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According to NCERT’s account, under which Governor-General was a new policy of British paramountcy initiated?

  1. ALord HastingsCorrect answer
  2. BLord Canning
  3. CLord Ripon
  4. DLord Curzon
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A. Lord Hastings

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NCERT describes a new policy of paramountcy under Lord Hastings: the Company claimed authority superior to that of Indian states.

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