History Class 10 Ch-6 CBSE Work, Life and Leisure

6 WORK, LIFE AND LEISURE
CONCEPT
SECTION A — CHARACTERISTICS OF A CITY
l Cities developed only when an increase in supply of food made it possible to support a wide
range of non-food producers.
l They were often centres of political powers with administrative network, trade and industry.
In medieval Europe, some towns and cities also emerged in the periphery of religious
institutions like the church or important buildings.
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l Majority of European countries remained rural long after the Industrial Revolution began in
Britain.
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l Migrants from rural areas were attracted to the textile mills of Manchester and Leeds in large
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l Special features of the city of London in the year 1750 were :
(i) Colossal city or Metropolis, densely populated, the capital of the region.
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(ii) Population 6,75,000.
(iii) Rate of growth of population from one million in 1810 to four million in 1880.
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According to Gareth Stedman Jones, in the 19th century England, London was “A city of
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clerks, shopkeepers, small innsters, skilled artisans and a growing number of semi-skilled
workers, soldiers, beggars, servants, casual labourers.”
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l Industries : Shipping and dockyards, clothing and footwear, wood and furniture, metals and
engineering, printing and stationery, precision products like surgical instruments, watches,
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precious metals. During First World War manufacture of motor cars and electrical goods.
l Marginal groups : Society transformed in terms of quality of life, morality and distinction
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between the rich and the poor. Crimes increased as cities expanded. Petty thieves, and poor
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people were estimated to be 20,000 in number in London during the 1870s.

l Remedial measures included high penalties for crimes and work offered to the deserving
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poor.
l Philanthropists concerned about social morality and industrialists watched and investigated
the lives of criminals.
l Condition of the children and women worsened as industrial employees. Paid less wages,
forced to work in mines and factories.
l Improvement with the passage of Compulsory Elementary Education Act in 1870 and the
Factory Act of 1902, which prevented children from industrial work.
l Housing : Housing was a huge problem for urban population. Factory workers lived in
tenements run-down and overcrowded houses in the poor section of large cities.
l Housing was a threat to public health, fire hazards were expected and there was a fear of
rebellion and revolt by the working class (Russian Revolution of 1917 that led to communism
in Russia).
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l Mass housing schemes for workers were planned.
l Cleaning London : It was an immediate problem due to the growth of slums. Life
expectancy of a worker was at an average 29, as compared to 55 among gentry. Steps taken
to clean London were :
(i) Decongestion of localities by introduction of rent control
(ii) Increasing green open space by building suburbs or countryside homes for the rich.
(iii) Landscaping and building cottages for single families etc.
l Transport in the City : To solve the problem of congestion of traffic, the first underground
train opened on 10th January, 1863 between Paddington and Farrington Street in London.
10,000 passengers were carried on that day.
l Underground trains, though objects of cynicism in the beginning, partially solved housing
crisis by carrying large masses to and from the city to the suburbs.
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l By the 20th century, most large cities like New York, Tokyo, Chicago possessed underground
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train networks.
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SECTION B — SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE CITY
l Family life affected in industrial cities, family ties loosened up due to industrialisation.
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l Status of women changed and varied among the working class, middle class and upper class.
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l The upper and middle classes faced higher levels of isolation. But their lives were made
easier by the rising number of domestic maids who cooked, cleaned and cared for young
children at lower wages.
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l A quarter of a million domestic servants existed in London, according to an 1861 Census.

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l Women of lower classes, who worked for wages, had more control of their lives.
l Men, Women and Family : Public spaces were male-dominated as women lost their
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industrial jobs and were forced to withdraw into their homes.

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l Political movements like the Chartist Movement, demanded voting rights for all male adults
and 10-hour movement for limiting the working hours in factories.
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l Women’s property rights, adult franchise came much later in the 1870s after a lot of struggle.
Wars changed the urban family in the 20th century. Families turned nuclear.
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l Industrial cities became centres of new market for goods, services as well as ideas.
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l They provided mass work, demands for rests on Sundays and other common holidays were
raised.
l Leisure and Consumption : Cultural events increased as a form of leisure. Operas, theatres,
classical music performances were patronised by the wealthy Britishers during the London
Season.
l London Season was a traditional celebration time for the upper class after Christmas and
Easter.
l The Pubs were meeting places for drinks, news debates on different issues by the working class.
l Libraries, Art Galleries, Museums, etc. were established in the 19th century, which increased
historic sense and pride in British identity and achievements.
l Music Halls and Theatres were popular places of entertainment for the lower classes.
Holidays by the sea were encouraged for the working class.
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SECTION C — POLITICS IN THE CITY
l London Riots : 1886 winter witnessed a 10,000 strong crowd of poor people marching to
London from Deptford. They demanded relief from terrible conditions of poverty; dispersed
by the police.
l 1887 riot or the Bloody Sunday of November was the brutal suppression by the police of a
similar march.
1889 was the year when dockworkers went on a 12-day strike to gain recognition for their union.
Baron Haussmann’s Paris : A forcible reconstruction of cities to enhance their beauty and
impose order called Haussmannisation of Paris, it evicted the poor from the centre of Paris
to beautify the city and reduce possiblity of political rebellion.
Baron Haussmann was the chief architect of Paris during the reign of King Louis Napoleon
III (1852), one fifth of the streets of Paris were his creation. Buildings were designed on
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straight, broad avenues or boulevards and open spaces. Though his creation provoked
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criticism, but gained worldwide popularity and inspired many in the 20th century.
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SECTION D — THE CITY IN COLONIAL INDIA
l Urbanisation was a slow process. Only 11% of Indians lived in cities by the beginning of the
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20th century.
l Only three Presidency cities – Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. They had common features like
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major ports, warehouses, homes, offices, army camps, educational institutions, museums and
libraries.
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Bombay – The Prime City

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l Its size expanded from the late 19th century and population grew from 6,44,405 in 1872 to
nearly 15,00,000 in 1941.
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l A group of seven islands, originally controlled by the Portuguese gifted to King Charles II
of England as dowry by the Portuguese King in 1661. East India Company shifted its base
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to Bombay from Surat in Gujarat.

l Bombay, a major outlet for textile goods in the beginning. By the end of 19th century, it
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became the centre of administrative and industrial control in western India.

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l The defeat of the Marathas in the Anglo-Maratha wars led to Bombay becoming the capital
of the Presidency in 1819.
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l Main settlers : Bankers, traders, artisans and shopkeepers. Establishment of textile mills led
to migrants coming to the city.
l Bombay grew in importance as a junction head of two railways.
l Housing and neighbourhoods : Not a planned city, housing and water crisis occurred by the
mid-1850s.
l There was less average space for an inhabitant, greater average density of persons per house
in Bombay as compared to the city of London.
l City planning began in Bombay from fear of plague, in London from fear of revolution.
l In 1800s Bombay was divided into a native town where most Indians lived and a European
or a White town where a European suburban and industrialised zone in the north developed.
l Richer elites like the Parsis, Muslim and upper caste traders lived in sprawling spacious
bunglows like the Europeans.

l More than 70% of working people lived in the thickly populated chawls – multi-storeyed
structures built in the native parts of the city. 90% of mill workers lived in Cirangaon, a mill
village.
l 80% of the total population, according to a census, lived in one room tenements. Average
number of occupants 4 and 5.
l Streets used for activities like cooking, washing and sleeping alongside liquor shops and akharas.
l A jobber acted as the village headman. He settled disputes, organised food supply and
informal credits.
l Bombay Improvement Trust established in 1898 which focussed on clearing poorer homes
out of city centre. 64,000 people lost their homes to trust schemes by 1918.
Rent Act passed in 1918 to keep rents reasonable, created a housing crisis as landlords
withdrew houses from markets.
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Land Reclamation : Expansion of land difficult due to scarcity of land. Land reclamation
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only solution.
Seven islands joined together
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l In 1784, under William Hornby, a great sea wall built to prevent floods.
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l The tip of Malabar Hill to the end of Colaba was reclaimed by a private company called the
Back Bay Reclamations in 1864. The city expanded to about 22 square miles.
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l The Bombay Port Trust built a dry dock between 1914-1918 and created the 22 acre Ballard
Estate, in which developed the famous Marine Drive.
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Bombay as the City of Dreams : Bollywood became the name of Bombay film industry –
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Mayapuri, a city of dreams – by 1925.

l Most actors were migrants from Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and other parts. They contributed
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to the blending of culture, dream, stars as well as slums of Bombay.

The first film to appear was Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar’s wrestling match in
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Hanging Garden in 1896. Dada Saheb Phalke made Raja Harishchandra in 1913.
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SECTION E — CITIES AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE ENVIRONMENT

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l Biggest impact on environment due to expansion of cities. Natural features transformed.

Pollution of water, air and land due to housing, festivals etc.
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l Excessive noise pollution due to vehicles, factories and crowds.

l Use of coal in homes and industries, common agents of pollution in 19th century England.
Leeds, Bradford and Manchester the most polluted cities.
l Smoke Abatement Acts of 1847 and 1853 attempted to control pollution by legislation.
l Calcutta was the most polluted city in India due to dependence on dung and wood as fuels.
l Introduction of railway lines in 1855 led to more pollution in 1863. Calcutta became the first
city to get smoke nuisance legislation.
l The inspectors of Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission managed to control industrial smoke
but domestic smoke continued unabated.
l The cities, however, continued to flourish as they provided freedom and individualism
through many opportunities.

