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Chapter 4 Solutions — The Colonial Era in India
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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for The Colonial Era in India (Chapter 4, NCERT Class 8 Social Science) — the full working for every question, not just the final answer. You can also read the The Colonial Era in India textbook chapter.
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All 5 questions in The Colonial Era in India are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:
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- What is colonialism? Give three different definitions based on the chapter or on your knowledge.
- Colonial rulers often claimed that their mission was to 'civilise' the people they ruled. Based on the evidence in this chapter, do you think this was true in the case of India? Why or why not?
- How was the British approach to colonising India different from earlier European powers like the Portuguese or the French?
- "Indians funded their own subjugation." What does this mean in the context of British infrastructure projects in India like the railway and telegraph networks?
- What does the phrase 'divide and rule' mean? Give examples of how this was used by the British in India.
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