History & Civics
(I) The British policy of territorial expansion and gradual annexation of the native Indian States was one of the major grievances of the Indian rulers.
(II) Some States were brought under British control without actually being annexed.
- (II) contradicts (I)
- (II) is the reason for (I)
- (I) is true but (II) is false
- (I) and (II) are independent of each other
Answer
(II) is the reason for (I)
Explanation: Statement (II) explains how the British expanded their control by bringing Indian States under their power without formally annexing them, through methods like the Subsidiary Alliance. This indirect method of control was equally threatening to the Indian rulers as direct annexation. It was precisely these methods of expansion that became the cause of the grievances of the Indian rulers mentioned in Statement (I). Hence, (II) is the reason for (I).
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