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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Why was Wellesley recalled from India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
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उत्तर
Wellesley was recalled from India because the government in England was unhappy with the enormous expenditure involved in Wellesley’s policy of wars and expansion.
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Fill in the blanks:
Shah Alam II granted the Company the __________ of _________, _______ and ________ in 1765.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Name the British trading settlement in Madras
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Name the Indian signatories of the Treaty of Allahabad.
Match the Column:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Subsidiary Alliance | (a) Ruler of the Sikh kingdom |
| 2. Hyder Ali | (b) paramount power in India |
| 3. Ranjit Singh | (c) Ruler of Mysore |
| 4. The doctrine of Lapse | (d) Lord Wellesley |
| 5. English East India Company | (e) Lord Dalhousie |
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The First Anglo-Maratha War was fought during the Governor-Generalship of __________.
After Hyder Ali’s death, his son Tipu Sultan continued the Anglo-Maratha Wars.
State whether the following is true or false:
By 1856, the English East India Company had brought the whole of India under its control.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
What was the main objective of the Subsidiary Alliance system?
Answer the following question briefly:
Dalhousie was a great expansionist and adopted a number of methods to build an all-India empire. In this context, answer the following question:
Under what circumstances did a subordinate state automatically ‘lapse’ and pass into the hands of the British? How did the rulers react to this policy?
Answer the following question:
What were the results of the First Anglo-Mysore War?
