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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 →Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind, written in Arabic, is divided into how many chapters?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta, author of the Rihla, was born in which Moroccan city?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta reached Sind in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan of Delhi appointed Ibn Battuta as qazi of the city?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1342 Ibn Battuta was sent as the Sultan's envoy to the ruler of which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta stayed for eighteen months as qazi in which island nation?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Ibn Battuta, how many days did it take to travel from Sind to Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was deputed to write down what Ibn Battuta dictated on his return?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Portuguese writer left a detailed account of trade and society in south India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which French jeweller travelled to India at least six times?Read the answer and worked solution →Francois Bernier was in India from 1656 to 1668 as physician to which Mughal prince?Read the answer and worked solution →To which king did Bernier dedicate his major writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Al-Biruni named three barriers to understanding India. Which was the first?Read the answer and worked solution →Al-Biruni compared the varnas to the four social categories of which ancient land?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta said Delhi's rampart had how many gates, the Budaun darwaza being the greatest?Read the answer and worked solution →Ibn Battuta described a market of singers in Daulatabad called:Read the answer and worked solution →In Ibn Battuta's account, the horse-post was called uluq and the foot-post was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Bernier held that the fundamental difference between Mughal India and Europe was the lack of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which French philosopher used Bernier's account to develop the idea of oriental despotism?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the travellersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Ibn Battuta's stopsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the traveller yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the booksRead the answer and worked solution →Which travellerRead the answer and worked solution →

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Calcutta or Bombay

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Upper category
Calcutta
Lower category
Bombay
Items
  1. Category
    Calcutta
    Item
    Maidan
  2. Category
    Calcutta
    Item
    Writers
  3. Category
    Calcutta
    Item
    Lottery
  4. Category
    Calcutta
    Item
    Fort Willm
  5. Category
    Bombay
    Item
    Rajabai
  6. Category
    Bombay
    Item
    Victoria T
  7. Category
    Bombay
    Item
    Gateway
  8. Category
    Bombay
    Item
    Chawl
Instructions
Send each landmark to Calcutta or Bombay.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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Sort the buildings by style

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Items
  1. Group
    Neo-classic
    Item
    Town Hall
  2. Group
    Neo-classic
    Item
    Elphinstone
  3. Group
    Neo-Gothic
    Item
    Victoria T.
  4. Group
    Neo-Gothic
    Item
    High Court
  5. Group
    Neo-Gothic
    Item
    Rajabai
  6. Group
    Indo-Sarac.
    Item
    Gateway
  7. Group
    Indo-Sarac.
    Item
    Taj Hotel
Groups
  1. Item
    Neo-classic
  2. Item
    Neo-Gothic
  3. Item
    Indo-Sarac.
Instructions
Drop each Bombay building onto its architectural style.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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Type the year

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1639
    Question
    Company settled in Madras
  2. Answer
    1661
    Question
    Bombay given to the Company
  3. Answer
    1853
    Question
    Railways introduced in India
  4. Answer
    1864
    Question
    Viceroy moved council to Simla
  5. Answer
    1869
    Question
    Suez Canal opened
  6. Answer
    1911
    Question
    Gateway of India welcomed George V
Instructions
Type the year only.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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