The Most Important Factor in the British Conquest of India

question 29

Multiple Choice

The most important factor in the British conquest of India during the eighteenth century was the

• A) superiority of British weapons.
• B) willingness of the British government to pay for an invasion.
• C) political disunity of India.
• D) addiction of millions of Indians to opium.

Understand cumulative frequency distributions and their characteristics.

Determine the relationship between the sum of frequencies and the data set size.

Recognize and compute cumulative and relative frequency distributions.

Calculate the relative frequency of a class.

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