Question

Which of the following statements about the French in Vietnam are correct?
I. The Vietnamese teachers generally twisted the curriculum given by the French.
II. The students protested the udue dominance by the colons.
III. The Annanese Student was a French journal for enlisting student support.
IV. The French had to counter the Chinese influence.

A. I, II and IV
B. I, II and III
C. I, III and IV
D. II. III and IV

Answer 1

Hint: Vietnam became a French colony in the late 1800s and it remained so till 1954. The colony under France was called French Indochina. Vietnam was a resourcefully rich region and thus, had been under constant foreign occupation for the same. So they had been adept at resisting foreign domination and resisted the French occupation fiercely.

Complete Answer: The Vietnamese people had been occupied by France and were dominated in all aspects. There were particular French curriculums assigned to the Vietnamese schools, while the trade and commerce was dictated by French terms. The aim was economic exploitation and subjugation of the Vietnamese under the French.

Looking at the points given;

I- The Vietnamese teachers, from the lower classes mostly, started subtly altering the French assigned curriculum. This was sometimes done outrightly as well. It became very difficult for the French to regulate such happenings where the criticism of the french occupation kept on growing. Thus, this point is correct.

II- The resistance against the French colonists came in full force from all sectors of the Vietnamese society. Students, outraged by regulations and suppression of their expressions in academia, came forward protesting. So, this point is correct.

III- The Annanese journal was not a French journal. It was a Vietnamese journal which enlisted the students' support. Thus, this is an incorrect point.

IV- The growing communist influence in Vietnam was of concern to French colonists. The communists influence was derived from China where the rise of communism was seen as a threat to all capitalist occupation of the colonists worldwide. Thus, this is a correct point.

Since point I, II and IV are correct, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: The language of the colonists was seen as an important tool, throughout the history of colonialism, to exert influence over the native population. This was not only to communicate the ideology of the colonists better but also to create a class of people to help them with local administration.