Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following assertion:

The Moderate demand for Indianisation of government services was part of a wider nationalist critique and not merely a proposal for administrative efficiency.

Which one of the following most strongly supports the assertion?

  1. Indianisation was defended on economic, political and moral grounds involving resource drain, responsibility and discrimination.
  2. The Moderates separately demanded the separation of judicial and executive functions.
  3. The Moderates sought greater expenditure on health, education, irrigation and agriculture.
  4. The Moderates demanded better treatment for Indian labourers in other British colonies.
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