Question

* Answer the following questions.
1. How did Lord Cornwallis regularise civil services in India?
2. How did the policy of annexation affect those dependent on Indian rulers?
3. Give a brief account of the 'Doctrine of lapse'.
4. Describe the terms and conditions of the subsidiary alliance treaty.
5. Write a brief note on the structure of the British administration in India.
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

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1. How did Lord Cornwallis regularise civil services in India?

ANS:the tightened the rules for accepting gifts and other rewards from Nawabs etc. 2. increased the salary of the Civil servants making them highest paid service in the world.

2. How did the policy of annexation affect those dependent on Indian rulers?

ANS:The policy of annexation affected not only the Indian rulers, but all those who were dependent upon them such as soldiers, crafts people and even nobles. Even the traditional scholarly and priestly classes lost their patronage from these rulers, chieftains, nobles and zamindars, and were thus impoverished.

3. Give a brief account of the 'Doctrine of lapse'.

ANS:Doctrine of lapse was the pro-imperialist approach to expand the realm of British Kingdom in India. It was introduced by Dalhousie. The Doctrine equipped with an idea to annex those states which have no heir, get lapsed the right of ruling and it will not reverted by adoption.

4. Describe the terms and conditions of the subsidiary alliance treaty.

ANS:It solved the problem of ruling a nation whichis under the rule of a king. The main principlesof a subsidiary alliance were: An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. against foreign attack.

5. Write a brief note on the structure of the British administration in India.

ANS:The bulk of the Company's army consisted of Indian soldiers, recruited chiefly from the area at present included in U.P and Bihar. For instance, in 1857, the strength of the army in India was 311,400 of whom 265,900 were Indians.

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