Elite theory suggests that multiple open competing groups possess power and rule society

Which of the following is true of the British Empire in India?

A. The British Empire in India began as one directed by the crown rather than an explicitly commercial and private enterprise. B. The British employed only Europeans in the colony in order to safeguard their rule. C. The British rule demolished indigenous Indian law and order institutions, land, and tax collection practices. D. The British approach to colonial rule in India resulted in an Indian government largely run by a well-educated and indigenous elite and middle class. E. The British Empire lacked the ability of the Mughal Empire to tax land which left them unable to raise the money to assemble effective armies against its strongest rival Indian state, the Maratha Confederacy.

Which of the following maintains that identity divisions are based on deep-rooted features (blood ties, physical appearance, etc.) that have naturally divided people throughout history?

a. Complementary identity divisions b. Primordialism c. Constructivism d. Cross-cutting identity divisions e. Cleavage structure theory