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to Indian culture. Out of the 8 questions on the History
of the British Empire, only question 8 was relevant to
India which was:

Summarise concisely the results achieved by
Warren Hastings during his
Governor-Generalship of India.

Perhaps, another question in the paper might have had
relevance to the Anglo-Indian student. It was question
2 .

Discuss with reference to British colonial
history the truth of Turgot's theory that
"colonies are like fruits which cling to the
tree only till they ripen".

Tkn Indian student with parents in the Indian National
Congress, might have coped with this question, but an
Anglo-Indian who was schooled to think that the British
were invincible, might have had problems pursuing the
argument in the answer.

In Section B of the Geography Paper the river Ganges was
the important river in India; however for the Senior
students doing Physical Geography, the four maps were all
of Europe. The Music Paper demanded a knowledge of
transposition, three-part harmony, a full account of
Handel's Messiah and a historical documentation of
Palestrina and Bach or Handel and Haydn. In order to
retain the Cambridge examination, Inspectors and senior
teachers were recruited in England.

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