2017 · Q22
In the context of international affairs, which one of the following is correct about Lord Curzon?
Indian Freedom StruggleBritish expansion in India
- AHe advocated a pacifist policy.
- BHe wanted to establish a British sphere of influence over the Persian Gulf and Seistan.
- CHe wanted England and Russia to become friends against China.
- DHe wanted to lead a flag-waving mission to the USA
Explanation
Curzon's foreign policy was aggressively imperial: he sought a British sphere of influence over the Persian Gulf and Seistan (eastern Persia), sent the Younghusband mission to Tibet (1903-04), and the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 followed in this context. He was no pacifist, sought no Anglo-Russian friendship against China, and led no mission to the USA. Hence B.