Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonial cities

Question:

Match the renowned architectures of Bombay in List I with the architectural style in which they are built in List II correctly:

List- I (Architecture)

List- II (Architecture style)

(A) The Gateway of India

(I) Neo-Gothic style

(B) Victoria Terminus

(II) Neo-Classical Style

(C) The Town Hall

(III) Indo-Saracenic style

Options:

(A)- III, (B)- II, (C)- I

(A)- III, (B)- I, (C)- II

(A)- II, (B)- I, (C)- III

(A)- I, (B)- III, (C)- II

Correct Answer:

(A)- III, (B)- I, (C)- II

Explanation:

The Gateway of India, 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.
The industrialist Jamsetji Tata Built the Taj Mahal Hotel in a similar style. Besides being a symbol of Indian enterprise, the building became a challenge to the racially exclusive clubs and hotels maintained by the British.

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 neo-Classical style was derived from a style that was originally typical of buildings in ancient Rome and was subsequently revived, re-adapted and made popular during the European Renaissance. It was considered particularly appropriate for the British Empire in India. The British imagined that a style that embodied the grandeur of imperial Rome could now be made to express the glory of imperial India. The Mediterranean origins of this architecture were also thought to be suitable for tropical weather. The Town Hall in Bombay was built in this style in 1833.