Similarities between Baron Haussmann in Paris and Lew Kuan Yew in Singapore.
Paris :
l Forcible reconstruction, the poor evicted, took 17 years to build with straight roads and
avenues, one-fifth streets completed by 1870. Policemen employed for night patrols, shelters,
taps and large numbers employed in building activities. About 3,500,000 people displaced
from the centre of Paris. Met with criticism, but Paris became the toast of Europe, centre for
new architectural, social and intellectual activities.
Singapore :
l A rich, well planned city, a model for city planning worldwide. Before 1965 overcrowding,
lacking in sanitation, poor housing and poverty like other Asian cities. Lee Kuan Yew began
a massive housing and development programme in 1965, 85% of the population given home
ownership. Well ventilated, tall housing blocks, well serviced. Buildings redesigned social
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lives, crimes reduced by external corridors. Aged housed alongside families, blocks for
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community services. Migration into city controlled. Chinese, Malays and Indians monitored
to prevent racial conflicts. Inspite of high material comfort, criticised for lacking a lively and
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challenging political culture.
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I. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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A. NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS

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Q.1. What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the
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nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? Explain the factors which led to this change. (2010)
Ans. The world wars resulted in the slump of male population. Women and children replaced many
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of the workforce. Women started working in industries and factories. They also assisted their
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men in war efforts mostly as nurses, spies, etc. Status of women improved indirectly. Some
women took in lodges on rent to increase family income, while others were involved in
tailoring, washing and matchbox making, etc.
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Q.2. How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following?
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(a) A private landlord.

Ans. A private landlord benefits by increasing the rent and he has more control over the price.
The rising population would lead to increasing demand for space, e.g. renting of buildings
at high rates were common in London and Bombay.
(b) A Police Superintendent in charge of law and order.
Ans. Anyone involved with law and order would find it difficult with increasing population in
urban areas. He would have to work hard to maintain law and order as crime rates are
usually high in cities. For example, London people employed policemen to curb the rising
crimes during night.
(c) A leader of a political party.
Ans. Political leaders would have more people voting and hence more responsibilities.
In cities, masses of people could be drawn to the political causes as it happened in the

Bloody Sunday of November, 1887 in London. The metropolitan character of cities would
compel him/her to be more secular and liberal on the one hand. On the other hand,
extremism or conservatism might also win them votes as a reactionary phenomenon, e.g.
rise of Nazis in Germany or Liberal Democrats in France.
Q.3. Give explanations for the following:
(i) Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants?
Ans. Most of the actors in the film industry were migrants from Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and
other parts. They contributed to the blending of culture, dream and stars as well as slums
of Bombay. Thus, a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants who
encountered the pressures of life.
(ii) What led to the major expansion of Bombay’s population in the mid-nineteenth
century?
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Ans. The construction of cotton textile industries in Bombay as early as 1854 and the
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introduction of Railways led to large scale migration of workers and labourers. An average
of 20 persons lived in each house in Bombay in 1872. By the year 1921, about 85 cotton
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mills employed 1,46,000 workers.
Q.4. Why did well-off Londonders support the need to build housing for the poor in the 19th
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century? Give three reasons. (2010)
Ans. The congestion in the 19th century London led to a yearning for a cleaner and better city.
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Poverty was strikingly visible in the city and in 1887, Charles Booth, a Liverpool shipowner
found, after a first social survey, that one fifth of the London population was very poor and
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expected to live till 29 years only. They were most likely to die in a “workhouse, hospital or
lunatic asylum.”
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The well-off people began to realise the need for housing for the poor. First, the vast mass of
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one-room houses occupied by the poor were serious health hazards. They were overcrowded,
badly ventilated and lacked sanitation. Second, there were worries about fire hazards created
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by poor housing. Third, there was a fear of social disorder, specially after the Russian Revolution
in 1917. Workers’ mass houses were planned to prevent London from turning rebellious.
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Q.5. Explain any three reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of
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the 18th century.

Ans. (i) Industrial Revolution led to factories being built and industries flourished. The setting up
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of industries led to thousands and thousands of migrants to shift to London from rural
areas. By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London.
(ii) There were five types of industries, beside the London dockyards. Industries like (i) wood
and furniture, (ii) metals and engineering (iii) printing and stationery, (iv) precision
products like surgical instruments, watches and objects of precious metals and (v) clothing
and footwear employed large number of workers.
(iii) London attracted all kinds of skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled workers and its population
grew by leaps and bounds from the middle of the 18th century. The manufacturing of cars
during the First World War, raised its population from one million to four million during
the 19th century.
Q.6. What led to the major expansion of Bombay’s population in the mid-nineteenth
century?

Ans. Bombay quickly expanded as a city with the growth of trade in cotton and opium. Large
communities of traders and bankers as well as artisans and shopkeepers came to settle in
Bombay. The establishment of textile mills later led to further migrations. The first cotton mill
started in 1884 and by 1921 there were 85 cotton mills with about 146,000 workers. One-fourth
of Bombay’s inhabitants were born in Bombay. The rest were migrants from Ratnagiri, who
came to work in the Bombay mills.
Bombay dominated maritime trade of India till the 20th century. It was also the junction head
of two major railways. The railways encouraged more migration to the city. Famines also drove
people to migrate from dry regions of Kutch to Bombay in 1885–1889. The flood of migrants
led to a rapid rise in the population of Bombay.
Q.7. Why did well off Londoners support the need to build housing for the poor in the
nineteenth century?
Ans. Concern for housing for the urban poor increased due to several reasons:
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(i) Threat to public health.
(ii) Fire hazards.
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(iii) Fear of rebellion and revolt of the working class as it happened in Russian revolution in
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Workers’ mass housing schemes were thus planned to prevent such incidences. Architect
and planner Ebenezer Howard developed the principle of the Garden City. Raymond
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Unwin and Barry Parker designed the garden city of New Earswick.
During the world wars, the British State took the responsibility for housing the working
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class and a million houses were built, mostly of single family cottages, built by local
authorities. The city expanded and suburbs were developed, which made forms of mass
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transport necessary.
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Q.8. Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the underground railway.
Why was the development of the underground railway criticised?
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Ans. The congestion of traffic and fumes increased with the increase in wealth and vehicles plying
on the roads. They also needed a solution to the housing problem. To solve this problem,
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underground trains were constructed which met with lot of cynicism initially. It was criticised
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initially because :
(i) A newspaper reported the danger to health and asphyxiation (lack of air) and heat.
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(ii) It was referred to as iron monsters, which added to the mess of the city. Charles Dickens
in ‘Dombey and Son’ described its destructive process in construction.
(iii) About 900 houses were destroyed to make two miles of railways.
However, it partially solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses to and from the city
to the suburbs. It also broke down social distinction and new ones were created.
Q.9. Explain what is meant by the Haussmanisation of Paris. To what extent would you
support or oppose this form of development? Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper,
to either support or oppose this, giving reasons for your view.
Ans. Haussmanisation of Paris refers to the forcible reconstruction of cities to enhance their beauty
and impose order. The poor were evicted from the centre of Paris to reduce the possibility of
political rebellion and to beautify the city.
Baron Haussmann was the chief architect of Paris during the reign of King Louis Napoleon

III (1852). Haussmann was also the Prefect of Seine and by the 1870s one-fifth of the streets
of Paris were his creation.
I would support Haussmanisation of Paris or any city to a certain degree, provided the
government takes certain initiatives for rehabilitation of the displaced people. More important
is the preservation of historical monuments and environment through proper planning.
A letter, written to the editor of The Times of India, will verify my claim.
Green Park,
New Delhi.
Dated : 1st June, 2007
The Editor,
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The Times of India,
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New Delhi.
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Dear Sir,
I am sending you this letter as a concerned citizen of New Delhi. The recent decision by the
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ruling government to start the ‘Haussmanisation of Delhi’ is an encouraging news. The problem
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of overcrowded buildings and roads are a menace to environment and safety. As much as I care
for the poor people who will be displaced by this development, I feel that it is the right decision
before it is too late.
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I give full support to this development process for the following reasons :
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(i) It will provide employment. Constant flow of migrants is a menace to planning and
regulations. Migration and rising population create unemployment. Unemployment creates
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frustrations and anti-social elements. Hence, a proper infrastructure like Metro will
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provide employment to certain groups.

(ii) The expansion of roads will reduce traffic jams and traffic related accidents.
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(iii) Beautification of cities and well planned buildings are necessary to avoid more pollution
and overcrowding.
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(iv) It will compel people to move out from crowded areas and suburbs will be more
developed.
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(v) A city is not only a place for living, but also a place for cultural and commercial activity.
Therefore, a city needs to be well planned, well regulated and safe for expansion and
further development. Otherwise an ill-managed city will decline and everyone will be losers
in the end.
Though the poor will be displaced, I hope that the Government will undertake expansion of
cities by providing compensations and building houses in appropriate places with proper
infrastructure.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Xmen.
Class X

Q.10. To what extent does the government regulation and new laws solve the problems of
pollution? Discuss one example of each of the success and failure of legislation that
changed the quality of (a) public life (b) private life.
Ans. The biggest crisis that men face is the problem of pollution. Pollution is the main cause for
the phenomenon known as global warming. According to this theory, the temperature of the
earth is changing due to pollution of atmosphere leading to global warming. Governments all
over the world are being encouraged to regulate the amount of pollution but with little success.
An attempt was made in the 1992 Earth Summit and the 1997 conference of the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change. Different nations addressed the issue of global
warming. However, these causes were hindered by conflicting national economic agendas and
disputes between the rich and poor nations. They disagreed over the cost and consequences of
reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in relation to the development issues. The success and
failure of legislated government policies that has affected public and private lives are:
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(a) Public life :
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Success : In New Delhi, the capital of India, public life was positively affected by the
legislation of introducing CNG-run (Compressed Natural Gas) autorickshaws and taxis.
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Carbon monoxide emissions are reduced by 70 to 90%, while carbon dioxide, a cause for
global warming, is reduced by 10%.
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Failure : The Smoke Abatement Acts of 1847 and 1853 in Britain failed because it was
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difficult to monitor or measure smoke emission in those days and owners got away with
small adjustments to their machinery.
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(b) Private life :

Success : Private lives of individuals were affected in a positive way with the introduction of
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LPG gas (Liquified Petroleum Gas) which replaced the traditional burning of coal or woods.
Failure : The high levels of pollution were a consequence of the huge population that
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depended on dung and wood as fuels in their daily lives. Though the inspectors of Bengal
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Smoke Nuisance Commission managed to control industrial smoke, controlling domestic

smoke was more difficult.
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OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (AS PER CCE PATTERN)

