Which statement best describes the reason that indians sought independence?
a. british rule was oppressive, and indians had minimal power in the government.
b. indians wanted to be able to participate in world war ii as an independent nation.
c. indians wanted to divide their nation into two separate nations.
d. british rule was too progressive, and indians wanted a more traditional rule.

British rule was oppressive, and Indians had minimal power in the government.  

Answer A is the right answer for PLATO

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.