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  1. 1711BPSC1996HistoryEnglish

    First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was

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    Correct option: A — Peshwa Bajirao II

  2. 1712Meghalaya PSC2019HistoryEnglish

    Subsidiary Alliance was implemented during the reign of

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    Correct option: B — Lord Wellesley

  3. 1713Arunachal PSC2017HistoryEnglish

    Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of the subsidiary alliance?

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    Correct option: B — Nizam of Hyderabad

  4. 1714APPSC2018HistoryEnglish

    The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was

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    Correct option: A — The Nawab of Awadh

  5. 1715UPPSC2004HistoryEnglish

    The Subsidiary Alliance was not accepted by

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    Correct option: B — The Holkar state of Indore

  6. 1716KPSC2019HistoryEnglish

    Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance System in the administration to establish the British power over the Indian States?

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    Correct option: B — Lord Wellesley

  7. 1717HPPSC2019HistoryEnglish

    The main aim of East India Company to make subsidiary alliance in Rajput states was

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    Correct option: D — To establish the sovereignty of the British

  8. 1718KPSC2019HistoryEnglish

    At the time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?

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    Correct option: C — Lord Wellesley

  9. 1719CGPSC2016HistoryEnglish

    The revolt of Vellore occur during the regime of which Governor?

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    Correct option: D — Sir George Barlow

  10. 1720UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    Anglo-Nepal War took place during the reign of

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    Correct option: B — Lord Hastings

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