2019 · Q26
Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AH. St. Clair Wilkins
- BSir Cowasjce Jehangir Readymoney
- CPurushottamdas Thakurdas
- DNusserwanji Tata
Explanation
The Bombay Secretariat, built in 1874, was designed by Colonel Henry St Clair Wilkins of the Royal Engineers. It is a landmark of Venetian Gothic architecture in Mumbai. Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney, Purushottamdas Thakurdas and Nusserwanji Tata were prominent Bombay personalities of commerce and public life, not the architect of the Secretariat. Hence option A is correct.