Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following conclusions most accurately unifies the principal British administrative policies adopted after 1857?

  1. The government withdrew from social and political intervention and relied exclusively upon neutral administration.
  2. Imperial rule selectively combined social reaction, political division, elite patronage and limited reform to weaken unified opposition and preserve British authority.
  3. Educated nationalists were gradually placed at the centre of administration, while landlords and princes lost official protection.
  4. Labour welfare, unrestricted press freedom and universal social services became the principal foundations of colonial legitimacy.
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