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Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?

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  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Ripan

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C

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

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  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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Correct Option: C

What was the "doctrine of lapse"?

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  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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Correct Option: B

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

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  1. Lord Wellesley

  2. Lord Auckland

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Warren Hastings

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Correct Option: C

The Indian states that were annexed by invoking the Doctrine of Lapse included _______________________ .

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  1. Jhansi, Nagpur and Travancore

  2. Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara

  3. Jhansi, Satara and Mysore

  4. Mysore, Satara and Bhavnagar

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dalhousie provided the British with the tool called Doctrine of lapse that they used to annex an Indian kingdom if its ruler died without a male heir. They annexed Satara(1848), Sambalpur(1850), Udaipur(1852), Nagpur(1853) and Jhansi(1854) using that.

Which states were merged into the British empire due to Doctrine of Lapse ?

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  1. Nagpur

  2. Sambalpur

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie as per which any princely state or territory under the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler died without a male heir. States annexed under this policy were:
1. The States of Satara (1848 AD)
2. Jaipur (1849 AD)
3. Sambhalpur (1849 AD)
4. Bahat (1850 A.D)
5. Udaipur (1852 AD)
6. Jhansi (1853 AD)
7. Nagpur (1854 AD)

______ was merged under the pretext of maladministration.

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  1. Junagadh

  2. Satara

  3. Jhansi

  4. Ayodhya

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Correct Option: D

The doctrine of lapse policy introduced by _____________.

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  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Bentick

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. Lord Ripon

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Correct Option: A
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, Nagpur.

Which state was the first victim of "The Subsidiary Alliance System"?

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  1. Satara

  2. Mysore

  3. Hyderabad

  4. Awadh

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Correct Option: C

Among the following,which state was not the victim of "The Subsidiary Alliance System"?

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  1. Mysore

  2. Satara

  3. Awadh

  4. Hyderabad

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Correct Option: B