Q. Which of the following was not one of the factors responsible for the wide acceptance of the cult of extremism?
(a) The terrible famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1901 followed by bubonic plague took a very heavy toll of life and the people attributed the ‘phenomenon of ever-recurring famines to the anti-national economic policy of the Government.’
(b) The anti-Indian and imperialist policies of Lord Curzon such as the Calcutta Corporation Act, the
Official Secrets Act, the Indian Universities Act and above all the Partition of Bengal in 1905, created resentment and provoked violence.
(c) The constant economic drain on the resources of the country on account of the global expansion of the British Empire.
(d) Indian nationalists gained more confidence and drew inspiration from Abyssinia’s repulsion of the Italian army (1896) and Japan’s thumping victory over Russia (1905) which exploded the myth of European superiority
Ans: (c) The constant economic drain on the resources of the country on account of the global expansion of the British Empire.
