Question

He never showed any sign of eagerness to talk to the English as most Indians did.(split into two simple sentence)

Answer 1

Please do confirm with others as well, but in my first opinion the answer would be:
Sentence 1) He never showed any sign of eagerness to talk to the English.
Sentence 2) Most Indians showed sign of eagerness to talk to the English.

Hope it helps...and thanks to you, you made me remember of the days when we use to pick half of the sentence of man's questions and use to add few words to make answers...BTW..thanks.

Answer 2

Answer:

He never showed any such sign of eagerness to talk to the English. Most Indians showed sign of eagerness to talk to the english.