India & Imperialism

_____ The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was a rebellion against

• Hindus.

• the Mughals.

• Muslims.

• the East India Company.

_____ The “short term” or immediate cause of the Sepoy rebellion in 1857 was

• hatred of the British.

• the ambitious maharajas.

• controversy surrounding religious dietary laws.

• fears of domination by British entrepreneurs.

_____ From 1757 to 1857, the ruling power in India was an example of

• indirect rule.

• direct rule.

• the British Raj.

• a British viceroy.

_____ Indians came to resent the British for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• they were treated as second-class citizens.

• improvements were made at the expense of Indians.

• Indians faced economic and political discrimination in their own country.

• Indians were not interested in technological progress.

____ The term “Raj” is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was

• independent

• dominated by Britain and its civil service

• torn apart by civil war

• loosely ruled by the British East India Company

_____ The sepoys were

• Indian soldiers

• Bengal Hindus

• Mughal princes

• Sikh civil servants

_____. All of the following were causes of the Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny EXCEPT

• nationalism

• religious beliefs

• resentment of British rule

• loyalty to Mughal princes

______. According to Ram Mahun Roy, in order to successfully move towards independence, Indians had to:

• convert to Christianity

• hold firmly to traditional ideas

• take up arms against the British rulers

• Accept some British influences and change some Indian cultural and religious practices

._____In 1885, the Indian National Congress, the precursor of India's present Congress Party, was first convened with the ongoing mission of _________.

• winning greater autonomy for India within the structure of the British Empire

• seeking India's immediate independence from Great Britain

• expanding British control over Indian affairs

• preventing India from joining the Commonwealth of Nations

The Indian Civil Service, a bureaucracy, seldom comprised of more than a 1,000 Anglo and Indian officials, governed a quarter of a billion people by means of _________tactics.

• "indirect rule"

• "direct rule"

• religious rule

• sphere of influence