Multiple choice

Dalhousie annexed Awadh for the British empire in India through

  1. swaying of war

  2. state being maladministered

  3. Doctrine of Lapse

  4. policy of subsidiary alliance

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856 based on the grounds of alleged maladministration, rather than the Doctrine of Lapse.