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CBSE - Work, Life & Leisure
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Practice Question
Work, Life & Leisure
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Work, Life & Leisure
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
Correct Answer: 3
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Related Questions
Work, Life & Leisure
1
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
Correct Answer: 4
2
Name the entertainment which became the great mass entertainment for mixed audiences by the early20th century
(a) Holidays by the seaside
(b) Travelling to historical places in England
(c) The cinema
(d) The theatre
Correct Answer: 3
3
Who designed the Garden City of New Earswick?
(a) Barry Parker
(b) Ebenezer Howard
(c) Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker
(d) Napoleon
Correct Answer: 3
4
The rice mills of Tolleygunge tackled the problem of pollution by
(a) Reclaiming marshy lands and building factories on them to prevent smog
(b) Not allowing railways to bring coal to them
(c) Burning rice husks instead of coal in 1920
(d) Controlling smoke through legislation
Correct Answer: 3
5
When was the Bombay Improvement Trust established?
(a) 1861
(b) 1898
(c) 1899
(d) 1862
Correct Answer: 2
