Question

What was the ratio of British troops in India?
A)One in four thousand
B)Ten in one thousand
C)Twenty in Five thousand
D)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: On $10^{th}$ May 1857 when soldiers of Bengal army mutinied in Meerut, this is known as the first war of Independence, which was a major but ultimately unsuccessful uprising in India.

Complete answer: The British Indian Army, was responsible for the defence of both the British Indian Empire and the princely states. The number of British troops in India was never very large with the British in the ratio as low as four thousand.
The ratio of British to Indian troops was fixed roughly one ratio two (1:2) instead of One ratio five (1:5). Wherein, one British and two Indian battalions were formed into brigades with an aim that no proper sizable station should be without British troops. The British developed a strong army by recruiting the soldiers from the upper castes, the Bengal army contained 40,000 Brahmans as well as Rajputs. The British made use of Caste consciousness by careful regulations.
Options B, C and D can be easily eliminated.
Therefore, option A is correct.

Note: On $1^{st}$ January 1948 General Whistler took over the responsibility for the final withdrawal of British personnel from the country. The British rule after the Mutiny is called Raj, during this period about 20,000 members of British officials and troops ruled over 300 million Indians.