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State PCS PYQPrelims 2020

UPPCS · Question 22

Who had merged Sikkim in India?

  1. Lord Hastings
  2. Lord William Bentinck
  3. Lord Dalhousie
  4. Lord Auckland
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Answer: (C) Lord Dalhousie

Explanation

Per the official key: under Lord Dalhousie (1849–50), after the detention of British officials, the British annexed Sikkim's Terai (Morang) and Darjeeling areas. (Sikkim itself merged with India only in 1975 as the 22nd State.)