India: colonial rule and the national movement
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Describe India’s economic situation as a British colony in 5–6 sentences.
Railways and factories appeared but were geared to exporting raw materials; monoculture; indebted peasants; famines.
2
Compare the moderate and radical wings of the Indian National Congress.
Moderates – reforms within the British framework; radicals – swaraj, boycott, national pride; they split in 1907.
3
Why did the colonial government try to partition Bengal? What was the result?
Bengal was a centre of the national movement; partition was meant to weaken it, but protest grew and it was reversed in 1911.
4
Calculate: the Congress was founded in 1885. How many years had passed by 1985?
100