In which year the control of Bombay passed into British hands?
1668
1770
1661
1664
The event that is known as the Bloody Sunday of 1887?
Dock workers strike
Riot of the London poor, brutally suppressed by the police
Police firing on a mass of peaceful workers and their families on way to the Winter Palace
Harsh steps against peasants who seized land
The movement which demanded for limiting the working hours of workers in factories?
Chartist
Marxist
10-hour
Socialist
The film 'Raja Harishchandra' was directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke in the year :
1906
1915
1913
1918
Who was the first Municipal Commissioner of Bombay?
Arthur Crawford
Arther Wellesley
Charles II
William Hornby
Which city became the first Indian city to get smoke nuisance legislation?
Bombay
Calcutta
Madras
Patna
Which among the following features has greatly contributed to Bombay's description as 'Mayapuri'?
High rise building
Marine Drive
Bombay films
Chawls
Which of the following is a large, densely populated city of a country or state, often the capital city?
Metropolis
Municipality
Hamlet
Panchayath
A middle class led social reform movement which emerged in Britain and America from the 19th century onwards is
Temperance movement
Red shirts
The Salvation Army
Scout movement
Which among the following towns in Britain had laws to control smoke in 1840's?
Derby, Leeds and Manchester
London, Cambridge and Derby.
Glasgow, New Castle and Manchester
London, Manchester and Yorkshire
