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Question

An annexation policy ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was started by whom in the late 1840’s?

A Lord Mountbatten Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Lord Canning Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Lord Dalhousie Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Lord Curzon Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy followed by Lord Dalhousie when he was India’s Governor-General from 1848 to 1856. It was an imperialist approach by the British to expand their empire in Indian territory. 

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