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Question 1

Who was sentenced to prison in 1898 after founding weekly newspaper

Answer 1

Shivram Paranjape

Question 2

When was the Young India Organisation founded

Answer 2

1903

Question 3

Who saw it as their duty to build up an army of 20,000 and resist British authority

Answer 3

Sayyid Hassan

Question 4

Where did dervishes outnumber British in British Somaliland

Answer 4

Battle of Dul Madoba 1913

Question 5

Who led the challenge in Zanzibar

Answer 5

Khalid bin Barghash - commanded 3,000 men

Question 6

Why was there resistance in 1898 in West Africa

Answer 6

Governor of Sierra Leone introduced severe tax

Question 7

How was resistance dealt with in West Africa

Answer 7

Cardew adopted scorch earth tactic destroying villages and killing hundreds in process - 86 chief’s warriors hung

Question 8

What did the conquest of Sudan culminate in

Answer 8

Battle of Omdurman

Question 9

How many expeditions were mounted to force tribesman to accept new order

Answer 9

33

Question 10

What was the Gezira Scheme set up

Answer 10

1911

Question 11

When did the Port of Sudan open up

Answer 11

1906

Question 12

When was gold discovered in Transvaal

Answer 12

1886

Question 13

What Conference did Milner demand Transvaal grant voting rights to Uitlanders

Answer 13

Bloemfontein Conference May-June 1899

Question 14

When did Kruger isssue ultimatum demanding British withdrawal

Answer 14

Oct 1899

Question 15

When did Britain defeat the Boers

Answer 15

1902

Question 16

How many Boers were living in consequences and how many were killed from disease

Answer 16

115,000 and 16,000

Question 17

What were the expectations of the second Boer War

Answer 17

3-4 months, 75,000 troops and cost no more than £10m

Question 18

What was the reality of the Boer War

Answer 18

3 years, 400,000 troops, £230m

Question 19

What were the deaths during the Boer War

Answer 19

22,000 British killed, 6,000 Boer troops killed

Question 20

How much were the Boers granted in compensation at the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902

Answer 20

£3m

Question 21

When was Transvaal and Orange River Colony granted self-governing status

Answer 21

1906 and 1907