Q. Consider the following policies followed by the Governor Generals for the expansion of their dominions and consolidation of their rule during the three stages of the process of the growth of British Paramountcy in India:

1. Subordinate Isolation
2. Policy of Ring Fence
3. Policy of Subordinate Union

Which of the following is the correct sequence of their adoption in the course of the establishment of British rule in India?
Answer: 2-1-3
Notes: The correct chronological sequence is: Policy of Ring Fence (1765–1813), Subordinate Isolation (1813–1858), and then Subordinate Union (1858–1935). The Ring Fence aimed at creating buffer states, Isolation involved indirect control, and Subordinate Union marked increased administrative centralization and integration of Indian princely states.