Military and Economic contribution to the war effort

Question 1

(M) How many princely states sent their armies?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

(M) How many Indians and British were in the first Indian expeditionary force?

Answer 2

16000 British
28500 Indians

Question 3

(M) Where did they land?

Answer 3

France, Marseilles

Question 4

(M) What was their first battle?

Answer 4

Ypres (19 October - 22 November 1914)

Question 5

(M) How many men in the average Indian battalion?

Answer 5

764

Question 6

(M) What was their second battle?

Answer 6

Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915)

Question 7

(M) Where were Indians sent in the middle east due to the dire weather?

Answer 7

Mesopotamia

Question 8

(M) What happened with the Ottoman Turks?

Answer 8

The Indians campaigned against them, resulting in Indians being held hostage in Kut-Al-Amara.(M)

Question 9

(M) How many Indians enlisted?

Answer 9

827000

Question 10

(M) How many were put into (non)- combatant roles?

Answer 10

1.5 million

Question 11

(M) How many died?

Answer 11

64500

Question 12

(M) How many animals were shipped?

Answer 12

184350

Question 13

(E) What were the Indian revenues at the end of the war?

Answer 13

£146 million

Question 14

(E) What was half of the money used for?

Answer 14

War loans

Question 15

(E) How much of the war loans were raised by 1917 and 1918?

Answer 15

1917- £35.5 million
1918- £38 million

Question 16

(E) How much were revenues increased by?

Answer 16

16% in 1916-17
10% in 1918-19