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A model of the South Asian colonial city
The European town…had spacious bungalows, elegant apartment houses, planned streets, trees on both sides of the street,…clubs for afternoon and evening get togethers…The open space was reserved for…Western recreational facilities, such as race and golf courses, soccer and cricket. When domestic water supply, electric connections, and sewage links were available or technically possible, the European town residents utilised them fully, whereas their use was quite restricted to the native town.
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Did the model of the South Asian colonial city cater to the needs of the natives? Give a reason for your answer.
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Can we apply the distinction between old and new social movements in the Indian context?
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Compare the experience of industrialization in the West with that of the Indian experience.
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Elucidate the phenomena of modernity.
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“Famines were also a major and recurring source of increased mortality.” Which of the following is not a cause of famines?
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While a few villages are totally absorbed in the process of expansion, only the land of many others, excluding the inhabited area, is used for urban development.
The growth of ______ cities accounts for the third type of urban impact on the surrounding villages.
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In outsourcing, work is allocated by ______ countries to ______ countries.
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Assertion(A): In Modern Foods, 60% of the workers were forced to retire in the first five years.
Reason(R): This was due to complacency at work.
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The growth rate of India in the decade 1911-21, exhibited a diverse pattern. State two reasons.
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Differentiate between the Zamindari system and the Raiyatwari system with regard to the consequence on agricultural prosperity.
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How did the Land Ceiling Act prove to be toothless in most of the states?
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Elaborate on state and non-state initiatives addressing caste and tribal discrimination.
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Urban luxury manufacturers like the high-quality silks and cotton of Dacca or Murshidabad must have been hit first by the almost simultaneous collapse of indigenous court demand and the external market on which these had largely depended. Village crafts in the interior and particularly, in regions other than eastern India where British penetration was earliest and deepest, probably survived much longer, coming to be seriously affected only with the spread of railways. (Sarkar : 1983 : 29) |
When the British took over states and towns of India, some of them lost their courts, artisans, and court gentry. Give any one reason.
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| "For Indian nationalists, the issue of economic exploitation under colonial rule was a central issue." |
How did Indian nationalists promote industrialization in the early years of independence?
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Which of the following features is not an element of the policy of Apartheid?
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Which of the following is true for a model of South Asian colonial city?
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Assertion (A): Urbanization in the colonial period saw the prosperity of indigenous industries.
Reason (R): There was emergence of new colonial Cities.
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Define work in the organised sector.
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Discuss the impact of land reforms during the colonial period.
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How were labourers recruited and appointed by the colonial administrators in the tea gardens?
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