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Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Ripan

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

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

  1. Lord Wellesley

  2. Lord Auckland

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Warren Hastings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

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

  1. Jhansi, Nagpur and Travancore

  2. Jhansi, Nagpur and Satara

  3. Jhansi, Satara and Mysore

  4. Mysore, Satara and Bhavnagar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

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

  1. Nagpur

  2. Sambalpur

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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)
Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

The doctrine of lapse policy introduced by _____________.

  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Bentick

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. Lord Ripon
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A 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, Nagpur.

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

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

  1. Mysore

  2. Satara

  3. Awadh

  4. Hyderabad
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Subsidiary Alliance System was introduced by Lord Wellesley. Satara was annexed later under the Doctrine of Lapse, not the Subsidiary Alliance System.