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B. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS [1 MARK]

Q.1. The city of Calcutta in the 19th century India amazed and confused writers and many
others because :
(a) It was city full of opportunities — for trade and commerce, education and jobs
(b) It was full of cheats, poverty, poor quality housing, confusion of caste, and gender and
religious identities in the city
(c) It offered a series of contrasting images and experiences – wealth and poverty, splendour
and dirt, opportunities and disappointments
(d) All of these
Ans. (d)
Q.2. Which of the following statements is/are true about ancient cities?
(a) Ancient cities developed only along the rivers

(b) Ancient cities developed when an increase in food supplies made it possible to support a
wide range of non-food producers
(c) Ancient cities supported social groups such as artisans, merchants and priests
(d) All of these
Ans. (d)
Q.3. Which of the following industries did not exist in London before the First World War?
(a) Clothing and footwear, wood and furniture
(b) Metals and engineering, printing and stationery
(c) Precision products like surgical instruments, watches, objects of precious metals
(d) Motor cars and electrical goods
Ans. (d)
Q.4. The map shows the growth of London and its population in four different areas. The
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reasons are :
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(a) Increase in factories, and number of industries like motor cars and electrical goods
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(b) Employment of larger number of people in industries and factories

(c) Women and children also employed in factories
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(d) All the above

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Ans. (d)
Q.5. Who were the philanthropists?
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(a) People who wanted to stop crime, and work for social upliftment
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(b) People who worked for social upliftment and charity, donating time and money for the
purpose
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(c) People who wanted a hard-working, orderly labour force

(d) People who worried about law and order
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Q.6. Who was Charles Booth and what is he known for?
(a) A rich merchant who made a social survey of London workers
(b) A philanthropist who worked for the poor in London
(c) A Liverpool shipowner who conducted the first social survey of low-skilled workers in
East End of London, in 1887
(d) A writer on the social conditions in London in the 19th century
Ans. (c)
Q.7. Which of the following were the features of urban life in the cities in the 19th century?
(a) Excessive noise pollution
(b) Air and water pollution due to large quantities of refuse and waste products
(c) Destruction of natural features or transformation due to factories, housing and other
institutions
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.8. People in industrial cities believed that the black fog created :
(a) Bad tempers, smoke-related illnesses and dirty clothes
(b) Black skies and black vegetables
(c) Air pollution
(d) Serious ecological problems
Ans. (a)
Q.9. ‘Temperance Movement’ was :
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(a) An attempt by the social reformers aimed at reducing consumption of alcoholic drinks
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amongst the upper classes
(b) A reform movement led by the rich to stop drinking on the streets
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(c) A middle-class led social reform movement in Britain and USA, aimed at reducing
alcoholism amongst the working classes
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(d) None of these
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Q.10. Which of the following statements are correct about Charles Booth’s survey?
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(a) The poor were expected to die “in a workhouse, hospital or lunatic asylum”
(b) The life expectancy of the poor was 29 years, the gentry and middle-class had life
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expectancy of 55 years
(c) One-fifth population of London (1 million Londoners) were very poor
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(d) All the above

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Ans. (d)
Q.11. How can we prove the popularity of the underground railway in London?
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(a) By newspapers praising its services

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(b) By increase in the number of passengers travelling in them, losing their fear of travelling
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(c) On 10th January 1863, 10,000 passengers were carried in trains running every ten minutes,
by 1880, 40 million passengers were carried a year.
(d) Both (b) and (c)
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Q.12. The underground railway was not very popular in the beginning. The reasons were :
(a) They were considered a menace to health – a mixture of sulphur, coal, dust and foul fumes
(b) To make two miles of railway, 900 houses had to be destroyed; this led to a massive
displacement of the poor
(c) Many writers like Charles Dicknes thought that the iron monsters added to the mess and
unhealthiness
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)

Q.13. ‘Individualism’ is a theory which promotes :
(a) A new spirit among men and women, freedom from collective values
(b) The liberty, rights or independent action of the individual rather that of the community
(c) Superiority of men over women
(d) Public space as a male preserve and domestic sphere as the proper place for women
Ans. (b)
Q.14. The congestion in the 19th century industrial city led to a yearning for :
(a) A clean country air, a holiday home in the countryside for the rich
(b) Making ‘new lungs’, for the city, a Green Belt around London
(c) Building of the garden city, with common gender spaces, beautiful views, full of plants
and trees
(d) All the above
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Ans. (d)
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Q.15. The working class people spent their holidays and leisure time in the late 18th
century :
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(a) In singing and dancing at home
(b) Meeting in pubs for a drink, exchanging news and sometimes organising a political action
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(c) By getting drunk in streets and indulging in fights
(d) In visiting museums
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Ans. (b)
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Q.16. The various steps taken to clear up London were :

(a) Large blocks of apartments were built, like in Berlin and New York
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(b) Localities were decongested and open spaces were left to reduce the pollution and,
constructing landscape of the city.
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(c) Rent control was introduced during the First World War
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(d) All the above

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Q.17. Name the entertainment which became the great mass entertainment for mixed audiences
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by the early 20th century

(a) Holidays by the seaside (b) Travelling to historical places in England
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(c) The cinema (d) The theatre

Ans. (c)
Q.18. Presidency cities in India in the early 19th century were
(a) Bombay, Calcutta and Madras (b) Bengal, Gujarat and Bombay
(c) Delhi, Bengal and Bombay (d) Bombay, Gujarat and Madras
Ans. (a)
Q.19. The premier city in India in the 19th century was
(a) Calcutta (b) Madras (c) Bombay (d) Surat
Ans. (c)
Q.20. Bombay came under the control of the British when
(a) King Charles II, the king of Britain, married the Portuguese princess and Bombay was
given as a part of dowry to England in 1661
(b) The British defeated the Portuguese in India and took away Bombay from them
(c) The Portuguese sold it to the British East India Company
(d) The Portuguese exchanged Bombay with the British possession of Diu
Ans. (a)
Q.21. The main reasons why people migrated to Bombay in the 19th century were :
(a) Bombay became the capital of the Bombay presidency in 1819
(b) The growth of trade in cotton and opium, led to a large number of artisans, traders and
bankers and shopkeepers settling in Bombay
(c) The establishment of textile mills in 1864, invited fresh migrants to Bombay
Ans. (d)
Q.22. The two calamities which affected Bombay in the late 19th century were :
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(a) Lack of essential amenities like space and food
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(b) The famine of Kutch (1888-89) and the plague of 1898
(c) A flood of migrants created panic, alarm and a crisis
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(d) The ruthless behaviour of the district authorities and the flood of migrants
Ans. (b)
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Q.23. Which statement does not describe correctly conditions in a chawl?
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(a) People of every caste and community lived amicably in the chawls
(b) People had to keep the windows of their rooms closed, due to proximity of filthy gutters,
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privies, buffalo stables etc.

(c) One room tenements, because of high rents, are shared by relatives, or caste fellows
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(d) Streets were used for cooking, washing, sleeping and for different types of leisure
activities
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Ans. (a)
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Q.24. How could the problem of scarcity of land in Bombay be solved?

(a) By building high-rise buildings
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(b) Through population control

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(c) Through massive reclamation projects

(d) By stopping migration to Bombay and sending people to their original homes
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Ans. (c)
Q.25. “Reclamation” means :
(a) To take back land from the rich and build multistoreyed buildings on them
(b) To reclaim the land sold to the rich, to take away their bungalows and build for
the poor
(c) To force the ‘haves’ to donate their land to the ‘have-nots’
(d) To reclaim marshy or submerged areas or other wasteland for settlements, cultivation or
other use
Ans. (d)
Q.26. ‘Akharas’ were :
(a) Open spaces used for leisure activities

(b) A place for exchange of news about jobs, strikes, riots or demonstrations
(c) Open taps where housewives fought for water
(d) Traditional wrestling schools, located in every neighbourhood, where the young were
trained to ensure both physical and moral fitness
Ans. (d)
Q.27. Which Indian city was the first to get a smoke nuisance legislation?
(a) Bombay in 1800 (b) Madras in 1863 (c) Calcutta in 1863 (d) Bombay in 1863
Ans. (c)
Q.28. Which of the following statements supports the view that Calcutta has a long history of
air pollution?
(a) It is built on marshy land, the resulting fog combined with smoke from industries pollutes
the air
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(b) It has a huge population that depends on dung and wood as fuel in their daily life
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(c) Industries and use of steam engines running on coal, cause air pollution
(d) All the above
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Ans. (d)
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Q.29. The rice mills of Tolleygunge tackled the problem of pollution by
(a) Reclaiming marshy lands and building factories on them to prevent smog
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(b) Not allowing railways to bring coal to them
(c) Burning rice husks instead of coal in 1920
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(d) Controlling smoke through legislation

Ans. (c)
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Q.30. Who finally controlled industrial smoke in Calcutta?

