Question

Which of the following policies of Lord Curzon lead to the rise of Assertive Nationalism?
A.The Act of 1898 which made it an offence to provoke people against the English.
B.The Calcutta corporation act (1899) which reduced the strength of elected members from India, thereby giving British a majority.
C.The Indian universities Act of 1904 which imposed strict official control over the Indian universities because Curzon considered them as the centres of nationalism.
D.All of the above.

Answer 1

Hint: George Nathaniel Curzon was commonly known as Lord Curzon. He was a British statesman who worked for the Viceroy of India from 1899-1905. Lord Curzon was not sympathetic towards Indians. He adopted all such repressing ways to impede the activities of patriots and the nationalists.

Complete answer:
Lord Curzon ruled India for about seven years, He did not support India in terms of giving freedom, reducing the members of India in the Calcutta corporation. The Indian universities Act was another step for taking control of all the universities, including the Act of 1898 which was an offense against English.
Lord Curzon was a great imperialist, authoritarian who wanted to achieve too much at a great pace. The governorship of Lord Curzon was the formative phase of Indian national movement who tried his best to hamper Indian nationalism and freedom movement by every means. The Calcutta corporation Act 1899 deprived the Indians from self-governance. He decreased the number of elected legislatures. He hurt the sentiments of Indians by committing the biggest blunder as the partition of Bengal. Through Indian Universities Act 1904, He took all the universities of India under the control of Govt. All the Act made by him were against the Indians. These assertives played a very significant role in the struggle of freedom which made Indians grow a spirit of defiance against the English.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: The only way to overcome the assertive was to put pressure upon the British and boycott everything. Boycott, Swadeshi and National education were the three ways to obtain this aim. The people boycotted the English goods and used Swadeshi goods instead. Students also boycotted the Government schools and colleges.