Class 10 - History – CH 6 – Work, life and leisure

               Short Answer Type Questions

Q.1: - What steps were taken to clean up London?

1.     Ans.:- 1. Attempts were made to decongest localities, green the open spaces reduce     pollution and landscape the city.

2.     Large blocks of apartments were built.

3.     Demands were made for ‘New Lungs’ for the city and the idea of green belt around London was offered.

Q.2: - Give three reasons why the population of London expended from the middle of the 18th century?

1.     Ans.:- 1. Industrialization was the most important factor which attracted people to London.

2.     The textile industry of London attracted a large number of migrants.

3.     The city of London attracted people from all walks of life like clerks, shopkeepers, soldiers, servants, laborers, beggars etc.

Q.3: - How did people entertain themselves in the ‘chawls’?

1.     Ans.:-1. Magicians, Monkey players or acrobats used to perform their acts on the streets.

2.     The Nandi bull used to predict the future.

3.     Chawls were also the place for the exchange of news about jobs, strikes, riots or demonstrations.

Q.4: - Explain the social change in London which led to the need for underground?

1.     Ans.:- 1. British made a million houses, single family cottages.

2.     Now people could not walk to work and this led to the development of underground railways.

3.     By 1880, the expended train services were carrying 40 million passengers in a year.

Q.5: - What was the status of the women folk in the conservative industrial towns?

1.     Ans.:- Women of upper and middle classes faced higher level of isolation,     although their lives were made easier by domestic maids.

2.     Women who worked for wages had some control over their lives particularly among the lower social classes.

3.     As women lost their industrial jobs and conservative people railed against their presence in public plans, women were forced to withdraw into their homes.