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(a) The Bengal government through legislation

(b) The inspectors of Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission
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(c) The factory owners themselves by using alternatives to coal

(d) All the above
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Ans. (b)
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Q.31. Which of the following statements proves that Bombay city was more crowded than
London in the late 19th century and early 20th century?
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(a) Average space enjoyed by a Londoner in the 1840s was 155 square yards
(b) Bombay had only 95 square yards
(c) London grew according to a plan, Mumbay did not; thus it was more crowded
(d) By 1972, London had an average of 8 persons per house but the density in Bombay was
as high as 20
Ans. (d)
Q.32. Andrew Mearus, a clergyman, in his book ‘The Bitter Cry of Outcast London’ (1880)
showed :
(a) how children were pushed into low-paid work by their parents
(b) how crime was more profitable than working in small factories
(c) how children were deliberately made criminal by parents

(d) how crime was more profitable than labouring in small underpaid factories.
Ans. (d)
Q.33. The London poor exploded in a riot in 1886, because :
(a) They demanded relief from the terrible conditions of poverty
(b) The police had dispersed their peaceful march from Deptford to London
(c) The shopkeepers had not supported them
(d) A severe winter in 1886 had brought all outside work to a standstill and added to the
misery and poverty of the London poor
Ans. (d)
Q.34. Inspite of all the problems, why are people attracted to cities?
(a) Cities offer a life full of variety and excitement
(b) Cities are attractive because they offer freedom and opportunity to migrants
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(c) They offer new routes to social and economic mobility to millions who make them their
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home
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Ans. (d)
Q.35. The very first section of the underground railways in the world was opened on 10
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January, 1863 between which two stations of London? [2010 (T-1)]
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(a) Bombay to Thane (b) London to Paris
(c) Leeds to Manchester (d) Paddington to Farrington St.
Ans. (d)
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OR
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The very first section of the underground railways the world was opened on 10 January,
1863 between which two stations of London? [2011 (T-1)]
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(a) Farrington street to Bakers station (b) Paddington street to Farrington street
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(c) Paddington street to Bakers station (d) None of these

Ans. (b)
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Q.36. Which among the following was the first movie made by Dada Saheb Phalke?
[2010 (T-1)]
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(a) CID (b) Bombay (c) Raja Harishchandra (d) Devdas

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Ans. (c)
Q.37. Who among following wrote a novel ‘Debganer Martye Agoman’ (The Gods Visit Earth)?
[2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) Durgacharan Roy (b) Bankim Chandra (c) Rowlandson (d) Raymond Unwin
Ans. (a)
Q.38. What does Mayapuri mean to Bombay? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) A city of life (b) A city of dreams
(c) A city of happenings (d) A city of slums
Ans. (b)
Q.39. Which one of the following is not a Presidency city? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Kanpur (d) Madras
Ans. (c)
Q.40. Which one of the following sub-urban of Bombay was a mill village? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Thane (b) Kalyan (c) Girangaon (d) None of these
Ans. (c)
Q.41. In the novel “Debganer Martye Agoman” (The Gods Visit Earth) the Gods were so
impressed by Calcutta that they decided to build what of the following in heaven?
[2010 (T-1)]
(a) A factory (b) A bridge (c) A monument (d) A museum
Ans. (d)
Q.42. What was Chartism a movement for? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Equal pay for equal work (b) For adult male franchise
(c) Limited hours of work (d) For women franchise
Ans. (b)
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Q.43. Which one of the following statements about chawls is not true? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) They were multi-storeyed structures (b) Working class people lived here
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(c) They are owned by the government (d) They were in the native part of town
Ans. (c) ak
Q.44. Bombay passed into British hands as dowry in the marriage of Britain’s King Charles
II to which one of the following? [2010 (T-1)]
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(a) A French princess (b) A Portuguese princess

(c) A Mughal princess (d) A Dutch princess
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Ans. (b)
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Q.45. What was referred to as ‘iron monsters’? [2010 (T-1)]

(a) Industrial cities (b) New factories
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(c) Tenements (d) London underground railway

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Ans. (d)
Q.46. To which of the following European powers did the seven islands of Bombay belong
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before passing into the hands of the British? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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(a) German (b) French (c) Dutch (d) Portuguese

Ans. (d)
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Q.47. The first movie in India was shot in 1896 by : [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Dada Saheb Phalke (b) Harishchandra Bhatwadekar
(c) Raj Kapoor (d) Prithviraj Kapoor
Ans. (b)
Q.48. Town planning in Bombay came up as a result of fear of : [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Social revolution (b) Plague epidemic
(c) Fire (d) Overcrowding
Ans. (b)
Q.49. Which of the following factors did not encourage migration into Bombay on a large
scale? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Bombay dominated the maritime trade of India for a long time

(b) Bombay had enough job opportunity for all who came
(c) Railways encouraged higher scale of migration
(d) Famine in adjoining regions such as Kutch drove people into Bombay
Ans. (a)
Q.50. Which of the following industries in London did not employ large numbers of people in
the 19th century? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Clothing and footwear (b) Wood and furniture
(c) Railway manufactruing (d) Printing and stationery
Ans. (c)
Q.51. Where was the first underground railway built? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) New York (b) Moscow (c) London (d) Kolkatta
Ans. (c)
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Q.52. Who wrote ‘The Bitter Cry of Outcast London’? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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(a) Andrew Mearns (b) Charles Dickens (c) Ebenezer Howard (d) Durgacharan Ray
Ans. (a)
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Q.53. Which city of India is called ‘Mayapuri’ or the city of dreams?
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(a) Delhi (b) Chandigarh (c) Poona (d) Bombay
Ans. (d)
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Q54. Who developed the principle of Garden City? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) Thomas Hardy (b) Charles Dickens
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(c) Charles Booth (d) Ebenezer Howard

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Ans. (d)
Q.55. Who was the producer of the film “Raja Harishchandra”? [2010 (T-1)]
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(a) Dada Sahib Phalke (b) B. R. Chopra

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(c) Dilip Kumar (d) Yash Chopra

Ans. (a)
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Q.56. In which of the following year Bombay became the capital of the Bombay presidency?
[2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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(a) 1819 (b) 1850 (c) 1872 (d) 1880

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Ans. (a)
Q.57. Which of the following books was written by Andrew Mearns, a clergyman?
[2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) The Gods Visit Earth (b) The Bitter Cry of Outcast London
(c) Dombey and Son (d) Guest House
Ans. (b)
Q.58. Which one of the following statements is appropriate for ‘chawls’? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) Chawls were multistoreyed structures
(b) Chawls were single story structures
(c) Chawls were the well facilitated comfortable structures
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
Q.59. When was the very first section of the underground railway in world opened?
[2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) 10 Jan 1860 (b) 10 Jan 1861 (c) 10 Jan 1862 (d) 10 Jan 1863
Ans. (d)
Q.60. Which one of the following was used in Tollygunge rice mills in place of coal ?
[2010 (T-1)]
(a) Petrol (b) Wood (c) Rice husk (d) All of the above
Ans. (c)
Q.61. Which one of the following cities had a long history of air pollution? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Mumbai (b) Calcutta (Kolkata) (c) Chennai (d) Delhi
Ans. (b)
Q.62. Which one of the following cities was designed as a garden city by Raymond Unwin and
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Barry Parker? [2010 (T-1)]
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(a) London (b) Manchester (c) New Earswick (d) Lancashire
Ans. (c)
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Q.63. A variety of steps were taken to clean up which one of the following cities?
ak [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) Chicago (b) Berlin (c) New York (d) London
Ans. (d)
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Q.64. In which of the following years the Backbay Reconstruction Company got the right to
reclaim western of share? [2010 (T-1)]
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(a) 1858 (b) 1862 (c) 1864 (d) 1848

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Ans. (c)
Q.65. When was the Bombay Improvement Trust established? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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(a) 1861 (b) 1898 (c) 1899 (d) 1862

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Ans. (b)
Q.66. Bombay was first under whose control? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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(a) Portuguese (b) English (c) French (d) Dutch

Ans. (a)
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Q.67. When did the earliest reclamation project in Bomaby begin? [2010 (T-1)]
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(a) 1780 (b) 1784 (c) 1783 (d) None

Ans. (b)
Q.68. Who designed the Garden City of New Earswick? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Barry Parker (b) Ebenezer Howard
(c) Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker (d) Napoleon
Ans. (c)
Q.69. Which movie did Dada Saheb Phalke make? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
(a) CID (b) Guest House
(c) Raja Harishchandra (d) Tezab
Ans. (c)
Q.70. Name one factor which changed the form of urbanisation in the modern world.
[2011 (T-1)]
(a) Capitalism (b) Socialism
(c) Industrialisation (d) Unemployment
Ans. (c)
Q.71. Which of the following writers, wrote several volumes on the London labour in the mid
of the 19th century? [2011 (T-1)]
(a) Leo Tolstoy (b) Henry Mayhew (c) Thomas Hardy (d) None of these
Ans. (b)
Q.72. Rent control was introduced in Britain during the [2011 (T-1)]
(a) First World War (b) Second World War (c) 1950s (d) never
Ans. (a)
Q.73. Which of the following groups demanded the Right to Vote for adult males in Britain
during the 18th century? [2011 (T-1)]
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(a) The Christian Movement (b) Temperance Movement
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(c) The Dock Workers (d) Chartism Movement
Ans. (d)
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C. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [3 MARKS] ak
Q.1. Describe how cities developed in ancient and medieval period in the world, giving
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example.
Ans. Cities like Mohenjodaro and Mesopotamia emerged on the bank of big river systems, namely
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the Sindh, Tigris and Euphrates. These cities supported large populations with trade and
commerce. They served as administrative centres.
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In medieval times, cities grew out in the periphery of important buildings and trading centres.
For example, most of the medieval towns and cities in Europe has an imposing Church in the
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centre as an imposing structure.

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Q.2. Give a brief description of London as a city in 1750s.

