Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:

"The sepoys are now enjoined to display communal harmony and exhorted to pray to their respective gods…. They are now called sipah-i-Hindostan (the Army of India) and there are appeals now to fellow countrymen "ahl-i watan", dear compatriots "aziz ham-watan" with specific exhortations for a united rallying of Hindus and Muslims."
— The Dehli Urdu Akhbar (the first Urdu weekly newspaper), June 1857

(a) What was the policy that the British followed to dispel 'the communal harmony'?

(b) Briefly explain how the British unwittingly led to the united rallying of Hindus and Muslims by introducing the Enfield Rifle.

(c) How was the British army reorganised to avoid another uprising of this kind?

(A) The British policy of territorial expansion and gradual annexation of the native Indian States was one of the major grievances of the Indian rulers.

(R) Some States were brought under British control without actually being annexed.

1. (R) contradicts (A)
2. (R) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. (A) and (R) are independent of each other

Which was the first kingdom to sign the Subsidiary Alliance?

1. Mysore
2. Awadh
3. Maratha
4. Jhansi

Which was not a drain of wealth from India?

1. Salaries of Englishmen
2. Salaries of Sepoys
3. Establishment of British Officers
4. Savings of Englishmen