Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements:

No. Statement
1 Political and economic unification linked the material interests of people living in different regions.
2 The colonial education system was originally designed to create an organised nationalist leadership.
3 Newspapers circulated ideas concerning self-government, democracy, civil rights and industrialisation.
4 Historical research strengthened the colonial claim that India had always remained politically and culturally servile.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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