Ans. London was a colossal city or metropolis. It was a densely populated city. It also became the
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centre of administration as the capital of Britain. Its population was approximately 6,75,000.
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There was a rapid growth of population from 1 million in 1810 to 4 million in 1880. Migrants
from rural areas were attracted to the textile mills of Manchester and Leeds in large numbers after
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1850s. Slums and social crimes increased, distinction between the rich and the poor widened.
Q.3. List some steps taken to clean up London.
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Describe any three steps to clean London in 18th and 19th century.
Ans. (a) Decongestion of localities by introduction of rent control.
(b) Increasing green open spaces by building suburbs or countryside homes by the rich.
(c) Pollution reduction by building green belt around London.
(d) Landscaping and building cottages for single family etc.
Q.4. How does the historian Gareth Stedman Jones describe the 19th century London?
Ans. According to Jones “London was a city of clerks and shopkeepers, of small masters and skilled
artisans, of a growing number of semi-skilled and sweated out workers, of soldiers and

servants, of casual labourers, street sellers and beggars.” It was a powerful magnet for migrant
populations even though it did not have large factories. Five major types of major industries
employed a large number of workers, beside the London Dockyards.
Q.5. Why, along with growth as a city, London became a centre for crime?
OR
Who were those who were concerned about crime?
Ans. It is reported that in the 1870s, 20,000 criminals were living in London. Crime had become
a matter of great concern to the police and the philanthropists. Police was worried about the
law and order and the philanthropists were anxious about public morality. The industrialists
wanted a hard-working and orderly labour force.
According to Henry Mayhew, who wrote several books on London labour, the ‘criminals’ were
in fact poor people who lived by stealing lead from roofs, food from shops, lumps of coal,
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clothes drying on hedges. Others were more skilled in their trade, experts in their jobs. There
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were cheats and tricksters, pickpockets and petty thieves crowding London streets. The main
reason was the huge population of London, less number of jobs and the poverty of the majority
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which made it a city of crime. ak
Q.6. How was the problem of planning and expansion done in Bombay? (2010)
Ans. Expansion of land was difficult due to scarcity of land. Hence, land reclamation was the means
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they used. The earliest project of joining one landmass to another led to the emergence of
seven islands of Bombay. The process began in 1784 under the governorship of William
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Hornby, who approved the building of a great sea wall to prevent floods. Reclamation of land
from sea also continued throughout mid-nineteenth century by government and private
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companies. The city expanded by about 22 square miles although mounting cost forced many
private companies to close down.
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Q.7. Describe in three points the social changes in the city of London with respect to
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entertainment and leisure of the people due to industrialisation. (2010)

OR
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Describe any three sources of entertainment for common people of London.

Ans. (i) For wealthy Britishers, an annual ‘London Season’ was organised which included several
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cultural events, such as the opera, the threatre and the classical music performances.
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(ii) Working classes met in pubs and taverns to have a drink, exchange news and sometimes
to also organise political action.
(iii) Libraries, art galleries and museums were established in the 19th century to provide
entertainment for the common people. Music halls were popular among the lower classes,
and by the early 20th century, cinema became a means of great mass entertainment for
mixed audiences.
Q.8. How did the development of cities influence the ecology and environment in the late
nineteenth century? Explain by giving an example of Calcutta (Kolkata).
OR
“Cities developed at the cost of ecology and environment.” Explain with examples.
Ans. City development everywhere has been at the expense of ecology and environment. To
accommodate factories, housing and other institutions, natural features are either transformed

or flattened out. Large quantities of refuse and waste products pollute air and water and
excessive noise becomes a feature of urban life.
In the late 19th century, use of coal in homes and industries raised serious problems. For
example, in Calcutta, inhabitants inhaled grey smoke, particularly in winter. Since Calcutta
was built on marshy land, the fog and smoke combined to generate a thick black smog. High
levels of pollution were a result of the huge population using dung and wood as fuel in their
daily life. Main polluters were the industries that used steam engines run on coal. The
introduction of the railway in 1855 brought a new dangerous pollutant – coal from Raniganj.
It had a high content of ash. Calcutta became the first Indian city in 1863 to get smoke
nuisance legislation. In 1920, the rice mills of Tollygunge began to burn rice husk instead
of coal, and people complained of “black soot falling like drizzling rain” causing bad
tempers, dirty clothes and smoke-related illnesses. The inspectors of Bengal Smoke
Nuisance Committee finally managed to control industrial smoke, but found controlling
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domestic smoke more difficult.
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Q.9. Give three reasons why Bombay in known as the city of dreams. [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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Ans. Bombay appears to many people as Mayapuri – a City of Dreams.
(i) By 1925, Bombay became the capital city of films in India. It attracted migrants from
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Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and other parts. They contributed to the blending of culture,
dream and stars as well as slums of Bombay. Bombay started producing films for a
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national audience.
(ii) The film industry in 1947 invested money in about 50 Indian films and the amount was
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Rs 756 million. By 1987, the film industry employed 520,000 people.

(iii) Bombay films have contributed in a big way to produce an image of the city as a blend
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of dream and reality, slums and star bungalows.

It is acclaimed as one of the biggest film industries of the world. Bollywood now produces
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over 1000 films every year. Since 1913, Indian cinema has made a journey from simple
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silent movies to sound films, from coloured films to technically advanced movies of the
present day.
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PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS

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Q.10. Describe in three points the Social changes in the city of London with respect to
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entertainment and leisure of the people due to industrialisation. (2008, 2010)

Ans. (i) For wealthy Britishers, an annual ‘London season’ was organised which included several
cultural events, such as the opera, the threatre and the classical dance performances.
(ii) Working classes met in pubs and taverns to have a drink, exchange news and sometimes
to also organise political action.
(iii) Libraries, art galleries and museums were established in the 19th century to provide
entertainment for the common people. Music halls were common among the lower
classes, and by the early 20th century, cinema became the source of great master
entertainment for mixed audiences.
Q.11. Explain the social changes which led to the need for the underground railways in London.
(2009)
Ans. The congestion in the 19th century industrial London had led many wealthy residents of
London to build homes in the countryside. Architect Ebenezer Howard developed the principle
of ‘Garden City’, a pleasant place, full of plants and trees, where people could both live and
work. Between the two world wars, the British State built a million houses, single family
cottages for working classes. The city extended now beyond the range, where people could walk
to work. The development of suburbs made new forms of mass transport absolutely necessary.
To persuade people to leave the city and live in garden suburbs, some new means of travelling
to the city for work was essential. The London underground railway solved the housing crisis
by carrying large masses of people to and from the city.
Q.12. What was the tradition of ‘London Season’? Explain different forms of entertainment
that came up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people.
[2009, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. For wealthy Britishers, there had been an annual ‘London Season’. Several cultural events, as
the opera, the theatre, the classical musical performances were organised for an elite group of
300-400 families.
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Many new types of large-scale entertainment for the common people came up. Libraries, art
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galleries and museums were established to provide entertainment to people who swarmed
them. Music halls were popular among lower classes, and by the 20th century, cinema became
as
the great mass entertainer for mixed audiences. ak
British industrial workers were encouraged to spend their holidays by the sea. Over a million
British went to the seaside in 1883; their number increased to 7 million in 1939.
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Write about the pollution problems of Calcutta (Kolkata) in the 19th century.
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[2011 (T-1)]
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Q.13. How did the development of cities influence the ecology and environment in the late
Nineteenth century? Explain by giving an example of Calcutta (Kolkata). (2008, 2010)
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Ans. City development everywhere has been at the expense of ecology and environment. To
accommodate factories, housing and other institutions, natural features are either transformed
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or flattened out. Large quantities of refuse and waste products pollute air and water and
excessive noise becomes a feature of urban life.
al
In the late 19th century, use of coal in homes and industries raised serious problems. For
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example, in Calcutta, inhabitants inhaled grey smoke, particularly in winter. Since Calcutta was
built on marshy land, the fog and smoke combined to generate a thick black smog. High level
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of pollution was a result of the huge population using dung and wood as fuel in their daily life.
Main polluters were the industries that used steam engines run on coal. The introduction of the
railway in 1855 brought a new dangerous pollutant — coal from Raniganj. It had a high
content of ash. Calcutta became the first Indian city in 1863 to get smoke nuisance legislation.
In 1920, the rice mills of Tollygunge began to burn rice husk instead of coal, and people
complained of “black soot falling like drizzling rain” causing bad tempers, dirty clothes and
smoke related illnesses. The inspectors of Bengal Smoke Nuisance Committee finally managed
to control industrial smoke, but found controlling domestic smoke more difficult.
Q.14. Mention Various measures taken to decongest London in the 19th and 20th centuries.
(2010)
OR
Explain any four steps taken to clean up London in the 19th Century. [2011 (T-1)]

Ans. (i) Rent control to prevent severe housing shortage.
(ii) Building a Green Belt around London as “New Lungs” for the city.
(iii) Building holiday homes in the country side by wealthy residents of London.
(iv) Ebenezer Howard, an architect and planner, planned “Garden City” full of plants and trees
where people could work as well as live.
l Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker designed the Garden city of New Earswick.
l A million houses, were built by local authorities.
Q.15. Explain in brief the history of land reclamation in Mumbai. (2008)

Ans. Originally Bombay was a city of several islands which were joined into one land mass over
a period of time. The first project began in 1784, when the Governor of Bombay, William
Hornby, approved the building of the great sea wall. It was done to prevent flooding of the low-
lying areas of Bombay.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, several plans were formulated for reclamation of more land from
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the sea. Both private and Government companies took part in it. In 1864, the Black Bay
Reclamation Company won the right to reclaim the western shore from the tip of Malabar Hill
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to the end of Colaba. This meant levelling of hills around Bombay. By the 1870s, though most
private companies had closed down because of the high cost of reclamation, Bombay had
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expanded to about 22 square miles. As the population continued to increase rapidly, more and
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more area was reclaimed from the sea.
Q.16. How far was underground railway able to solve transport problems as well as housing
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crisis in London in the nineteenth century? (2008)

