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Who devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?Read the answer and worked solution →Under a Subsidiary Alliance, who bore the cost of the British force?Read the answer and worked solution →What was a 'Resident' in a princely state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crops did the British think Awadh's soil suited?Read the answer and worked solution →To which city was Nawab Wajid Ali Shah exiled?Read the answer and worked solution →Mourners followed the exiled Nawab from Lucknow as far as where?Read the answer and worked solution →Who lost their livelihood when the Awadh court was dissolved?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the British do to Awadh's taluqdars right after annexation?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the first British land revenue settlement in Awadh called?Read the answer and worked solution →Before British rule, taluqdars held what share of Awadh's villages?Read the answer and worked solution →By how much did revenue demand rise in some over-assessed Awadh areas?Read the answer and worked solution →How did white officers generally treat sepoys in the 1820s?Read the answer and worked solution →What changed in officer-sepoy relations from the 1840s?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region was called the 'nursery of the Bengal Army'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Raja sheltered a British officer yet marched against the British?Read the answer and worked solution →What was an ishtahar issued by rebel leaders?Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah's proclamation urged people to fight under whose standards?Read the answer and worked solution →How much did the British spend at Bareilly to split Hindus from Muslims?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date was the Azamgarh Proclamation issued?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Azamgarh Proclamation say of zemindary settlements?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?

  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Warren Hastings
  3. Lord Cornwallis
  4. Lord Wellesley
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Correct answer: D. Lord Wellesley

Lord Wellesley devised the system in 1798 under which allies hosted and paid for a British force.

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Under a Subsidiary Alliance, who bore the cost of the British force?

  1. The local taluqdars
  2. The Governor General
  3. The British Parliament
  4. The Indian ally
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Correct answer: D. The Indian ally

The ally had to supply the resources for maintaining the British armed contingent stationed in his territory.

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What was a 'Resident' in a princely state?

  1. A tax collector of the Nawab
  2. A court poet of the ruler
  3. A commander of the sepoys
  4. The Governor General's agent
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Correct answer: D. The Governor General's agent

A Resident represented the Governor General at the court of a state not under direct British rule.

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