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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks:

   1.  The five centres of Maratha power were:

               (a) _____________ of Gwalior   (b) _____________ of Indore
               (c) _____________ of Nagpur   (d) _____________ of Baroda
               (e) _____________ of Poona (Pune)

   2. The Governors General during the First and Second Anglo-Maratha Wars were _____________ and _____________, respectively.
   3. The Second Anglo-Maratha War was a severe blow to the _____________ and _____________ of the Marathas.
   4. _____________ adopted three methods to make the British the paramount power in India.
   5. Jhansi was annexed by Dalhousie on the basis of the _____________.
   6. Dalhousie annexed Awadh on the grounds of _____________.
2. 2.

   Match the following:

   A	B
   1. Subsidiary Alliance	(a) Ruler of the Sikh kingdom
   2. Hyder Ali	(b) Paramount power in India
   3. Ranjit Singh	(c) Ruler of Mysore
   4. Doctrine of Lapse	(d) Lord Wellesley
   5. English East India Company	(e) Lord Dalhousie

3. 3.

   Choose the correct answers:

   1. The First Anglo-Maratha War was fought during the Governor-Generalship of Lord Cornwallis/ Lord Wellesley/ Warren Hastings.
   2. The Maratha chiefs were united under the leadership of Nana Phadnavis/ Baji Rao/ Madhav Rao lI during the First Anglo-Maratha War.
   3. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the British placed a descendant of Shivaji on the throne of Nagpur/ Satara/ Jhansi.
   4. Punjab was annexed by Lord Minto/ Lord Dalhousie/ Lord Wellesley in 1849.
   5. The widespread resentment against annexations expressed itself in the Revolt of 1849/ 1861/ 1857.
4. 4.

   State whether the following are true or false:

   1. After Hyder Ali's death, his son Tipu Sultan continued the Anglo-Maratha Wars.
   2. The Subsidiary Alliance system was used by the British to bring Indian rulers under British control without any war.
   3. The Subsidiary Alliance proved very advantageous for the Indians.
   4. The adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II was denied the pension that his father used to get from the British.
   5. By 1856, the English East India Company had brought the whole of India under his control.
5. 5.

   What was the main objective of the Subsidiary Alliance system?

6. 6.

   What happened when the administration of a Subsidiary state collapsed?