British Empire in general
British Dominion of India
Rudyard Kipling/The White Man's Burden/Lispeth
The Partition of India
Modern India
100
The famous queen who ruled over the British Empire when it was at its most powerful stage
Who was Queen Victoria
100
The British trading company that started British expansion in India
What was the East India Company
100
Kipling's famous children's book
What is The Jungle Book
100
The Muslim state that was "cut" out of the Indian continent after the partition
What is Pakistan
100
The two other countries grouped with India as made-over nations
What are South Africa and China
200
The thing that would never "set" on the British empire.
What is the sun
200
The gem that India was described as
What is a jewel
200
In The White Man's Burden, the natives are described as "half"-something and "half"-something else.
What is "half-devil, half-child"
200
The status of a person who must flee his/her home due to persecution
What is a refugee
200
The name of the special kind of Indian cinema
What is Bollywood
300
The other great European colonial power that Britain was in competition with over colonies.
What is France
300
The Indian word for a "master"
What is a saahib
300
What Kipling has been accused of being, according to certain interpretations of The White Man's Burden
What is a racist
300
The name of India's first Prime Minister who delivered a most famous speech on the eve of independence.
Who was Nehru?
300
The year when India began to loosen its economic controls on its own citizens
What is the year 1991
400
The "dark" continent where Britain also had a lot of colonial holdings
What is Africa
400
The profession of the character of Aziz in "A Passage to India"
What is a doctor
400
The father, the son and the holy spirit
What is the holy trinity
400
The most famous Indian described as "the architect of freedom" in the speech "Tryst with Destiny"
Who was Gandhi?
400
The system of class in India
What is the caste-system
500
Foreign Secretary under Queen Victoria and partly responsible for Britain's aggressive foreign policies in the Victorian age
Who is Lord Palmerston
500
Another name for the British dominion of India
What is the British Raj
500
A person who goes abroad to convert people of another religion to christianity
What is a missionary
500
The state that broke off from Pakistan after a civil war in 1971
What is the Republic of Bangladesh?
500
The two most important religious groupings in India today
Who are hindus and muslims
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