Assertion(A): According to the Doctrine of Lapse, any Indian princely state under British East India Company would have its princely status abolished if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir".

Reason(R): The policy is most commonly associated with Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor-General of the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.

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Assertion(A): According to the Doctrine of Lapse, any Indian princely state under British East India Company would have its princely status abolished if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir".

Reason(R): The policy is most commonly associated with Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor-General of the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.

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Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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A is true but R is false.

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A is false but R is true

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