Ans. The London underground railway partially solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses of
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people to and from the city. On the first day of its opening on 10 January 1863, the underground
railway carried 10,000 passengers between Paddingtion and Farrington Street in London. By
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1880 the expanded train service was carrying 40 million passengers a year. As a result the
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population in the city became more dispersed. Better planned suburbs came up and a good
railway network enabled large numbers to live outside central London and travel to work.
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Q.17. Why did the well-off Londoners support the need to build housing for the poor in the
19th century? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
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Ans. The well-off people of London demanded that slums should be cleared in London. Slowly
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these people came to realise that there was a need for housing for the poor. The reasons were
that, first, the vast mass of one-room house occupied by the poor were seen as a serious threat
to public health. They were overcrowded, badly ventilated and locked sanitation.
Second : They were seen as fire hazards due to poor housing.
Third : There was a fear of social disorder, specially after the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Workers’ mass housing schemes were planned to prevent the London poor from turning
rebellious.
Q.18. How did the people of all classes entertain themselves in their leisure time in Urban
Britain after industrialisation? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. The weallthy British had a long ‘‘London Season.’’ They organised cultural events like the
opera, theatre and classical music performances for the elite group of 300-400 families. The
working classes met in pubs to have a drink, exchange news and sometimes to organise
political action.
With industrialisation, large-scale entertainment for the common people came into being with
the state help. Libraries, art galleries and museums were built for the improvement of people
and create a pride in British achievements. When entry was made free in 1810, the number of
visitors shot up to 825,901 in 1846. Music halls were popular among lower classes and by the
early 20th century cinema became the great mass entertainment for mixed audiences. British
industrial workers were encouraged to spend their holidays near the seaside. Nearly
7 million people visited Blackpool in 1939.
Q.19. What was the impact of industrialisation and urbanization on the family in Britain in the
nineteenth century? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. The function and shape of the family was completely transformed by life in the industrial city.
(i) Ties between members of households loosened
(ii) Among working class the institution of marriage tended to break down
(iii) Women of upper and middles classes in Britain, faced increasingly high level of isolation.
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children on low wages.
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(iv) Women who worked had some control over their lives, specially among the lower social
classes. Many reformers felt that marriage as an institution had broken down.
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(v) When women lost their industrial jobs, conservative people forced them to withdraw into
their homes. 20th century saw another change, the family became the heart of new market
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– of goods, services and of ideas. Families after the war became smaller units.
Q.20. The Many Sides of Bombay [2010 (T-1)]
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My father came down the Sahyadris

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With nothing but his labour

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I carried a tiffin box

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Working on a loom
Learnt on occasion
To go on strike
My father withered away toiling
So will I and will my little ones
Perhaps they too face such sad nights
Wrapped in coils of darkness
(i) Where did the father come from?
(ii) Why did he come to Bombay?
(iii) Write one similarity between the father and son’s life in Bombay.
Ans. (i) The father came down from the Sahyadris.
(ii) To earn a living in a mill.
(iii) The father withered away toiling all his life and the son is going to meet the same fate
— toil, depression and hardly any relief from both.
Q.21. Throw light on some of the land reclamation projects of Bombay. [2010 (T-1)]
Ans. The earliest project of land reclamation began in 1784. The Bombay Governor had great sea
wall built to prevent flooding of low-lying areas. Government and private companies joined
hands and formulated plans to recaim more and more land. In 1864, Back Bay Reclamation
Company won the right to reclaim the western foreshore from the tip of Malabar hill to the
end of Colaba.
By the 1870s the city had expanded to 22 sq km. Bombay Port Trust built a dry dock between
1914-1918 and used the excavated earth to create the 22 acre Ballard Estate. Much later, the
famous Marine Drive of Bombay was developed.
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Q.22. Explain any three efforts made by women in London to increase their income during
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eighteenth century. [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. (i) Women tried to solve their financial problems by working in the factories.
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(ii) When technological development deprived them of their jobs, they started working as
domestic help. Out of a quarter million domestic helps the vast majority were women.
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A large number of women used their homes to increase family income by taking in
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lodgers. They took up tailoring, washing or match-box making. During the war, they were
once again employed in war-time industries and offices.
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Q.23. Highlight any three problems faced by people who migrated to Bombay. [2010 (T-1)]
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Ans. (i) The biggest problem was housing. 70% of the working people lived in thickly populated
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‘chawls’ of Bombay. Chawls were multi-storeyed structures, with one room tenements
which had no private toilets. Rents were high. People had to keep their windows closed
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even in humid weather due to close proximity of filthy gutters, privies, buffalo stables etc.
(ii) There was an acute shortage of water due to unplanned expansion of the city. People often
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(iii) People had to use streets and neighborhoods for various activities like cooking, washing
and sleeping. There was constant fear of epidemics, specially like plague, due to unclean
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surroundings and too many people.

Q.24. According to Durgacharan Ray, in what three ways did the city life of Calcutta present
contrasting images of opportunities? [2010 (T-1)]
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‘Calcutta in the 19th century was a city of contrasts.’ How is this reflected in
Durgacharan Ray’s novel “Deb nagar Martaye Aagman”?
Ans. The city life of Calcutta was full of contrasts, according to Durgacharan Ray.
1. In the 19th century, Calcutta was brimming with opportunities — for trade, commerce and
jobs.
2. But on the hand, another aspect of its life was — its cheats, thieves, its appalling poverty
and the poor quality of housing.
The Gods themselves were cheated by the shopkeepers.
3. There was confusion of caste, religious and gender identities in the city. All social
distinctions that appeared to be natural and normal seemed to be breaking down. The
contrasting images were of wealth and poverty, splendour and dirt, opportunities and
disappointments.
Q.25. Which cities were called ‘Presidency Cities’ in the 19th century India? Mention any two
main features of these cities. [2010 (T-1)]
Ans. The capitals of the Bombay, Bengal and Madras Presidencies in British India were called
‘‘Presidency Cities”. Their special features were :
(i) They were multi-functional cities, they had major ports, warehouses, homes and offices,
army camps as well as educational institutions, museums and libraries.
(ii) A large number of people lived in these cities. Bombay had a population of nearly
1,500,000 people in 1941 as compared to 644,405 in 1872. The cities combined political
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and economic functions for the entire region.
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Q.26. Crime became an object of widespread concern in London. Comment and state what
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steps were taken to control it. [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. London was a colossal city by 1750 with a bursting population. By 1880 the population was
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about 4 million. Crime flourished as London grew. It is reported there were 20,000 criminals
living in London by the 1870s. The police worried about the law and order and philanthropists
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worried about public morality. Industrialists wanted a hard-working, orderly labour force.
Actually the ‘‘criminals’’ were in fact poor people who lived by stealing food from shops,
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Steps taken to control crime were :

(i) Population of the criminals was counted, their activities were watched and their way of
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(ii) Authorities imposed high penalties for crime and offered work to the ‘deserving poor.’’
(iii) Compulsory Elementary Education Act was passed so that children went to school rather
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than take to crime or work in underpaid factories.

(iv) The need for housing for the poor was recognised to stop the poor from turning rebellious.
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Q.27. Why were people in the beginning afraid to travel in the London underground railway?
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[2010 (T-1)]
Ans. People were afraid to travel in London underground railway because they thought they were
a menace to health. A newspaper reader warned the public ‘‘of compartments full of smoking
pipes, the foul atmosphere, which was a mixture of sulphur, coal dust and fumes from the gas
lamps.’’ He thought he would die of asphyxiation and heat.
Many people called the railway ‘‘iron monsters,’’ which added to the mess and unhealthiness
of the city. The famous writer, Charles Dickens, in one of his words criticised the railway for
destroyed houses, knocking down sheets, deep pits and trenches thrown about.’’ To make two
miles of railway, 900 houses were dug up and had led to the massive displacement of the
London poor.
Q.28. Who was Ebenezer Howard? Explain the principle of the Garden City developed by him.
[2010 (T-1)]
Ans. Ebenezer Howard was an architect and town planners. He developed the principle of the
Garden City, a pleasant space full of plants and trees, where people would live and work. He
believed this would also produce better quality citizens.
Q.29. How did the technological developments in the late 18th century affect the women
workforce in Europe? [2011 (T-1)]
Ans. See answer to 17, (Technological development made women lose their jobs in the factories,
machines replaced them. They had to work from homes or work as domestic helpers. The 1861
Census reported that out of quarter of a million domestic workers vast majority were women,
many of them recent migrants to London. A large number of women augmented the family
income by taking in lodgers and through activities like tailoring, washing or match-box
making.
Q.30. Why was the underground railways referred to as the ‘Iron Monsters’? [2011 (T-1)]
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Ans. The underground railways resulted in massive destruction in the process of construction. The
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railway coaches and railroads were made of iron. Green spaces were hardly available. Iron
pillars, bridges and other works of iron could be seen everywhere. The underground railways
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were a menace to health and environment. The whole system appeared to be like a huge
monster.
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Q.31. What was the Temperance Movement? What was its main aim? [2011 (T-1)]
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Ans. It was largely a middle-class-led social reform movement which emerged in Britain and
America from the nineteenth century onwards. This movement identified alcoholism as the
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cause of the ruin of families and society, and aimed at reducing the consumption of alcoholic
drinks, particularly amongst the working classes.
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Q.32. Why did the population of London expand from the middle of the eighteenth century?
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Give three reasons. [2011 (T-1)]

Ans. (i) The city of London was a powerful magnet for migrant populations. It was a city of clerks,
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shopkeepers, skilled and semi-skilled artisans, soldiers, servants and beggars. It was the
city of classes as well as masses.
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(ii) Apart from London dockyards, five major types of industries employed large number of
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workers. These industries included clothing, printing, footwear, metal and engineering.
(iii) During the First World War London began manufacturing motor cars and electrical goods
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and number of large factories multiplied.

Q.33. Highlight the principal features of the social life of people living in Bombay. [2011 (T-1)]
Ans. The European elite, the richer Parsis, Muslims and uppercaste traders and industrialists lived
in sprawling, spacious bungalows. But more than 70 per cent of the working people lived in
the thickly populated chawls of Bombay. The homes being small, streets and neighbourhoods
were used for a variety of activities such as cooking, washing and sleeping. Liquor shops and
akharas came up in empty spot. Streets were also used for different types of leisure activities.
Chawls were also the place for exchange of news about jobs, strikes, riots or demonstrations.
D. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [4 MARKS]

Q.1. What are the characteristics of a city?
Ans. The following are some of the features of cities:

(i) Ancient cities mostly emerged as riverine civilisations like Ur, Nippur and Mohenjodaro.
(ii) Cities developed only with the increase in food supply so that it could support non-food
producers.
(iii) Cities were often centres of political power with administrative network, trade and
industry. In medieval Europe, some towns and cities also emerged in the periphery of
religious institutions like Church or important buildings.
(iv) Cities were of different sizes and complexity. It could be a modern day metropolis which
combined political and economic functions for an entire region or a smaller town.
Q.2. Discuss how London emerged as the largest city in the world in the nineteenth century.
Ans. The city of London became the largest city in the world by the late nineteenth century. It was
the most powerful imperial centre by the beginning of the twentieth century. Various factors
were responsible for it, as given below :
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Causes :
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(i) Increase in population. One out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in
London. Industrial revolution started in Britain. The enclosures of farms and abolishment
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of corn laws made many farmers migrate to towns and cities such as London, Manchester
and Leeds. Migrants from rural areas were attracted to the textile mills of Manchester and
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Leeds in large numbers after the 1850s.
(ii) Colonisation and political dominance in global trade led to great wealth and capital,
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making London the hub of world trade and commerce.

