Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following pairs:

Policy or development Political significance
1. Abandonment of annexation after 1857 Princely states were cultivated as buffers against political unrest and rewarded for loyalty
2. Queen’s adoption of the title Kaiser-i-Hind in 1876 The fiction that princely states stood as sovereign equals of the Crown was ended
3. Exercise of paramountcy British intervention through residents and the appointment or dismissal of state officials
4. Expansion of railways, roads and telegraphs Princely states became insulated from British political and administrative encroachment

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All four
  4. Only three
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