Question 10. Indicate which of the following is not correct: (a) Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Tantya Tope. (b) Tantya Tope was the general of Nana Saheb. (c) Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta. (d) Lord Dalhousie captured 7 states with the Doctrine of Lapse. Answer
Hint: The Peshwa or the Pantpradhan was the selected Prime Minister of the Maratha Empire of the Indian subcontinent. Initially, the Peshwas filled in as subordinates to the Chhatrapati. Later, they turned into the accepted heads of the Maratha Confederacy with the Chhatrapati turning into a nominal ruler. Towards the end of the Maratha Empire, the Peshwas themselves were decreased to nominal pioneers and stayed under the authority of the Maratha aristocrats and the British East India Company.
