Lord Wellesley was:
Governor-General of Bengal from 1798–1805.
He is best known for:
When Wellesley arrived in India:
Wellesley adopted:
An aggressive and expansionist foreign policy.
Wellesley's major objective was:
To establish British supremacy over the Indian subcontinent.
He wanted to:
The most important external concern was:
French political and military influence in India.
Several Indian rulers employed:
European officers, including French-trained personnel.
Wellesley feared:
These forces could be used against British interests.
Wellesley's most important instrument was:
The Subsidiary Alliance system.
It allowed the British to:
Establish political and military control over Indian states without immediately annexing them.
Under a Subsidiary Alliance, an Indian ruler generally had to:
The Indian ruler had to:
Finance the British subsidiary force.
If the ruler failed to pay:
Territory could be ceded to the British.
The ruler lost:
Independent control over external relations.
The ruler could not freely:
A:
British Resident
was stationed at the ruler's court.
The Resident became:
An important instrument of British political influence.
One of the earliest major applications of the system occurred with:
Hyderabad in 1798.
The Nizam:
Accepted British protection.
He also agreed to:
Remove French officers from his service.
The Hyderabad alliance helped the British:
Wellesley confronted:
Tipu Sultan of Mysore.
Tipu maintained:
Relations with the French.
This increased British concerns.
The:
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
was fought in:
British forces were supported by:
The British attacked:
Seringapatam.
Tipu Sultan:
Died defending Seringapatam in 1799.
His death:
Removed a major opponent of British expansion in South India.
After Tipu's defeat:
The British reorganised Mysore.
A:
Wodeyar dynasty
ruler was restored.
Mysore subsequently came under:
British subsidiary protection.
The British strengthened their control over:
The Carnatic.
The Nawab's political position was:
Gradually reduced.
The British eventually:
Assumed direct control over the Carnatic administration.
British influence also expanded in:
Tanjore.
The ruler accepted:
British political dominance.
Wellesley also strengthened British influence over:
Awadh.
The Nawab was increasingly:
Financially and militarily dependent on the British.
The British imposed arrangements requiring:
Increased British military presence and financial support.
Awadh later ceded:
Large territories to the British in 1801.
Awadh was important because it:
Protected Bengal from western and north-western threats.
It also provided:
The most important Maratha development during Wellesley's rule was:
Treaty of Bassein, 1802.
The Peshwa:
Baji Rao II
accepted:
British protection under the Subsidiary Alliance system.
The Peshwa:
Other Maratha chiefs opposed:
The Treaty of Bassein.
This led to:
The Second Anglo-Maratha War.
The war took place during:
1803–1805.
The British defeated major Maratha powers including:
The British gained:
Large territorial and political advantages.
The Second Anglo-Maratha War significantly increased:
British influence in central and northern India.
The:
Treaty of Deogaon, 1803
was concluded with:
Raghoji II Bhonsle.
The Bhonsle ruler:
Ceded territory and accepted British influence.
The:
Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon, 1803
was concluded with:
Daulat Rao Scindia.
Scindia:
Accepted British political arrangements and ceded territory.
Important British commanders during the Maratha campaigns included:
Arthur Wellesley
and:
Lord Lake.
Arthur Wellesley:
Played a major role in the British campaigns against the Marathas.
He later became famous in Europe as:
The Duke of Wellington.
Lord Lake:
Led British operations in northern India against Maratha forces.
His victories:
Expanded British influence in northern India.
Wellesley's wars and alliances gave Britain:
Wellesley's policy reduced:
French military and political influence.
This was particularly important because:
Napoleon's France was a major British rival.
Wellesley's policy strengthened:
British paramountcy.
Indian rulers increasingly became:
British-dependent allies.
Wellesley's system allowed Britain to:
Control Indian states without immediately replacing their rulers.
Thus:
Subsidiary Alliance was an important form of indirect imperialism.
The system allowed the British to:
Maintain troops at the expense of Indian rulers.
This reduced:
The Company's direct military expenditure.
British troops stationed inside Indian states provided:
Subsidiary Alliance weakened Indian states by:
Wellesley's policy represented:
A major shift from defensive British policy towards aggressive imperial expansion.
Administrative consolidation + Permanent Settlement.
Aggressive expansion + Subsidiary Alliance.
Ring Fence Policy + Early consolidation.
Subsidiary Alliance + Aggressive expansion.
Political and military dependence through Subsidiary Alliance.
Direct annexation through Doctrine of Lapse and other methods.
Wellesley established:
Fort William College at Calcutta in 1800.
Its purpose was:
To train Company officials in Indian languages, laws and administration.
The institution aimed to:
Wellesley's expansionist wars:
Increased the financial burden on the East India Company.
Military expenditure:
Rose significantly.
His policy was criticised for:
The Company's authorities became concerned about:
His expensive and aggressive policies.
Wellesley left India in:
Wellesley was important because he:
Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by Dalhousie.
❌ Incorrect.
It is strongly associated with:
Lord Wellesley.
Treaty of Bassein was signed with the Nizam.
❌ Incorrect.
Treaty of Bassein:
Peshwa Baji Rao II, 1802.
Tipu Sultan was defeated during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
❌ Incorrect.
Tipu Sultan died during:
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, 1799.
Wellesley's main policy was the Ring Fence Policy.
❌ Incorrect.
Ring Fence:
Associated mainly with Warren Hastings.
Wellesley:
Subsidiary Alliance.
Wellesley's expansion had no financial cost.
❌ Incorrect.
His:
Wars and military commitments significantly increased Company expenditure.
Wellesley's greatest contribution was:
Transforming British influence into a system of political and military supremacy.
Through the Subsidiary Alliance, the British could:
Control Indian states without immediately annexing them.
Lord Wellesley, Governor-General from 1798–1805, pursued an aggressive expansionist policy aimed at establishing British supremacy and eliminating French influence in India.
Subsidiary Alliance.
Fort William College, 1800.
Wellesley transformed the British from:
A powerful territorial company
into:
The dominant political and military power in large parts of India.
His Subsidiary Alliance became one of the most effective instruments of British imperial expansion.
