The Instruments of British Expansion

India was a country engaged in ---- since the ancient times

• Wars

• Trade

• Colonisation

• Exploration

-------- implemented the Doctrine of Lapse

• Lord Wellesely

• Lord Dalhousie

• Gandhiji

• Rani Laxmi Bai

What was the main provision in Subsidiary Alliance

• The British agreed to maintain a fixed troops to fight the rivals of the ally

• The East India Company got free trading rights in the province of Bengal

• The British were able to utilise the resources of Bengal to keep a large army

• None of the above

What was the main idea of Doctrine of Lapse

• The territory of the ruler without a male heir was annexed by the British

• The ally could not keep any relation with any other ruler without the approval of the British

• The British can take the money from people in Bengal

• None of the above

The Battle of Plassey in ----

• 1757

• 1765

• 1800

• 1987