A. Hyderabad
B. Scindia
C. Mysore
D. Awadh
E. Jaipur
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The Subsidiary Alliance was a treaty system introduced by the British East India Company, primarily under Lord Wellesley, to bring Indian states under British influence. States accepting this alliance lost sovereignty in exchange for protection from the British. To arrange the given states in ascending order of their annexation (or acceptance) under this alliance, we need their respective dates:
Based on the dates of acceptance or imposition of the Subsidiary Alliance, the ascending order is:
The sequence is therefore A, C, D, B, E.
Comparing this sequence with the given options, Option 1 (A, C, D, B, E) is the correct arrangement.