(iii) The population expanded throughout the nineteenth century from one million in 1810 to
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4 million in 1880. They constituted aristocrats, administrators, semi-skilled and skilled

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artisans, workers, traders, beggars, etc.

(iv) Important industries were the dockyards, clothing, footwear, metallurgy, etc.
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(v) During the First World War, London began manufacturing motor cars and electrical goods.
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Q.3. Describe how industrialisation changed the social status of women.

Ans. The upper and the middle-class women faced higher levels of isolation. However, their
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lives were made easier by rising number of domestic maids who cooked, cleaned and cared
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for young children on low wages. An 1861 Census recorded quarter of a million domestic
servants in London of whom most were women migrants. On the other hand, women who
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worked for wages, particularly the lower social classes, had more control of their lives.
In cities, individualism replaced the collective value of earlier rural communities.
However, men and women did not share the new urban space equally. Later, many women lost
their industrial jobs and conservative section managed to force women to withdraw into their
homes. Hence, public spaces increasingly became male-dominated.
Q.4. How is a large city a threat and an opportunity? Explain with appropriate examples.
Ans. A large city is a threat and an opportunity. A modern city is also called a metropolis for its
complex functions and relations amongst the dwellers. It is a threat to environment and peace
because crime rates are high due to the differences between the rich and the poor. A police
superintendent would face difficulty in maintaining law and order. A city is a place where the
weak are exploited by the powerful and the rich, e.g. women and children were exploited in
industrial cities of London, Leeds, Manchester, etc.
On the other hand, it is an opportunity for those who are in power. Landlords benefit by raising
the rents as demands for space increase. It is also an opportunity for women who are wage
earners as they become economically independent. Social divisions based on class and caste
also break down in different ways like travelling in public transport, etc.
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS

Q.5. Describe the lifestyle of British workers in the 19th century. (2010)
Ans. Most of the workers were employed in industries and factories. Because of bursting population
led to unemployment and crime and an increase in the number of poor.
Factories employed large number of women in the early 19th century but they lost their
industrial jobs due to technological developments. Most women worked as domestic servants;
of them many were migrants to London. Large numbers of children were pushed into low-paid
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work, often by their parents. Children took to crime as it earned them more money than honest
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work. A young thief could earn 10 shillings 6 pence a week from thieving – honest work
fetched him this money after making 1,296 match boxes in a day.
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Most workers lived in unsafe tenements which were health hazards, overcrowded, badly
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ventilated and lacking sanitation. Poor housing was a constant fire hazard. The workers could
only expect a lifespan of 29 years. The workers were expected to die, according to Charles
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Booth, in a ‘work house, hospital or a lunatic asylum.’
There was a widespread fear of social disorder, because of the unhealthy, poverty stricken life
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the workers led.

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Q.6. When and where was the very first section of the underground railway in the world
opened? Describe in brief the difficulties of travelling in the underground railway.
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(2010)
Ans. The first section of the underground railway in the world opened on 10 January 1863 between
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Paddington and Farringtion Street in London. On that day 10,000 passengers were carried with
trams running every ten minutes.
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l At first, the people were afraid to travel undergound. They found the atmosphere a mixture
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of sulphur, coal dust and foul fumes from the gas lamps above and found them a danger
to health.
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l Most felt the “Iron Monsters” added to the mess and unhealthiness of the city.
To make two miles of railways, 900 houses had to be destroyed. Streets were knocked up,
pits and trenches dug. The underground railway led to a massive displacement of the
London poor, specially during the two world wars.
l The underground railway broke down social distinctions but also created new ones.
Q.7. What forms of entertainment came up in the 19th century in England to provide leisure
activities for the people? [2010 (T-1)]
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Mention any four new types of entertainment that come up in 19th century England for
the common people. [2011 (T-1)]
Ans. For wealthy Britishers, there had been an annual ‘London Season.’ Several cultural events, as

the opera, the theatre, the classical musical performances were organised for an elite group of
300-400 families.
Many new types of large-scale entertainment for the common people came up. Libraries, art
galleries and museums were established to provide entertainment to people who swarmed
them. Music halls were popular among lower classes, and by the 20th century, cinema became
the great mass entertainer for mixed audiences.
British industrial workers were encouraged to spend their holidays by the sea. Over a million
Britishes went to the seaside in 1883; their number increased to 7 million in 1939.
Q.8. Explain any three causes of air pollution in Calcutta in the nineteenth and early twentieth
century. Which body controlled industrial pollution? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. See answer to Q 4 (in Short Answer Questions)
(i) High levels of pollution were a consequence of the huge population that depended on dung
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and wood as fuel in their daily life.
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(ii) Main polluters were the industries and establishments that used steam engines run on coal.
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(iii) The city was built on marshy land, the resulting fog combined with smoke generated thick
black smog and Calcutta’s inhabitants inhaled grey smoke, specially in winter.
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A new pollutant coal — was added by the railways. The body that controlled industrial
pollution was Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission.
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Q.9. Give four reasons for the expansion of Bombay’s population in the nineteenth century.
[2010 (T-1)]
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(i) When Bombay became the capital of Bombay Presidency in 1819, the city expanded. With
the growth of trade in cotton and opium, large communities of traders, bankers, as well
as artisans and shopkeepers came to settle in Bombay.
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(ii) When textile mills were established in Bombay there was fresh surge of migration.
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The first cotton textile mill in Bombay was established in 1854. In 1921, there were 85
cotton mills with about 146,000 workers.
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About one-fourth of Bombay’s inhabitants between 1881 and 1931 were born in Bombay,
the rest were migrants from nearby district of Ratnagiri to work in Bombay mills.
(iii) Bombay was a junction of two major railways. This encouraged an even higher scale of
migration into the city. For example, famine in dry regions of Kutch drove large number
to Bombay in 1888-89.
(iv) Bombay became a premier city of India in the late 19th century. It dominated maritime trade
of India and its population expanded from 644, 405 on 1572 to nearly, 1,500,000 in 1941
Q.10. “The function and the shape of the family were completely transformed by life in the
industrial city of Britain in the 18th century.” Explain any four points.
[2010, 2011 (T-1)]
OR

Explain four changes that took place in the family life in the 18th century and promoted
individualism in city life.
Ans. (i) Ties between members of family loosened.
(ii) Among working classes the institution of marriage tended to break down.
(iii) Women of upper and middle class faced high level of isolation, though their life became
easier by maids who cooked, cleaned or cared for young children.
(iv) Women who worked had some control over their lives. Women without jobs were forced
to withdraw into their camp.
(v) 20th century saw homes another change, the family became smaller unit after the war.
A new spirit of individualism was encouraged among men and women, and a freedom
from collective values that were a feature of the smaller rural communities.
Q.11. Why the population of London multiplied in the late 19th and early 20th century?
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[2010 (T-1)]
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Ans. By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London. It was a colossal
city with a population of about 675,000. Its population multiplied four-fold in the 70 years
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between 1810 and 1880, increasing from one million to 4 million.
London was a powerful magnet for migrant populations. The 19th century London was “a city
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of clerks, shopkeepers, small masters and skilled artisans, growing number of semi-skilled out
workers, soldiers, servants, casual labourers, sheet sellers and beggars.’’
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London’s dockyards and five major types of industries employed large number of workers. The
five were : Clothing and footwear, wood and furniture, metals and engineering, printing and
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stationery, and precision products like surgical instruments, watches, and objects of precious
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metals.
During the First World War (1914-18) London began manufacturing motor cars and electrical
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goods, which led to increase in population as more workers were needed.

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Q.12. Explain any four characteristics of Marginal Groups in London. [2010, 2011 (T-1)]
Ans. Marginal Groups in London were about 20,000 criminals who worried the police about law and
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order. The people who made a living by crime were in fact poor people who lived by stealing
lead from roofs, food from shops, lumps of coal and clothes drying on hedges.
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There were others who were more skilled at their trade, experts at their jobs. They were cheats,
tricksterts, pickpockets and petty thieves crowding the streets of London.
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Women were forced out of work from factories due to technological development they formed
a large group that worked as domestic servants. They also worked at home to increase their
income by taking in ladgers, working as tailors, wasting etc only during the war, they found
jobs in factories and offices.
Large number of children were forced into low-paid work. ‘‘A child of 7 could easily make
10 shillings led a week from thieving — a low-paid worker had to make 56 gross of match
boxes a week to earn that much” (According to an article by Andrew Mearns). Only by the
passage of Compulsory Elementary Education Act in 1870 and passing of Factory Acts (since
1872) children were kept out of industrial work.
So, the marginal groups were the criminals, women are workforce and children forced to work
in low-paid jobs.

Q.13. Explain the merits and drawbacks of underground rail of London. [2010 (T-1)]
Ans. See answer to Q. 6, Q 25 short answer.
Merits : l It partly solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses of people to and
from the city.
l When the first section of the underground in the world opened on 10 January,
1863, it carried 10,000 passengers, with trains running every ten minutes.
l By 1850, the trains were carrying 40 million passengers a year.
By the 20th century, most large metropolises such as New York, Tokyo,
Chicago had indispensable metro services.
l The population in cities became more dispersed. Better planned suburbs and
a good railway network enabled large numbers to live outside central London
and travel to work.
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Drawbacks : l They created more pollution and were considered by people to be a menace
to health.
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Passengers complained of smoking pipes, an atmosphere which was a mixture
of sulphur, coal dust and foul fumes causing asphyxiation.
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Many called the the trains ‘‘iron monsters’’ adding to mess and unhealthiness.
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l To make two miles of railway, 900 houses were knocked down. It led to a
displacement of the London poor, specially between the two wars.
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They wore down social distinctions but also created new ones.
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Q.14. Explain the lifestyle of workers of the mid-19th century in Britain. [2010 (T-1)]
Ans. The mid-century workers in London did not have proper houses to live in. They had to find
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residence in cheap, usually unsafe tenements.

