The British resorted to different strategies/methods to acquire new territories in India

Q. The British resorted to different strategies/methods to acquire new territories in India:

1. Subsidiary alliance to acquire Hyderabad

2. Doctrine of Lapse to acquire Satara

3. A prolonged war to grab the land of Marathas

4. Awadh on grounds of mal-administration

Select the code for correct statements:

(a) Only 1

(b) 1 and 2

(c) Only 4

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4