Question

"The use of novel was a valuable source for the colonial administrators.' Explain.

Answer 1

• Novels are the valuable source of information on native life and customs.
• Information given by the novels were useful in governing the Indian society with its large diversity of caste and communities.
• Being outsider they do not know much about the life inside Indian households.
• The novels had details about domestic life, hoe people dressed, their way of worship, their beliefs, practices and so on.
• Some of these novels were translated into English bu British administrator and Christian missionaries.