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Study the picture and answer the questions based on it.

 

(a) What kind of building does the picture depict? In which city were they generally found?

(b) Give two features regarding life in these buildings.

 

Answer:

(a) The building depicts a chawl. They were generally found in Bombay

(b) Each chawl was divided into smaller one room tenements which had no private toilets. The homes being small streets and neighborhoods were used for a variety of activities like washing cooking and sleeping. Streets were used for various types of leisure activities. Chawls were also places where exchange of news about jobs strikes riots or demonstrations took place.