1857 Part1

In _______, Lord Wellesley became the Governor-General of India.

• 1789

• 1798

______________ introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance

• Warren Hastings

• Lord Wellesley

In Subsidiary Alliance, the ruler would not keep any_____ of his own.

• army

• territory

In Subsidiary Alliance, the British officer called the '______' would be stationed at the rulers court.

• Resident

• Officer

English East India Company signed the first treaty of Subsidiary Alliance with the _______________ in 1798.

• Nizam of Hyderabad

• Nawab of Awadh

1. Who embarked the novel expansionist policies?

• French

• British

• Dutch

• Portuguese

Which of the following statements are true as per the policy?

• a. disband his own army and maintain British troops

• b. accept all foreigners

• c. abide by the British in case of any disagreement

• d. a and b

• e. a and c

Evidently the policy of Subsidiary Alliance allowed the British

• a. to supervise a king's relations with other kingdoms

• b. to supervise a kings activities within the kingdom.

• c. to supervise a king's activities with his subjects.

On which principle or doctrine did the Company annex Awadh in 1856.

• Principle of maladministration

• Outright annexation

• Doctrine of lapse

• All of the above

Who wrote the book “an essay on the cause of the Indian revolt”?

• Ashok Mehta

• Syed Ahmad Khan

• RC Majumdar

• None of the above