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The Portuguese set up base at Panaji in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →From which year did all-India decennial censuses become a regular feature?Read the answer and worked solution →The Survey of India was established in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1900 and 1940 India's urban population rose from about 10 per cent to about what share?Read the answer and worked solution →Railways were introduced in India in which year, shifting activity away from old river towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two towns are named as the only proper industrial cities of colonial India?Read the answer and worked solution →Simla was founded during which war?Read the answer and worked solution →Darjeeling was wrested from the rulers of which kingdom in 1835?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy officially moved his council to Simla in 1864, sealing the summer capital practice?Read the answer and worked solution →Binodini Dasi, pioneer of Bengali theatre, helped set up which Calcutta theatre in 1883?Read the answer and worked solution →From which local Telugu lords did the Company buy the right to settle at Madraspatam in 1639?Read the answer and worked solution →In Madras, which area was a colony of dyers and bleachers of cloth?Read the answer and worked solution →Indians in Madras who spoke both the local language and English, serving as agents, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Calcutta grew from three villages. Which were they?Read the answer and worked solution →Lord Wellesley wrote a Minute on Calcutta town improvement in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lottery Committee of 1817 got its name because:Read the answer and worked solution →Bombay's Town Hall, built in 1833, is an example of which architectural style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Rajabai Tower of Bombay University was funded by which banker and named after his mother?Read the answer and worked solution →Victoria Terminus, headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, is the finest example of which style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gateway of India was built in Gujarati style to welcome which royal visitors in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the hill stationsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Madras localitiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the founding yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the stylesRead the answer and worked solution →Calcutta or BombayRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the buildings by styleRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →Colonial cities bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Al-Biruni was born in 973 in Khwarizm, which lies in present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan took Al-Biruni to Ghazni as a hostage in 1017?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Portuguese set up base at Panaji in which year?

  1. 1510
  2. 1605
  3. 1639
  4. 1673
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Correct answer: A. 1510

1. The Dutch came to Masulipatnam in 1605. 2. The Portuguese were first, at Panaji in 1510. 3. The French reached Pondicherry in 1673. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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From which year did all-India decennial censuses become a regular feature?

  1. 1947
  2. 1881
  3. 1853
  4. 1901
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Correct answer: B. 1881

1. A first attempt was made in 1872. 2. Decennial censuses ran from 1881. 3. The figures have biases historians must weigh. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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The Survey of India was established in which year?

  1. 1853
  2. 1901
  3. 1878
  4. 1793
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Correct answer: C. 1878

1. Maps reflected British needs and biases. 2. The Survey of India dates from 1878. 3. Poor settlements went unmarked. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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