Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that fol

1.	Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow. Escaping to the countryside This is how the famous poet Mirza Ghalib described what the people of Delhi did when the British forces occupied the city in 1857: Smiting the enemy and driving him before them, the victors (i.e., the British) overran the city in all directions. All whom they found in the street they cut down … For two to three days every road in the city, from the Kashmiri Gate to Chandni Chowk, was a battlefield. Three gates – the Ajmeri, the Turcoman and the Delhi – were still held by the rebels … At the naked spectacle of this vengeful wrath and malevolent hatred the colour fled from men’s faces, and a vast concourse of men and women … took to precipitate flight through these three gates. Seeking the little villages and shrines outside the city, they drew breath to wait until such time as might favour their return. 1. Mention the names of the gates which formed an integral part of city of Delhi. 2. Separation between towns and country was fluid. Write two reasons. 3. Explain the features that distinguished the towns from the rural areas in pre British period.
Answer» 1. (a) Kashmere Gate, Amjeri Gate (b) Turkman Gate 2. (a) People sought shelter in the countryside whenever towns were attacked at the time of the revolt of 1857. (b) Peasants travelled long distances on pilgrimages passing through towns. They flocked to towns during times of famine; seeking alternate mode of employment. 3. (a) The towns in contrast to rural areas represented specific towns of economic activities and cultures. (b) Towns dominated over the rural population thriving on surplus and taxes derived from agriculture. (c) Towns and cities were often fortified by walls which symbolised their seperation from the countryside.

Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow. Escaping to the countryside This is how the famous poet Mirza Ghalib described what the people of Delhi did when the British forces occupied the city in 1857: Smiting the enemy and driving him before them, the victors (i.e., the British) overran the city in all directions. All whom they found in the street they cut down … For two to three days every road in the city, from the Kashmiri Gate to Chandni Chowk, was a battlefield. Three gates – the Ajmeri, the Turcoman and the Delhi – were still held by the rebels … At the naked spectacle of this vengeful wrath and malevolent hatred the colour fled from men’s faces, and a vast concourse of men and women … took to precipitate flight through these three gates. Seeking the little villages and shrines outside the city, they drew breath to wait until such time as might favour their return. 1. Mention the names of the gates which formed an integral part of city of Delhi. 2. Separation between towns and country was fluid. Write two reasons. 3. Explain the features that distinguished the towns from the rural areas in pre British period.

Answer»

1. (a) Kashmere Gate, Amjeri Gate

(b) Turkman Gate

2. (a) People sought shelter in the countryside whenever towns were attacked at the time of the revolt of 1857.

(b) Peasants travelled long distances on pilgrimages passing through towns. They flocked to towns during times of famine; seeking alternate mode of employment.

3. (a) The towns in contrast to rural areas represented specific towns of economic activities and cultures.

(b) Towns dominated over the rural population thriving on surplus and taxes derived from agriculture.

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