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Answer» 1. Name two educational changes. - The medium of instruction in high school now became English which also became the common language of communication among the learned people.
- Schools and colleges were open to all individuals, irrespective of caste, creed, gender, etc.
2. State two economic changes. - The economic system got transformed by industrial growth and the process of urbanization. Caste-based skills and occupations and social relationships gradually changed due to the impact of a changing economy and the rise of factories.
- New revenue systems were started by the British in different parts of India which affected the peasants adversely. There was the commercialization of agriculture also. The subsistence economy was replaced by a market system that was profit-oriented.
3. Cite two administrative changes. - A new judiciary system was created, which took into consideration the earlier legal traditions of the Indian communities. However, its implementation was carried out on a secular basis, each individual judged on an equal basis, irrespective of one’s caste and creed.
- The authority of feudal lords and zamindars was abolished, affecting the gradual spread of democratic values into Indian society.
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