According to a survey by a Liverpool shipowner in 1887, as many as one million Londoners
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(about 1/5 of the population of London at that time were very poor, expected to live upto an
average age of 29 as compared to 55 among the gentry and the middle class. They were
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expected to die in a ‘‘workhouse, hospital or lunatic asylum.

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There were constant worries about fire hazard created by poor housing. The one-room houses
occupied by the poor were a serious threat to public health. There was a constant fear of
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uprising by the poor.

The only leisure for working classes was to meet in pubs and drink, exchange news and
sometimes also organise for political action. Crime flourished among workers who did not
have jobs. Children were forced to work for low wages. Women tried to earn by working at
home or domestic maids. Later on there was a drive to build more houses, clearn up the city,
provide libraries and museums for the workers. Workers were encouraged to take annual
leave and go to the seaside like Blackpool. Cinema also became a means of mass
entertainment.
Q.15. Explain why a number of films were about the life of migrants in the Bombay film
industry. Name two movies whose songs became very popular. [2010 (T-1)]
Ans. There were a number of films about migrants because many people in the film industry were

themselves migrants. They came from cities like Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and contributed to
the national character of the industry. Many famous writers like Ismat Chugtai, Saadat Hasan
Manto were associated with Hindi cinema. People who came from Lahore now in Pakistan,
contributed the most to the development of the Hindi cinema.
The films dealt with the arrival in the city of new migrants and the real pressures of life they
had to deal with :
the two movies are CID (1956) and Guest House (1959).
Q.16. How did city development occur at the cost of ecology and environment? [2011 (T-1)]
Ans. Natural features were transformed in response to the growing demand for space for factories,
touring and other institutions. Large quantities of refuse and waste production polluted air and
water, while excessive noise became a feature of urban life. Hundreds of factory chimneys
spewed black smoke into the skies. Domestic sewage and factory wastes polluted water and
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soil. There was serious housing problems in the cities resulting in congestion, overcrowding
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and sanitation problems. Streets were full of squalour and crowded with houseless migrants.
Cities like London, Bombay and Calcutta were over-populated and over-polluted.
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Q.17. How did the condition of women workers change from 19th to 20th century in London?
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Ans. As cities developed in the 19th century, women lost their industrial jobs. Conservative people
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opposed their presence in public spaces and women were forced to withdraw into their houses.
The public space became exclusively a male preserve and the domestic sphere was seen as the
proper place for women. But from 1870s onwards women’s participation in political
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movements increased. In the 20th century large number of women were employed in factories
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and offices and they raised voices in public fora.

Q.18. Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the underground railways.
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Why was the development of undergroud railways criticised? [2011 (T-1)]

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Ans. Between the two World Wars (1919 – 39), the responsibility for housing the working classes
was accepted by the British state, and a million houses were built for them in sub-urban areas
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by local authorities. The city had gradually extended beyond the range where people could
walk to work. Development of suburbs made new forms of mass transport very necessary. The
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London underground railway partially solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses of
people to and from the city. Underground railway created huge ecological and environmental
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problem. The process of construction led to large scale destruction of forests and other natural
features.
Q.19. “The city of London had a powerful migrant population.” Explain the reason.
[2011 (T-1)]
Ans. (i) London had hundreds of small factories and workshops. It was a city of clerks,
shopkeepers, skilled and semi-skilled artisans, soldiers and servants, casual labourers,
street vendors, etc.
(ii) Apart from London dockyards, five major types of small industries employed large
number of people.
(iii) During the First World War (1914-18) London began manufacturing motor cars and
electrical goods. Hundreds of large factories sprang up employing thousands of workers.

II. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
A. PROJECT
Project 1
Topics : Compare and contrast life in a city in India, before Independence and after
Independence
Objectives : To create awareness of life under colonial rule and under our own
government.
To understand the growth, development and problems of life in a city.
Skills Developed : Critical and creative thinking
Communicative skills
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Empathy and understanding
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Decision-making
Time : 4 days
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Method : Making choice of a city ak
Collecting material from newspaper reports, maps, illustrations and
government files
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Interviewing residents who have been there before 1947
Making notes on transport, educational facilities, environment.
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Any other development

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Present problems of the citizens

Conclusion
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Project 2
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Topic : Is Mumbai really a “City of Dreams” as portrayed in films?

Objectives : To create awareness about the real impression of Mumbai.
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To understand the true image of the city and the role of films in it
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Skills developed : Analytical assessment of Mumbai as a City of Dreams. Creative writing.

Planning, decision-making.
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Methods : Choose films, which depicted Mumbai as a City of Dreams

(Choose : An earliest film, a film made in 1990s, a film in 2009.)
How real, How imaginative?
Portrayal of people
The present reality
Part played by social, economic and political changes.
Conclusion drawn from real life interviews, newspaper reviews and reports,
use of illustrations, comments to support observations made.
Use the poems and stories given in the text.

themselves migrants. They came from cities like Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and contributed to
the national character of the industry. Many famous writers like Ismat Chugtai, Saadat Hasan
Manto were associated with Hindi cinema. People who came from Lahore now in Pakistan,
contributed the most to the development of the Hindi cinema.
The films dealt with the arrival in the city of new migrants and the real pressures of life they
had to deal with :
the two movies are CID (1956) and Guest House (1959).
Q.16. How did city development occur at the cost of ecology and environment? [2011 (T-1)]
Ans. Natural features were transformed in response to the growing demand for space for factories,
touring and other institutions. Large quantities of refuse and waste production polluted air and
water, while excessive noise became a feature of urban life. Hundreds of factory chimneys
spewed black smoke into the skies. Domestic sewage and factory wastes polluted water and
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soil. There was serious housing problems in the cities resulting in congestion, overcrowding
ha
and sanitation problems. Streets were full of squalour and crowded with houseless migrants.
Cities like London, Bombay and Calcutta were over-populated and over-polluted.
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Q.17. How did the condition of women workers change from 19th to 20th century in London?
ak [2011 (T-1)
Ans. As cities developed in the 19th century, women lost their industrial jobs. Conservative people
Pr
opposed their presence in public spaces and women were forced to withdraw into their houses.
The public space became exclusively a male preserve and the domestic sphere was seen as the
proper place for women. But from 1870s onwards women’s participation in political
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movements increased. In the 20th century large number of women were employed in factories
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and offices and they raised voices in public fora.

Q.18. Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the underground railways.
ot
Why was the development of undergroud railways criticised? [2011 (T-1)]

Br
Ans. Between the two World Wars (1919 – 39), the responsibility for housing the working classes
was accepted by the British state, and a million houses were built for them in sub-urban areas
al
by local authorities. The city had gradually extended beyond the range where people could
walk to work. Development of suburbs made new forms of mass transport very necessary. The
oy
London underground railway partially solved the housing crisis by carrying large masses of
people to and from the city. Underground railway created huge ecological and environmental
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problem. The process of construction led to large scale destruction of forests and other natural
features.
Q.19. “The city of London had a powerful migrant population.” Explain the reason.
[2011 (T-1)]
Ans. (i) London had hundreds of small factories and workshops. It was a city of clerks,
shopkeepers, skilled and semi-skilled artisans, soldiers and servants, casual labourers,
street vendors, etc.
(ii) Apart from London dockyards, five major types of small industries employed large
number of people.
(iii) During the First World War (1914-18) London began manufacturing motor cars and
electrical goods. Hundreds of large factories sprang up employing thousands of workers.

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6 WORK, LIFE AND LEISURE

people were estimated to be 20,000 in number in London during the 1870s.

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l A quarter of a million domestic servants existed in London, according to an 1861 Census.

industrial jobs and were forced to withdraw into their homes.

New Wave Social Science–X (Term 1)

Bombay – The Prime City

to Bombay from Surat in Gujarat.

became the centre of administrative and industrial control in western India.

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Mayapuri, a city of dreams – by 1925.

to the blending of culture, dream, stars as well as slums of Bombay.

SECTION E — CITIES AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE ENVIRONMENT

l Biggest impact on environment due to expansion of cities. Natural features transformed.

l Excessive noise pollution due to vehicles, factories and crowds.

New Wave Social Science–X (Term 1)

A. NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS

Illustrate with historical examples.

(a) A private landlord.

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the 18th century.

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provide employment to certain groups.

New Wave Social Science–X (Term 1)

(b) Private life :

Smoke Nuisance Commission managed to control industrial smoke, controlling domestic

OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (AS PER CCE PATTERN)

B. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS [1 MARK]

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(b) Employment of larger number of people in industries and factories

(d) All the above

(c) People who wanted a hard-working, orderly labour force

(d) All the above

(a) By newspapers praising its services

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Q.16. The various steps taken to clear up London were :

(d) All the above

by the early 20th century

(c) The cinema (d) The theatre

privies, buffalo stables etc.

Q.24. How could the problem of scarcity of land in Bombay be solved?

(b) Through population control

(c) Through massive reclamation projects

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(d) Controlling smoke through legislation

Q.30. Who finally controlled industrial smoke in Calcutta?

(a) The Bengal government through legislation

(c) The factory owners themselves by using alternatives to coal

New Wave Social Science–X (Term 1)

(c) Paddington street to Bakers station (d) None of these

(a) CID (b) Bombay (c) Raja Harishchandra (d) Devdas

(a) A French princess (b) A Portuguese princess

Q.45. What was referred to as ‘iron monsters’? [2010 (T-1)]

(c) Tenements (d) London underground railway

(a) German (b) French (c) Dutch (d) Portuguese

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(c) Charles Booth (d) Ebenezer Howard

(a) Dada Sahib Phalke (b) B. R. Chopra