Lord Dalhousie, the British Governor General of India, to extend direct British rule over maximum possible area in the country, declared that the extinction of all native states of India was just a question of time. The inherent motive of this extension policy of the British rule over India was:

• A.  To expand the export of the British goods to India.
• B.  To add the Indian economy to the concurrent global market, through the British economy.
• C.  To impose similar rule over maximum part of India for the maintenance of law and order.
• D.  To convert India as a unified economic unit.