india

Question 1

what are some forms of concession

Answer 1

indian councils act 1909
democratic reforms 1910
lowered taxes
reunification of bengal1911
restoration of taj mahal

Question 2

what are some forms of repression

Answer 2

banning of news papers eg kaal and jailing/forced labour for owners eg tilack 1898
divide and rule policy and division of bengal 1905

Question 3

what were the viceroys 3 aims

Answer 3

protection
peace
profit

Question 4

what were cerzons 3 key reforms

Answer 4

socioeconomic reforms
defence policy NWFP
partition of bengal

Question 5

what are some of cerzons socioeconomic reforms

Answer 5

efficiency’s in civil service
lowered taxes
gold standard
imperial cadet corps 1901
new departments eg agriculture
more railways
preservation of monuments

Question 6

give an example of something curzons reforms ignored

Answer 6

famine
eg1899-1902 one which killed aprox 1 million people

Question 7

what are some of that challenges curzon faced

Answer 7

education led to more political activity
growing criticism from indian national congress
‘the servants of indian society’ and other social and humanitarian groups campaigned for rights
threat of russian expansion

Question 8

what country was a threat form india and from what direction

Answer 8

russia
north

Question 9

who and when did russia previously go to war

Answer 9

afghanistan
1885

Question 10

who were russia developing close ties with

Answer 10

tibet

Question 11

what was britain’s response to the threat of russia

Answer 11

try to create a buffer zone along the afghan frontier

Question 12

when was the north west frontier province created

Answer 12

1901

Question 13

what lands did the nwfp merge

Answer 13

pashtun land in afghanistan and punjab

Question 14

what was invaded in 1903-4

Answer 14

tibet

Question 15

what happened in 1907 (nwfp)

Answer 15

agreement with russia over spheres of influence in persia and independence of tibet

Question 16

when was the partition of bengal

Answer 16

july 1905 idea
october 1905 goes ahead

Question 17

how was bengal divided

Answer 17

it separated the muslim majority east from the hindu majority west

Question 18

how did the hindus react to the partition of bengal

Answer 18

resented loss of property ownership in east
saw it as revenge for criticism of raj
strikes protests and boycotts

Question 19

what was the name of the hindu movement of strikes protests and boycotts

Answer 19

swudeshi movement

Question 20

what was the muslim response to the partition of bengal

Answer 20

supported it
saw it as safeguarding muslim pop
created the all india muslim league
increased tensions with hindus

Question 21

who’s john marley

Answer 21

secretary of state for india 1905-10

Question 22

who’s the earl of minto

Answer 22

viceroy of india 1905-10

Question 23

what are some of the marley minto reforms

Answer 23

indian councils act 1909
democratic reforms 1910
reunification of bengal 1911
capital moved from calcutta to delhi

Question 24

what was the indian councils act

Answer 24

27 indians could be elected from provincial constituencies to the viceroy’s council

Question 25

what was the democratic reform

Answer 25

135 indians were able to secure a seat

Question 26

what was the aim of the marley minto reforms

Answer 26

to right previous wrongs

Question 27

what issues caused opposition in india

Answer 27

tax
partition of bengal
little gov jobs
labour conditions
famines
tensions and violence

Question 28

what forms did opposition take

Answer 28

newspapers eg kesari and kaal
suateshi movement
young india organisation

Question 29

what was british response to opposition

Answer 29

imprisonment
banning of newspapers
some listing to orgnisations

Question 30

what was the indian national congress

Answer 30

founded 1885
mainly hindu
split in 1907
wanted democracy and home rule

Question 31

what was the muslim league

Answer 31

founded in 1906
wanted to protect muslim intrests and rights
didn’t support self rule until 1913
mainly muslim