7. Administration of India

Question 1

Which groups of people criticised British control in India?

Answer 1

Professional ‘middle-class’ Indians
Indian National Congress
Members of congress

Question 2

What aspects of British rule in India did members of congress criticise?

Answer 2

Trading arrangements
Restraints on Indian industry
Heavy taxation put on Indians to pay British civil servants

Question 3

What was established on 1885 to campaign for home rule of India?

Answer 3

The Indian National Congress

Question 4

What groups pressured British rule in India?

Answer 4

Social and humanitarian groups

Question 5

What league was formed in 1906 to support the partition of Bengal?

Answer 5

All Indian Muslim League

Question 6

What did British rule of India require of the Indian population?

Answer 6

Required collaboration of the Indian population

Question 7

What was the Imperial Cadet Corps (1901) founded to do?

Answer 7

Give military training to Indian princes and gentlemen of British India (Indian elites)

Question 8

What developed in India under British rule?

Answer 8

The Indian economy

Question 9

What did Viceroy Curzon make changed to improve?

Answer 9

Efficiency

Question 10

Who founded the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1901?

Answer 10

Viceroy Curzon

Question 11

What did Viceroy Curzon reform?

Answer 11

Universities and the police

Question 12

What did Viceroy Curzon lower in India?

Answer 12

Taxes

Question 13

What did Viceroy Curzon to ensure stable currency in India?

Answer 13

The gold standard

Question 14

What did Viceroy Curzon attempt to divide in 1905?

Answer 14

The province of Bengal

Question 15

What two provinces did Viceroy Curzon want to divide Bengal into in 1905?

Answer 15

East Bengal (Muslim majority)
West Bengal (Hindu majority)

Question 16

What was the attempt to divide Bengal by Viceroy Curzon met by?

Answer 16

Widespread resistance

Question 17

What was the attempt to divide Bengal reversed?

Answer 17

1911

Question 18

What group of people in West Bengal produced an uproar to the partition?

Answer 18

The Hindu elite as they owned land in East Bengal

Question 19

What did the Hindu’s see the partition of Bengal as?

Answer 19

A pay-back for their criticisms of British rule in India

Question 20

Which Viceroy was left to deal with the collapse of Curzon’s plans?

Answer 20

Viceroy Minto

Question 21

What did Viceroy Minto introduce to attempt to appease the Bengali’s?

Answer 21

A limited program of reforms in 1909

Question 22

Who introduced the Indian Councils Act in 1909?

Answer 22

Viceroy Minto

Question 23

What did the Indian Councils Act of 1909 enable?

Answer 23

It enabled 27 Indians to be elected from provincial constituencies to the Viceroy’s council

Question 24

What did the Indian Councils Act of 1909 give to the Indians?

Answer 24

Gave them greater participation in government as they could advise and assist the Viceroy in making laws

Question 25

What did the democratic reform on 1910 (by Viceroy Minto) allow?

Answer 25

Allowed 135 Indians to secure seats in the provincial councils

Question 26

What did Viceroy Hardinge do?

Answer 26

Reunited Bengal in 1911
Moved Indians capital from Calcutta to Delhi