Introduction to India: Origins of the Raj; origins of Congress and Muslim League; Ethnic and cultural breakdown of India

Question 1

About what percentage did the Indian princes ruled the country?

Answer 1

The Indian princes ruled about 35% of India.

Question 2

How many separate states are there in India in 1914?

Answer 2

There are 562 states in India.

Question 3

Why did the caste system need to be separated as much as possible in India?

Answer 3

It needed to be separated as much as possible in

order to keep the purity of the castes above them.

Question 4

What is the name of the caste at the very bottom?

Answer 4

The untouchables are the lowest of the low.

Question 5

In the Indian population, how many percent are Hindu?

Answer 5

70% are Hindu in the Indian population.

Question 6

In the Indian population, how many percent are Muslim?

Answer 6

20% are Muslim in the Indian population.

Question 7

Where does the Muslim hold a lot of influence in India

Answer 7

Northeast (peasant class) and northwest (hold influential position).

Question 8

Why was the colonization of India vital for the British?

Answer 8

It provided raw materials for British industries and a place to sell British goods.

Question 9

What are the raw resources that India provided the British with? List as much as you can.

Answer 9

Steel, jute, raw cotton, rice, tea, oilseed. wheat and hides

Question 10

What trade route was created in Egypt, as a better route to India?

Answer 10

It was the Suez canal.

Question 11

When did the tariff on British goods got remove?

Answer 11

In 1882 all British tariff got removed (it says 1879 and 3 years later).

Question 12

How much investment did India receive from the British?

Answer 12

The investment was around one-tenth, about £360 million.

Question 13

Did the British live close to the edge of India?

Answer 13

Not at all the British in India were similarly privileged. the ones living on the edge were the missionaries.

Question 14

What is the population of the anglo Indians?

Answer 14

They number around 110,000.

Question 15

What did the anglo Indians identify themselves with?

Answer 15

The Anglo Indians identified themselves with Britain, referring to it as home even though they have never been there.

Question 16

What was the attitude of India at the beginning of the raj rule?

Answer 16

At the beginning of the century, millions of India owed their livelihood to the raj, due to the raj providing them with basic necessities. (e.g roof over their head, food, occupation, and in some rare cases a career structure.)

Question 17

What did the English language bring to India?

Answer 17

the words that the English language brought in are democracy, imperialism, and nationalism.

Question 18

What was India’s response to the first world war?

Answer 18

India responded with an instant declaration of loyalty and support for the British from all sections of Indian society. (congress, Muslim league, and 27 of the largest princely states.)

Question 19

What was India’s military contribution during the first world war?

Answer 19

Around 1.5 million Indians had enlisted in the army, 827,000 enlisted in combatant and noncombatant roles.

Question 20

How many soldiers died for the British during the first world war?

Answer 20

64,500 Indians died during the first world war.

Question 21

What was India’s military contribution during the first world war?

Answer 21

India had poured men and natural resources into the war efforts.

Question 22

What went wrong during the campaign against the Ottoman Turks in Iraq?

Answer 22

The Indians were badly led and heavily under-equipped. this resulted in them being besieged at Kul-Al-Tamara.

Question 23

What date did the Indians surrender in Kut-Al-Tamara?

Answer 23

29 April 1916

Question 24

What was India’s economic contribution after World War One?

Answer 24

India had contributed over 146 million to the allied war effort. (haft of this amount was made up of war loans which raised to 38 million in 1918).

Question 25

What was the economic impact on India after World War One?

Answer 25

The economic impact was mostly felt by ordinary people in India, through increased taxation, shortages of fuel, and rising prices.

Question 26

How much percent did food grains raise by?

Answer 26

Foodgrains rose by 93%

Question 27

How much percent did Indians made good raise by?

Answer 27

Indians made goods rose by 60%

Question 28

How much percent did Indians imported goods raise by?

Answer 28

Indians imported good rose by 190%

Question 29

List 6 Indian manufacturing industries that benefited during the aftermath of World War One?

Answer 29

Cotton, iron, steel, sugar, engineering, and chemical manufacturing industries are the ones that particularly benefited the most during the aftermath of World War One. (e.g dividends of cotton mill jump to 30% in 1914)

Question 30

What were the overall consequences of the first world war to the raj?

Answer 30

• Indians wanting greater autonomy in their affairs. *Cannot be ignored due to Indias sacrifices in WW1.
• Indian people and politician are looking for recognition
• cannot be ignored either