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Who was forced by Lord Wellesley to accept the Subsidiary Alliance System?

  1. The Nawab of Hyderabad

  2. The Nawab of Carnatic

  3. The Nawab of Oudh

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

According to the terms of a subsidiary alliance, princely rulers were not allowed to have an independent armed force. They were to be protected by the East India Company, but had to pay for the 'subsidiary forces' that the company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection. If the Indian rulers failed to make the payment, then part of their territory was taken away as a penalty. For example, the ruler of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the company in 1801, as he failed to pay for the "subsidiary forces".

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Who lost their administrative and military spirit by accepting the Subsidiary Alliance System?

  1. The native rulers

  2. The British company

  3. The French company

  4. None of them
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Explanation

Defects of Subsidiary Alliance:-

1. The native rulers lost their prestige and dignity,

2. The subsidy demanded from the Indian rulers was beyond their means and they could not afford it. So they taxed their people very heavily,

3. The Indian rulers were compelled to disband their own armies. The disbanded soldiers, in course of time, joined robber gangs such as Thugs and Pindaris and troubled the public,

4. The local rulers lived a life of irresponsibility and degradation because they considered

that their security was the British concern and

 5. Though the Indian rulers were not allowed to wage war with each other directly, they were slowly preparing themselves for wars and they were plotting against one another.

 

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Which Peshwa entered into the Subsidiary Alliance System?

  1. Balaji Vishwanath

  2. Madhav Rao I

  3. Baji Rao II

  4. Nana Sahib
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C Correct answer
Explanation

After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the Maratha ruler Baji Rao II also accepted a subsidiary alliance. several states like: Hyderabad (1798 and 1800), Tanjore (1799), Awadh (1801), Bhonsle (1803), and Indore(1817) adopted this system.

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Who maintained troops at the cost of the Indian rulers?

  1. British Company

  2. French Company

  3. Dutch Company

  4. Emperor of India
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A Correct answer
Explanation

According to the terms of a subsidiary alliance, princely rulers were not allowed to have an independent armed force. They were to be protected by the East India Company, but had to pay for the 'subsidiary forces' that the company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection.

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The Governor General who introduced subsidiary alliance was _______.

  1. Lord Curzon

  2. Lord Dalhousie

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. Lord Cornwallis
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The system of subsidiary alliance was applied to many Indian states by Lord Wellesley. Using this system, subsidiary states surrendered its political independence in return for British protection. The ruler who entered into subsidiary alliance had to pay money or give some territory to the English Company. 

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The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the 'doctrine of lapse' is?

  1. Baghat

  2. Gwalior

  3. Sambalpur

  4. Satara
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy introduced by Lord Dalhousie. It was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the State lapses to the sovereign. It was used by him to annex the independent Indian States such as the States of Satara, Jaipur, Sambhalpur, Baghat, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur.

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Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Ripan

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Subsidiary Alliance System was introduced by Lord Wellesley in India to expand British influence and control over Indian princely states.

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Which of the following statement is not true about "Doctrine of Lapse"?

  1. It was started by Lord Dalhousie
  2. It was in operations between $1848$ and $1856$

  3. Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule

  4. Satara, Jaipur, Jhasi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Satara was the first state annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1848, not Nagpur. Nagpur was annexed in 1854.

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What was the "doctrine of lapse"?

  1. States were allowed to adopt son as an heir

  2. States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir

  3. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army

  4. None of these
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Explanation

The Doctrine of Lapse was a policy under which the British East India Company annexed any Indian princely state where the ruler died without a natural heir, prohibiting the adoption of an heir.

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Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?

  1. Lord Wellesley

  2. Lord Auckland

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Warren Hastings
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856, is the official who initiated and implemented the Doctrine of Lapse.