Solution of Chapter 6. Work, Life and Leisure (India and the Contemporary World-II Book)

Give two reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century.

What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? Explain the factors which led to this change.

How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following? Illustrate with historical examples.

(i) A private landlord

(ii) A Police Superintendent in charge of law and order

(iii) A leader of a political party

Give explanations for the following:

(i) Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century?

Or

Why were mass housing schemes planned for workers in London, after the Russian Revolution in 1917? Explain (Foreign 2010)

Give explanations for the following:

(ii) Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants?

Give explanations for the following:

(iii) What led to the major expansion of Bombay's population in the mid-nineteenth century?

What forms of entertainment came up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people?

Or

What was the tradition of ‘London Season’? Explain different forms entertainment that came up in nineteenth century England to provide teisure activities for the people.

Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the underground Railway. Why was the development underground criticized?

Explain what is meant by the Haussmanization of Paris. To what extent would you support or oppose this form of development? Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper to either support or oppose this, giving reasons for your view.

To what extent does government regulation and new laws solve problems of pollution? Discuss one example each of the success and failure of legislation to change the quality of-

(a) Public life

(b) Private life