Question

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).

(I) The Indian soldiers, who helped the East India Company to establish the British Empire in India, were poorly paid, ill-fed and badly housed.

(II) A large proportion of the British Army consisted of Indian soldiers.

Options

• (II) contradicts (I)

• (II) is the reason for (I)

• (I) is true, but (II) is false

• (I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Explanation:

Both (I) that Indian sepoys were poorly paid, ill‑fed and badly housed and (II) that a large proportion of the forces in India were Indian soldiers are factual points recorded separately in the historical notes; (II) (army composition) is not given as the cause of (I) (their poor treatment), so the two statements are true but independent.