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Could life get any worse? Your kingdom's treasury is dwindling, and revenue collection is getting harder. Now, the Governor-General of the English East India Company has announced a new policy which empowers the Company to take over territories of rulers who don't have a natural heir. This will lead to a lot of trouble for you, because you don't have an heir to pass the throne to!

Identify the policy and the Governor-General who introduced it.

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Doctrine of Lapse, Lord Dalhousie

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Doctrine of Lapse, Lord Wellesley

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Subsidiary Alliance, Lord Dalhousie

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Subsidiary Alliance, Lord Wellesley

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The correct option is A Doctrine of Lapse, Lord Dalhousie
The Governor-General of the English East India Company, Lord Dalhousie, introduced a policy called the Doctrine of Lapse. Doctrine of Lapse is a policy that helped the English East India Company take over territories of rulers who didn’t have a natural heir. Annexation in the absence of a natural heir was enforced in the cases of Satara, Jaitpur and Sambalpur, Baghat, Chota Udaipur, Jhansi, and Nagpur.

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Q. Could life get any worse? Your kingdom's treasury is dwindling, and revenue collection is getting harder. Now, the Governor-General of the English East India Company has announced a new policy which empowers the Company to take over territories of rulers who don't have a natural heir. This will lead to a lot of trouble for you, because you don't have an heir to pass the throne to!

Identify the policy and the Governor-General who introduced it.

Q. 'Doctrine of Lapse' was the policy devised by the Governor General of the East India company in India. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the state reverted or lapsed to the sovereign. Who among the following devised this 'Doctrine of Lapse'?

Q. The Doctrine of lapse declared that if a ruler died without a male heir, his kingdom would become a part of the company. Who devised this policy?

Q. S1: Jhansi came under the Company's control because its king did not have any natural heir to the throne.

S2: Lord Dalhousie introduced the Doctrine of Lapse.

Based on the above sentences, select the correct option from the following:

Q. Identify the correct pair from the following.
(i) Lord Dalhousie-Doctrine of Lapse
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(iii) Lord Cornwallis-Chikkaveerarajendra
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