Multiple choice Who saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised. (a) James Mill (b) Thomas Macaulay (c) Robert Clive (d) Warren Hastings Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself B Correct answer Explanation Thomas Babington Macaulay famously expressed the view that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia, reflecting his belief that India needed to be civilized.