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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 →The first industrial revolution in Britain is dated to which decades?Read the answer and worked solution →Who first used the term Industrial Revolution in English, in lectures on the reign of George III?Read the answer and worked solution →Of the 19 European cities whose population doubled between 1750 and 1800, how many were in Britain?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bank of England, centre of the financial system, was founded in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1709 the first Abraham Darby invented a blast furnace using which fuel instead of charcoal?Read the answer and worked solution →Who designed the puddling furnace and rolling mill for purifying iron?Read the answer and worked solution →The world's first iron bridge, built in 1779, spans which river at Coalbrookdale?Read the answer and worked solution →The flying shuttle loom of 1733 was designed by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →James Hargreaves made the spinning jenny in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which inventor of the water frame was by trade a barber and wig-maker?Read the answer and worked solution →The machine nicknamed the mule, spinning strong fine yarn, was invented in 1779 by:Read the answer and worked solution →Watt's horsepower unit equals lifting how many pounds one foot in one minute?Read the answer and worked solution →Thomas Savery built a model steam engine in 1698 to drain mines. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →James Watt developed his improved steam engine in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The first English canal, the Worsley Canal of 1761, was built by whom to carry coal?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Calcutta grew from three villages. Which were they?

  1. Sealdah, Bally, Behala
  2. Sutanati, Kolkata, Govindapur
  3. Chitpore, Barrackpore, Howrah
  4. Dum Dum, Salt Lake, Alipore
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Correct answer: B. Sutanati, Kolkata, Govindapur

1. Fort William was built at Govindapur after Plassey. 2. The villages were Sutanati, Kolkata and Govindapur. 3. The Maidan was left open as a line of fire. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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Lord Wellesley wrote a Minute on Calcutta town improvement in which year?

  1. 1817
  2. 1836
  3. 1803
  4. 1757
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Correct answer: C. 1803

1. He became Governor General in 1798. 2. His Minute of 1803 called for planned roads and drains. 3. Bazaars, ghats and tanneries were cleared. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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The Lottery Committee of 1817 got its name because:

  1. It allotted building plots by lottery
  2. Its members were chosen by drawing lots
  3. It ran a racecourse and a lottery
  4. Town funds came from public lotteries
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Correct answer: D. Town funds came from public lotteries

1. It carried on town planning after Wellesley. 2. Funds were raised through public lotteries. 3. It built roads and cleared the river bank. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 12, Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture._

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