The appointment of a colony's governor-general by the colonial power is an example of
a. imperialism
b. direct rule
c. indirect rule
d. a combination of indirect and direct rule

The appointment of a colony's governor-general by the colonial power is an example of either imperialism or indirect rule, so either a or c. The reason for either of the two answers being correct is because if take take imperialism as the correct answer, we're considering the fact that the colonial power exerted its imperialistic tendency to appoint a governor-general of a colony. It can be also viewed as a indirect rule as they did it in their colony.