Question

Subsidiary Alliance is a system through which the British came to control the affairs of the Indian states without actually annexing them. Which of the following is not a feature of subsidiary alliance?

a.Any ruler who entered into the alliance would give money or some territory for the maintenance of the British contingent in their territory.
b.They would keep a British Resident at their respective capitals.
c.They would pass a State of an issueless ruler (ruler not having a natural heir) to the English Company.
dThey would not employ any non-English European and if there were any, they would dismiss them.

Answer 1

Correct Answer:

c.They would pass a State of an issueless ruler (ruler not having a natural heir) to the English Company.

Step-by-step explanation:

As the name said, subsidiary alliance was adopted by the British inorder to control the resources, and people of India without actually the colonisation and annexation of the country.

The option C was never a feature of the subsidiary alliance.