How did the First World War create the background for the national movement in India?

Correct answer: By increasing taxes price rise and recruitment pressure

The First World War placed heavy financial and military demands on colonial India. The British government increased taxation and used resources for wartime expenditure, while shortages and disruption contributed to rising prices. Recruitment demands also affected many communities. These burdens caused economic hardship and public resentment, helping create conditions for wider nationalist mobilisation. The war did not reduce taxes, grant immediate independence, or end colonial rule; those choices therefore contradict the historical context.