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CBSE - Work, Life & Leisure
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Practice Question
Work, Life & Leisure
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Work, Life & Leisure
What was referred to as iron monsters ?
(a) Industrial cities
(b) New factories
(c) Tenements
(d) London underground railway
Correct Answer: 4
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Related Questions
Work, Life & Leisure
1
The two calamities which affected Bombay in the late 19th century were :
(a) Lack of essential amenities like space and food
(b) The famine of Kutch
(1888-89) and the plague of 1898
(c) A flood of migrants created panic, alarm and a crisis
(d) The ruthless behaviour of the district authorities and the flood of migrants
Correct Answer: 2
2
Which one of the following statements is appropriate for chawls ?
(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?
(a) 10 Jan 1860
(b) 10 Jan 1861
(c) 10 Jan 1862
(d) 10 Jan 1863
Correct Answer: 4
3
Which statement does not describe correctly conditions in a chawl?
(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, privies,buffalo stables etc.
(c) One room tenements, because of high rents, are shared by relatives, or caste fellows
(d) Streets were used for cooking, washing, sleeping and for different types of leisure activities
Correct Answer: 1
4
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
Correct Answer: 4
5
Bombay was first under whose control?
(a) Portuguese
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Dutch
Correct Answer: 1
