2022 · Q99
Which one of the following was not included in the terms and conditions of Subsidiary Alliance System of Lord Wellesley?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AThe British would protect their ally.
- BThe ally was free to enter into agreements with other rulers or engage in warfare.
- CIn the territory of the ally, a British armed contingent would be sustained.
- DThe ally would have to provide resources for the maintenance of the British armed contingent.
Explanation
Wellesley’s Subsidiary Alliance FORBADE the ally from making agreements with other rulers or waging war without British consent; the ally had to maintain a British contingent in its territory and pay for it, in exchange for British ‘protection’. So the ally was NOT free to enter agreements or warfare — B was not a term of the system.