Chapter 6: Urbanisation and Urban Life

VVI questions — the ones the board asked most (2)

1. Q1Long answer4 marksAsked: 2023

   How did commercial capitalism contribute to the emergence of cities ?

   

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   Model answer · commercial capitalism, emergence of cities

   1. 1.The rise of commercial capitalism caused the rise of business class cities. Trade at wide level, production on large scale, monetary economy, urban economy in which salary for work, cash payment for wages, dynamic and competitive economy, free enterprises, and tendency to earn profit had been the characteristics of capitalist system. This expansion of trade and commerce resulted in the development of new trade centers, as these areas were located on the commercial way or ports and harbours, and trade started among cities by roads and waterways.1 mark
   2. 2.New mill owners were previously one individual capitalists who earned property, honour and influence by their own intelligence, farsightedness and diligence, and in this way the capitalists established control over the means of production. As a result of textile mills, a number of emigrant workers were attracted towards the cities; in 1851, more than three-fourth of the people residing in Manchester were emigrant workers coming from rural areas. This shows how people from rural areas migrated to cities in search of employment.1 mark
   3. 3.Currency, banking, exchange of credit bill, insurance, agreement, company, shares, joint stock and authority had been the characteristics of the capitalist system, and economic freedom in which the government had not any kind of interference and the capitalists had full freedom allowed these facilities to flourish in cities. Such facilities like banking, insurance and transport developed in cities, and this accelerated industrial activities, making cities the centers of industrious and busy citizens connected with new highways.1 mark
   4. 4.Commercial capitalism, with its dynamic and competitive economy and tendency to earn profit, gave birth to a market system in which trade at wide level and production on large scale became the base of economic life. This market system established cities as the main hubs of economic activity, and commercial capitalism emerged as a new social power that particularly influenced the politics of England.1 mark

   • Write the phrase 'rise of commercial capitalism caused the rise of business class cities' to earn the first point.
   • Mention 'control over the means of production' and migration of rural people 'in search of employment' for the second point.
   • Name 'banking, insurance, and transport' together to secure the third point.

   Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme

2. Q2Short answer2 marksAsked: 2021

   How did slum system begin ?

   

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   Model answer · slum system, urbanisation

   1. 1.Due to the Industrial Revolution, a large number of labourers migrated from rural areas to cities in search of work.1 mark
   2. 2.Due to the shortage of housing and overcrowding in cities, labourers were forced to live in dirty and cramped settlements, which came to be known as the slum system.1 mark

   • Write the phrase "Industrial Revolution" and "migration" together with migration from rural areas to cities in search of work.
   • Write the phrase "slum system" clearly, linking it to housing shortage and overcrowding in cities.

   Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme

Objective questions with the board’s key (5)

1. 1. Bihar Board 2026

   Who gave Bombay to British ?

   • (A) France
   • (B) Portugal ✓
   • (C) Spain
   • (D) India

   Answer: (B)

2. 2. Bihar Board 2026

   By which Act was the number of elected members in the municipality reduced ?

   • (A) Vernacular Press Act
   • (B) Ilbert Bill
   • (C) Calcutta Corporation Act ✓
   • (D) Bombay Corporation Act

   Answer: (C)

3. 3. Bihar Board 2025

   Who planned the main streets of Paris ?

   • (A) Baron Haussmann ✓
   • (B) Ebenezer Howard
   • (C) Le Corbusier
   • (D) Samuel Crompton

   Answer: (A)

4. 4. Bihar Board 2025

   During whose reign was the Calcutta Corporation Act passed?

   • (A) Lord Dalhousie
   • (B) Lord Curzon ✓
   • (C) Lord Ripon
   • (D) Lord Lytton

   Answer: (B)

5. 5. Bihar Board 2021

   When was Sasaram Nagar developed ?

   • (A) In medieval period ✓
   • (B) In ancient period
   • (C) In modern period
   • (D) None of these

   Answer: (A)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "Urbanisation and Urban Life" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 Social Science?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 1 marks and about 1 questions a year; by marks it ranks 27 in Social Science.

Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "Urbanisation and Urban Life"?

The 2 questions above are from the board’s real papers, each with the years it was asked; the most-asked come first with their full model answers. All 2 written questions of this chapter, with answers, are in the AskMedha app.

Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?

BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.