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Lord Dalhousie annexed Oudh for the British Empire in India

  1. Through policy of subsidiary alliance

  2. Through doctrine of lapse

  3. As the state was being mal-administered

  4. Through waging a war
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Dalhousie annexed Oudh (Awadh) in 1856 using the Doctrine of Lapse, which allowed the British to annex any princely state where the ruler died without a natural male heir. Dalhousie claimed Oudh was being mismanaged (mal-administered) as a pretext, but the legal mechanism used was the Doctrine of Lapse, not subsidiary alliance or direct warfare.

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