Statistics for Events in India

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What year was the Indian Mutiny?	1857	100%
Who were the EIC	East India Company	100%
When was the Doctrine of Lapse removed?	1858	67%
How long did the Raj last?	1858 to 1948	67%
When was Bengal reunited?	1911	67%
How many miles of railway track was added in the decade after the mutiny?	3000 Miles	67%
When did the Sepoys begin to refuse orders?	February 1857	67%
Who was in the province of West Bengal?	Hindus	67%
When was the Partition of Bengal decided?	July 1905	67%
Why were the Sepoys feeling aggrieved?	Low pay and poor working conditions	67%
When was the Partition carried out?	October 1905	67%
Which religious group were apart of the events?	Sikhs	67%
What was formed in 1906?	The All India Muslim League	67%
What role replaced the Governor-General	Viceroy	67%
How many native troops were there?	125,000 troops	33%
How many people were apart of the India Council?	15 members with experience of Indian affairs	33%
When was the Indian National Congress formed?	1885	33%
What was Viceroy Curzon's tenure dates?	1899 to 1905	33%
When was the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) set up?	1901	33%
When did Curzon set up the Imperial Cadet Corps?	1901	33%
When were the Morley-Minto reforms introduced?	1909	33%
When was Queen Victoria made Empress of India?	1st January 1877	33%
How many British troops were there at the start if the mutiny?	40,000 troops	33%
By the late 1880's how many British troops were there?	70,000 troops	33%
What other cities did Sepoys control?	Agra, Lucknow and Cawnpore	33%
When did Lord Curzon resign?	August 1905	33%
Why were native princes annoyed?	Doctrine of Lapse removed land	33%
What did the Imperial Cadet Corps do?	Gave princes and elite figures military training to improve efficiency	33%
What did the removal do?	Indian princes accepted the ruling of the British Crown	33%
When did Britain defeat the Sepoys?	June 1858	33%
Where did the first Sepoys first go violent?	Meerut	33%
What was discouraged after the mutiny?	Missionary activity	33%
Who did they want as a figurehead?	Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah	33%
What the majority in East Bengal and Assam?	Muslims	33%
What were the consequences of the mutiny?	Mutual suspicion, replacement of the EIC with the Raj	33%
What did the Doctrine of Lapse mean?	Princely states would be British when the line of descent ended	33%
What else did Curzon do positively?	Reformed the universities and the police, lowered taxes and adopted the Gold Standard	33%
What did the All India Muslim League change it's goal to?	Self-government for India	33%
What was the final battle?	The battle of Gwalior	33%
What act replaced the EIC?	The Government of India Act, 1858	33%
Why did the Rebellion fail?	The rebels were unable to control Calcutta	33%
Why was the NWFP set up?	To protect the border from feared Russian incursions	33%
Did relationships improve after the forming of the raj?	Yes	33%
What did democratic reform in 1910 allow?	135 Indians were able to secure seats to play a greater part in government	0%
What did the Indian Councils Act of 1909 enable?	27 Indians to be elected to the Viceroy's council	0%
What did this create?	A new strand of strident nationalism	0%
What was the Indian Population in 1871?	At least 236 million people	0%
Why were the local people annoyed?	Increased disrespect from the EIC (Paramountcy)	0%
Who led the campaigns including strikes?	Surendranath Banerjee	0%
What two groups were split within Congress?	The extremists and the continuing moderates	0%
What was another reason?	The new Enfield Rifles were greased with animal fats	0%
Why did it create uproar amongst the Hindu elite?	They leased land to the Muslim peasants	0%