Question

colonial administrators found vernacular novels a valuable source of information on native life and customs prove the statement by giving three evidences

Answer 1

Vernacular novels were a valuable sources of information for the colonial government.
1)the new novels in indian language often has descriptions of domestic life.
2) the colonial government translated some of them into English.
3) vernacular novels had info about the social life of the countries.
This helped them to get additional info of their colonies and to rule them by targetting at their weak points.

Answer 2

*Such information was useful for them in governing Indian society, with its large variety of communities and caste

*As outsiders, the British knew little about life inside Indian households. The new novels in Indian language often had description of domestic life

*They showed how people dressed,their forms of religious worship, their beliefs and practices etc.