Economic impact of war on India

Question 1

Effects of war

Answer 1

Taxation, shortages of fuel, inflation, worry for those fighting

Question 2

What did the war disrupt

Answer 2

Normal trading, exchange rate problems, imposed demands of the military

Question 3

How much did food grains rise by

Answer 3

93%

Question 4

How much did imported goods rise by

Answer 4

190%

Question 5

How much did Indian made goods rise by?

Answer 5

60%

Question 6

What were the government frustrated by

Answer 6

Profiteers and speculators

Question 7

What caused grain shortages and famine

Answer 7

Failure of monsoon rains 1918-19

Question 8

What did the war benefit

Answer 8

Manufacturers of cotton, iron, steel, sugar, engineering, chemicals

Question 9

How much did dividends from cloth mills jump to

Answer 9

6% (1914) to over 30% (1917)

Question 10

What did the viceroy’s office receive in 1918

Answer 10

Reports of food riots, petty violence, and rioting, Raj crumbling

Question 11

Why was it important that these outbreaks did not coalesce

Answer 11

Troops would withdraw, ISC mean would make domestic situation tricky

Question 12

What happened in March 1915

Answer 12

No more British battalions left in India