Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.6: India, Afghanistan and Burma (1750–1919) Questions
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Examine the causes of the growth of organised Indian nationalism between 1885 and 1914.
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Evaluate the significance of the Government of India Act of 1858 in changing British rule over India.
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Evaluate the reasons why the Great Revolt of 1857 ultimately failed to remove British rule from India.
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Compare and contrast the methods used by Indian nationalists and Afghan rulers to resist or limit British imperial control up to 1919.
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Evaluate the importance of the Battle of Plassey (1757) in the establishment of British power in India.
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Discuss the methods used by the East India Company to expand and secure its power in India between 1757 and 1857.
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To what extent was the Doctrine of Lapse responsible for growing Indian resentment of British rule by 1857?
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Evaluate the impact of the First World War on relations between Britain and India up to 1918.
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Analyse the causes of the Great Revolt of 1857 in India.
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Discuss the reasons for, and consequences of, the partition of Bengal in 1905.
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Evaluate the consequences of the Great Revolt of 1857 for British rule in India.
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To what extent was the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909 a turning point in the development of Hindu-Muslim political relations in India?
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Compare and contrast the resistance to British expansion offered by Tipu Sultan of Mysore and Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.
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Compare and contrast the ways in which Afghanistan and Burma responded to British imperial pressure in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Examine the reasons for the growth of British power in India in the period 1757–1857.
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Examine the economic effects of British East India Company rule on India up to 1857.
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Analyse the reasons why Afghanistan retained its independence while Burma was fully annexed by Britain by 1885.
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Discuss the view that Lord Dalhousie's policies as Governor-General (1848–1856) were the single most important cause of the Great Revolt of 1857.
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Evaluate the economic and social impact of British colonial rule on India between 1858 and 1914.
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To what extent did British commercial and strategic interests, rather than genuine administrative concern, explain British policy towards Burma between 1824 and 1885?
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