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Very Short Answer (VSA) Type Questions
1. What is Temperance Movement?
2. Why was London underground railway considered a menace to public health?
3. Name one factor which changed the form of urbanisation in the modern world.
4. Identify an architect and planner who developed the principle of the 'Garden City'.
5. Which company won the right to reclaim the Western foreshare of Bombay in 1864?
6. Which city of India is called 'Mayapuri' or the city of dreams?
7. Who was the producer of the film 'Raja Harishchandra'?
8. Which British king got Bombay as a dowry from the Portuguese? can anybody be my bestie
Answers
Explanation:
Ans. (i) The towns and the Cities that first appeared along the river valleys like Ur and Mohenjodaro were larger in scale than other human settlements.
(ii) These cities were the centres of political power, administrative network, trade and industry, religious institutions and intellectual activities.
(iii) These cities supported various social group such as artisans, merchant; and priests
(iv) These cities varied greatly in size and complexity. Some were metropolises and oilier; smaller urban centres.
(v) Industrialisation played an important role in the expansion of cities.
Q.2. Explain with examples how has industrialisation changed the form of urbanisation In England in the modem period.[CBSE 2010]
Ans. (i)Towns and Cities that first appeared along river valleys, such as Ur. Nippur and Mohenjodaro. were larger in scale than other human settlements.