Question

Choose the options that were not a part of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation.

P: All subjects of the Queen would be treated as equals.

Q: A general pardon to all those who were a part of the 1857 uprising.

R: Policy of non-intervention in social and religious matters.

S: Continue political expansion with the Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliance.

विकल्प

• P and Q

• Q and R

• R and S

• Q and S

Answer 1

Q and S

Explanation:

Queen Victoria’s 1858 Proclamation promised equal treatment of Indians and Europeans and a policy of non‑intervention in social and religious matters, and it offered a general pardon to those involved in the 1857 uprising, with exceptions for those guilty of murder or other atrocities, so the unconditional statement Q is incorrect. It also abandoned expansionist measures like the Doctrine of Lapse (so S was not part).