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Question
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
What made the Rajputs vulnerable to the selfish designs of the English East India Company?
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Solution
The court intrigues, conspiracies, treachery, and corruption of the Mughal courts were replayed in the courts of the Rajput rulers. This sapped their energies and made them vulnerable to the selfish designs of the English East India Company.
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