CBSE Class 10 History Work Life And Leisure Worksheet Set C

TOPIC/CHAPTER: 6, WORK, LIFE & LEISURE

 

SUMMARY

 

Globalization, industrialization and urbanization are the symbols of modernization. This chapter deals with contrasting experiences of the cities .The bridges, buildings, roads, new modes of transportation, industries attracted people, who migrated to cities in search of employment. However, many people did not find the job and many survived by vending and hawking on the streets living in makeshift shelters or crowded tenements. Thus the chapter focuses on such contrasting experiences of two cities –

 

a) London

 

b) Bombay

LONDON

QUESTIONS 

1 Can you mention a few characteristics of ancient cities or towns? (Page 128 )

2 Which process changed the characteristics of present cities or towns? ( page 128)

3 What has led to the large scale migration of rural people to cities like Leeds and Manchester in the late eighteenth century? ( Page 128)

4 Give an account of the industrial activities in the city of London in 19th Century. OR Examine the opinion of the historian Gareth Stedman Jones about the city of London.

OR “Inspite of not having large factories, the city of London was a powerful magnet for migrant population” .How? Explain.

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5 Narrate the information you could draw from the writings of Henry Mayhew on crime in London by the end of 19th century and state the steps taken by the Govt. to check crime. In the mid-nineteenth century, Henry Mayhew wrote about London labour, and compiled long lists of those who made a living from crime.

1. He listed many of them as „criminals‟ who were in fact poor people lived by stealing lead from roofs, food from shops, lumps of coal, and clothes drying on hedges.

2. There were others who were more skilled at their trade, expert at their jobs. They were the cheats and tricksters, pickpockets and petty thieves crowding the streets of London.

Steps taken:

3. a. In an attempt to discipline the population, the authorities imposed high penalties for crime

b. offered work to those who were considered the „deserving poor‟.

6 “Crime became an object of widespread concern in London”. Why? ( Page 129)

7 What were the changes took place in the work available to women in London in late18th and early 19th and 20th Centuries? Point out factors responsible for this change?

Ans: Pg; 129-130

8 Study the extract given (page 130, parah-2) written by Andrew Mearns and answer the following questions:

1. Who was Andrew Mearns? Name the outstanding work written by him about the people of London. 

2. What conclusion you can draw from his writings about the plight of the children in London in 19th Century? Explain your views in not more than two points. 

9 What led to the emergence of Tenements in London? ( page 130) 

10 What do you understand from the writings of Charles Booth about the poor living condition of workers in 19th century London?

11 “Larger and larger people began to recognize the need for housing for the poor “Explain OR why well- off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century? (Page 131)

12 Discuss the variety of steps taken to clean up or decongest London.

Cleaning Of London

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