According to Sir Hamilton Grant, how has an increase in bureaucracy contributed to a rise in unrest
in India?

A. It has promoted the development of an educated class with knowledge of political
theory.
B. It has built a class of local office-holders who resent the authority of their colonial
bosses.
C. It has contributed an irritant because individuals must do more paperwork to get
anything done.
D. It has distracted colonial administrators from cultivating relationships with the
people.

Sir Hamilton Grant stated that an increase in bureaucracy contributed to a rise in unrest in India because it has promoted the development of an educated class with knowledge of political theory.

What is a bureaucracy?

This refers to an organization with a formal procedures, standards and have a clear division of labor, explicit rules and a hierarchy of authority.

In a typical organization, the bureaucracy that revolves around the establishment of rules and regulations helps to increase the likelihood that employees would be treated fairly and the organization purged of favouritism, discrimination and prejudice.

Hence, he an increase in bureaucracy contributed to a rise in unrest in India because it has promoted the development of an educated class with knowledge of political theory.

Therefore, the Option A is correct.