Question

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).

(I) The British policy of territorial expansion and gradual annexation of the native Indian States was one of the major grievances of the Indian rulers.

(II) Some States were brought under British control without actually being annexed.

पर्याय

• (II) contradicts (I)

• (II) is the reason for (I)

• (I) is true, but (II) is false

• (I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Explanation:

Both (I) and (II) are true. (I) states that British territorial expansion and annexation were major grievances, and (II) correctly notes that some states were brought under British control without formal annexation (e.g., via the Subsidiary Alliance). But (II) is a statement about a method the British used to extend control, not the reason why expansion/annexation was a grievance; therefore, II does not explain I.