Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions from the options given below. India's Freedom India got independence on 15th August 1947. It was not easy to get free from the hands of the British. The British came to India in the form of traders. They formed a company known as the East India Company. The East India Company slowly gained control over the country. The British ruled India through their policy of divide and Rule. Who ruled India before independence?

• A. The kings     
• B.          The rich people
• C. The British   
• D. The Indians