Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.6: India, Afghanistan and Burma (1750–1919) Questions
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Choose the correct answer. Which Act ended East India Company rule and made India a Crown colony?
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Choose the correct answer. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?
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Which battle in 1757 gave the British East India Company control of Bengal and marked its transformation from a trading company into a territorial power?
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Choose the correct answer. Which Afghan ruler accepted British control of foreign policy in exchange for British subsidies and non-interference in internal government?
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What was the immediate spark that triggered the sepoy mutiny at Meerut in May 1857?
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Who commanded the Nawab of Bengal's troops but was bribed to betray him at the Battle of Plassey?
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Choose the correct answer. Which war resulted in Britain deposing King Thibaw and annexing the remaining Kingdom of Upper Burma?
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Which of the following was a direct political consequence of the Great Revolt of 1857?
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The Permanent Settlement of 1793 primarily achieved which of the following?
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Choose the correct answer. What reform did the Indian Councils Act of 1909 (Morley-Minto reforms) introduce that deepened Hindu-Muslim division?
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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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