Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Supreme Court set up in Calcutta | (I) | 1896 |
| (B) | Cornwallis Code enacted | (II) | 1773 |
| (C) | Railways from Bombay to Thane | (III) | 1793 |
| (D) | First Screening of a Film at Watson's Hotel, Bombay | (IV) | 1853 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(A) Supreme Court set up in Calcutta — this matches (II) 1773. The East India Company set up the Supreme Court in Calcutta in 1773.
(B) Cornwallis Code enacted — this matches (III) 1793. The Cornwallis Code was enacted in 1793.
(C) Railways from Bombay to Thane — this matches (IV) 1853. The railway from Bombay to Thane came in 1853.
(D) First Screening of a Film at Watson's Hotel, Bombay — this matches (I) 1896. The first film was screened at Watson’s Hotel, Bombay, in 1896.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Colonial Cities’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 12: Colonial Cities (Pre-rationalised)
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