were set up.
(a) New Lines
(b) Tested Lines
(c) Civil Lines
(d) Real Lines
 
Answer :  C
 
Question :  Bombay was given to the company in __
(a) 1690
(b) 1661
(c) 1639
(d) 1680

Answer :  B
 
Question :  Who donated money for the construction of University Hall?
(a) Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
(b) Premchand Roychand
(c) Rajabai Roychand
(d) Jamsetji Tata

Answer :  A
 
Question :  Lord Wellesley became the Governor-General of colonial India in the year
(a) 1795.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1798
(d) 1780
 
Answer :  C
 
Question :  What was the importance of Delhi, Agra, and Lahore during the Mughal period?
(a) Important trade centres
(b) Important religious towns
(c) Important centres of imperial administration
(d) Important port towns

Answer : C
 
Question :  What do you understand by the term ‘dubashes’?
(a) Indians weavers
(b) Indians living in ‘White towns’
(c) Villagers living in cities
(d) Indians who could speak two languages

Answer :  D
 
Question :  When did the East India Company settle in Madras?
(a) 1639
(b) 1661
(c) 1690
(d) 1699

Answer :  A
 
Question :  The Indian town which the King of England got as part of his wife's dowry from the King of Portugal was
(a) Bombay.
(b) Madras.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Delhi.
 
Answer :  A
 
Question :  Which of the following option is correct?
(a) First census survey was held in 1881.
(b) The British lived in Black towns.
(c) John Lawrence officially shifted his council of Shimla in 1804.
(d) Bombay was the commercial capital of colonial India

Answer :  D

Question :  The lottery committee was made to
(a) To develop Calcutta
(b) To develop Bombay
(c) To develop Madras
(d) To develop Delhi

Answer :  A
 
Question :  When did the East India Company settle in Calcutta?
(a) 1639
(b) 1661
(c) 1690
(d) 1699

Answer : C
 
Question :  Civil lines were established for the __
(a) Clerks
(b) Kings
(c) Labourers
(d) British

Answer :  D
 
Question :  The king of England got Bombay as part of his wife’s dowry from the
(a) King of France.
(b) King of Russia.
(c) King of Prussia.
(d) King of Portugal
 
Answer :  D
 
Question :  When did the all India Census become a regular feature?
(o) 1872
(b) 1881
(c) 1891
(d) 1911

Answer :  B
 
Question :  Why did paupers from rural areas flock to the cities?
(a) education
(b) entertainment
(c) employment
(d) agriculture

Answer :  C

Question :  _____ refers to a small fixed market.
(a) Ganj
(b) Bazar
(c) Rahis
(d) Bahis
 
Answer :  A
 
Question :  Which of the following statement is not correct:
(a) Bombay was given to the British King as Dowry.
(b) The British divided cities into Black towns and white towns.
(c) Lord Dalhousie officially shifted his council to Shimla.
(d) Madras was developed by incorporating many surrounding villages.

Answer :  C

Question :  Why were hill stations important for the colonial economy?
Due to setting up of:
(a) tea and coffee plantations
(b) tea and jute plantations
(c) banana and coffee plantations
(d) jute and banana plantations

Answer :  A
 
Question :  Fort St. George of English East India Company was situated at
(a) Bombay.
(b) Madras.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Delhi.
 
Answer :  B
 
Question :  American Civil war was started in _________
(a) 1867
(b) 1861
(c) 1835
(d) 1776

Answer : B

Question :  Gateway of India was made to welcome _______
(a) Jamshed Ji Tata
(b) Premchand Raichand
(c) George V and his wife
(d) Lord Dalhousie
 
Answer :  C
 
Question :  The city walls of Shahjahanabad were demolished after
(a) 1853.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1858.
 
Answer :  C
 
Question :  For the development of which of the following cities, Lottery Committee was made is collect funds?
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Madras
(d) Delhi

Answer :  B
 
Question :  High-pitched roofs, pointed arches and detailed decorations are features of which style of architecture?
(a) Indian style
(b) Neo-classical
(c) Neo-Gothic
(d) Indo-Saracenic style

Answer :  C
 
Question :  ______ became the nucleus of the White Town where most of the Europeans lived.
(a) Mehrangarh Fort
(b) Fort St George
(c) Fort William
(d) Gomsi Fort
 
Answer :  B
 
Question :  First census survey was held in _________
(a) 1872
(b) 1882
(c) 1892
(d) 1852

Answer : A
 
Question :  When was the treaty of Allahabad signed?
(a) 1757
(b) 1761
(c) 1764
(d) 1765

Answer :  D
 
Question :  Where was the Fort St George Fort built by the British?
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Bombay
(c) Madras
(d) Goa

Answer :  C
 
Question :  Where was the first cotton mill established in India?
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Bombay
(c) Madras
(d) Goa

Answer :  B
 
Question :  In whose welcome the Gateway of India was built?
(a) Dalhousie’s
(b) George pancham
(c) Gandhi’s
(d) of Bhagat Singh

Answer :  B

Question :  Madras, among the British population, was known as _________
(a) Fort William
(b) Fort Saint George
(c) Fort Augustus
(d) All of these

Answer : B
 
Question :  Which of the following is not a justified reason for the increase in the population of Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras during the colonial period?
(a) They were centres of colonial administration and political power.
(b) They had ample opportunities for new jobs and occupations.
(c) They were centres of imperial administration and control.
(d) They emerged as the new economic capitals.

Answer :  C
 
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Chapter 02 Kings Farmers And Towns
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Chapter 03 Kinship Caste And Class
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Chapter 04 Thinkers Beliefs And Buildings
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Chapter 05 Through The Eyes Of Travellers
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Chapter 06 Bhakti Sufi Traditions
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Chapter 07 An Imperial Capital Vijayanagara
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Chapter 08 Peasants Zamindars And The State
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Chapter 09 Kings And Chronicles
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Chapter 10 Colonialism And The Countryside
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Chapter 11 Rebels And The Raj
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Chapter 13 Mahatma Gandhi And The Nationalist Movement
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Chapter 14 Understanding Partition
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Chapter 15 Framing The Constitution
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