Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonial cities

Question:

Which of the following architecture in Bombay is constructed in Neo-Gothic style?

Options:

Victoria Terminus

The Gateway Of India

The Town Hall

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Victoria Terminus

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - Victoria Terminus


Option 2- The Gateway of India was built in the traditional Gujarati style to welcome King George V and Queen Mary to India in 1911, is the most famous example of the Indo-Saracenic style.

Option 3- The Town Hall in Bombay was built in Neo-Classical style in 1833.


The most spectacular example of the Neo-Gothic style in Bombay is the Victoria Terminus, the station and headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company.
The British invested a lot in the design and construction of railway stations in cities since they were proud of having successfully built an all-India Railway Network.
As a group, these buildings dominated the central Bombay skyline and their uniform neo-Gothic style gave a distinctive character to the city.